1995 Hanes 500

{{Short description|Eighth race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series}}

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{{Infobox NASCAR race report|Type=NASWINSTON|Avg={{convert|72.145|mph|km/h}}|Official_name=46th Annual Hanes 500|Network=ESPN|Announcers=Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons|Most_laps=175|Pole_Driver=Bobby Labonte|Pole_Team=Joe Gibbs Racing|First_Driver=Rusty Wallace|Most_Driver=Rusty Wallace|Most_Team=Penske Racing South|First_Team=Penske Racing South|Car=2|Radio=Motor Racing Network|Location=Martinsville, Virginia, Martinsville Speedway|Race_Name=Hanes 500|Date=April 23|Scheduled_laps=500|Scheduled_km=423.257|Course_km=0.847|Distance_km=301.359|Distance_laps=356|Scheduled_mi=263|Course_mi=0.526|Season_No=31|Race_No=8|Year=1995|Pole_Time=20.294|Distance_mi=187.256|Caption=The 1995 Hanes 500 program cover|Image=1995_Hanes_500.jpeg|Attendance=}}

The 1995 Hanes 500 was the eighth stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 39th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, April 23, 1995, in Martinsville, Virginia at Martinsville Speedway, a {{Convert|0.526|mi|km}} permanent oval-shaped short track. The race was shortened from its scheduled 500 laps to 356 laps due to impending darkness. At race's end, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace was able to dominate the majority of the race when the race was called for darkness with delays of the race coming from a rain delay. The win was Wallace's 40th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.{{Cite news |last=Macenka |first=Joe |date=April 24, 1995 |title=Musgrave punches it |pages=11 |work=Wausau Daily Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112248027/musgrave-punches-it/ |access-date=October 30, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news |last=Macenka |first=Joe |date=April 24, 1995 |title=Wallace wins, fuses short at Hanes 500 |pages=29 |work=The Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112248163/wallace-wins-fuses-short-at-hanes-500/ |access-date=October 30, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Ted Musgrave and Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

File:Martinsville_Speedway_track_map.png, the venue where the race was held]]

Martinsville Speedway is a NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. It was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.

= Entry list =

(R) denotes rookie driver.

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!#

!Driver

!Team

!Make

!Sponsor

1

|Precision Products Racing

2

|Penske Racing South

|Miller Genuine Draft

3

|Dale Earnhardt

|Richard Childress Racing

|GM Goodwrench Service Plus

4

|Sterling Marlin

|Morgan–McClure Motorsports

5

|Hendrick Motorsports

|Kellogg's Frosted Flakes

6

7

|Geoff Bodine Racing

8

|Stavola Brothers Racing

9

|Melling Racing

10

|Rudd Performance Motorsports

11

|Brett Bodine Racing

12

|Bobby Allison Motorsports

15

|Bud Moore Engineering

|Ford Quality Care

16

|The Family Channel

17

|Darrell Waltrip

|Darrell Waltrip Motorsports

18

|Joe Gibbs Racing

|Interstate Batteries

21

|Morgan Shepherd

|Wood Brothers Racing

22

|Randy LaJoie (R)

|Bill Davis Racing

23

|Haas-Carter Motorsports

24

|Hendrick Motorsports

25

|Hendrick Motorsports

26

27

|Junior Johnson & Associates

28

|Robert Yates Racing

|Texaco, Havoline

29

|Diamond Ridge Motorsports

30

|Michael Waltrip

31

|A.G. Dillard Motorsports

32

|Active Motorsports

|Active Trucking

33

|Robert Pressley (R)

|Leo Jackson Motorsports

37

|Kranefuss-Haas Racing

|Little Caesars, Kmart

40

|Dick Brooks Racing

41

|Ricky Craven (R)

|Larry Hedrick Motorsports

42

|Coors Light Silver Bullet

43

|Bobby Hamilton

|Petty Enterprises

71

|Marcis Auto Racing

75

|Butch Mock Motorsports

|Factory Stores of America

77

|Davy Jones (R)

|Jasper Motorsports

|US Airways, Jasper Engines & Transmissions

78

|Triad Motorsports

|Equipment Supply Company

81

|TIC Financial Systems

87

|NEMCO Motorsports

90

|Donlavey Racing

94

|Elliott-Hardy Racing

98

|Jeremy Mayfield

|Cale Yarborough Motorsports

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, April 21, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, April 22, at 12:15 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-32 would be decided on time,{{Cite news |date=April 21, 1995 |title=Hanes 500 |pages=32 |work=The Charlotte Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112249161/hanes-500/ |access-date=October 30, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; which was usually four. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field.

Bobby Labonte, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 20.294 and an average speed of {{Convert|93.308|mph|km/h}} in the first round.{{Cite news |last=Higgins |first=Tom |date=April 22, 1995 |title=Bobby Labonte fastest in Martinsville |pages=17 |work=The Daily Item |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112249284/bobby-labonte-fastest-in-martinsville/ |access-date=October 30, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

Seven drivers would fail to qualify.

= Full qualifying results =

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!Pos.

!#

!Driver

!Team

!Make

!Time

!Speed

1

|18

|Joe Gibbs Racing

|20.294

|93.308

2

|33

|Robert Pressley (R)

|Leo Jackson Motorsports

|20.309

|93.239

3

|40

|Dick Brooks Racing

|20.309

|93.239

4

|17

|Darrell Waltrip

|Darrell Waltrip Motorsports

|20.313

|93.221

5

|6

|20.319

|93.194

6

|43

|Bobby Hamilton

|Petty Enterprises

|20.336

|93.116

7

|42

|20.345

|93.074

8

|10

|Rudd Performance Motorsports

|20.376

|92.933

9

|27

|Junior Johnson & Associates

|20.380

|92.915

10

|28

|Robert Yates Racing

|20.387

|92.883

11

|11

|Brett Bodine Racing

|20.391

|92.864

12

|24

|Hendrick Motorsports

|20.400

|92.824

13

|25

|Hendrick Motorsports

|20.428

|92.696

14

|94

|Elliott-Hardy Racing

|20.433

|92.674

15

|2

|Penske Racing South

|20.464

|92.533

16

|5

|Hendrick Motorsports

|20.467

|92.520

17

|4

|Sterling Marlin

|Morgan–McClure Motorsports

|20.471

|92.502

18

|21

|Morgan Shepherd

|Wood Brothers Racing

|20.478

|92.470

19

|98

|Jeremy Mayfield

|Cale Yarborough Motorsports

|20.495

|92.393

20

|3

|Dale Earnhardt

|Richard Childress Racing

|20.507

|92.339

21

|15

|Bud Moore Engineering

|20.405

|92.801

22

|1

|Precision Products Racing

|20.413

|92.764

23

|71

|Marcis Auto Racing

|20.429

|92.692

24

|9

|Melling Racing

|20.512

|92.317

25

|41

|Ricky Craven (R)

|Larry Hedrick Motorsports

|20.537

|92.204

26

|29

|Diamond Ridge Motorsports

|20.542

|92.182

27

|26

|20.544

|92.173

28

|81

|20.545

|92.168

29

|31

|A.G. Dillard Motorsports

|20.546

|92.164

30

|87

|NEMCO Motorsports

|20.549

|92.150

31

|90

|Donlavey Racing

|20.555

|92.124

32

|16

|20.560

|92.101

colspan="7" |Provisionals

33

|12

|Bobby Allison Motorsports

| -*

| -*

34

|37

|Kranefuss-Haas Racing

| -*

| -*

35

|30

|Michael Waltrip

| -*

| -*

36

|7

|Geoff Bodine Racing

| -*

| -*

colspan="7" |Failed to qualify

37

|75

|Butch Mock Motorsports

| -*

| -*

38

|23

|Travis Carter Enterprises

| -*

| -*

39

|22

|Randy LaJoie (R)

|Bill Davis Racing

| -*

| -*

40

|32

|Active Motorsports

| -*

| -*

41

|78

|Triad Motorsports

| -*

| -*

42

|8

|Stavola Brothers Racing

| -*

| -*

43

|77

|Davy Jones (R)

|Jasper Motorsports

| -*

| -*

colspan="7" |[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112234988/hanes-500/ Official first round qualifying results]

colspan="7" |[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112235060/hanes-500-nascar-lineup/ Official starting lineup]

Race results

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!Fin

!St

!#

!Driver

!Team

!Make

!Laps

!Led

!Status

!Pts

!Winnings

1

|15

|2

|Penske Racing South

|356

|175

|running

|185

|$61,945

2

|32

|16

|356

|1

|running

|175

|$46,295

3

|12

|24

|Hendrick Motorsports

|356

|9

|running

|170

|$37,895

4

|4

|17

|Darrell Waltrip

|Darrell Waltrip Motorsports

|356

|146

|running

|165

|$42,695

5

|5

|6

|356

|0

|running

|155

|$33,195

6

|13

|25

|Hendrick Motorsports

|356

|0

|running

|150

|$27,295

7

|10

|28

|Robert Yates Racing

|356

|0

|running

|146

|$26,595

8

|6

|43

|Bobby Hamilton

|Petty Enterprises

|356

|0

|running

|142

|$15,985

9

|7

|42

|355

|0

|running

|138

|$20,285

10

|1

|18

|Joe Gibbs Racing

|355

|0

|running

|134

|$27,135

11

|11

|11

|Brett Bodine Racing

|355

|0

|running

|130

|$22,420

12

|14

|94

|Elliott-Hardy Racing

|355

|0

|running

|127

|$8,935

13

|17

|4

|Sterling Marlin

|Morgan–McClure Motorsports

|355

|0

|running

|124

|$21,715

14

|30

|87

|NEMCO Motorsports

|355

|0

|running

|121

|$8,615

15

|35

|30

|Michael Waltrip

|355

|0

|running

|118

|$18,215

16

|19

|98

|Jeremy Mayfield

|Cale Yarborough Motorsports

|355

|0

|running

|115

|$12,415

17

|2

|33

|Robert Pressley (R)

|Leo Jackson Motorsports

|355

|25

|running

|117

|$20,115

18

|25

|41

|Ricky Craven (R)

|Larry Hedrick Motorsports

|355

|0

|running

|109

|$12,120

19

|26

|29

|Diamond Ridge Motorsports

|354

|0

|running

|106

|$10,965

20

|9

|27

|Junior Johnson & Associates

|354

|0

|running

|103

|$16,515

21

|28

|81

|353

|0

|running

|100

|$7,165

22

|3

|40

|Dick Brooks Racing

|353

|0

|running

|97

|$16,565

23

|23

|71

|Marcis Auto Racing

|353

|0

|running

|94

|$7,015

24

|21

|15

|Bud Moore Engineering

|353

|0

|running

|91

|$15,865

25

|29

|31

|A.G. Dillard Motorsports

|352

|0

|running

|88

|$6,865

26

|24

|9

|Melling Racing

|351

|0

|running

|85

|$6,765

27

|31

|90

|Donlavey Racing

|351

|0

|accident

|82

|$15,015

28

|33

|12

|Bobby Allison Motorsports

|350

|0

|running

|79

|$9,815

29

|20

|3

|Dale Earnhardt

|Richard Childress Racing

|331

|0

|running

|76

|$27,515

30

|8

|10

|Rudd Performance Motorsports

|313

|0

|transmission

|73

|$19,465

31

|18

|21

|Morgan Shepherd

|Wood Brothers Racing

|309

|0

|running

|70

|$14,565

32

|34

|37

|Kranefuss-Haas Racing

|306

|0

|running

|67

|$6,465

33

|27

|26

|271

|0

|running

|64

|$14,465

34

|22

|1

|Precision Products Racing

|236

|0

|running

|61

|$15,365

35

|36

|7

|Geoff Bodine Racing

|55

|0

|engine

|58

|$21,065

36

|16

|5

|Hendrick Motorsports

|4

|0

|accident

|55

|$21,265

colspan="11" |Failed to qualify

37

! rowspan="7" |

|75

|Butch Mock Motorsports

! colspan="5" rowspan="7" |

38

|23

|Travis Carter Enterprises

39

|22

|Randy LaJoie (R)

|Bill Davis Racing

40

|32

|Active Motorsports

41

|78

|Triad Motorsports

42

|8

|Stavola Brothers Racing

43

|77

|Davy Jones (R)

|Jasper Motorsports

colspan="11" |[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112234302/sundays-results/ Official race results]

References

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