1995 Purolator 500

The 1995 Purolator 500 was an NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on March 12, 1995 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, in Hampton, Georgia. Contested at 328 laps on the 1.522 mile (2.449 km) speedway, it was the 4th race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.

1995 Purolator 500
Race details
Race 4 of 31 in the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Date March 12, 1995 (1995-March-12)
Official name Purolator 500
Location Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia
Course Permanent racing facility
1.522 mi (2.449 km)
Distance 328 laps, 499.216 mi (803.41 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching up to 72 °F (22 °C); wind speeds up to 14.9 miles per hour (24.0 km/h)[1]
Average speed 150.115 miles per hour (241.587 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Richard Childress Racing
Most laps led
Driver Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 250
Winner
No. 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ABC
Announcers Bob Jenkins and Benny Parsons

Summary

Before the field even took the green, Mike Wallace got turned into the inside wall on the frontstretch, damaging his car before he even got a chance to race on green. Jeremy Mayfield, Michael Waltrip and Jeff Purvis were involved in a vicious crash on the backstretch on lap 144. Mayfield got turned head-on into the wall off of turn 2 so hard, the rear tires came off the ground. When he came off the wall, the car was running straight down the backstretch but he had no brakes or steering, and he veered up towards the wall again right in front of Waltrip and Purvis and got t-boned extremely hard.

Top 10 results
Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer
1 24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
2 18Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet
3 5Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
4 3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
5 28Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord
6 21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord
7 4Sterling MarlinMorgan-McClure MotorsportsChevrolet
8 10Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord
9 6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord
10 2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord

Race Statistics
  • Time of race: 3:19:32
  • Average Speed: 150.115 miles per hour (241.587 km/h)
  • Pole Speed: 185.077 miles per hour (297.853 km/h)
  • Cautions: 5 for 27 laps
  • Margin of Victory: 0.19 sec
  • Lead changes: 9
  • Percent of race run under caution: 8.2%
  • Average green flag run: 50.2 laps

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References
  1. Weather information at The Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  3. Race statistics at Race Database
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