NASCAR Winston Cup Series Race # 18 DieHard 500 Jul. 23, 1995 Talladega Superspeedway--Talladega, AL 2.66 Mile Tri-Oval 188 Laps 500 Miles
Fn St Driver Sponsor/Car Lap Pnt Reason 1 ( 1) Sterling Marlin Kodak Film/Chevrolet 188 180 2 (13) Dale Jarrett Texaco-Havoline/Ford 188 170 3 ( 5) Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv./Chevrolet 188 170 4 (24) Morgan Shepherd Citgo/Ford 188 165 5 (43) Bill Elliott McDonald's/Ford 188 160 6 (41) Kyle Petty Coors Light/Pontiac 188 150 7 (11) Mark Martin Valvoline/Ford 188 151 8 ( 3) Jeff Gordon DuPont/Chevrolet 188 152 9 ( 7) Michael Waltrip Pennzoil/Pontiac 188 143 10 (23) Jimmy Spencer Smokin' Joe's/Ford 187 134 11 (33) Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Ford 187 130 12 (35) Mike Wallace Heilig-Meyers/Ford 187 127 13 (21) Jeremy Mayfield RCA DSS/Ford 187 124 14 (28) Elton Sawyer Hooters/Ford 187 121 15 (40) Derrike Cope Straight Arrow/Ford 187 118 16 (30) Bobby Hillin US Air-Jasper Engines/Ford 187 115 17 (16) Rick Mast Skoal Classic/Ford 187 112 18 (22) Chad Little Lever 2000/Ford 186 109 19 (25) Dave Marcis STG/Chevrolet 186 106 20 (42) Ward Burton Hardee's/Chevrolet 186 103 21 (39) Bobby Hamilton STP/Pontiac 186 100 22 (37) Jeff Burton Raybestos/Ford 186 97 23 (32) Joe Nemechek Burger King/Chevrolet 186 94 24 (19) Geoff Bodine Exide Batteries/Ford 185 91 25 (31) Steve Grissom Meineke/Chevrolet 185 88 26 (29) Ricky Craven Kodiak/Chevrolet 185 85 27 (10) Robert Pressley Skoal Bandit/Chevrolet 183 82 28 (34) Brett Bodine Lowe's/Ford 181 79 29 (14) Todd Bodine Factory Stores/Ford 162 76 Accident 30 (26) Rusty Wallace Miller Genuine Draft/Ford 158 73 Accident 31 ( 2) Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries/Chevrolet 144 75 Accident 32 ( 4) Ken Schrader Budweiser/Chevrolet 138 67 Accident 33 (38) Terry Labonte Kellogg's/Chevrolet 138 64 Accident 34 ( 9) John Andretti Kmart-Little Caesars/Ford 138 61 Accident 35 (20) Lake Speed SPAM Luncheon Meat/Ford 138 58 Accident 36 (27) Hut Stricklin Quaker State/Ford 126 60 Engine 37 (36) Chuck Bown Fina Lube/Chevrolet 107 52 Accident 38 (17) Dick Trickle Quality Care/Ford 103 49 Engine 39 (15) Loy Allen Healthsource/Ford 97 46 Ignition 40 (18) Randy LaJoie Kendall/Pontiac 96 43 Transmission 41 ( 6) Ricky Rudd Tide/Ford 68 40 Piston 42 (12) Jeff Purvis Jackaroo Barby-Q/Chevrolet 50 37 Engine 43 ( 8) Darrell Waltrip Western Auto/Chevrolet 45 34 Engine
Busch Pole Award: Sterling Marlin--194.212 mph
Time of Race: 2:53:15 Average Speed: 173.187 mph Margin of Victory: 0.050 seconds Cautions: 2 for 11 laps Lead Changes: 21 among 9 drivers
Lap Leaders: Marlin 1 - 7 , Earnhardt 8 - 14 , Marlin 15 - 16 , Gordon 17 , Marlin 18 - 20 , Earnhardt 21 - 24 , Gordon 25 - 47 , Elliott 48 , B. Labonte 49 - 50 , Gordon 51 - 83 , Earnhardt 84 , Gordon 85 - 97 , Shepherd 98 , Stricklin 99 , Gordon 100 - 126 , Earnhardt 127 - 128 , Marlin 129 - 133 , Earnhardt 134 - 139 , Elliott 140 - 142 , M. Waltrip 143 - 146 , Martin 147 - 148 , Marlin 149 - 188
Total Laps Led: Jeff Gordon 97 , Sterling Marlin 57 , Dale Earnhardt 20 , Bill Elliott 4 , Michael Waltrip 4 , Bobby Labonte 2 , Mark Martin 2 , Morgan Shepherd 1 , Hut Stricklin 1
