Finish
With 20 laps to go, Sterling Marlin passed leader Dale Earnhardt for the lead on the backstraightaway. With 15 laps to go, Bobby Labonte (in his first race for Joe Gibbs) crashed in Turn 1, nearly collecting his older brother Terry. Earnhardt came in for four new tires, gambling that manuverability would be more valuable than track position. Just before the restart, rookie Robert Pressley spun in the shortchute before Turn 1 after contact from Dick Trickle. When the green was waved Earnhardt quickly re-entered the Top 10, and with 10 to go he was side by side with Ricky Rudd for 9th. He passed Mark Martin for second position with 4 laps to go, but Sterling Marlin in the Kodak Chevrolet was not to be denied. This was Sterling Marlin's second Winston Cup win, both of which were in the Daytona 500. Sterling also joined Richard Petty (in 1974) and Cale Yarborough (in 1984) as the only drivers who have won back to back Daytona 500's; this has not been done since. Third went to Martin, fourth was his teammate Ted Musgrave, and 1993 winner Dale Jarrett, who started on the Pole, finished 5th.
This was Richard Petty's only Daytona 500 as a broadcaster, and the first Daytona 500 to be broadcast with a reduction in availability; parts of major markets (Atlanta, Milwaukee, Detroit) that had been able to receive the race were unable as CBS, the host broadcaster, lost affiliates because of the Fox affiliate switches of 1994.
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