DieHard 500
The DieHard 500 was held July 23 at Talladega Superspeedway. Sterling Marlin won the pole. The race was most remembered for Ken Schrader's wild end-over-end tumble in "The Big One" on lap 139, which collected 13 other cars. He was not injured, though.
Top Ten Results
- 4-Sterling Marlin
- 28-Dale Jarrett
- 3-Dale Earnhardt
- 21-Morgan Shepherd
- 94-Bill Elliott
- 42-Kyle Petty
- 6-Mark Martin
- 24-Jeff Gordon
- 30-Michael Waltrip
- 23-Jimmy Spencer, 1 Lap down
Failed to qualify: 22-Jimmy Hensley, 0-Delma Cowart, 65-Steve Seligman
- Jeff Gordon was very distraught, even in tears, over Ken Schrader's crash because he tapped him to begin the series of events that led to him flipping through the infield grass. He was afraid he had killed his teammate, but Schrader actually got on Gordon's radio after he got out of the infield care center to tell him that he was ok and not to worry about him.
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