California 500 Presented By NAPA
The inaugural California 500 Presented by NAPA was held June 22 at California Speedway. The #42 of Joe Nemechek won the pole. The race was broadcast on ABC.
Top Ten Results
- 24-Jeff Gordon
- 5-Terry Labonte
- 10-Ricky Rudd
- 16-Ted Musgrave
- 23-Jimmy Spencer
- 18-Bobby Labonte
- 29-Jeff Green
- 88-Dale Jarrett
- 25-Ricky Craven
- 6-Mark Martin
Failed to qualify: 78-Billy Standridge, 81-Kenny Wallace, 91-Mike Wallace*
- After Mike Wallace failed to qualify for the race, his team hastily entered the 200-mile (320 km) Winston West race which was run the day before the Winston Cup race. He finished 3rd to Ken Schrader in that race.
- Mark Martin ran out of gas with 10 laps to go and was forced to the pits for additional fuel. However, they did not get enough fuel in the car. This resulted in Martin running out of gas again on the last lap and having to coast to the line.
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