Brickyard 400
The Brickyard 400 was run on August 1 in Speedway, Indiana. Ernie Irvan won the pole. The race was broadcast on ABC.
Top Ten Results
- 24-Jeff Gordon
- 6-Mark Martin
- 18-Bobby Labonte
- 31-Mike Skinner
- 3-Dale Earnhardt
- 36-Ernie Irvan
- 43-John Andretti
- 2-Rusty Wallace
- 5-Terry Labonte
- 33-Ken Schrader
Failed to qualify: 07-Dan Pardus, 14-Lance Hooper*, 15-Loy Allen Jr., 19-Robby Gordon, 30-Derrike Cope, 78-Gary Bradberry, 95-Randy MacDonald, 96-Hut Stricklin
- Jimmy Spencer suffered a concussion in a crash late in the race in Turn 2. This forced Spencer to seek relief from Boris Said the next weekend at Watkins Glen, and to sit out Bristol completely and have Ted Musgrave drive in his place.
- Jeremy Mayfield crashed early in the race coming out of Turn 1. He seemed fine after the wreck, but at Watkins Glen the next weekend, he suffered fainting spells and had Larry Gunselman on standby, but did not take relief during the race.
- Around the midway point of the race, just before a round of green-flag pit stops began, Ward Burton stalled in the warmup lane in turn 3, but the race stayed green for the next several laps. Dale Jarrett was leading the race at the time when he began running out of gas exiting turn 1. Jarrett eventually made it to pit lane, but the car stopped well short of his pit stall. Jarrett's crew quickly ran toward the entrance of pit road and pushed the car into its pit box to begin service. The incident cost Jarrett four laps, but he would eventually finish in 16th place, on the lead lap.
- This was the last race attempted by Precision Products Racing.
- The race also marked the return of Steve Park to Winston Cup action for the first time since his injurious wreck at Atlanta in March.
- Jeff Gordon had become the first driver to win the Brickyard 400 twice, and he won the No Bull 5 Million Dollar Bonus. Mark Martin and Bobby Labonte, finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively, were also No Bull 5 contenders. Dale Jarrett and Rusty Wallace were the other two contenders for the bonus.
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