Phoenix International Raceway
October 29, 1995
Track Length 1.0 mile
Winston Cup Race #30
Ricky Rudd won the Dura Lube 500 at Phoenix Sunday and in doing so kept
his winning streak alive. He has now won at least one Winston Cup event
for the last 13 years. This was is 16th career victory. His last win came
at New Hampshire International Speedway last July. Rudd has never won
more than two races in one year. Rudd expressed his relief that he achieved
the win.
Rudd reflected on the streak. "The streak will be nice this winter when
we'resitting around with some idle time. But, really to me, the win's more
important fot the financial gains and sponsor side of it. With Downy on
board and Whirlpool coming on, they're pledged their efforts to us. To me
if you don't win a race, you haven't fulfilled your obligations to your
sponsors."
Dale Earnhardt picked up only 15 points on Jeff Gordon in the run for the
Winston Cup Championship. Gordon's lead has now been reduced to 147 points,
but he is only a 41st or better finish at Atlanta away from his first
Career Winston Cup title. Both ran close to the front all day with Gordon
experiencing more troubles that Earnhardt. But, in true championship form,
the Gordon and the Rainbow Warriors kept working on the setup all day,
allowing Gordon to finish 5th.
Earnhardt said, "We were best in class. Our car was a little loose, but
we were best on class. We gained a few points. At least we didn't lose
any."
Gordon commented, "We wanted to keep the #3 in sight today. I
thought I could keep him in my mirror, but he was pretty tough today."
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Dura Lube 500 Provisional Results.
Fn St Car Driver Team and Car Laps $ Reason
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1 29 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 312 78,260 Running
2 18 12 Derrike Cope Straight Arrow Ford 312 52,205 Running
3 2 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet 312 49,105 Running
4 6 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Genuine Draft Ford 312 36,118 Running
5 3 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet 312 33,580 Running
6 12 16 Ted Musgrave The Family Channel Ford 312 25,420 Running
7 9 21 Morgan Shepherd Citgo Ford 312 23,670 Running
8 5 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 312 28,670 Running
9 4 1 Rick Mast Skoal Racing Ford 312 22,270 Running
10 15 25 Ken Schrader Budweiser Chevrolet 312 24,270 Running
11 26 28 Dale Jarrett Texaco Havoline Ford 312 26,070 Running
12 20 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Film Chevrolet 312 24,170 Running
13 16 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Chevrolet 312 25,670 Running
14 1 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 312 19,870 Running
15 13 37 John Andretti Kmart/Little Caesars Ford 312 15,370 Running
16 42 7 Geoff Bodine Exide Batteries Ford 312 14,970 Running
17 7 11 Brett Bodine Lowe's Ford 312 22,870 Running
18 35 87 Joe Nemechek Burger King Chevrolet 311 13,745 Running
19 11 33 Robert Pressley Skoal Bandit Chevrolet 311 19,445 Running
20 17 98 Jeremy Mayfield RCA Ford 311 11,110 Running
21 38 77 Bobby Hillin Jasper Engines/USAir Ford 311 9,335 Running
22 31 9 Lake Speed Spam/Melling Ford 311 13,010 Running
23 25 8 Jeff Burton Raybestos Ford 311 17,885 Running
24 40 41 Ricky Craven Kodiak Chevrolet 311 13,235 Running
25 41 75 Todd Bodine Factory Stores Ford 311 17,810 Running
26 27 81 Kenny Wallace TIC Financial Ford 309 9,185 Running
27 39 45 Ron Hornaday Jr.Tootsie Toy Chevrolet 307 9,660 Running
28 30 71 Dave Marcis Prodigy Chevrolet 306 12,345 Running
29 32 15 Dick Trickle Quality Care Ford 304 17,310 Running
30 24 27 Elton Saywer Hooters Ford 298 17,085 Accident
31 8 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pontiac 293 12,160 Running
32 33 29 Steve Grissom Meineke Chevrolet 289 11,785 Running
33 28 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Ford 288 11,760 Running
34 36 30 Michael Waltrip Pennzoil Pontiac 277 16,235 Running
35 19 26 Hut Stricklin Quaker State Ford 243 13,710 Spoiler
36 42 90 Mike Wallace Heilig-Meyers Ford 240 8,685 Engine
37 23 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 235 21,665 Running
38 21 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chevrolet 231 13,605 Oil Belt
39 10 42 Kyle Petty Coors Light Pontiac 230 13,605 Accident
40 14 88 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 197 20,605 Engine
41 43 07 Doug George Race/Stuff Ford 178 8,605 Accident
42 34 22 Ward Burton MBNA America Bank Pontiac 116 13,605 Engine
43 22 32 Greg Sacks ATS Wood Products Chevrolet 38 8,605 Brakes
44 44 19 Ernie Cope Straight Arrow Chevrolet 19 8,605 Engine
Time of Race: 3 hour 03 minutes 18 seconds
Margin of Victory: .53 seconds
Average Speed: 102.102
Cautions: 8 for 39 laps
Lead changes: 11 among 8 driver
With Today's Victory Ricky Rudd:
increased his streak of victories to 13 consecutive years
16th career victory
his 8th victory on a superspeedway
first win at Phoenix International Raceway
is the 11th different race winner this year
sixth win for Ford out of eight races
eighth win for Ford in 1995
moved to eight in the Championship point battle with a 14 point lead
on Bill Elliott. Musgrave in 7th can't be caught.
