The 1995 UAW-GM Teamwork 500 was the 13th stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 14th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 11, 1995, in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, at Pocono Raceway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangular permanent course. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. On the final restart with six to go, Hendrick Motorsports driver Terry Labonte would take of an ill-fated teammate, the dominant driver of the day; Jeff Gordon, to take his 16th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Ted Musgrave and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader would finish second and third, respectively.
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 13 of 31 in the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 The 1995 Pocono 500 program cover, featuring Rusty Wallace. | |||
| Date | June 11, 1995 | ||
| Official name | 14th Annual UAW-GM Teamwork 500 | ||
| Location | Long Pond, Pennsylvania, Pocono Raceway | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.0 km) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Average speed | 137.72 miles per hour (221.64 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 55.088 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 124 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 5 | Terry Labonte | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TNN | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Dick Berggren | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Motor Racing Network | ||
Background
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The race was held at Pocono Raceway, which is a three-turn superspeedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The track hosts two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, as well as one Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series event. Until 2019, the track also hosted an IndyCar Series race.
Pocono Raceway is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation. It is operated by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon, Nicholas, and sister Ashley, and cousins Joseph IV and Chase Mattioli, all of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli.
Outside of the NASCAR races, the track is used throughout the year by Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools and an IndyCar race. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two.
Entry list
edit- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Qualifying
editQualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 9, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, June 10, at 9:00 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-38 would be decided on time,[3] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; which was usually four. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field.
Ken Schrader, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 55.088 and an average speed of 163.375 miles per hour (262.927 km/h) in the first round.[4]
Doug French was the only driver to fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results
editRace results
editReferences
edit- ^ Brinster, Dick (June 12, 1995). "Labonte hadn't 'foggiest' notion of what to expect". Press Enterprise. p. 20. Retrieved November 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Reinardy, Scott (June 12, 1995). "Gordon's late lead goes up in smoke". The Tribune. p. 11. Retrieved November 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UAW-GM Teamwork 500". The Charlotte Observer. June 9, 1995. p. 17. Retrieved November 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Brinster, Dick (June 10, 1995). "Schrader wins Teamwork pole". The Montgomery Advertiser. p. 19. Retrieved November 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
