1994 Mountain Dew Southern 500

1994 Mountain Dew Southern 500

Race details
Race 23 of 31 in the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Date	September 4, 1994
Official name	Mountain Dew Southern 500
Location	Darlington Raceway, Darlington County, South Carolina
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.366 mi (2.198 km)
Distance	367 laps, 501.322 mi (806.800 km)
Average speed	127.952 miles per hour (205.919 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Geoffrey Bodine	Geoff Bodine Racing
Most laps led
Driver	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	127
Winner
No. 11	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett and Benny Parsons

The 1994 Mountain Dew Southern 500, the 45th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on September 4, 1994 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested at 367 laps on the 1.366 mile (2.198 km) speedway, it was the twenty-third race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Bill Elliott of Junior Johnson & Associates won the race.

Top 10 results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	11	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford
2	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
3	21	Morgan Shepherd	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford
4	10	Ricky Rudd	Rudd Performance Motorsports	Ford
5	4	Sterling Marlin	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet
6	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
7	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Ford
8	8	Jeff Burton	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford
9	18	Dale Jarrett	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet
10	5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet

Race statistics

• Time of race: 3:55:05
• Average Speed: 127.952 miles per hour (205.919 km/h)
• Pole Speed: 166.998
• Cautions: 6 for 42 laps
• Margin of Victory: 6.39 sec
• Lead changes: 28
• Percent of race run under caution: 11.4%
• Average green flag run: 46.4 laps