1995 Mountain Dew Southern 500

1995 Mountain Dew Southern 500

Race details
Race 23 of 31 in the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Date	September 3, 1995
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	121.231 miles per hour (195.102 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	John Andretti	Kranefuss-Haas Racing
Most laps led
Driver	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing
Laps	208
Winner
No. 24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN, ESPN2
Announcers	Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett and Benny Parsons

The 1995 Mountain Dew Southern 500, the 46th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on September 3, 1995 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 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.

Top 10 results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
2	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
3	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Ford
4	22	Ward Burton	Bill Davis Racing	Pontiac
5	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac
6	10	Ricky Rudd	Rudd Performance Motorsports	Ford
7	26	Hut Stricklin	King Racing	Ford
8	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet
9	9	Lake Speed	Melling Racing	Ford
10	4	Sterling Marlin	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet

Race statistics

• Time of race: 4:08:07
• Average Speed: 121.231 miles per hour (195.102 km/h)
• Pole Speed: 167.379
• Cautions: 12 for 94 laps
• Margin of Victory: 0.66 sec
• Lead changes: 21
• Percent of race run under caution: 20.2%
• Average green flag run: 22.5 laps