| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 11 of 31 in the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 The 1994 Coca-Cola 600 program cover, with artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. | |||
| Date | May 29, 1994 | ||
| Official name | 35th Annual Coca-Cola 600 | ||
| Location | Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.41 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km) | ||
| Average speed | 139.445 miles per hour (224.415 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 29.762 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Rusty Wallace | Penske Racing South | |
| Laps | 187 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TBS | ||
| Announcers | Ken Squier, Richard Petty | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Performance Racing Network | ||
The 1994 Coca-Cola 600 was the 11th stock car race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 35th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 29, 1994, in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. Gambling with a two-tire stop 20 laps from the end of the race, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would manage to fend off the field for the final 20 laps of the race to take his first career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[1][2][3][4] To fill out the top three, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace and owner-driver Geoff Bodine would finish second and third, respectively.
- ^ Higgins, Tom (May 30, 1994). "Young gun bags 600 win (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 15. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Higgins, Tom (May 30, 1994). "Young gun bags 600 win (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 22. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Martin, Gerald (May 30, 1994). "Gordon dials winning number (Part 1)". The News & Observer. p. 33. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Martin, Gerald (May 30, 1994). "Gordon dials winning number (Part 2)". The News & Observer. p. 38. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
