1995 Daytona 500

1995 Daytona 500
Race details
Race 1 of 31 in the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
1995 Daytona 500 program cover
1995 Daytona 500 program cover
Date February 19, 1995 (1995-02-19)
Location Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.02336 km)
Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching as high as 66.9 °F (19.4 °C); wind speeds approaching 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)[1]
Average speed 141.710 miles per hour (228.060 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Robert Yates Racing
Qualifying race winners
Duel 1 Winner Sterling Marlin Morgan-McClure Motorsports
Duel 2 Winner Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
Most laps led
Driver Sterling Marlin Morgan-McClure Motorsports
Laps 105
Winner
No. 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan-McClure Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network CBS
Announcers Ken Squier, Richard Petty and Ned Jarrett
Nielsen Ratings 7.8/20
(11.4 million viewers)
Logo for the 1995 Daytona 500.

The 1995 Daytona 500, the 37th running of the event, was held on February 19 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Dale Jarrett won his first career Winston Cup pole. Sterling Marlin won the race for the second straight year, his second Daytona 500 win, after leading 105 laps, including the final 20.

  1. ^ "Weather of the 1995 Daytona 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2013-06-25.