1995 The Winston Select

1995 The Winston Select
Race details[1]
Race 2 of 2 exhibition races in the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Date May 20, 1995 (1995-05-20)
Location Concord, North Carolina
Course Charlotte Motor Speedway
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 70 laps, 105 mi (169 km)
Weather Temperatures around 65.4 °F (18.6 °C), with winds gusting to 17.26 miles per hour (27.78 km/h)[2]
Average speed 132.678 mph (213.525 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Joe Gibbs Racing
Most laps led
Driver Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 49
Winner
No. 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network TNN
Announcers Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, and Ernie Irvan

The 1995 edition of The Winston Select was a stock car racing competition that took place on May 20, 1995. Held at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, the 70-lap race was an exhibition race in the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Bobby Labonte of Joe Gibbs Racing won the pole, while Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports led the most laps and won the race.

The race also started the trend of special paint schemes, with Dale Earnhardt sporting a reverse paint scheme of his GM Goodwrench car.

  1. ^ "1995 The Winston Select". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "Weather information for the 1995 The Winston Select". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved September 28, 2023.