| Race details | |||
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| Race 11 of 31 in the1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 The 1995 Coca-Cola 600 program cover, with artwork by NASCAR artistSam Bass. | |||
| Date | May 28, 1995 (1995-05-28) | ||
| Official name | 36th Annual Coca-Cola 600 | ||
| Location | Concord, North Carolina,Charlotte Motor Speedway | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.5 miles (2.414 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km) | ||
| Average speed | 151.952 miles per hour (244.543 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 175,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 29.370 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Ken Schrader | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 169 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Bobby Labonte | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TBS | ||
| Announcers | Ken Squier,Ernie Irvan,Richard Petty | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Performance Racing Network | ||
The1995 Coca-Cola 600 was the 11thstock car race of the1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 36th iteration of theevent. The race was held on Sunday, May 28, 1995, before an audience of 175,000 inConcord, North Carolina, atCharlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end,Joe Gibbs Racing driverBobby Labonte would manage to dominate the late stages of the race with the help of changing his racing line according to Labonte. The victory was Labonte's first careerNASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three,Hendrick Motorsports driverTerry Labonte andBahari Racing driverMichael Waltrip would finish second and third, respectively.
It was the first time the race finished in under four hours.
Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigiousCoca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and theNEXTEL All-Star Challenge, as well as theUAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son ofBruton Smith) as track president.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Wednesday, May 24, at 7:00 PMEST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Thursday, May 25, at 6:00 PMEST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 26-38 would be decided on time,[3] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; up to four provisionals were given. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field.
Jeff Gordon, driving forHendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 29.370 and an average speed of 183.861 miles per hour (295.896 km/h) in the first round.[4]
Six drivers would fail to qualify.
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