|| *Comments on the 1994 Brickyard 400:* View the most recent comment <#104> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Jeff posted: 10.11.2004 - 7:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) An astonishing 85 cars showed up to attempt this race. More than the 62 that showed up at Daytona. Here's who DNQed.(and their speeds) 39 Joe Ruttman 168.587 32 Dick Trickle 168.479 20 Randy LaJoie 168.401 59 Jim Sauter 168.205 29 Steve Grissom 168.165 88 Davy Jones 168.124 61w Rick Carelli 167.876 92w John Krebs 167.666 34 Bob Brevak 167.570 60 Gary Bettenhausen 167.249 52 Brad Teague 166.451 90 Mike Wallace 166.399 54 Robert Pressley 166.211 81w Jeff Davis 165.329 57 Bob Schacht 164.986 76w Ron Hornaday 164.736 65 Jerry O'Neil 164.693 00w Scott Gaylord 164.591 67 Ken Bouchard 164.534 47 Billy Standridge 163.636 12 Tim Steele 162.796 36w Rich Woodland, Jr. 162.749 04w Herschel McGriff 162.449 56 Jerry Hill 161.897 59 Andy Belmont 161.679 36 H.B. Baily 160.732 84 Norm Benning 160.040 58w Wayne Jacks 158.702 79 Doug French 154.684 49w Steve Sellers 153.074 48 James Hylton 149.276 91w Robert Sprague crash 95w Lance Wade spin 09 Stan Fox crash 19 Loy Allen, Jr. crash 48w Jack Sellers no speed The following cars did not make an attempt 0 Delma Cowart 13 Kerry Teague 38w P.J. Jones 82 Charlie Glotzbach 86w Butch Gillliand 95 Ben Hess 90w Joe Heath 2. Chris Robinson posted: 12.17.2004 - 9:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It was a huge surprise when Rick Mast won the pole. His only other pole was the great 1992 Hooters 500 where Kulwicki won his championship. Dale Earnhardt was on the outside of the front row and wanted so badly to lead the first lap that he overdrove his car and smacked the wall on the first lap. He finished 5th in a car that won the Brickyard a year later. 3. HomeDepot20TS posted: 02.26.2005 - 9:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The inagural here appeared to be headed for a stirring duel between Jeff Gordon and Ernie Irvan, but seconds after Ernie moved into the lead, a tire came apart, handing Gordon the win. Also, who'll forget lap 100. One Bodine wrecks another. 4. JC posted: 07.30.2005 - 9:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race included open wheel legends such as AJ Foyt and Danny Sullivan. 5. STbastien posted: 10.07.2005 - 12:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Bodines feud was quite funny. 6. STbastien posted: 11.06.2005 - 6:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some DNQ cars are here : http://public.fotki.com/RodM/nascar_picture_archive/1994_brickyard_400/ 7. Darrell posted: 12.11.2005 - 3:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Great pics Sebastien. Thanks for the link. 8. mcmurrayfan posted: 06.24.2006 - 3:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Last career top 5 for Brett Bodine. 9. Kevin posted: 08.19.2006 - 12:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I Think Geoffrey could have won. 10. Canadian Fan posted: 01.03.2007 - 9:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akIXEuSFEl8 11. Canadian Fan posted: 01.03.2007 - 9:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbZmSXqjWy8 12. Canadian Fan posted: 01.03.2007 - 9:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY9_ncghs5I 13. myself posted: 02.16.2007 - 8:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Its a shame Davey died & never got to race @ Indy. Its also a shame that many of the all-time greatest--Yarborough, Petty, Pearson, Allison, Parsons, etc--never got to race a Nascar race @ Indy! 14. MegaRacer posted: 03.10.2007 - 9:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) About the Bodine incident: 1. It happened right in front of us and 2. It's amazing there weren't more cars involved. Thought I had this race on tape but my mom put the VCR on the wrong channel and we ended up with over 4 hours of the Home Shopping Network! 15. Wyatt posted: 05.29.2007 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Actually Ervan's tire came apart AFTER JG passed him. 16. JarrettFan44 posted: 08.22.2007 - 5:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Geoff Bodine's 1994 DNF count number 10 17. Anonymous posted: 09.03.2007 - 8:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Geoff Bodine tied John Andretti for the lead in DNFS. 6th DNF for Jimmy Spencer 18. Anonymous posted: 09.03.2007 - 8:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Numerical order of DNQs: 0-Delma Cowart 00-Scott Gaylord 04-Hershel McGriff 09-Stan Fox 12-Tim Steele 13-Kerry Teague 19-Loy Allen 20-Randy LaJoie 29-Steve Grissom 32-Dick Trickle 34-Bob Brevak 36-H. B. Bailey 36-Rich Woodland 38-P. J. Jones 39-Joe Ruttman 47-Billy Standridge 48-James Hylton 48-Jack Sellers 49-Steve Sellers 52-Brad Teague 54-Robert Pressley 56-Jerry Hill 57-Bob Schacht 58-Wayne Jacks 59-Jim Sauter 59-Andy Belmont 60-Gary Bettenhausen 61-Rick Carelli 65-Jerry O'Neill 67-Ken Bouchard 76-Ron Hornaday 79-Doug French 81-Jeff Davis 82-Charlie Glotzbach 84-Norm Benning 86-Butch Gilliland 88-Davey Jones 90-Mike Wallace 90-Joe Heath 91-Robert Sprague 92-John Krebs 95-Ben Hess 95-Lance Wade I know this has been posted before, but I did it in numerical order. 19. Anonymous posted: 09.16.2007 - 3:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also, I believe this was Gary Bettenhausen's first attempt at a Nascar race since the '70s. 20. SK posted: 10.26.2007 - 6:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Danny Sullivan's one-off ride in the #99 would be the last for that car number in Winston Cup before Jack Roush formed his third and still thriving team in '96 with Jeff Burton. 21. Billy Kingsley posted: 11.05.2007 - 5:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I am pretty sure that the DNQ attempt of #84-Norm Benning was the last ever attempt for an Oldsmobile in Winston Cup racing. Finding DNQ info for pre-98 is not very easy and I havn't been able to find out if he attempted any races after this one. It was a white #84 with red graphics sponsored by 84 Lumber. Near as I can tell, that was the reason for the #84. 22. Anonymous posted: 11.05.2007 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Norm did try to qualify for the Daytona 500 for several years afterwards. 23. Billy Kingsley posted: 11.05.2007 - 10:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thanks, I knew he did plate races, or at least attempted, up till about 1998. If this was his last attempt in 94, then it would have HAD to have been the last Olds attempt due to the three year rule. He's still running ARCA from time to time, as well, or at least was last year. 24. #71=Awesome posted: 12.29.2007 - 7:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The last NASCAR start for the greatest American driver in racing history: A.J. Foyt. 25. Matt posted: 12.31.2007 - 7:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sullivan's actually wasn't a one-off deal. He attempted to qualify for a few races earlier in the season but missed them all. 26. B. Smith posted: 04.24.2008 - 3:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Uhhhh, Wyatt JG passed Irvan because Irvan's tire was going soft. It started going soft in turn 1 causing him to push up the track and get out of the gas, Jeff passed him there in the short cute. By the time Irvan came off turn 2 he was visably slowing down and about half way down the back stretch the tire started coming apart. He had Gordo beat...I know, because I was not an Irvan fan and wanted anyone to win but him, and I figured he had it in the bag until the tire deal. 27. S. Blakesley posted: 05.05.2008 - 2:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR used some tricks to get that high car count. Back in that time period the West Series ran the same rules as the Cup Series. Many of these were West Series teams and I believe they paid them show up points. If you look at West Series media guides some of the West Series records were set at this race. 28. RaceFanX posted: 08.11.2008 - 9:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Probably the closest NASCAR has ever come (and will ever come) to filling the available 110 numbers in one entry list. After the wreck, Brett and Geoff Bodine didn't speak to each other for over a year. 29. RaceFanX posted: 11.11.2008 - 10:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hershel McGriff's last attempt to race in Cup 30. RaceFanX posted: 11.13.2008 - 8:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only NASCAR race ever for 1985 Indy 500 winner Danny Sullivan Chargin' Charlie Glotzbach's DNQ was his last NASCAR attempt. 31. Anonymous posted: 02.15.2009 - 2:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Technically, RaceFanX, all numbers up to 299 are available in the entry list. No number under 99 can actually run, of course, but... 32. Anonymous posted: 03.05.2009 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If everyone could qualify for this race, then that would be the biggest field in the history of the Cup Series, beating the '51 Southern 500 where 82 cars took the grid. 33. jp posted: 04.13.2009 - 9:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) I have a NASCAR scene from a year or so ago. It was talking about Mast, and i saw a number 89 on the board. Who drove it that day? 34. RaceFanX posted: 11.08.2009 - 1:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) IMSA GTP, 24 Hours of Le Mans and Bathurst 1000 winner Geoff Brabham makes his only NASCAR start 35. SoxFan24 posted: 11.18.2009 - 3:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 2nd career win for Jeff Gordon 36. Anonymous posted: 01.26.2010 - 2:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Geoff was the first Aussie to drive at Indy for NASCAR, for people who thinks that Marcos Ambrose was the first. 37. Chris posted: 05.31.2010 - 11:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mike Chase is the only Winston West Series driver to make the field. Had he not made this race, than Ron Hornaday, Jr. would have won the 1994 Winston West Series championship by 14 points. Chase winds up beating Hornaday by only 23 points, and is the only driver to qualify for all 14 events. These combination races took place up until 1997. There was anywhere from 1 - 3 combination events each season. These events were held at Sonoma (Infineon), Phoenix, College Station, Riverside, Ontario. These were the same thing as the Busch (now Nationwide) Series and Busch North Series combination races. These races however were run at Nazareth, New Hampshire, Dover, Charlotte, Rockingham, Oxford, Darlington, Daytona, Martinsville, IRP, Richmond, Watkins Glen. These took part from the Busch North's inception in 1987 until 1997. 38. 00andJoe posted: 09.27.2010 - 4:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) As a note, the DNQ list in the first comment doesn't quite square up with the stats on the individual drivers' pages on the site, with regard to those who didn't turn in a speed. All drivers down to #48 James Hylton (i.e. all who turned in a time) match Jeff's list; it's only after that, with the drivers who failed to turn in a time, that the order varies. The order based on the driver DNQ pages is: (down to 74th, #48 James Hylton, same as Jeff's list). #19 Loy Allen Jr #09 Stan Fox #95W Lance Wade #91W Robert Sprague #48W Jack Sellers #82 Charlie Glotzbach #95 Ben Hess #90W Joe Heath #0 Delma Cowart #13 Kerry Teague #38W P.J. Jones #86W Butch Gilliland Also, note that two cars used the #59 (Jim Sauter and Andy Belmont). Clearly one was a #159 or #259, but in the few other cases I know of where a #__ and a #1__ or #2__ where __ matches attempted to qualify for the same race, the 1__ or 2__ ran a different number on the door/scoring monitor, but these show as the same. 39. 18fan posted: 09.29.2010 - 12:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) In his 50th career start, Jeff Gordon leads the most laps in a race for the first time in his career. 40. Ryan posted: 11.05.2010 - 10:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was by far the best finish at Indy with stock cars. Mainly because of the new aero packages coming into play. 41. bramblegrunt posted: 07.14.2011 - 3:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Anonymous said: "Geoff was the first Aussie to drive at Indy for NASCAR, for people who thinks that Marcos Ambrose was the first. " Actually thats incorrect. Allan Grice of Queensland made 2 NASCAR races in the 80s, 1 in 1987 and 1 in 1989, driving the #03 Fosters and #47 Fosters cars respectively, both at Charlotte 42. Anonymous posted: 08.01.2011 - 5:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Attendance: 350,000. One MILLION requests. 43. Anonymous posted: 08.17.2011 - 12:17 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) "Actually thats incorrect. Allan Grice of Queensland made 2 NASCAR races in the 80s" He clearly said the first Aussie to drive *at Indy*. 44. Jim4Bill posted: 07.26.2012 - 2:23 pm Rate this comment: (2) (5) Alot of fast Fords - the 28 seemed to be able to keep up with the 24 - otherwise it was 24 vs. a field of fast Fords. I remember Bill Elliot got to the lead and his car would not run out front (too loose) so they got right back by him. Anyway - I think Ernie Irvin had something for the 24 car if his tire does not go flat. Otherwise he had the car to beat. Lots of rumors that Chevy put a TON of wind tunnel hours into the 24 car, along with some good old fashion cheating from Hendrick that NASCAR ignored to ensure the home state boy won (I heard Jeff's car was light but obviously just a rumor). Let's just say Earnhart St. wanted to know how in the heck any Chevy could be that good relative to his car. 45. 44andJoe posted: 01.11.2013 - 11:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #99 crew chief: Fred Wanke 46. Evan W. posted: 05.21.2014 - 12:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsors: Runner-up #26 Brett Bodine National Lease/Quaker State National Lease, a leasing company got hood time on Brett Bodine's Ford in this race, they got a lot of TV time as Brett ran up front and finished 2nd to Jeff Gordon overall. Thoughts * One of the first races I watched flag to flag, and the first I watched on vacation, my family was at Virginia Beach at the time. * Ernie Irvan had the car to beat that day, this was probably the best put together car that he had all year and this car could have won this one without the flat tire. * Dale Earnhardt hit the wall where the flowers are planted at Indy on the second or third lap. He was not the same the rest of the race, Dale did lead the race but once he hit the wall, he never seemed to be able to get back to the front with the minor damage he had sustained and that just killed the front end speed. Earnhardt would get his revenge the next year, winning the 2nd Brickyard 400. 47. 23andJoe posted: 06.19.2014 - 11:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #44 crew chief: Tony Gibson 48. sk posted: 09.06.2014 - 4:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) B. Bodine's sponsor was "NationaLease", just the one word. 49. Paul posted: 03.26.2015 - 9:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Withdrew from race: #62 N/A Owner: Henley Gray / Make: Ford Source: Herald-Journal, 7/28/94 (https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19940728&id=G7IeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QM8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6600,3282619&hl=en) 50. NascarFan4Ever posted: 06.26.2015 - 10:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's amazing how many cars attempted to make the brickyard. Imagine if it was the duels at Daytona 51. RaceFanX posted: 08.16.2015 - 4:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Irvan's tire problems late and Dale Earnhardt's top-5 allowed the Intimidator to take the points lead. Earnhardt would not relinquish the points lead throughout the rest of the season on the way to his record-tying seventh title. 52. NASCARLover22 posted: 09.07.2015 - 8:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) Mike Chase was in the #50, not A.J. Foyt. 86 cars? Holy crap! 53. Ernest T. posted: 09.07.2015 - 9:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ummm, what the hell are you talking about? Foyt damn well was was in the #50, Mike Chase finished 42nd in the #58. 54. NASCARLover22 posted: 09.07.2015 - 9:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Really? I guess my NASCAR Chronicle had a typo or something. 55. nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted: 09.07.2015 - 9:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Confirmation, Mike Chase changed her #50 to a #58 for the race (request by NASCAR). 56. nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted: 09.07.2015 - 10:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Link for a picture with #58 from the race crash: http://stockcar-world.com/SiteV4.2/Objets/250.JPG Note: #50 only in practice. 57. Anthony posted: 12.15.2015 - 5:47 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) There were nearly a million ticket requests for this race, now you can walk up on the day of the race and sit where ever you wish. 58. Anthony posted: 01.11.2016 - 2:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race was probably the trigger for the formation of the IRL. 59. Josh posted: 02.09.2016 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can someone explain to me the "Combination Race" setup that was in place for this race? Only one NASCAR Winston West guy made the race on a provisional, Mike Chase. Did the other West guys that failed to make the race just not get points? I can't find any confirmation on how this works, but I can't imagine all those West guys would show up knowing that most of them likely couldn't make the race if they wouldn't get points at all. Thanks, 60. Voice of Reason posted: 07.21.2016 - 8:58 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) #44: Or maybe....just maybe....Jeff Gordon just happens to be a damn good race driver, right? Of course not, it must have been a conspiracy. 61. Maverick11 posted: 07.21.2016 - 9:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "This race was probably the trigger for the formation of the IRL." The IRL formation was already announced months earlier. 62. Sean posted: 07.21.2016 - 9:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "This race was probably the trigger for the formation of the IRL." Well, in a way you're right. The early Brickyard 400s helped FUND the early IRL seasons and many people argue that Indy no longer being exclusive to IndyCars was really when the decline for IndyCar racing began, so one could argue the decline began in 1994, not the split in 1996 (I would probably agree with this and say the Brickyard 400 is when NASCAR surpassed CART in mainstream popularity in the US, and NASCAR also benefited HUGELY that baseball was on strike that year just as many people were watching it for the same time, including myself although the first race I watched was the Pepsi 400 that year.) It's also pretty much common knowledge that Bill France, Jr. and Bernie Ecclestone both quietly encouraged Tony George to split from CART because both NASCAR and F1 were able to benefit from less competition from CART, and one could argue that NASCAR got the Brickyard 400 and F1 got the U.S. Grand Prix at Indianapolis basically in exchange for providing advice (because George was naive enough apparently to believe that the NASCAR and F1 chairmen had his best interests at heart rather than their own...) Yes, the IRL formed first, but I do think you're right that the inaugural Brickyard is connected regardless... 63. RaceFanX posted: 07.24.2016 - 2:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Did the other West guys that failed to make the race just not get points? I can't find any confirmation on how this works, but I can't imagine all those West guys would show up knowing that most of them likely couldn't make the race if they wouldn't get points at all." NASCAR did indeed offer the West guys points just for showing up and attempting to qualify. Rumors are they wanted to ensure a big entry list for the inaugural race. 64. RaceFanX posted: 07.24.2016 - 2:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brothers Darrell Waltrip and Michael Waltrip both finished in the top-10 of this historic inaugural race. It was the only top-10 finish for either Waltrip at Indy. 65. Aaron posted: 07.25.2016 - 7:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 20 years** 66. Aaron posted: 07.25.2016 - 7:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was more than 30 years ago, so this may not be entirely accurate, but I remember watching a Winston west race, possibly on TNN, where the winner was guaranteed a spot into the inaugural Brickyard 400, and the winner was Mike Chase. All others got points for the attempt of the 400. 67. Anthony posted: 07.26.2016 - 1:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fast forward 22 years and you can remove the leading 3 from the crowd number 68. M posted: 10.03.2016 - 7:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "We'll remember the name! Jeff Gordon! Winner of the inaugural Brickyard 400!" Historic day. Jeff Gordon dominates, leading more than half of the race on his way to victory in the first ever stock car race at Indy. Jeff let Ernie get by because Ernie was making his car loose, and then Jeff stalked his back bumper waiting for his opportunity in the closing laps. Ernie misses the entrance to the corner, slips just a little, and Gordon pounces on him and never looks back. Jeff passed Ernie going into 1, THEN Ernie's tire blew coming down the backstretch. Even if Ernie's tire doesn't give out, it was only a matter of time before Jeff passes him for the lead. This race never ever gets old for me. I get chills listening to the crowd erupt as Jeff closes it out. No better place to do it than at home. 69. The Great Dave posted: 03.28.2017 - 3:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor Updates #12 Tim Steele Bobby Allison Racing / ReLife Ford (The original car Steele drove had Bobby's logo on the hood and ReLife on the side, Tim Wrecked in Practice and they went with a solid red car that may have been one of Tim's cars) #58W Wayne Jacks Southwest Paving / Imperial Palace Pontiac (SW Paving was on the hood) #20 Randy Lajoie Fina / Lance / Kool-Aid Ford (Lance and Kool-Aid were on the side of he car) #14 John Andretti Bryant / Johnathan Byrd's / V-Line Chevrolet (Johnathan Byrd's and V-Line were on the side of the car where as Bryant was just on the hood) #59 Andy Belmont Dr. Diecast / Metal Arrester Ford (Dr. Diecast was on the hood of Andy's car.) #04 Herschal McGrff Breezely Motor Sports / Citgo Ford (It was Breezley not beverly on the side of the car) #99 Danny Sullivan The Corperate Car / Brooks / JCPenny / Allison Chevy (Lots of Sponsors on the side of this car) 70. RaceFanX posted: 03.28.2017 - 4:35 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Do you mean The Corporate Car / Brooks / JCPenny / Allison for Sullivan's car? There was a typo on Corporate. 71. rw posted: 04.27.2017 - 8:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Funny the more look at the DNQ list of this race, the more I say to myself, NASCAR should've at least expanded the field to 50 cars just for this race only. 72. Anthony posted: 04.27.2017 - 8:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) now they can't even get a full field lol 73. Mike posted: 07.07.2017 - 11:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually not even the biggest entry list in NASCAR's modern era. There were 113 entries at Ontario in 1972. 74. Gelato101 posted: 07.07.2017 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What's the biggest entry list that is just one series and not a combination? 75. Mike posted: 07.07.2017 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There were some Daytona 500s in the 80s, 90s and 2000s with car counts higher than 60. I'd imagine it's one of those. 76. Mike posted: 07.07.2017 - 5:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Follow-up: The biggest I can find was the 1983 Daytona 500, with 73 entries. 77. Alex Jones of InfoWars posted: 07.15.2017 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) If only this day had failed. 78. RaceFanX posted: 11.24.2017 - 4:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davidson remembers this day and how, in this transitional period for NASCAR, many of the older racers who came up through the short track ranks were absolutely in awe they were getting a chance to race at Indy. Jimmy Hensley and Jimmy Spencer were amazed that this race was happening and they were in it. 79. Matthew Lewis posted: 12.03.2017 - 8:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #95w Lance Wade also had Apex Steel as an associate sponsor on his tv panel (rear bumper) 80. BrotherFlounder posted: 06.16.2018 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Did any of the Bodines ever reveal why Geoff and Brett were already on bad terms coming into the race? 81. Ryan posted: 06.16.2018 - 8:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @81 This should give you some insight on it... http://articles.latimes.com/1994-08-12/sports/sp-26368_1_brett-bodine The battle between Jeff and Ernie is still by far the best race there was in the Brickyard 400 and it was the inaugural race. 82. RaceFanX posted: 08.15.2018 - 11:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Handsome Harry Gant makes his lone appearance at Indy as a highlight of his last season of NASCAR competition. Mr. September's lone Brickyard 400 saw him lead a lap early on during some green flag pits stops only to have the transmission fail on his #33 Skoal Bandit Chevrolet not long afterward. He'd finish the race but well down the running order. The early stages of this race saw A.J. Foyt get up to second place by the lap 40 mark as he stretched his fuel mileage and was one of the last to pit during the green flag stops. That strategy backfired on Supertex as he ran the #50 Ford out of the fuel leaving the Copenhagen special to coast back to the pits. The team was able to fuel him up and get him back in the race but Foyt lost several laps in the process, ruining his chances for a good finish. 83. Ultimate Warrior #18 posted: 09.10.2018 - 5:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wonder how long qualifying lasted does anyone have the official time? 84. jp posted: 12.07.2018 - 10:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor Update: #14-John Andretti: Bryant/Financial World/Jonathan Byrd's/V-Line Sources: http://www.rubbins-racin.com/forums/filedata/fetch?id=1481589&d=1490725611 & http://www.rubbins-racin.com/forums/filedata/fetch?id=1481590&d=1490725629 85. ScottB posted: 01.08.2020 - 5:29 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) RE comments #52-56: Mike Chase was one of the Winston West series drivers who was at the first Brickyard due to NASCAR making it a "combination" event and opening it up to drivers from that series in order to ensure a high car count. Initially, his entry was listed as "50W," 50 being his regular car number, and the "W" suffix indicating he was from the West series. He was listed that way in media guides and other materials that were printed well in advance of the event. Mike Chase's number was later changed to #58 to resolve conflict with A.J. Foyt's #50 entry, which also made the field. In other combination events that year, Foyt was not in the field and Chase was able to run his usual #50. Confusing? A little bit, but less than having two #50's actually start the race. 86. Iamthedebris posted: 03.28.2020 - 2:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Last NASCAR race where more cars failed to qualify than the total number of racers. 87. Anonymous posted: 04.20.2020 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Yet another race will air on FS1 while we wait for NASCAR to comeback maybe Mid-May from what I have been hearng I hope, so but while we wait we get something very big, I know its 26 years old but its big alright, its the very first Brickyard 400 from 1994, you won't get Indy 500 in may but your get the first Brickyard 400 airing May 3rd on Fs1 at 10:00 Eastern. Look I know it aired on ABC yes, but we need something while we wait that will make Jeff Gordon happy yeah since he won that race and then they'll presumingly the last of the ENASCAR Invitional events after that. Note Indianapolis not effected for NASCAR except for the historic doubleheader with Indycar who was more effected and they'll now race 3 times in Indianapolis this year including twice on the road course after they couldn't run Long Beach, COTA, Barber, and Belle Aisle in Detroit. 88. Anonymous posted: 04.20.2020 - 6:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now yes I said historic about 3 motorsports events in one track at Indianapolis on forth of July, but I do hear via Adam Stern, that Texas hasn't said much yet but 2 weeks ago I believe Mark Miles indycar CEO say he'd like to see it at Texas but heres the thing The Xfinity and Gander Trucks also were effected by this too lets not forget SO TEXAS Motor Speedway Eddie Gossage how about a stunning 4 race in one weekend idea with Both NASCAR and INDYCAR Featured what you think about it! Governor Abbott also mentioned he hopes to have something exciting about that to announce hopefully soon it might possibly involve that I think, But will wait and see. I know no fans will be there but still its historic and a brilliant idea. 89. Anonymous posted: 04.20.2020 - 6:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I see Sonoma in trouble too of course the only thing I could think of maybe if you get third road course race Daytona on road course, MAYBE? But the only other is New Hamsphire also owned by same company that owns Sonoma so maybe New Hampshire doubleheader Maybe? I mean they used to race two there from 1997-2017. Doubleheaders-Uh I think maybe 4 if possible. I mean Indycar had to do it with Iowa and Laguna Sega So I say Consider another idea maybe I mean Jenna Fryer mentioned it as a maybe. But I know they said a few weeks But Please be sooner or later but you've done well at not rushing. 90. Pacer posted: 05.03.2020 - 10:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The pace car for this race was a brand-new 1995 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, giving the model a NASCAR appearance before the Chevy teams started racing them in 1995. Elmo Langley was at the wheel as he always was in this era. 91. RaceFanX posted: 05.03.2020 - 11:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mark Martin qualified in the top-10 and ran there early on but his #6 Valvoline Ford dropped a cylinder just before halfway, ruining any chance he had of a good finish. 92. RaceFanX posted: 05.03.2020 - 11:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mark Martin's issues actually turned out to be clutch related, he broke it zooming out of the pits after a green flag stop (NASCAR teams weren't used to the concrete pit boxes IMS had), and as a result he made some unusual history when his team took the #6 Valvoline Ford behind the wall for repairs afterward. The Indy 500 famously did not allow cars to go behind the wall and come back out at the time but the Brickyard 400 operated under the same rules as all NASCAR races so Martin was the first driver at Indianapolis to go back to the garage for repairs and then rejoin the race. 93. MikeyD posted: 05.03.2020 - 11:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dang 85 cars attempted to make the race, nowadays they are lucky to get 40 to show up for 40 spots 94. RaceFanX posted: 05.03.2020 - 12:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Reigning ARCA champion Tim Steele failed to qualify for this race, ultimately ending his six-race tenure in the NASCAR Cup series driving Bobby Allison's #12 Ford. The Allison pit crew still got to be in this race though as they took over pit stop duties for A.J. Foyt's #50 Ford during this one. Steele was replaced by Derrike Cope to close out the season in the #12. 95. AlaskanBlackBearHunter posted: 05.03.2020 - 1:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looking at the DNQ list for this race, they are listed according to speeds from qualifying with Joe Ruttman and Dick Trickle barely missing the field. This list is a good indication how horrible of a driver Loy Allen Jr was. In 1994 with full backing from Hooters, he failed to qualify 12 times. And for this Brickyard 400, he qualified 75th getting out qualified by independent drivers like Bob Brevak, Gary Bettenhausen (with hardly no stock car experience), Bob Schacht, Jerry O'Neil, Ken Bouchard, Billy Standridge, Jerry Hill, 57 yr old H.B. Bailey, even Norm Benning, a shade tree mechanic self-made man Doug French and James Hylton. Not to mention... even Western West competitors like Rick Carelli, John Kerbs, Jeff Davis, Rich Woodland Jr, the 66 year old Hershel McGriff, Wayne Jacks and unheard of Steve Sellers all out qualified Loy Allen Jr for the Brickyard 400. What a total embarrassed to The Hooters food chain this must have been 96. Mile501 posted: 05.03.2020 - 3:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @95 - I'm not sure all of that can be assumed from looking at qualifying results from a single race. Loy Allen was driving for Tri-Star Motorsports, a team that never scored a top 5 finish in 200+ starts. The best 2 seasons came from Bobby Hamilton, but even he struggled to get top 10s. Interestingly, Tri-Star's only 3 poles all came from Loy Allen in 1994, so it's not like he was always terrible in qualifying. But it is puzzling considering his 12 DNQs. 97. possum posted: 05.03.2020 - 6:50 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @96 - Allen was the classic case of "brought up too soon". He'd only run a dozen or so ARCA races before being (with little warning) dumped in a Cup car, for a team that was ill-equipped to help him learn car setup or the characteristics of tracks he'd never seen (you'll note his best quals were at tracks ARCA ran). That said, I don't think he'd have ever developed into a great driver, altho he could have been competent. But his short stint with Junior broke his confidence, I think, and there was no hope for him after that. 98. Canadianfan posted: 05.03.2020 - 10:40 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @93 They were a multitude of reasons why this race had so many entries. First it had the largest purse more than the Daytona 500. Second this was the biggest thing to happen in NASCAR in a long time and everyone wanted to give it a try. Third cars were both cheaper and easier to get in this era you could go to one of several car builders like Hutcherson-Pagan or Banjo Center Performance and have whatever you wanted built or buy an older car from an established team. Fourth and last it counted for Winston West points in fact if you look at the 1994 West schedule you will see Indianapolis there. It even has its own separate page. 15 of those 85 entries were from the West series only Mike Chase was able to qualify. 99. Aaron posted: 05.11.2020 - 6:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) If I remember correctly, Chase actually received some type of exemption/provisional by winning a Winston West event, but I'm foggy on the details. 100. A posted: 06.08.2020 - 11:57 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I love all the old timers that tried to qualify...H.B. Bailey, James Hylton, Charlie Glotzbach, Hershel McGriff...everyone wanted a chance at the Brickyard 101. RaceFanX posted: 06.10.2020 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Derrike Cope's #02 and Geoff Brabham's #07 Ford Thunderbirds here were notably the very first cars featuring numbers starting with the #0 digit to race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Indianapolis 500 wouldn't see such an entry until Davey Hamilton raced a #02 car in 2007. 102. Rich posted: 09.25.2020 - 9:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bob Jenkins and Benny Parsons were the commentators. Dr. Jerry Punch, Jack Arute and Gary Gerould were the pit road reporters. Paul Page was the host. 103. Anonymous posted: 12.17.2020 - 1:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was John Andretti's last race in Billy Hagan's Chevy. The 14 car wasn't on the entry list for Watkins Glen and Andretti took over the 43 at Michigan for the rest of the season. 104. RaceFanX posted: 04.02.2021 - 1:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) While Wally Dallenbach, Jr. did make a brief stop in IndyCar he never ran the Indy 500 so this was his first race at Indianapolis where his father famously competed. Dallenbach started and finished midpack in his penultimate race in Richard Petty's #43 STP Pontiac before going on to compete in six of the first seven Brickyard 400s. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: