1994 UAW-GM Teamwork 500

1994 UAW-GM Teamwork 500

Race details
Race 13 of 31 in the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1994 UAW-GM Teamwork 500 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt.
Date	June 12, 1994
Official name	13th Annual UAW-GM Teamwork 500
Location	Long Pond, Pennsylvania, Pocono Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Distance	200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Scheduled Distance	200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed	128.801 miles per hour (207.285 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South
Time	54.692
Most laps led
Driver	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South
Laps	141
Winner
No. 2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South
Television in the United States
Network	TNN
Announcers	Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Kenny Wallace
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

The 1994 UAW-GM Teamwork 500 was the 13th stock car race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 13th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 12, 1994, in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, at Pocono Raceway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangular permanent course. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In a one-lap shootout to the finish, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would be able to fend off the rest of the field to complete a dominant race performance. The win was Wallace's 35th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series win, his fourth victory of the season, and his second consecutive victory.^[1][2] To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

The race was held at Pocono Raceway, which is a three-turn superspeedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The track hosts two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, as well as one Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series event. Until 2019, the track also hosted an IndyCar Series race.

Pocono Raceway is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation. It is operated by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon, Nicholas, and sister Ashley, and cousins Joseph IV and Chase Mattioli, all of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli.

Outside of the NASCAR races, the track is used throughout the year by Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools and an IndyCar race. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two.

Entry list

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 10, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 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 Saturday, June 11, at 10:30 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 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 two 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.

Rusty Wallace, driving for Penske Racing South, would win the pole, setting a time of 54.692 and an average speed of 164.558 miles per hour (264.830 km/h) in the first round.^[4]

Full qualifying results

Race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Ernie Irvan 2,130 2 Dale Earnhardt 1,991 (-139) 3 Rusty Wallace 1,835 (-295) 4 Ken Schrader 1,775 (–355) 5 Mark Martin 1,761 (–369) 2 6 Morgan Shepherd 1,627 (–503) 1 7 Ricky Rudd 1,581 (–549) 1 8 Michael Waltrip 1,578 (–552) 2 9 Lake Speed 1,567 (–563) 1 10 Kyle Petty 1,546 (–584) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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