finished 11th) accidentally pinched the #30 of Michael Waltrip (who finished 12th) into the wall. Waltrip took exception to this move and confronted Speed on pit road after the race. He ended up throwing a couple of punches through the driver's side window of Speed's Spam Ford. Waltrip would be fined $10,000 by NASCAR for the incident. Pepsi 400 The Pepsi 400 was held July 1 at Daytona International Speedway. Dale Earnhardt won the pole. Top ten results 24-Jeff Gordon 4-Sterling Marlin 3-Dale Earnhardt 6-Mark Martin 16-Ted Musgrave 25-Ken Schrader 42-Kyle Petty 10-Ricky Rudd 23-Jimmy Spencer 94-Bill Elliott Failed to qualify: 81-Kenny Wallace, 0-Delma Cowart, 65-Steve Seligman The race ended on an unusual 1 lap shootout. Benny Parsons, ESPN's announcer, joked about Gordon, who was leading on the final restart saying that he "took shifting lessons" because of Gordon's mistake on the last race at Pocono. Kyle Petty finished seventh and later on a radio call-in show addressed a rumor that had circulated during Speedweeks as to his health, a rumor revived due to fatigue he'd felt in the win at Dover the previous month. Slick 50 300 The Slick 50 300 was held July 9 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Mark Martin won the pole. Top ten results 24-Jeff Gordon 21-Morgan Shepherd 6-Mark Martin 5-Terry Labonte 10-Ricky Rudd 2-Rusty Wallace 12-Derrike Cope 16-Ted Musgrave 4-Sterling Marlin 25-Ken Schrader Failed to qualify: 49-Eric Smith Miller Genuine Draft 500 The Miller Genuine Draft 500 was held July 16 at Pocono Raceway. Bill Elliott won the pole. Top ten results 28-Dale Jarrett 24-Jeff Gordon 10-Ricky Rudd 16-Ted Musgrave 94-Bill Elliott 7-Geoff Bodine 6-Mark Martin 98-Jeremy Mayfield 87-Joe Nemechek 15-Dick Trickle Failed to qualify: 14-Randy MacDonald, 82-Terry Byers This was Dale Jarrett's 1st win with Robert Yates Racing and his only win with the number 28 car. DieHard 500 The DieHard 500 was held July 23 at Talladega Superspeedway. Sterling Marlin won the pole. The race was most remembered for Ken Schrader's wild end-over-end tumble in "The Big One" on lap 139, which collected 13 other cars. He was not injured, though. Top ten results 4-Sterling Marlin 28-Dale Jarrett 3-Dale Earnhardt 21-Morgan Shepherd 94-Bill Elliott 42-Kyle Petty 6-Mark Martin 24-Jeff Gordon 30-Michael Waltrip 23-Jimmy Spencer, 1 lap down Failed to qualify: 22-Jimmy Hensley, 0-Delma Cowart, 65-Steve Seligman Jeff Gordon was very distraught, even in tears, over Ken Schrader's crash because he tapped him