races in a season. This was Ward Burton's first race in the #22 Pontiac for Bill Davis Racing. However, it was a short debut as Burton crashed out of the race and finished 34th. Dale Earnhardt was sent to the rear of the field after spinning Rusty Wallace coming out of turn 4 on lap 32. This resulted in an argument between Wallace and Earnhardt after the race where Wallace threw a water bottle at Earnhardt. Later in the race, Earnhardt ran into the back of Derrike Cope's #12 Ford on a restart. This significantly damaged the front of Earnhardt's car and forced him to pit road for repairs once the caution flag waved again. This was the reason why Earnhardt had to charge through the field in order to catch Terry Labonte at the end of the race. At one point, the #94 McDonald's Ford of Bill Elliott climbed the wall coming out of turn 2. The #43 of Bobby Hamilton was given a 5 lap penalty for rough driving for wrecking the #11 Ford of Brett Bodine twice within 20 laps. Lake Speed suffered from a slight case of smoke inhalation as a result of a crash on lap 390 that broke an oil line on his #9 Ford. The broken oil line (and the accompanying substantial oil leak, which was streaming down the left front fender of the car) caused a fire while Speed was trying to get the car back to his pit stall. Mountain Dew Southern 500 The Mountain Dew Southern 500 was held September 3 at Darlington Raceway. The #37 of John Andretti won the pole. Top ten results 24-Jeff Gordon 3-Dale Earnhardt 2-Rusty Wallace 22-Ward Burton 30-Michael Waltrip 10-Ricky Rudd 26-Hut Stricklin 18-Bobby Labonte 9-Lake Speed 4-Sterling Marlin Failed to qualify: 66-Billy Standridge, 52-Brad Teague, 88-Gary Bradberry Miller Genuine Draft 400 The Miller Genuine Draft 400 was held September 9 at Richmond International Raceway. Dale Earnhardt won the pole. Top ten results 2-Rusty Wallace 5-Terry Labonte 3-Dale Earnhardt 28-Dale Jarrett 43-Bobby Hamilton 24-Jeff Gordon 37-John Andretti, 1 lap down 10-Ricky Rudd, 1 lap down 25-Ken Schrader, 1 lap down 16-Ted Musgrave, 1 lap down Failed to qualify: 32-Ed Berrier, 78-Jay Hedgecock, 40-Shane Hall, 29-Steve Grissom, 90-Mike Wallace, 49-Eric Smith Steve Grissom failed to qualify for both Richmond Winston Cup races in 1995. MBNA 500 The MBNA 500 was held September 17 at Dover