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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1994
Page
12
Jeff Gordon captures a dramatic Brickyard 400 victory as Ernie Irvan’s tire failure on lap 146 ends his bid. Gordon wrestles control from Irvan after a tight duel, earning $613,000 of the $3.2 million purse. race features late crashes involving Marcis Chase and a Bodine brothers incident with no injuries reported.
INDIANAPOLIS The Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway produced a full finish order with starting positions, drivers, makes, and prize money. Dale Earnhardt led with $121,625 in sixth place, while Rusty Wallace earned $82,600 and Jeff Gordon topped the field overall. Series leaders after the race place Earnhardt 2,883 points, Ervan 2,856, Wallace 2,615, and Schrader 2,528.
Geoff Bodine and Brett Bodine tangled on lap 98 sending Geoff into the wall. Geoff accused Brett of ramming him as tensions between the brothers spill into the track. Brett admitted no friendship but denied intentional rough driving.
A J Foyt, 59, failed to finish the Brickyard 400 after running out of fuel near the pit. He started 40th, moved to second briefly, but coasted to 30th as his Chevy Lumina sputtered. He avoided a bigger crash on lap 100, preferring to keep his nose clean and hinting at future NASCAR starts.
Darrell Waltrip predicts Indianapolis will lift NASCAR Winston Cup racing to historic growth. He says the Indy event will show that NASCAR has the best drivers and cars, giving the sport unprecedented clout and prompting comparisons with Indy car legends.
Indy Speedway drama as Ernie Irvan, leading hometown favorite, blows a right front tire four laps from the end while NASCAR rookie of the year Jeff Gordon charges to the first non Indy car race win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in over eight decades. Irvan limps to 17th after a late pit stop. Gordon and Irvan staged a furious 20 lap battle with tire wear altering the outcome.
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