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The ''1995 Miller Genuine Draft 500'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on June 4, 1995, at Dover Downs International Speedway in the American community of Dover, Delaware. Souvenir magazines for this race sold for a price of $10.00 ($ when adjusted for inflation) per copy and featured the then-favored driver Rusty Wallace. This race would see the final race victory from a Petty family member: Kyle Petty, son of Richard Petty and grandson of Lee Petty. ==Summary== Kyle Petty would defeat Bobby Labonte by nearly a quarter of a second after racing for more than four hours in front of an unspecified live audience; leading Pontiac into its first victory since Penske Racing South switched to Ford vehicles.〔(''1995 Miller Genuine Draft 500'' ) racing information at Racing Reference〕 He would have an awful season prior to this event and used it to springboard a comeback.〔(''Petty enjoys Monster turnaround in 1995'' ) at NASCAR.com〕 After the race, Petty had to be put on oxygen due to the double pneumonia that he had at the time. His victory also came at a time where Pontiac was underfunding their NASCAR teams in advance of their permanent withdrawal from NASCAR after the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. 1994 and 1995 were critical years for drivers using the Pontiac manufacturer as first-rate equipment started to become harder to come by. While future superstar Jeff Gordon would clinch the pole position driving up to during solo qualifying runs, the average pace of the race was . The fan favorite, Rusty Wallace, started in an agonizing 16th place and would make an improvement of seven positions to finish in ninth place on lap 499. Almost 8% of the race was run under caution and the average green flag run was a mere 77 laps.〔 Petty's final race in the NASCAR Cup Series would eventually signal an end to the dominance that the Petty family had in NASCAR (with his father Richard not winning a race after the 1984 Firecracker 400 and retiring after the 1992 Hooters 500)〔(''Tires, wrecks at Dover lead to Petty's final Cup victory'' ) at NASCAR.com〕 and would cement the dominance of the Earnhardt family over the then-current NASCAR scene. There were 20 difference changes in the first-place position of this race; with Petty holding the lead for 82 laps at one point during the event. There were 500 laps in this event which took place on a paved oval track. All of the 42 drivers on the racing grid were male and American-born. Bobby Hillin, Jr. would become the last-place finisher of this race on lap 2 along with Elton Sawyer, Dale Jarrett, and John Andretti.〔 This event was known as the ''The Big One at Dover''.〔(''The Big One at Dover Part I, June 1995'' ) at YouTube〕 Kyle Petty walked away $77,665 richer ($ when adjusted for inflation) while Hillin, Jr. walked away with only $12,780 more to his name ($ when adjusted for inflation). The overall winnings for this racing event were $1,031,965 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(NASCAR Race Results for the ''1995 Miller Genuine Draft 500'' ) at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1995 Miller Genuine Draft 500 (June)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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