The Reaction Lap

🏁1995 Gatorade Twin 125 #2 at Daytona 🏁

"The Intimidator" put on at Daytona International Speedway and reminded everybody why the Twin 125s were his personal playground.

📅 Thursday, February 16, 1995
🏆 Winner: Dale Earnhardt ( #3 Goodwrench Chevrolet)
📏 50 laps / 125 miles | Avg. Speed: 131.887 mph
🟡 Cautions: 4 for 13 laps

Earnhardt led 28 of the 50 laps and held off a hard-charging rookie Jeff Gordon at the line to add another Twin 125 win to his legendary Daytona résumé. It was far from a clean race four separate accidents kept the yellow flag busy.

FULL RESULT RUNDOWN:

1.Dale Earnhardt ( #3) — running, led 28
2.Jeff Gordon ( #24) — running
3.Mark Martin ( #6) — running, led 13
4.Todd Bodine ( #75) — running
5.Bill Elliott ( #94) — running
6.Ted Musgrave ( #16) — running
7.Ricky Craven ( #41) — running
8.Lake Speed ( #9) — running, led 1
9.Ricky Rudd ( #10) — running
10.Bobby Labonte ( #18) — running
11.Derrike Cope ( #12) — running
12.Randy LaJoie ( #22) — running
13.Ben Hess ( #66) — running
14.Jeff Burton ( #8) — running
15.Morgan Shepherd ( #21) — running, led 5
16.Greg Sacks ( #40) — running
17.Randy MacDonald ( #14) — running
18.Terry Byers ( #82) — running
19.Ronnie Sanders ( #62) — running
20.Robert Pressley ( #33) — running, led 1 (49 laps)
21.John Andretti ( #37) — crash (46 laps)
22.Phil Parsons ( #19) — crash (42 laps)
23.Phil Barkdoll ( #73) — crash (41 laps)
24.Jim Sauter ( #72) — crash, led 2 (41 laps)
25.Chad Little ( #97) — crash (41 laps)
26.Jimmy Spencer ( #23) — crash (14 laps)
27.Billy Standridge ( #47) — crash (14 laps)
28.Loy Allen Jr. ( #27) — crash (14 laps)
29.James Hylton ( #48) — engine (9 laps)
30.Mike Chase ( #32) — engine (7 laps)
31.Rick Mast ( #1) — engine (2 laps)
32.Steve Seligman ( #65) — DNS

Caution breakdown:
🟡 Laps 4–6: #1 Mast, engine
🟡 Laps 16–18: #23/ #27/ #47 accident (Spencer, Allen, Standridge)
🟡 Laps 33–35: #97 Little, accident on frontstretch
🟡 Laps 42–45: #19/ #37/ #72/ #73 accident, turn 2 (Parsons, Andretti, Sauter, Barkdoll)

🏁1995 Gatorade Twin 125 Qualifier, Race #1 at Daytona! 🏁

Sterling Marlin took the checkered flag in the #4 Kodak Film Chevy, leading 44 of the 50 laps and holding off Darrell Waltrip and Dale Jarrett rounded out the podium in P3.

🏆 FULL FIELD:
1️⃣ Sterling Marlin ( #4)
2️⃣ Darrell Waltrip ( #17)
3️⃣ Dale Jarrett ( #28)
4️⃣ Rusty Wallace ( #2)
5️⃣ Ken Schrader ( #25)
6️⃣ Terry Labonte ( #5)
7️⃣ Kyle Petty ( #42)
8️⃣ Michael Waltrip ( #30)
9️⃣ Dick Trickle ( #15)
🔟 Dave Marcis ( #71)
1️⃣1️⃣ Ward Burton ( #31)
1️⃣2️⃣ Joe Nemechek ( #87)
1️⃣3️⃣ Bobby Hamilton ( #43)
1️⃣4️⃣ Joe Ruttman ( #80)
1️⃣5️⃣ Jeremy Mayfield ( #98)
1️⃣6️⃣ Steve Grissom ( #29)
1️⃣7️⃣ Bobby Hillin Jr. ( #20)
1️⃣8️⃣ Jeff Purvis ( #44)
1️⃣9️⃣ Geoffrey Bodine ( #7)
2️⃣0️⃣ Davy Jones ( #77)
2️⃣1️⃣ Doug Heveron ( #95)
2️⃣2️⃣ Gary Bradberry ( #52)
2️⃣3️⃣ Mike Wallace ( #90)
2️⃣4️⃣ Brett Bodine ( #11)
2️⃣5️⃣ Kenny Wallace ( #81)
2️⃣6️⃣ Shawna Robinson ( #99)
2️⃣7️⃣ Kerry Teague ( #51)
2️⃣8️⃣ Bob Strait ( #68)
2️⃣9️⃣ Delma Cowart ( #0)
3️⃣0️⃣ Ken Bouchard ( #67)
3️⃣1️⃣ Ritchie Petty ( #53)
3️⃣2️⃣ Steve Kinser ( #26)

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