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NASCAR Busch Grand National
Homestead Motorsports Complex
November 5, 1995
Track Length 1.5 mile

JIFFY LUBE 300 Provisional Results

The inaugural Jiffy Lube 300 gave south Floridians a taste of NASCAR racing
that their neighbors to the north in Daytona have enjoyed for years. It
will also give them a preview of the competition they will see again when
the SuperTrucks kick off their season, March 17, 1996.

In a spectacular finish, a lucky Dale Jarrett won the Jiffy Lube 300
under caution as race leaders Kenny Wallace, Hermie Sadler and Larry Pearson
wrecked with two to go as they battled for the lead.

In another Busch series shootout, Kenny Wallace in the RedDog Ford
Thunderbird had things in control in front of 60,000+ sun-baked NASCAR
fans until lap 192 when Kevin Lepage wrecked the Vermont Teddy Bear
Chevrolet.

With four to go, the green flag fell and Wallace took off on the
restart with Hermie Sadler, Larry Pearson and Dale Jarrett in tow.
With two to go they were three abreast on the back stretch. Wallace appeared
to have held of Sadler and Pearson, until Pearson made contact with Sadler.
Sadler then spun into Wallace and the three of them ended up making very
hard contact with the turn three retaining wall.

This opened the door for Dale Jarrett in the Hudson Technologies Ford
Thunderbird to coast to a surprise victory. The fast second day qualifier
started from the 26th position and moved carefully through the field in
the early going.

With Jarret's win, Ford clinched the Busch Manufacturers' championship
for the first time. The win is Jarrett's third of the year and 11th
of his Busch career. Previous wins came at Milwaukee and Richmond.

Jarrett was sponsored today by Hudson Technologies. Next year his primary
BGN sponsor will be Band-Aid with assistance from Hudson Technologies. His
previous colors were under the Mac Tools banner.
                                 
The 60 million dollar Homestead Motorsports Complex was the perfect setting
for the second largest purse on the Busch series, $580,000. Only the Goody's
300 at Daytona offers a larger purse.  The Homestead track has received
rave reviews from most in attendance, though the jury is still out on the
pastel green concrete walls that line the track.

The Busch championship was settled at Rockingham, so Johhny Benson set out
to enjoy the limelight, soaked up sun and went out to put on a show with
nothing to lose and for the mid-portion of the race did just that.

The BGN season finale got underway with an ailing Joe Nemechek on the pole.
Nemechek has been suffering from the flu and respiratory problems. Most
drivers took a cautious approach, knowing that overdriving the relatively
flat Homestead corners would result in a visit with wall.

 Fn St Car    Driver              Team and Car            Laps    $    Reason
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 1 26  32 Dale Jarrett     Hudson Technologies Ford       200  59,550 Running
 2  4  55 Tim Fedewa       Florida State DuraGloss Ford   200  45,450 Running
 3  7  57 Jason Keller     Budget Gourmet Chevrolet       200  30,750 Running
 4 36  30 Michael Waltrip  Pennzoil Pontaic               200  20,950 Running
 5  8  60 Mark Martin      Winn-Dixie Ford                200  16,500 Running
 6 24  99 Phil Parsons     Luxaire Chevrolet              200  13,650 Running
 7  1  87 Joe Nemechek     Bellsouth Mobility Chevrolet   200  13,850 Running
 8 39  47 Jeff Fuller      Sunoco 260 Chevrolet           200  13,150 Running
 9 10  74 Johnny Benson    Lipton Tea Chevrolet           200  16,400 Running
10 28  63 Curtis Markham   Lysol Pontiac                  200  14,750 Running
11 17  54 Rich Bickle      Terminal Trucking Ford         200  10,350 Running
12 11  38 Elton Sawyer     Ford Credit/Red Carpet Ford    200  12,900 Running
13  6  14 Bobby Labonte    MW Windows Chevrolet           200   9,350 Running
14 20   4 Jeff Purvis      Kodak Fun Saver Chevrolet      199   8,850 Running
15 30  90 Mike Wallace     Duron Paint/Heilig Meyer Ford  199   9,100 Running
16  3   8 Kenny Wallace    Red Dog Ford                   198   9,225 Running
17  9   1 Hermie Sadler    DeWalt Tools Chevrolet         198   9,350 Running
18 23  92 Larry Pearson    Stanley Tools Chevrolet        198  11,500 Running
19 21  35 Doug Heveron     Cincinnati Milacron Chevrolet  198   9,150 Running
20 32   7 Stevie Reeves    Clabber Girl Chevrolet         198   8,250 Running
21 41  71 Kevin Lepage     Vermont Teddy Bear Chevrolet   197   8,950 Running
22 34  43 Rodney Combs     Snapper Pontiac                195   8,850 Running
23 37  17 Robbie Reiser    FDP Brakes Chevrolet           195   7,950 Running
24 12  34 Mike McLaughlin  French's Mustard Chevrolet     193  10,900 Running
25 31  94 Mike Garvey      Magbee Contractor Chevrolet    192   7,825 Running
26 19  23 Chad Little      Bayer Aspirin Ford             190  10,850 Running
27 16  72 Todd Bodine      Detroit Gasket Chevrolet       190   7,775 Running
28  2  44 David Green      Slim Jim Chevrolet             183  12,575 Running
29 33  81 Ron Theil        Levitz Furniture Chevrolet     182   7,725 Accident
30 35  20 Dennis Setzer    FINA Ford                      169   8,250 Accident
31 27  95 Ward Burton      Caterpillar Chevrolet          148   8,225 Accident
32 38  66 Johnny Chapman   Planning Group Ford            123   7,650 Accident
33 40  08 Bobby Dotter     Hyde Tools Chevrolet           113   8,400 Engine
34 18  52 Ken Schrader     AC Delco Chevrolet              93   7,550 Accident
35 13   3 Jeff Green       Goodwrench Service Chevrolet    80   8,550 Accident
36 15  33 Greg Sacks       Jackaroo Pontiac                80   7,475 Accident
37 22  00 Buckshot Jones   Longhorn SteakHouse Chevrolet   80   7,400 Accident
38 43  29 Steve Grissom    ChannelLock Chevrolet           79   7,275 Engine
39 25  18 Chuck Bown       Uni-First Uniforms Ford         50   7,275 Oil Leak
40 42  25 Johnny Rumley    Big Johnson Chevrolet           31   7,275 Accident
41  5  50 Derrike Cope     UAW Healthsource Ford           30   7,525 Rear End
42 29   6 Tommy Houston    Red Devil Enamels Ford          19   8,325 Engine
43 14  86 Tracy Leslie     Coors Light Chevrolet           12   8,075 Accident


      Time of Race: 3 hours   16 minutes   28 seconds
 Margin of Victory: Under Caution
     Average Speed: 92.229
          Cautions: 13 for 61 laps
      Lead changes:  7 among 6 drivers
                    (32 led only final two laps)


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