1994 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Michigan)

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1994 Miller Genuine Draft 400

Race details
Race 14 of 31 in the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1994 Miller Genuine Draft 400 program cover, featuring Rusty Wallace. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass.
Date	June 19, 1994
Official name	26th Annual Miller Genuine Draft 400
Location	Brooklyn, Michigan, Michigan International Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 2 mi (3.2 km)
Distance	200 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Scheduled Distance	200 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Average speed	125.022 miles per hour (201.203 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Loy Allen Jr.	TriStar Motorsports
Time	39.858
Most laps led
Driver	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South
Laps	83
Winner
No. 18	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South
Television in the United States
Network	CBS
Announcers	Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

The 1994 Miller Genuine Draft 400 was the 14th stock car race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 26th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 19, 1994, in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would manage to come back from a slow pit stop, passing the leader with five to go in the race. Wallace would be able to hold onto the lead to take his 36th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his fifth victory of the season, and his third consecutive victory.^[1][2] To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively.

The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 17, at 3:30 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, June 18, at 11:00 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 would be decided on time,^[3] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; up to two provisionals were given. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field.

Loy Allen Jr., driving for TriStar Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 39.858 and an average speed of 180.641 miles per hour (290.714 km/h) in the first round.^[4]

Ten drivers would fail to qualify.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Ernie Irvan 2,244 2 Dale Earnhardt 2,166 (-78) 3 Rusty Wallace 2,020 (-224) 1 4 Mark Martin 1,931 (–313) 1 5 Ken Schrader 1,925 (–319) 6 Morgan Shepherd 1,782 (–462) 7 Ricky Rudd 1,741 (–503) 8 Michael Waltrip 1,728 (–524) 2 9 Jeff Gordon 1,668 (–576) 10 Kyle Petty 1,658 (–586) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.