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With this Victory..

Daytona Beach, Fl

  • He led 40 laps of 200 laps raced. He did not lead the most laps (Terry Labonte did)
  • This is his 5th career Winston Cup victory in 260 career starts
  • He is currently 1st in Winston Cup points with 180
  • This is his 1st Winston Cup victory of 1995
  • His most victory came 15 races ago at Pocono on July 16, 1995
  • This is his 5th career superspeedway win
  • This is his 2nd win in 18 career starts at Daytona (including Pepsi 400s)
  • This is the 1st victory for Ford this season
  • Jarrett is the first winner of the NASCAR Winston Cup leader bonus of $10,000
  • This is Earnhardt's fourth 2nd-place finish in the Daytona 500 (96,95,93,84)
  • Rusty Wallace's 16th place finish was his best in the Daytona in 6 years
  • Jack Roush owned cars finished 4th (Martin), 5th (J. Burton) and 7th (Musgrave)
  • Jeff Burton, Wally Dallenbach, Jimmy Spencer and Ricky Craven posted career-best 500 finishes
  • Ford drivers swept 10 of the top 12 finishing positions