The 1994 The Bud at The Glen was the 20th stock car race of the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the ninth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 14, 1994, in Watkins Glen, New York, at the shortened layout of Watkins Glen International, a 2.45-mile (3.94 km) permanent road course layout. The race took the scheduled 90 laps to complete. At race's end, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would manage to dominate the majority of the race to take his 13th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Robert Yates Racing driver Ernie Irvan and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively.
| Race details | |||
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| Race 20 of 31 in the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 The 1994 The Bud at The Glen program cover. | |||
| Date | August 14, 1994 | ||
| Official name | 9th Annual The Bud at The Glen | ||
| Location | Watkins Glen, New York, Watkins Glen International | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.45 mi (3.943 km) | ||
| Distance | 90 laps, 220.5 mi (354.86 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 90 laps, 220.5 mi (354.86 km) | ||
| Average speed | 93.752 miles per hour (150.879 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Roush Racing | ||
| Time | 1:14.540 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Mark Martin | Roush Racing | |
| Laps | 75 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 6 | Mark Martin | Roush Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Motor Racing Network | ||
Background
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Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961–1980), but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series.
Initially, public roads in the village were used for the race course. In 1956 a permanent circuit for the race was built. In 1968 the race was extended to six hours, becoming the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen. The circuit's current layout has more or less been the same since 1971, although a chicane was installed at the uphill Esses in 1975 to slow cars through these corners, where there was a fatality during practice at the 1973 United States Grand Prix. The chicane was removed in 1985, but another chicane called the "Inner Loop" was installed in 1992 after J.D. McDuffie's fatal accident during the previous year's NASCAR Winston Cup event.
The circuit is known as the Mecca of North American road racing and is a very popular venue among fans and drivers. The facility is currently owned by International Speedway Corporation.
Entry list
edit- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Qualifying
editQualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, August 12, at 3:00 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, August 12, 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 21-38 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.
Mark Martin, driving for Roush Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 1:14.540 and an average speed of 118.326 miles per hour (190.427 km/h) in the first round.[4]
Five drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results
editRace results
editStandings after the race
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References
edit- ^ Read, Dennis (August 15, 1994). "It's Martin at the Glen - again". The Ithaca Journal. p. 11. Retrieved December 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Higgins, Tom (August 15, 1994). "Bud at the Glen field ends up Martin-ized". Evansville Press. p. 19. Retrieved December 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer. August 12, 1994. p. 60. Retrieved December 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Higgins, Tom (August 13, 1994). "Martin sets standard early". The Charlotte Observer. p. 36. Retrieved December 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
