1995 Winston Select 500

The 1995 Winston Select 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Nextel Cup) event held at Talladega Superspeedway on April 30, 1995. Mark Martin won his first race of the year, leading the most laps and holding off Jeff Gordon for the victory. Gordon also moved into a tie for the points lead with Dale Earnhardt (21st). Stats

With two laps to go at Talladega Superspeedway, Mark Martin was in a bind.

His Roush Racing Ford Thunderbird had been the fastest car all day, but he had the Chevrolet of NASCAR Winston Cup Series points leader and all-time Talladega wins leader Dale Earnhardt — who had beaten him out of the pits on the last green-flag cycle of the day — ahead of him with no help available to attempt a pass, The lapped car of Sterling Marlin pulled Jeff Gordon and Morgan Shepherd back into the picture, and Martin used the momentum of their draft to look outside and in on Earnhardt, slingshotting around him at the white flag to take the lead. Gordon followed Martin through to second, but couldn't make a move on him as Martin won the 1995 Winston Select 500, leading 88 of 188 laps.