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The second caution came out on lap 49 when Jimmy Spencer got loose off of turn two and turned into the wall. As cars behind him checked up, Derrick Cope got into Geoff Bodine sending both cars spinning into the dirt. Cope slammed the inside wall.
The fourth caution was for debris on lap 97. The fifth caution, on lap 121, found Jeff Burton and Greg Sacks getting together off of turn two. The spun into the grass. Burton was able to continue. Caution number 6 on lap 167 was again for a piece of debris. The scariest incident of the day came on lap 183. Coming off of turn two, Jeff Gordon dropped low to pass Dale Earnhardt. They did not make contact, but Gordon did take the air off of Earnhardt's car causing him to slide into the wall. Dale bounced off the wall back into Jeff. He checked up, as did Dale Jarrett behind him. When Jarrett slowed, he was hit by Ernie Irvan and knoked into Earnhardt. That sent Earnhardt spinning. He became airborne, rolling over Irvan's car, flipping onto his roof, and finally settiling back on his wheels. Earnhardt got out of the car and into the ambulance. The biggest pile-up occurred in the closing laps when the field bunched up in a desperate attempt to gain positions. Bobby Hamilton was in the middle of the pack as he drifted into John Andretti starting a massive mutli-car pile-up that collected about 10 cars. This final caution caused the race to be finished under the yellow flag. |
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There were 8 cautions during the race. The first came on lap 9 when Robert Pressley took Scooby-Doo for a ride down the back straight. Pressley got bumped out of the draft and spun around backwards. The car spun on it's nose, then slammed back down onto the pavement, blowing out the back tires. Pressley was taken to the hospital for a Cat scan on his pelvis. Apparently, he is okay.
As Spencer pulled into his pits, he nearly ran over his jack man, Wayne Jenks, because he had no brakes. Jenks was okay and continued to service the 23 car the rest of the race.
The third caution also happened on the back straight. Ken Schrader in the 33 Skoal car got a run on Steve Grissom in the 41 Kodiak car. Steve moved down the ttrack to block Ken's pass, but Ken just had too much speed. They got together just enough to get them into the grass. They both spun up into the outside wall in turn three, almost collecting Mike Skinner and several other cars.
