1994 NASCAR Busch Series

The 1994 NASCAR Busch Series began February 19 and ended October 22. David Green of Labonte Motorsports won the championship.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Manufacturer	Team		Driver	Listed owner
Chevrolet	Alliance Motorsports	59	Dennis Setzer '	Daniel Welch
Chevrolet	BACE Motorsports	74	Johnny Benson Jr. '	Bill Baumgardner
Chevrolet	Beverly Racing	25	Hermie Sadler	Don Beverly
Chevrolet	D-R Racing	08	Bobby Dotter	Ed Reizen
Chevrolet	Hensley Motorsports	63	Jim Bown	Hubert Hensley
Chevrolet	J&J Racing	99	Robert Pressley	Bill Papke
Chevrolet	J&J Racing	99	Phil Parsons	Bill Papke
Chevrolet	J&J Racing	99	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Bill Papke
Chevrolet	Labonte Motorsports	44	David Green	Bob Labonte
Chevrolet	Martin Racing	92	Larry Pearson	Mac Martin
Chevrolet	Moroso Racing	20	Randy LaJoie	Dick Moroso
Chevrolet	Moroso Racing	20	Jimmy Hensley	Dick Moroso
Chevrolet	Parker Racing	72	Tracy Leslie	Ron Parker
Chevrolet	Team 34	34	Mike McLaughlin	Frank Cicci
Chevrolet	Ricky Craven Motorsports	2	Ricky Craven	Ricky Craven
Ford	FILMAR Racing	8	Kenny Wallace	Filbert Marcotti
Ford	Mark Rypien Motorsports	23	Chad Little	Mark Rypien
Ford	RaDiUs Motorsports	55	Tim Fedewa	Ray DeWitt
Chevrolet Ford	KEL Racing	57	Jason Keller	Joe Keller

Part-time schedule

Notes:

If under "team", the owner's name is listed and in italics, that means the name of the race team that fielded the car is unknown.

Races

Goody's 300

The Goody's 300 was held February 19 at Daytona International Speedway. The No. 30 of Michael Waltrip won the pole.
Top ten results

• Michael Waltrip ran well until he lost the right half of his rear spoiler late in the race.
• This was Earnhardt's 21st and final win in the Busch Grand National Series, as well as his fifth straight victory in the Goody's 300, a record that still stands today.

Goodwrench 200

The Goodwrench 200 was held February 26 at North Carolina Speedway. Robert Pressley won the pole.
Top ten results

Notable DNQ's: Larry Pearson

Hardee's 250

The Hardee's 250 was held March 5 at Richmond International Raceway. The No. 44 of David Green won the pole.
Top ten results

• This was the only time Dale Earnhardt failed to qualify in any of the top two series of NASCAR

Busch Light 300

The Busch Light 300 was held March 12 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The No. 46 of Shawna Robinson* won the pole.
Top ten results

Notable DNQ's: 25-Hermie Sadler, 38-Elton Sawyer

Shawna Robinson became the first woman to win a pole in either of NASCAR's major touring series with this pole. However, she crashed on the first lap of the race with Joe Nemechek after Mike Wallace made it three-wide going into turn 3. Both Robinson and Nemechek accused Wallace of claiming that he was going to wreck Robinson, and then doing it just like he said he would. Wallace denied this. No punishment was assessed in the aftermath.
Final career NASCAR Busch Grand National Series victory for Harry Gant.

Miller 500

The Miller 500 was held March 20 at Martinsville Speedway. David Green won the pole.
Top ten results

Mark III Vans 200

The Mark III Vans 200 was held March 26 at Darlington Raceway. Mark Martin won the pole.
Top ten results

Sundrop 400

The Sundrop 400 was held April 3 at Hickory Motor Speedway. David Green won the pole.
Top ten results

Goody's 250

The Goody's 250 was held April 9 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The No. 60 of Mark Martin* won the pole.
Top ten results

Mark Martin was leading this race at the white flag under caution and had the race won. Apparently confused by other drivers pulling alongside and waving to him like the race was already over, Martin pulled off the track to go to victory lane approximately 400 feet short of the finish line. This gifted David Green his only victory of 1994. It was the first time in NASCAR history that a winner leading at the yellow flag accidentally gave the race away to another driver, but the second time in NASCAR history that a driver mistakenly thought that the race was over one lap too early, therefore dropping a spot or more in the final results.

Pantry Stores 300

The final Pantry Stores 300 was held April 30 at Orange County Speedway. The No. 57 of Jason Keller won the pole.
Top ten results

This was Sadler's last career NASCAR Busch Series victory.
According to a 1995 issue of NASCAR Winston Cup Scene, there was a race at Orange County Speedway scheduled for 1995, but it was cancelled before it could be run.

NE Chevy 250

The NE Chevy 250 was held May 7 at New Hampshire International Speedway. The No. 33 of Bobby Labonte won the pole.
Top ten results

Meridian Advantage 200

The Meridian Advantage 200 was held May 22 at Nazareth Speedway. Kenny Wallace won the pole.
Top ten results

Champion 300

The Champion 300 was held May 28 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The No. 88 of Mike Skinner won the pole.
Top ten results

This was Parsons' last career NASCAR victory.

Goodwrench/Delco 200

The Goodwrench/Delco 200 was held June 4 at Dover International Speedway. Ricky Craven won the pole.
Top ten results

This was Mike Wallace's first career NASCAR Busch Grand National Series victory.

Carolina Pride/Budweiser 250

The Carolina Pride/Budweiser 250 was held June 11 at Myrtle Beach Speedway. The No. 57 of Jason Keller won the pole.
Top ten results

This was Elton Sawyer's first career NASCAR Busch Grand National Series victory.

Fay's 150

The Fay's 150 was held June 25 at Watkins Glen International. Ricky Craven won the pole.
Top ten results

Bobby Dotter suffered injuries in a crash during the Goodwrench/Delco 200 at Dover. Dotter started the 150 mile event, but ended up requiring relief from road racer Scott Lagasse. Since Dotter started the race, he got credit for the finish.

Havoline 250

The Havoline 250 was held July 3 at The Milwaukee Mile. David Green won the pole.
Top ten results

Ford Credit 300

The Ford Credit 300 was held July 16 at South Boston Speedway. David Green won the pole.
Top ten results

Fram Filter 300K

The Fram Filter 300K was held July 23 at Talladega Superspeedway. Jeff Purvis won the pole.
Top ten results

The Pantry 300

The Pantry 300 was held July 31 at Hickory Motor Speedway. David Green won the pole.
Top ten results

This was Setzer's last career NASCAR Busch Series victory.

Kroger 200

The Kroger 200 was held Friday night August 5 at Indianapolis Raceway Park. David Green won the pole.
Top ten results

After several years of mid-summer races, and various dates ranging from June to August, in 1994 the Kroger 200 was permanently planted as a support race for the new Winston Cup Brickyard 400 at nearby Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With the Brickyard 400 being held on a Saturday, the Kroger 200 was scheduled for Friday night. A huge sell-out crowd for the Kroger 200 saw extra bleachers erected at the oval, with thousands of additional fans in town that weekend for the inaugural stock car race at Indy.

Detroit Gasket 200

The Detroit Gasket 200 was held August 20 at Michigan International Speedway. Derrike Cope won the pole.
Top ten results

Food City 250

The Food City 250 was held August 26 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Harry Gant won the pole.
Top ten results

For this race, Mark Martin - instead of driving his normal Roush Racing #60 Winn-Dixie Ford Thunderbird - substituted in the #28 car normally driven by Ernie Irvan following Irvan's severe injuries following a crash practicing for the 1994 GM Goodwrench Dealer 400 in the Winston Cup Series.

Gatorade 200

The Gatorade 200 was held September 3 at Darlington Raceway. Randy LaJoie won the pole.
Top ten results

Autolite 250

The Autolite 250 was held September 9 at Richmond International Raceway. Jason Keller won the pole.
Top ten results

SplitFire 200

The SplitFire 200 was held September 17 at Dover International Speedway. Harry Gant won the pole.
Top ten results

All Pro 300

The All Pro 300 was held October 8 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Mark Martin won the pole.
Top ten results

This was Dale Earnhardt's last Busch Series race. He dropped out after just five laps due to engine failure.

Advance Auto 500

The Advance Auto 500 was held October 16 at Martinsville Speedway. David Green won the pole.
Top ten results

This was the final race at Martinsville Speedway for the Busch Series until 2006.

AC-Delco 200

The AC-Delco 200 was held October 22 at North Carolina Speedway. David Green won the pole.
Top ten results

This was the final time that V6 engines were used in the Busch Series. They would make the switch to V8 power in 1995.

Full Drivers' Championship

Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led.

	Driver	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR	HCY	BRI	ROU	NHA	NAZ	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	SBO	TAL	HCY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR
1	David Green	38	19	16	19	2	12	3	1	26	6	4	24	15	6	4	2	4	13	3	7	27	3	14	8	16	19	2	12	3725
2	Ricky Craven	35	24	7	17	12	14	1*	15	5	22	1*	11	5	3	7	10	21	32	7	6	23	4	8	24	3	8	8	3	3679
3	Chad Little	3	15	22	14	27	18	22	24	15	5	11	34	17	5	8	7	5	6	8	5	2	12	5	14	15	4	5	5	3662
4	Kenny Wallace	8	23	2	21	3	4	27	20	3*	4	8	43	38	2	25	5	23*	24	2	8	34	1*	21	1*	18	15	1	6	3554
5	Hermie Sadler	12	3	5	32	28	10	9	18	1	13	25	15	20	17	5	11	2	9	6	12	8	14	25	29	5	18	15	25	3466
6	Johnny Benson '	26	25	15	16	20	16	4	30	4	12	31	22	22	16	33	3	3	38	11	11*	38	8	4	6	1	11	13	8	3303
7	Bobby Dotter	13	11	27	15	17	23	15	16	10	2	6	14	36	7	2	19	11	25	9	10	26	16	18	12	31	23	7	15	3299
8	Larry Pearson	22	DNQ	35	2	6	2	19	6	8	7	29	19	11	10*	9	15	20	11	5	24	9	33	7	9	22	22	12	21	3277
9	Dennis Setzer '	37	9	26	8	24	31	26	17	2	8	9	17	33	14	14	9	1	36	1*	4	6	21	10	23	12	21	21	17	3273
10	Tim Fedewa	31	16	9	30	7	9	25	23	18	11	7	13	6	13	24	28	30	20	10	21	7	19	20	21	17	13	4	38	3125
11	Tracy Leslie	24	17	19	5	26	11	7	12	11	28	10	38	10	19	3	18	7	10	17	14	31	7	39	26	23	29	22	20	3088
12	Robert Pressley	9	5	13	31	14	15	10	19	13	24	35	6	7	4	6	34	6	29	20	15	28	26	36	15	40	14	36	10	3043
13	Mike McLaughlin	29	22	11	39	21	21	12	DNQ	16	10	5	9	18	31	19	6	15	7	16	3	4	DNQ	6	11	28	27	11	35	2986
14	Elton Sawyer	20	12	4	38	22	13	28		31	DNQ	22	21	13	1	35	8	17	21	14	22	20	15	9	31	13	5	19	39	2873
15	Jim Bown	42	14	14	24	18	33	11	5	7	21	33	18	26	8	32	13	10	39	12	34	11	11	38	27	20	6	28	22	2852
16	Randy LaJoie	28	4	31	7	4	3	2	27	24	19	26	25	42	24	12	37	16	15	15	18	33	36	27	19	6		30	9	2837
17	Jason Keller	DNQ	29	10	28	31	36	29	13	12	27	19	12	8	11	28	20	14	37	19	9	10	6	15	36	4	43	10	36	2767
18	Terry Labonte	4	1	6	4	1*	37		33		20		8	2		1*			2			35	9	13	4	9	1	6	34	2720
19	Mike Wallace	14	10	34	11	33	17	14	14		37	3	DNQ	1*		23	1*		8	13	1	36	20	3		33	DNQ	3*	7	2679
20	Mark Martin	23	8*	8	29		1		11*				2*	3					43			3*	10	1*	2		2*		1*	2132
21	Rodney Combs	11	27	38	18	9	28	DNQ	10	28	29	38	27	14	9	11	14	13	28	DNQ	17	39		42	35	24	32			2131
22	Dave Rezendes	DNQ	33	32	DNQ	DNQ	36	18	22	17	DNQ	17	33	31	12	21	21	9	18	27	DNQ	14		33	33	26	25	27	24	1992
23	Harry Gant	32	2	3	1*		5		7				30	32			12		31		32	24	28	23	DNQ	2*	35		4	1939
24	Kevin Lepage '	DNQ	37	12	DNQ	34	32	16	26	27	9	23	DNQ	28	27	15	40	DNQ	26	DNQ	19		27	22		29	30	18	23	1865
25	Phil Parsons	36	31		41		8		9				1	12		37					16	17	18	24	16	8	16	14	16	1839
26	Stevie Reeves '		20	25	DNQ	13	34	17	DNQ	22	DNQ	27	DNQ	16	18	30	35	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	31	16	17	28	28	30	41	20	13	1817
27	Doug Heveron	41		39	42	5	22	23	DNQ	30	40	40	DNQ		15		41	32	16	4	13	13	DNQ	35		19	40	17	26	1780
28	Tommy Houston	33	35	DNQ		16	42	5	2	25		13	DNQ		22			29	33	DNQ	2		25	30	39	35	DNQ	9	42	1658
29	Roy Payne	39	26	24	35	DNQ	26	DNQ	34	23	DNQ		4	29	29		17	18	DNQ	24	33		37	37	32		17	29	30	1640
30	Randy Porter '	15	39	29	3	15	25	DNQ		20	26	14	42	25	23	29	25	25	34	30	DNQ									1525
31	Dirk Stephens '			37	12	DNQ	20	21	21		39	24	DNQ		30		27	12	DNQ	DNQ	25		35	17			38		18	1317
32	Derrike Cope								8		1		37	QL			16		23			21	23	12	13		3		14	1314
33	Johnny Rumley '					8		8		DNQ	18		DNQ	23	20	31	26	24	27	28	23		22		DNQ			25		1276
34	Dale Earnhardt	1	38	DNQ	10		6				31		23	39					3			32		41	3		45			1188
35	Bobby Labonte	30			13						35		35			26	4		40			1	13		10	25	34			1188
36	Dale Jarrett	2	40	DNQ	9		38		4				36	21					35					2		11	20			1176
37	Joe Bessey	16	28	36	6		29		31		15		10						DNQ							10	24		11	1152
38	Ken Schrader	27			DNQ			13	DNQ		3		26	30			23		1			15	2				42			1128
39	Tom Peck	10	6	20	26	25	27	6	29							22					DNQ							34	33	1090
40	Joe Nemechek	34		1*	43						32		31	9		34			12					11	17		26			1065
41	Michael Waltrip	25*			34		7						3						41						7	41	12		2	983
42	Mike Garvey '	40	30	17	25	19	30	DNQ		14			DNQ		DNQ		42		19		26	29		40						963
43	Steve Grissom												32	35		18			22	29		19		32	5	39	31		31	921
44	Sterling Marlin	6			QL		41						40			36	39		4*			18			34		7			810
45	Morgan Shepherd	7	13		DNQ		19		25				39						17					19	37		DNQ			780
46	Tommy Ellis					10		30		6			16	41	34			28							38	37				753
47	Shawna Robinson	DNQ	36	23	36	29	DNQ	DNQ	36	DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	24	26	10	22				Wth									742
48	Robbie Reiser '			DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	35	24		DNQ			DNQ		21		30	26		23	29	25	31							735
49	Nathan Buttke	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ				19					28		29	8		18			34	29					32	716
50	Ronald Cooper	DNQ	7	30	33	DNQ			28			37	7	27																642
51	Ernie Irvan	5			40						43		5	40			36		30			42								558
52	Patty Moise	DNQ		DNQ									DNQ	19		20						12	24		25	42	DNQ			552
53	Dick Trickle																					5	5			14	DNQ	37	40	532
54	Chad Chaffin '	43	32	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	35	33			DNQ		32			22	DNQ	DNQ	20									490
55	Michael Ritch					11				9															20			32		438
56	Richard Lasater	DNQ	34	DNQ	22	23	40	DNQ	32	DNQ			DNQ	37			DNQ		DNQ											414
57	Mike Skinner									29			28		DNQ			DNQ		26	28		29							395
58	Jeff Purvis				DNQ								29						5				32		30		DNQ			371
59	Kirk Shelmerdine '	17	42	18	20																									361
60	Randy MacDonald	18		21	37																					21				361
61	Jeff Green								3												QL					34	10	DNQ		360
62	David Bonnett		18	DNQ		DNQ				DNQ			DNQ									22			DNQ		39		19	358
63	Jimmy Spencer	DNQ		28										4										DNQ	18					348
64	Clay Brown					32									33		38				DNQ		30					DNQ	28	332
65	Dale Fischlein	DNQ			DNQ								DNQ						14	21		30								294
66	Bobby Hillin Jr.																							34		7	28			286
67	Chris Diamond							20		32					DNQ					DNQ								24		261
68	Ed Berrier	DNQ										QL									QL			16			33		27	261
69	George Crenshaw '	DNQ		DNQ		30		DNQ		21			DNQ		DNQ			DNQ		DNQ						36	DNQ			228
70	Jimmy Hensley																										9		29	214
71	Johnny Smith	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ			DNQ										19		22										203
72	Stanton Barrett												20														36		41	198
73	Mike Stefanik '	44		33	DNQ						41	16													22					192
74	Dale Williams											22			25						DNQ									185
75	Jack Baldwin				23		24																							185
76	Rich Bickle	DNQ			27														42										37	171
77	Jeff Neal '							DNQ		DNQ	44	32	DNQ	34			DNQ				Wth									159
78	Tim Bender												41									41					37			132
79	Andy Petree																											16		115
80	Pat Davison			DNQ		DNQ		DNQ			19							DNQ												112
81	Bill Elliott	19																												106
82	Ken Wallace Jr.		21	DNQ		DNQ					16	20				16														100
83	Andy Hillenburg	21		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ										DNQ										100
84	Johnny Chapman				DNQ								DNQ							DNQ								23		94
85	Ashton Lewis											DNQ					24	DNQ			DNQ							DNQ		91
86	Pete Silva																			25										88
87	David Hyder																											26		85
88	Greg Clark										DNQ													26			DNQ			85
89	Jimmy Kitchens																				27									82
90	Eddie Johnson																	27										DNQ		82
91	Brian Donley										DNQ															27				82
92	John Nemechek																				30									73
93	Bob Brevak																31													70
94	Ed Ferree										DNQ							31												70
95	Robert Powell																							31						70
96	David Blankenship																											31		70
97	Troy Beebe	DNQ																	DNQ							32				67
98	Doug Thorpe Jr.																32													67
99	Jabe Jones												DNQ				33													64
100	Jay Fogleman																											33		64
101	Tim Steele	DNQ			DNQ							DNQ										37								52
102	Toby Tobias Jr.											DNQ					DNQ									38				49
103	John Alexander																		DNQ			40								43
104	Barry Bostick		41				DNQ						DNQ																DNQ	40
105	Todd Bodine																										44			31
106	Dale Shaw										14	30				13
107	Kelly Moore										42	21				17
108	Martin Truex Sr.			DNQ							30	12				38
109	Andy Santerre										DNQ	18				39
110	Robbie Crouch										33	34
111	Tom Rosati										36	39
112	Brian Ross										DNQ	15
113	Jamie Aube										23
114	Bobby Dragon										25
115	Butch Leitzinger															27
116	Jeff Barry										DNQ	28
117	Dick McCabe										34
118	Tom Bolles										DNQ	36
119	Stub Fadden										38
120	Glenn Jarrett	DNQ
121	Jack Sprague	DNQ
122	Eddie Sharp	DNQ
123	Hut Stricklin	DNQ
124	Kerry Teague	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
125	Hank Parker		DNQ			DNQ		Wth
126	Eddie Goodson			DNQ						DNQ					DNQ
127	Robbie Stanley				DNQ
128	Junior Miller					DNQ		DNQ
129	Jerry Glanville							DNQ
130	Junior Franks							DNQ		DNQ			DNQ
131	Babe Branscombe										DNQ
132	Bob Brunell										DNQ
133	Scott Deware										DNQ
134	Bryan Goewey										DNQ
135	Jerry Marquis										DNQ
136	Barney McRae										DNQ
137	Steve Nowakowski										DNQ
138	Pete Rondeau										DNQ
139	Glenn Sullivan										DNQ
140	Glenn Brewer												DNQ
141	Robert Huffman												DNQ
142	Kurt Owens																	DNQ		DNQ
143	Mike Knight																	DNQ		DNQ
144	Franklin Butler III																	DNQ		DNQ								DNQ
145	Harris DeVane																		DNQ
146	Toby Porter																			DNQ
147	Brad Noffsinger																				DNQ
148	Kenny Irwin Jr.																				DNQ
149	Rob Young																				DNQ
150	Sherry Blakley																										DNQ
151	Mark Whitaker																											DNQ
152	Earl Davis																											DNQ
153	Gary Green																				Wth
154	Mike Laws				QL
155	Scott Hansen																QL
156	Curtis Markham																				QL
	Driver	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR	HCY	BRI	ROU	NHA	NAZ	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	SBO	TAL	HCY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR

Rookie of the Year

Grand Rapids, Michigan native Johnny Benson won the Busch Series Rookie of the Year award in 1994, winning once and finishing sixth in points, followed closely by Dennis Setzer, a two-time winner on the circuit. Kevin Lepage and Stevie Reeves were the only others drivers who attempted the season on a full-time basis that season.