Dale Earnhardt's 1995 victory was one of five top-10s in seven starts at Indy.

Enduring Performance: 1995 Brickyard 400

Intimidator won at Indianapolis when very few were watching

In a race that played out like a chess match instead of full-contact karate, Dale Earnhardt won the rain-delayed 1995 Brickyard 400 in front of several hundred thousand fans at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway -- while a national television audience watched their local news.

	Dale Earnhardt led 28 laps in the 1995 Brickyard 400.
	1995 Brickyard 400 Official Results Pos. Driver Make 1. Dale Earnhardt Chevy 2. Rusty Wallace Ford 3. Dale Jarrett Ford 4. Bill Elliott Ford 5. Mark Martin Ford 6. Jeff Gordon Chevy 7. Sterling Marlin Chevy 8. Rick Mast Ford 9. Bobby Labonte Chevy 10. Morgan Shepherd Ford • Complete results, click here

Because rain from what was left of Hurricane Erin caused a four-hour delay, ABC's broadcast went off the air more than a hour before the race finally got under way, causing the network's affliates to endure the wrath of hundreds of angry race fans who didn't see Earnhardt's victory.

The race was shown via tape-delay on ESPN the next afternoon.

Those hardy fans who dodged the raindrops and hung around until the sun shone saw a fast race with one caution, a race which required patience and strategy.

Drivers, who sat around all day waiting for their chance to get on the track, were on their best behavior. Thirty-eight of the 41 starters were running at the end, including 19 still on the lead lap.

Polesitter Jeff Gordon, who had won the inaugural event the previous year, led the first 24 laps before Bill Elliott took command. Earnhardt, who started 16th, steadily worked his way into the top 10.

Elliott would go on to lead almost a third of the race, while Gordon fought handling conditions for the rest of the day, finishing a distant sixth. However, brake problems ended Elliott's chance at contention, leaving Rusty Wallace in front and Earnhardt in fourth.

When the field began pitting for the final time under green, Earnhardt's stop was the best, allowing him to grab the lead for good on Lap 133. He would not be seriously challenged the rest of the way, winning by 0.37 seconds. The victory was worth $565,600 to Earnhardt, which more than doubled his previous one-race winnings.

"I still haven't won the Daytona 500, but this is next to it, so we'll take it," Earnhardt said. "This was a brand-new car, and this car and crew are hard to beat when they're right."

Wallace still felt he had the car to beat. However, when Jeff Burton spun directly in front of him with 27 laps to go, Wallace was fortunate just to get by without damaging his car.

"I didn't know which way he was going to go," Wallace said of Burton. "I almost had to stop. He went top to bottom to top to bottom. By then, Dale had a good jump and I had some lapped cars to deal with, and that didn't help.

"And when I caught back up with him, the front downforce was real bad. Not much I could do but follow him at that point."

The Fords of Dale Jarrett, Elliott and Mark Martin rounded out the top five.

Rick Mast was eighth, one of his two top-10 finishes at the Brickyard. Morgan Shepherd finished 10th for the second consecutive year. In four Indianapolis starts, he's never been worse than 15th.