1995 Winston Cup Season

Derrike Cope started out the 1995 season hoping for good things to happen with the Bobby Allison Motorsports (BAM) Team as this was their first full season together. Jimmy Fennig was the crew chief.

The season started great with Derrike getting a fifth at Darlington. Since he was one of the few that came away with no major damage and since he had finished well, NASCAR decided to take the #12 Mane 'n Tail Ford Thunderbird to a wind tunnel test. This seemed to cause disruption for the team as there was a big slump in the middle of the season.

Straight Arrow car Fortunately, the team got back on track in the last half of the season and even finished second at Phoenix. There was a great chance at winning that race, but Ricky Rudd took the lead on the last lap to pull out the win ahead of Derrike by .53 of a second. Tire wear for Derrike resulted in the second place finish.

The team ended the season on a very positive note with finishing 15th in points.

During the off weekend racing, Derrike Cope was able to get in some racing by traveling to Georgia and West Virginia to compete in three Racing Champions races. These events give some of the Winston Cup drivers an opportunity to travel to other tracks and race in different cars.

Derrike also participated in his first Grand National Supertruck race in Richmond, VA. Straight Arrow, Mane 'n Tail, also sponsored the Ford truck. Derrike qualified in 14th position for the race and ended the race in sixth.

Year	Races	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Rank	Winnings
1995	31	0	2	8	15	$683,075

Date	Event	Start	Finish	Status	Money Won	Laps	Laps Led	Race Points	Standing
Feb. 19	Daytona 500 Daytona, FL	22	31	Accident	$35,145	184/200		70	31
26	Goodwrench 500 Rockingham, NC	6	8	Running	$18,425	489/492		142	17
Mar. 5	Pontiac Excitement 400 Richmond, VA	5	6	Running	$23,900	400/400	242-243	155	7
12	Purolator 500 Hampton, GA	8	13	Running	$15,030	325/328		124	9
26	TranSouth Financial 400 Darlington, SC	13	5	Running	$22,950	293/293		155	4
Apr. 2	Food City 500 Bristol, TN	4	13	Running	$15,430	496/500		124	6
9	First Union 400 N. Wilkesboro, NC	3	30	Running	$15,400	392/400		73	10
23	Hanes 500 Martinsville, VA	33	28	Running	$9,815	350/356		79	12
30	Winston Select 500 Talladega, AL	25	42	Accident	$10,990	64/188		37	19
May 7	Save Mart Supermarkets 300 Sonoma, CA	15	12	Running	$16,305	74/74		127	18
20	Winston Open Concord, NC	11	13	Running	$4,900	50/50		---	18
28	Coca-Cola 600 Concord, NC	26	19	Running	$13,000	396/400		106	17
Jun. 4	Miller Genuine Draft 500 Dover, DE	41	12	Running	$18,940	498/500		127	17
11	UAW-GM Teamwork 500 Long Pond, PA	11	20	Running	$15,230	199/200		130	16
18	Miller Genuine Draft 400 Brooklyn, MI	36	19	Running	$15,325	198/200		106	17
Jul. 1	Pepsi 400 Daytona, FL	37	13	Running	$19,530	160/160		124	15
9	Slick 50 300 Loudon, NH	23	7	Running	$26,125	300/300		146	14
16	Miller Genuine Draft 500 Long Pond, PA	19	39	Engine	$8,390	108/200		46	15
23	DieHard 500 Talladega, AL	40	15	Running	$18,610	187/188		118	16
Aug. 5	Brickyard 400 Speedway, IN	37	40	Engine	$52,520	104/160		43	16
13	Bud at the Glen Watkins Glen, NY	31	15	Running	$16,040	90/90		118	17
20	GM Goodwrench Dealer 400 Brooklyn, MI	26	34	Engine	$10,015	98/200		61	17
26	Goody's 500 Bristol, TN	10	10	Running	$20,565	499/500	261-289, 360-363	139	17
Sep. 3	Mountain Dew Southern 500 Darlington, SC	31	15	Running	$16,040	363/367		118	16
9	Miller Genuine Draft 400 Richmond, VA	14	34	Rear end	$10,105	332/400		61	17
17	MBNA 500 Dover, DE	18	7	Running	$22,155	499/500	283	151	16
24	Goody's 500 Martinsville, VA	16	9	Running	$15,350	500/500		138	15
Oct. 1	Tyson Holly Farms 400 N. Wilkesboro, NC	33	13	Running	$11,600	399/400		124	16
8	UAW-GM 500 Concord, NC	39	11	Running	$20,100	334/334		130	15
22	ACDelco 400 Rockingham, NC	10	19	Running	$17,650	391/393		106	15
29	Dura-Lube 500 Phoenix, AZ	18	2	Running	$52,205	312/312	234-254, 277-289	175	15
Nov. 12	NAPA 500 Hampton, GA	24	35	Running	$9,680	301/328		58	15

If you can fill in any missing stats or photos, please let us know.
Thanks to Eric Rytilahti for some of the stats