GEICO 500
Past winners

GEICO 500

Section Title: Past winners
Table Section Text: None

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race distance	Race time	Average speed (mph)	Report

Laps	Miles (km)

1970	April 12	40	Pete Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:16:59	152.321	Report

1971	May 16	21	Donnie Allison	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:23:32	147.419	Report

1972	May 7	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:43:15	134.4	Report

1973	May 6	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:47:23	131.956	Report

1974	May 5	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	170*	452.2 (727.745)	3:28:09	130.22	Report

1975	May 4	15	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:26:59	144.948	Report

1976	May 2	15	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	188	500.08 (804.8)	2:56:37	169,887	Report

1977	May 1	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:01:59	164.877	Report

1978	May 14	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:07:53	155.699	Report

1979	May 6	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:13:52	154.77	Report

1980	May 4	28	Buddy Baker	Ranier-Lundy	Oldsmobile	188	500.08 (804.8)	2:56:00	170.481	Report

1981	May 3	28	Bobby Allison	Ranier-Lundy	Buick	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:20:52	149.376	Report

1982	May 2	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:11:19	156.597	Report

1983	May 1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:14:55	153.936	Report

1984	May 6	28	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	2:53:27	172.988	Report

1985	May 5	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	188	500.08 (804.8)	2:41:04	186.288	Report

1986	May 4	22	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:10:16	157.698	Report

1987	May 3	28	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy	Ford	178*	473.48 (761.992)	3:04:12	154.228	Report

1988	May 1	55	Phil Parsons	Leo Jackson Racing	Oldsmobile	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:11:40	156.547	Report

1989	May 7	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:12:30	155.869	Report

1990	May 6	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:08:02	159.571	Report

1991	May 6*	33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Racing	Oldsmobile	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:01:10	165.62	Report

1992	May 3	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	188	500.08 (804.8)	2:59:01	167.609	Report

1993	May 2	4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:13:04	155.412	Report

1994	May 1	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:10:32	157.478	Report

1995	April 30	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	188	500.08 (804.8)	2:47:43	178.902	Report

1996	April 28	4	Sterling Marlin	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:20:02	149.999	Report

1997	May 10*	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	188	500.08 (804.8)	2:39:18	188.354	Report

1998	April 26	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:30:40	144.428	Report

1999	April 25	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:03:38	163.395	Report

2000	April 16	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:06:11	161.157	Report

2001*	April 22	55	Bobby Hamilton	Andy Petree Racing	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	2:43:04	184.003	Report

2002	April 21	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:08:41	159.022	Report

2003	April 6	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:27:28	144.625	Report

2004	April 25	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:51:53	129.396	Report

2005	May 1	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	194*	516.04 (830.485)	3:30:46	146.904	Report

2006	May 1*	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:29:59	142.891	Report

2007	April 29	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	192*	510.72 (821.924)	3:18:46	154,167	Report

2008	April 27	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:10:37	157.409	Report

2009	April 26	09	Brad Keselowski	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:23:20	147.565	Report

2010*	April 25	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	200*	532 (856.171)	3:31:58	150.59	Report

2011*	April 17	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:12:01	156.261	Report

2012	May 6	2	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge	194*	516.04 (830.485)	3:13:17	160.192	Report

2013	May 5	34	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	192*	510.72 (821.924)	3:26:02	148.729	Report

2014	May 4	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:17:16	152.103	Report

2015	May 3	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:08:08	159.487	Report

2016	May 1	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:34:15	140.046	Report

2017	May 7	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	191*	508.06 (817.643)	3:29:16	145.669	Report

2018	April 29	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:16:46	152.489	Report

2019	April 28	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	500.08 (804.8)	3:05:59	161.331	Report

Sentence(s)

In 1972 David Pearson grabbed his first win in the Wood Brothers Mercury.

final_sentence: In 1972 David Pearson grabbed his first win in the Wood Brothers Mercury.