Gander RV Duel
Past winners
1961: First race was shortened due to crash. 1974: Both races were shortened due to energy crisis (10% shorter).

Gander RV Duel

Section Title: Past winners
Table Section Text: 1961: First race was shortened due to crash. 1974: Both races were shortened due to energy crisis (10% shorter).

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance	Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report

Laps	Miles (km)

1959	February 20	49	Bob Welborn	Chevrolet	40	100 (160.934)	0:41:54	143.198	Report

99	Shorty Rollins	Ford	40	100 (160.934)	0:46:26	129.218

February 21	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Chevrolet	10	25 (40.233)	0:10:37	141.28

1960	February 13	22	Fireball Roberts	John Hines	Pontiac	40	100 (160.934)	0:45:32	137.614	Report

47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Pontiac	40	100 (160.934)	0:40:57	146.52

26	Curtis Turner	Holman-Moody	Ford	10	25 (40.233)	0:18:22	144.694

1961	February 24	22	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick	Pontiac	39*	97.5 (156.911)	0:45:06	129.711	Report

8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	40	100 (160.934)	0:39:16	152.671

27	Junior Johnson	Pontiac	10	25 (40.233)	0:10:04	149.006

1962	February 16	22	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens	Pontiac	40	100 (160.934)	0:38:13	156.999	Report

8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	40	100 (160.934)	0:41:16	145.395

72	Bobby Johns	Pontiac	10	25 (40.233)	0:09:53	151.556

1963	February 22	3	Junior Johnson	Ray Fox	Chevrolet	40	100 (160.934)	0:36:34	164.083	Report

13	Johnny Rutherford	Smokey Yunick	Chevrolet	40	100 (160.934)	0:36:49	162.969

February 23	71	Bubba Farr	W. M. Harrison	Chevrolet	20	50 (80.467)

1964	February 21	3	Junior Johnson	Ray Fox	Dodge	40	100 (160.934)	0:35:08	170.777	Report

26	Bobby Isaac	Ray Nichels	Dodge	40	100 (160.934)	0:35:20	169.811

1965	February 12	16	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	40	100 (160.934)	0:36:13	165.669	Report

27	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	40	100 (160.934)	0:54:01	111.076

1966	February 25	99	Paul Goldsmith	Ray Nichels	Plymouth	40	100 (160.934)	0:37:24	160.427	Report

3	Earl Balmer	Ray Fox	Dodge	40	100 (160.934)	0:39:01	153.191

1967	February 24	12	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jon Thorne	Dodge	40	100 (160.934)	0:36:36	163.934	Report

28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	Ford	40	100 (160.934)	0:34:22	174.587

1968	February 22	Races cancelled because of rain.

1969	February 20	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:49:16	152.181	Report

71	Bobby Isaac	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	50	125 (201.168)	0:49:27	151.688

1970	February 19	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	50	125 (201.168)	0:40:48	183.295	Report

99	Charlie Glotzbach	Ray Nichels	Dodge	50	125 (201.168)	0:50:46	147.734

1971	February 11	6	Pete Hamilton	Cotton Owens	Plymouth	50	125 (201.168)	0:42:51	175.029	Report

17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	Mercury	50	125 (201.168)	0:44:27	168.728

1972	February 17	71	Bobby Isaac	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	50	125 (201.168)	0:59:00	127.118	Report

12	Bobby Allison	Richard Howard	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:48:45	178.217

1973	February 15	71	Buddy Baker	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	50	125 (201.168)	0:43:12	173.611	Report

14	Coo Coo Marlin	H.B. Cunningham	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:47:43	157.177

1974	February 14	27	Bobby Isaac	Banjo Matthews	Chevrolet	45*	112.5 (181.051)	0:54:27	123.212	Report

11	Cale Yarborough	Richard Howard	Chevrolet	45*	112.5 (181.051)	0:52:03	129.724

1975	February 13	16	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing	Matador	50	125 (201.168)	0:47:52	156.685	Report

21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	50	125 (201.168)	0:47:47	156.958

1976	February 12	71	Dave Marcis	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	50	125 (201.168)	1:02:47	119.458	Report

88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:48:00	156.25

1977	February 17	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	50	125 (201.168)	0:41:42	179.856	Report

11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:43:45	171.429

1978	February 16	51	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt	Buick	50	125 (201.168)	1:00:58	123.018	Report

88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:44:12	169.683

1979	February 15	28	Buddy Baker	Ranier-Lundy	Oldsmobile	50	125 (201.168)	0:44:45	167.598	Report

88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Oldsmobile	50	125 (201.168)	0:49:01	153.009

1980	February 14	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	50	125 (201.168)	0:54:15	138.25	Report

1	Donnie Allison	Hoss Ellington	Oldsmobile	50	125 (201.168)	0:45:20	165.441

1981	February 12	28	Bobby Allison	Ranier-Lundy	Pontiac	50	125 (201.168)	0:49:36	150.125	Report

11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	50	125 (201.168)	0:49:03	152.905

February 13	66	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	30	75 (120.7)	0:31:12	144.231

1982	February 11	27	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson	Buick	50	125 (201.168)	0:55:26	135.298	Report

1	Buddy Baker	Hoss Ellington	Buick	50	125 (201.168)	0:51:54	144.509

February 12	29	Tim Richmond	Billie Harvey	Ford	30	75 (120.7)	0:31:17	143.847

1983	February 18	15	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:48:28	157.746	Report

75	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	1:01:23	122.183

39	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Ford	30	75 (120.7)	0:31:57	140.845

1984	February 16	28	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:57:56	129.459	Report

22	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Buick	50	125 (201.168)	0:53:44	139.578

February 17	37	Connie Saylor	Lain Racing	Pontiac	30	75 (120.7)	0:35:22	127.238

1985	February 14	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:41:43	179.784	Report

28	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:48:16	155.387

February 15	07	Randy LaJoie	Snellman Brothers	Chevrolet	30	75 (120.7)	0:23:46	189.341

1986	February 13	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:48:49	153.636	Report

3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:48:56	153.27

1987	February 12	90	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:57:31	130.397	Report

35	Benny Parsons	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:41:02	182.778

1988	February 11	12	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	50	125 (201.168)	0:57:16	130.966	Report

17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:56:01	133.889

1989	February 16	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:50:57	147.203	Report

11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:39:34	189.554

1990	February 15	11	Geoffrey Bodine	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:40:05	187.11	Report

3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:47:42	157.123

1991	February 13	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:45:21	165.38	Report

3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:47:50	156.794

1992	February 13	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	1:04:25	116.43	Report

11	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:44:10	169.811

1993	February 11	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:48:56	153.27	Report

3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:47:41	157.288

1994	February 17	28	Ernie Irvan	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:47:59	156.304	Report

3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:51:06	146.771

1995	February 13	4	Sterling Marlin	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:49:59	150.05	Report

3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:56:52	131.887

1996	February 15	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:52:26	143.039	Report

28	Ernie Irvan	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:40:19	186.027

1997	February 13	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:45:09	166.113	Report

3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:46:05	162.749

1998	February 12	40	Sterling Marlin	SABCO Racing	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:53:36	139.925	Report

3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:50:57	147.203

1999	February 12	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	50	125 (201.168)	0:45:52	163.57	Report

3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:48:16	155.28

2000	February 17	94	Bill Elliott	Bill Elliott Racing	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:39:44	188.758	Report

28	Ricky Rudd	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:39:53	188.048

2001	February 15	40	Sterling Marlin	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge	50	125 (201.168)	0:50:51	147.493	Report

31	Mike Skinner	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:46:12	162.338

2002	February 14	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:40:50	183.674	Report

15	Michael Waltrip	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:56:50	131.965

2003	February 13	31	Robby Gordon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:41:24	181.14	Report

8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:41:28	180.845

2004	February 12	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	50	125 (201.168)	0:48:03	156.087	Report

38	Elliott Sadler	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	50	125 (201.168)	0:41:08	182.334

2005	February 17	15	Michael Waltrip	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	60	150 (241.401)	1:04:05	140.422	Report

20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	60	150 (241.401)	1:00:02	145.161

2006	February 16	38	Elliott Sadler	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	64*	160 (257.495)	1:08:16	140.625	Report

24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	64*	160 (257.495)	1:05:32	146.49

2007	February 15	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	63*	157.5 (253.471)	1:23:16	113.491	Report

24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	150 (241.401)	0:58:05	154.95

2008	February 14	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	150 (241.401)	0:59:00	160.81	Report

11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	64*	160 (257.495)	1:14:45	128.428

2009	February 12	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	150 (241.401)	1:04:32	139.436	Report

18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	60	150 (241.401)	0:57:14	157.251

2010	February 11	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	150 (241.401)	1:01:27	146.461	Report

9	Kasey Kahne	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	60	150 (241.401)	0:51:32	174.644

2011	February 17	22	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing	Dodge	62*	155 (249.448)	0:58:12	159.794	Report

31	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	60	150 (241.401)	1:05:54	136.571

2012	February 23	14	Tony Stewart	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	60	150 (241.401)	0:56:34	159.104	Report

17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	60	150 (241.401)	0:46:23	194.175

2013	February 21	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	60	150 (241.401)	0:50:46	177.282	Report

18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	60	150 (241.401)	0:46:24	193.966

2014	February 20	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	60	150 (241.401)	0:46:49	192.259	Report

11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	60	150 (241.401)	1:02:43	140.651

2015	February 19	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	150 (241.401)	1:02:18	144.462	Report

48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	64*	160 (257.495)	1:06:20	144.724

2016	February 18	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	150 (251.401)	0:52:06	172.899	Report

18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	60	150 (251.401)	0:46:54	191.898

2017	February 23	24	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	150 (251.401)	0:56:13	160.095	Report

11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	60	150 (251.401)	0:57:20	156.977

2018	February 15	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	63*	157.5 (253.471)	1:08:25	138.124	Report

9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	150 (251.401)	0:49:29	181.879

2019	February 14	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	60	150 (251.401)	0:50:38	177.749	Report

22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	60	150 (251.401)	0:46:36	193.133

Sentence(s)

In 1969, the Gander RV Duel race was extended to 125 miles (50 laps).

final_sentence: In 1969, the Gander RV Duel race was extended to 125 miles (50 laps).