The Winston Select was open to winning drivers and team owners from last season through the Save Mart Supermarkets 300 at Sears Point Raceway and all previous All-Star race winners and past NASCAR Winston Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 1995.
The earnings for The Winston Select were as follows: Bobby Labonte won the pole for the all-star event to collect the US$50,000 bonus.
Todd Bodine, Ken Schrader, Robert Pressley, Mike Wallace, and Lake Speed transferred from The Winston Select Open to make the field.
Gordon powered his way back to the front on lap 47 and crossed the finish line in Segment 2 and collect another US$50,000 bonus while Darrell Waltrip and Earnhardt completed the top-three.
When the green flag dropped again, Earnhardt took the lead from the inside line, but he got loose and collided with Waltrip on turn 4, with both Bobby Labonte and Speed losing control on the infield grass and slamming the outside wall.