1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

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Races

Busch Clash

1. 3-Dale Earnhardt
2. 25-Ken Schrader
3. 4-Ernie Irvan
4. 6-Mark Martin
5. 5-Ricky Rudd
6. 28-Davey Allison
7. 42-Kyle Petty
8. 8-Sterling Marlin
9. 11-Bill Elliott
10. 7-Alan Kulwicki

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1. 24-Jeff Gordon
2. 11-Bill Elliott
3. 42-Kyle Petty
4. 25-Ken Schrader
5. 90-Bobby Hillin Jr.
6. 28-Davey Allison
7. 83-Lake Speed
8. 44-Rick Wilson
9. 9-Chad Little
10. 14-Terry Labonte

1. 3-Dale Earnhardt
2. 15-Geoffrey Bodine
3. 18-Dale Jarrett
4. 4-Ernie Irvan
5. 7-Alan Kulwicki
6. 5-Ricky Rudd
7. 8-Sterling Marlin
8. 41-Phil Parsons
9. 27-Hut Stricklin
10. 26-Brett Bodine

• With the win, Jeff Gordon became the first rookie ever to win a qualifying race, only to be matched by Denny Hamlin in 2006. In the second race, defending Indy 500 winner Al Unser Jr. wrecked on lap 10, but still managed to qualify for the Daytona 500 based on speed.

  Daytona 500 by STP

1. 18-Dale Jarrett
2. 3-Dale Earnhardt
3. 15-Geoffrey Bodine
4. 27-Hut Stricklin
5. 24-Jeff Gordon*
6. 6-Mark Martin
7. 21-Morgan Shepherd
8. 25-Ken Schrader
9. 8-Sterling Marlin
10. 16-Wally Dallenbach Jr.

• The race was marked by a grinding crash involving Rusty Wallace who was spun out by Michael Waltrip on the backstretch and sent Wallace on a series of horrific barrel rolls in the grass. He was uninjured although.
• Jeff Gordon made his first Daytona 500 start on his first Winston Cup full season. He became the first rookie ever to win one of the qualifying races. He also led the 1st lap and finished 5th, which is considered one of the most successful Daytona 500 debuts ever.
• The "Dale and Dale Show" commenced as Jarrett passed Earnhardt in the tri-oval as they took the white flag. As the leaders exited Turn 2, the CBS Sports producers came on the headsets of Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett, and Ned Jarrett, telling Ned to "call his son home", leading to an emotional finish.
• This Daytona 500 was the first not to feature Richard Petty in the starting lineup since 1965.
• Last career pole for Kyle Petty.

  GM Goodwrench 500

1. 2-Rusty Wallace
2. 3-Dale Earnhardt
3. 4-Ernie Irvan
4. 7-Alan Kulwicki
5. 6-Mark Martin
6. 18-Dale Jarrett
7. 55-Ted Musgrave
8. 41-Phil Parsons
9. 15-Geoffrey Bodine, 1 lap down
10. 14-Terry Labonte, 1 lap down

• Last career Top 5 for Alan Kulwicki

  Pontiac Excitement 400

1. 28-Davey Allison
2. 2-Rusty Wallace
3. 7-Alan Kulwicki
4. 18-Dale Jarrett
5. 42-Kyle Petty
6. 24-Jeff Gordon
7. 6-Mark Martin
8. 17-Darrell Waltrip
9. 33-Harry Gant
10. 3-Dale Earnhardt, 1 lap down

• This would be Davey Allison's final Winston Cup win.

  Motorcraft Quality Parts 500

1. 21-Morgan Shepherd
2. 4-Ernie Irvan
3. 2-Rusty Wallace
4. 24-Jeff Gordon, 1 lap down
5. 5-Ricky Rudd, 1 lap down
6. 15-Geoffrey Bodine, 1 lap down
7. 42-Kyle Petty, 1 lap down
8. 26-Brett Bodine, 1 lap down
9. 11-Bill Elliott, 2 laps down
10. 12-Jimmy Spencer, 3 laps down

• Jeff Gordon appeared headed to his first Winston Cup win when he lost control and spun in the muddy grass. Morgan Shepherd passed him and won the event, his final victory as of, his fourth career NASCAR Cup victory overall, and his third at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
• This was the last time until the 2018 Martinsville spring race that a race in the NASCAR's premier series was postponed due to snow.

  TranSouth 500

1. 3-Dale Earnhardt
2. 6-Mark Martin
3. 18-Dale Jarrett
4. 25-Ken Schrader
5. 2-Rusty Wallace, 1 lap down
6. 7-Alan Kulwicki, 1 lap down
7. 42-Kyle Petty, 1 lap down
8. 15-Geoffrey Bodine, 1 lap down
9. 14-Terry Labonte, 1 lap down
10. 21-Morgan Shepherd, 2 laps down

• This was the last time the spring race was 500 miles until the track went to one race a year for the top division of NASCAR in 2005.
• This was Alan Kulwicki's final NASCAR race, as four days later, he was fatally injured in a plane crash.

  Food City 500

1. 2-Rusty Wallace
2. 3-Dale Earnhardt
3. 42-Kyle Petty
4. 12-Jimmy Spencer
5. 28-Davey Allison
6. 17-Darrell Waltrip
7. 21-Morgan Shepherd, 1 lap down
8. 6-Mark Martin, 2 laps down
9. 26-Brett Bodine, 3 laps down
10. 1-Rick Mast, 3 laps down

• During the weekend of this race, defending Cup champion Alan Kulwicki and three Hooters executives were killed in a plane crash on their way to this race.
• After being spun out by Bobby Hillin Jr, Dale Jarrett threw his helmet at the #90 car during the caution period that ran from lap 210 to 216.
• After taking the checkered flag, Rusty Wallace made a Polish Victory Lap, in memory of the deceased Winston Cup Champion Alan Kulwicki, which made it famous.
• In what would have been the big story prior to the loss of Alan Kulwicki; this race marked the first day race at Bristol since switching from asphalt to its present concrete surface.

  First Union 400

1. 2-Rusty Wallace
2. 42-Kyle Petty
3. 25-Ken Schrader
4. 28-Davey Allison
5. 17-Darrell Waltrip
6. 14-Terry Labonte
7. 5-Ricky Rudd
8. 21-Morgan Shepherd
9. 8-Sterling Marlin
10. 11-Bill Elliott, 2 laps down

• Jimmy Hensley was named the interim substitute driver for the #7 car, filling the seat formerly held by the late Alan Kulwicki. Sponsor Hooters pulled out of the team, but Bojangles stepped in to sponsor the car, promoting the Easter Seals charity on the car's hood.
• The biggest news story of the week leading up to the race was the official announcement of the Inaugural Brickyard 400, scheduled for August 6, 1994.

  Hanes 500

1. 2-Rusty Wallace
2. 28-Davey Allison
3. 18-Dale Jarrett
4. 17-Darrell Waltrip
5. 42-Kyle Petty, 1 lap down
6. 15-Geoffrey Bodine, 3 laps down
7. 26-Brett Bodine, 3 laps down
8. 24-Jeff Gordon, 3 laps down
9. 14-Terry Labonte, 3 laps down
10. 6-Mark Martin, 4 laps down

Winston 500

1. 4-Ernie Irvan
2. 12-Jimmy Spencer
3. 18-Dale Jarrett
4. 3-Dale Earnhardt
5. 20-Joe Ruttman
6. 2-Rusty Wallace
7. 28-Davey Allison
8. 98-Derrike Cope
9. 7-Jimmy Hensley
10. 30-Michael Waltrip

• On the final lap approaching the checkered flag, Rusty Wallace was spun and flipped end over end.

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1. 15-Geoffrey Bodine
2. 4-Ernie Irvan
3. 5-Ricky Rudd
4. 25-Ken Schrader
5. 42-Kyle Petty
6. 3-Dale Earnhardt
7. 16-Wally Dallenbach Jr.
8. 44-Rick Wilson
9. 14-Terry Labonte
10. 27-Hut Stricklin

• This was the last win for the famous Bud Moore team.
• Geoffrey Bodine celebrated the win at the same time as he was finalizing a deal to purchase the assets to the late Alan Kulwicki's #7 team.

  Coca-Cola 600

1. 3-Dale Earnhardt
2. 24-Jeff Gordon
3. 18-Dale Jarrett
4. 25-Ken Schrader
5. 4-Ernie Irvan
6. 11-Bill Elliott
7. 12-Jimmy Spencer
8. 22-Bobby Labonte
9. 21-Morgan Shepherd, 1 lap down
10. 15-Geoffrey Bodine, 1 lap down

• For the first time, the race was moved to a late afternoon start, and ended under the lights. The race was no longer to be held at the same time as the Indianapolis 500.
• Dale Earnhardt overcame two penalties to win his third Coca-Cola 600.

  Budweiser 500

1. 3-Dale Earnhardt
2. 18-Dale Jarrett
3. 28-Davey Allison
4. 6-Mark Martin
5. 25-Ken Schrader
6. 1-Rick Mast
7. 33-Harry Gant, 1 lap down
8. 12-Jimmy Spencer, 1 lap down
9. 21-Morgan Shepherd, 2 laps down
10. 38-Bobby Hamilton, 5 laps down

Champion Spark Plug 500

1. 42-Kyle Petty
2. 25-Ken Schrader
3. 33-Harry Gant
4. 12-Jimmy Spencer
5. 55-Ted Musgrave
6. 28-Davey Allison
7. 21-Morgan Shepherd
8. 8-Sterling Marlin
9. 5-Ricky Rudd
10. 11-Bill Elliott

Miller Genuine Draft 400

1. 5-Ricky Rudd
2. 24-Jeff Gordon
3. 4-Ernie Irvan
4. 18-Dale Jarrett
5. 2-Rusty Wallace
6. 6-Mark Martin
7. 21-Morgan Shepherd
8. 8-Sterling Marlin
9. 11-Bill Elliott
10. 33-Harry Gant

• This was Rudds final victory for Hendrick Motorsports as he would leave the team at seasons end to form his own team with Tide sponsorship following him in following season.

  Pepsi 400

1. 3-Dale Earnhardt
2. 8-Sterling Marlin
3. 25-Ken Schrader
4. 5-Ricky Rudd
5. 24-Jeff Gordon
6. 6-Mark Martin
7. 4-Ernie Irvan
8. 18-Dale Jarrett
9. 14-Terry Labonte
10. 55-Ted Musgrave

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1. 2-Rusty Wallace
2. 6-Mark Martin
3. 28-Davey Allison
4. 18-Dale Jarrett
5. 5-Ricky Rudd
6. 8-Sterling Marlin
7. 24-Jeff Gordon
8. 42-Kyle Petty, 1 lap down
9. 11-Bill Elliott, 1 lap down
10. 22-Bobby Labonte, 1 lap down

• Rusty Wallace's victory would be all the more impressive considering he started 33rd.
• This was the last race for Davey Allison, who would die from injuries suffered in a helicopter accident the next day.
• Jeff Burton and Joe Nemechek made their Winston Cup debuts in this race. Both would fall out before the halfway point.

  Miller Genuine Draft 500

1. 3-Dale Earnhardt
2. 2-Rusty Wallace
3. 11-Bill Elliott
4. 21-Morgan Shepherd
5. 26-Brett Bodine
6. 25-Ken Schrader
7. 8-Sterling Marlin
8. 18-Dale Jarrett
9. 33-Harry Gant
10. 17-Darrell Waltrip

• This was the first race after the death of Davey Allison. Out of respect, his team Robert Yates Racing did not enter the event with a replacement driver.

  DieHard 500

1. 3-Dale Earnhardt
2. 4-Ernie Irvan
3. 6-Mark Martin
4. 42-Kyle Petty
5. 18-Dale Jarrett
6. 68-Greg Sacks
7. 21-Morgan Shepherd
8. 33-Harry Gant
9. 26-Brett Bodine
10. 16-Wally Dallenbach Jr.

• The race was marked by two major accidents: Stanley Smith suffered near-fatal head injuries in a Lap 69 accident while Jimmy Horton flew over the wall in-between turns 1 and 2 and landed on an access road outside the track in the same crash. Later in the race, on Lap 132, Neil Bonnett flew into the catch fence similar to the Bobby Allison crash in 1987. That resulted in the introduction of roof flaps in 1994.
• The margin of victory was 5 one-thousandths of a second, setting a new record.
• Race winner Dale Earnhardt made a Polish Victory Lap with the #28 flag of Davey Allison on his memory, who died 12 days before.
• This race marked the first time the Robert Yates Racing #28 Havoline-Texaco car was entered following the death of Davey Allison; with Robby Gordon serving as a substitute driver. During the pre-race ceremonies; the invocation by the Rev. Hal Marchman was preceded by the reading of a poem by Davey Allison's widow Liz; while CBS ran a montage of Allison's life and career mixed with footage of Davey Allison's uncle Donnie driving the car around the track as the song "The Fans" by the group Alabama played in the background.

  Budweiser At The Glen

1. 6-Mark Martin
2. 16-Wally Dallenbach Jr.
3. 12-Jimmy Spencer
4. 11-Bill Elliott
5. 25-Ken Schrader
6. 8-Sterling Marlin
7. 22-Bobby Labonte
8. 9-P. J. Jones
9. 40-Kenny Wallace
10. 33-Harry Gant

• Mark Martin won the pole and had the all-dominating car in the race. However, problems in the pits at one point put him out of the top 20 in the race. Martin raced up through the field and inherited the lead with 5 laps to go when the two leaders, Kyle Petty and Dale Earnhardt, crashed in the esses.

  Champion Spark Plug 400

1. 6-Mark Martin
2. 21-Morgan Shepherd
3. 24-Jeff Gordon
4. 18-Dale Jarrett
5. 55-Ted Musgrave
6. 2-Rusty Wallace
7. 28-Lake Speed
8. 22-Bobby Labonte
9. 3-Dale Earnhardt
10. 11-Bill Elliott

• Andy Genzman may have made a second attempt in the James Hylton car.

  Brickyard 400 test session

Bud 500

1. 6-Mark Martin
2. 2-Rusty Wallace
3. 3-Dale Earnhardt
4. 33-Harry Gant
5. 1-Rick Mast
6. 7-Jimmy Hensley
7. 26-Brett Bodine
8. 15-Geoffrey Bodine
9. 40-Kenny Wallace*, 1 lap down
10. 30-Michael Waltrip, 2 laps down

• Dick Trickle relieved Wallace in the car. Wallace had broken his scapula during testing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in preparation for next year's inaugural running of the Brickyard 400.

Mountain Dew Southern 500

1. 6-Mark Martin
2. 26-Brett Bodine
3. 2-Rusty Wallace
4. 3-Dale Earnhardt
5. 28-Ernie Irvan, 1 lap down
6. 5-Ricky Rudd, 1 lap down
7. 33-Harry Gant, 1 lap down
8. 21-Morgan Shepherd, 2 laps down
9. 25-Ken Schrader, 2 laps down
10. 40-Kenny Wallace, 3 laps down

• Ernie Irvan negotiated out of his contract with Morgan-McClure Motorsports in order to take over the #28 Ford for Robert Yates Racing to finish 5th in his first outing for the team.
• This was Mark Martin's 4th consecutive victory, tying the Modern-era record for most consecutive victories.
• The race was shortened by 15 laps. The start of the race had been delayed by more than 3 hours. As the race came towards the end the teams were told on a restart with 25 laps to go that there would only be 10 laps remaining due to darkness and due to this the race ended at approximately 7:30 PM ET

  Miller Genuine Draft 400

1. 2-Rusty Wallace
2. 11-Bill Elliott
3. 3-Dale Earnhardt
4. 5-Ricky Rudd
5. 26-Brett Bodine
6. 6-Mark Martin
7. 17-Darrell Waltrip
8. 14-Terry Labonte
9. 42-Kyle Petty
10. 24-Jeff Gordon

SplitFire Spark Plug 500

1. 2-Rusty Wallace
2. 25-Ken Schrader
3. 17-Darrell Waltrip
4. 18-Dale Jarrett
5. 33-Harry Gant
6. 12-Jimmy Spencer
7. 22-Bobby Labonte
8. 14-Terry Labonte
9. 21-Morgan Shepherd, 1 lap down
10. 11-Bill Elliott, 2 laps down

• Among other driver changes, Geoffrey Bodine left Bud Moore Engineering after the previous race to drive for the #7 Ford team, a team that he had just purchased from the family of the late Alan Kulwicki.
• This race was mired with tire issues resulting in cut tires and 16 cautions for 103 of the 500 laps, and the average speed was 100.334 mph. The race took 4 hours and 59 minutes to complete.

  Goody's 500

1. 28-Ernie Irvan
2. 2-Rusty Wallace
3. 12-Jimmy Spencer
4. 5-Ricky Rudd
5. 18-Dale Jarrett, 1 lap down
6. 26-Brett Bodine, 1 lap down
7. 14-Terry Labonte, 1 lap down
8. 30-Michael Waltrip, 1 lap down
9. 21-Morgan Shepherd, 2 laps down
10. 42-Kyle Petty, 2 laps down

• This was Robert Yates Racing's first trip to victory lane since Davey Allison's death and the crew was reported to have had tears in their eyes as they went to victory lane.
• This was the last race with an entry list of less than 40 cars until the 2016 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, when only 39 cars entered. NASCAR limited race fields to a maximum of 40 cars starting with the 2016 season.

  Tyson/Holly Farms 400

1. 2-Rusty Wallace
2. 3-Dale Earnhardt
3. 28-Ernie Irvan
4. 42-Kyle Petty
5. 5-Ricky Rudd, 1 lap down
6. 33-Harry Gant, 2 laps down
7. 14-Terry Labonte, 2 laps down
8. 1-Rick Mast, 3 laps down
9. 18-Dale Jarrett, 3 laps down
10. 25-Ken Schrader, 3 laps down

Mello Yello 500

1. 28-Ernie Irvan
2. 6-Mark Martin
3. 3-Dale Earnhardt
4. 2-Rusty Wallace
5. 24-Jeff Gordon
6. 12-Jimmy Spencer
7. 42-Kyle Petty
8. 5-Ricky Rudd, 1 lap down
9. 25-Ken Schrader, 2 laps down
10. 11-Bill Elliott, 2 laps down

• This would be the first race in NASCAR History that 2 sets of 3 brothers all competed against each other: The Wallace's, and The Bodine's. The eldest brother of each set finished ahead of the younger brothers. The Wallace's finished 4th, 30th, & 35th. The Bodine's finished 13th, 15th, & 42nd/Last. All drivers but Todd saw the checkered flag and finished the race. Rusty was the only one to finish on the lead lap.

AC Delco 500

1. 2-Rusty Wallace
2. 3-Dale Earnhardt
3. 11-Bill Elliott
4. 33-Harry Gant
5. 6-Mark Martin, 1 lap down
6. 28-Ernie Irvan, 1 lap down
7. 17-Darrell Waltrip, 1 lap down
8. 25-Ken Schrader, 1 lap down
9. 41-Dick Trickle, 2 laps down
10. 7-Geoffrey Bodine, 2 laps down

• Last career top 5 for Harry Gant.

  Slick 50 500

1. 6-Mark Martin
2. 28-Ernie Irvan
3. 42-Kyle Petty
4. 3-Dale Earnhardt
5. 11-Bill Elliott
6. 5-Ricky Rudd
7. 17-Darrell Waltrip
8. 22-Bobby Labonte
9. 30-Michael Waltrip
10. 1-Rick Mast

• This was the final race Cup series race Neil Bonnett called on TNN before his death at Daytona in February 1994.

  Hooters 500

1. 2-Rusty Wallace
2. 5-Ricky Rudd
3. 17-Darrell Waltrip
4. 11-Bill Elliott
5. 41-Dick Trickle
6. 30-Michael Waltrip
7. 18-Dale Jarrett
8. 55-Ted Musgrave
9. 75-Phil Parsons
10. 3-Dale Earnhardt, 1 lap down

• In this race, Dale Earnhardt clinched his sixth championship, only needing a 34th-place finish or better to claim the title; he finished 10th. 1989 champion Rusty Wallace gave his maximum effort in his 300th Winston Cup start, and he did so by winning the race and leading the most laps. Even though it was his 10th win of 1993, it still wasn't enough as he remained 2nd to Dale Earnhardt, 80 points short of the Winston Cup Championship. This would be the 2nd time in Bob Latford's Winston Cup points system history that a driver winning 10 or more races in a season failed to win the championship.
• During practice, Dale Earnhardt, Ken Schrader, and Jeff Gordon all had crashes. However, all three were uninjured and qualified for the race.
• This race was a day of remembrance, as mentioned in the television broadcast opening. Exactly a one-year prior, the 1992 race ended up being one of the greatest races of all time - and two of the key fixtures, Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison were killed in aviation accidents during the season.
• Neil Bonnett qualified for the race in a backup car for RCR, and executed one of the first start and park situations in NASCAR. The team arranged that Bonnett would step aside from the #31 car, in the last minute, in the event that Earnhardt's car, after pre-race inspection, suffered mechanical failure on the grid or during the pace laps. If Earnhardt started the race in the #31 car, by rule, he would be awarded full points for that entry. The car Bonnett qualified was set up with Earnhardt's exact chassis set up. Earnhardt started his primary car as expected, and Bonnett pulled off the track to finish last after 3 laps. The team gave the reason of "engine failure." Bonnett's intentional "start and park" helped maximize Earnhardt's finishing position, as only seven other cars had to drop out for Earnhardt to clinch the title. RCR pulled out all the stops in preparation for the race. They brought a truck filled with extra spare parts, including an entire pre-assembled rear end and a framing machine to fix the car in case of a crash. This was also Bonnetts final ever NASCAR race he competed in before his death at Daytona in February 1994.
• Due to fog at the airport, several pit crew members on several teams were late arriving at the track. Darrell Waltrip started the race without his entire pit crew.
• By lap 117, enough cars had dropped out of the race to mathematically clinch the championship for Earnhardt.
• Jeff Gordon secured the rookie of the year award; but in a mild surprise, he did not manage to win a points-paying race during the season.

  Final points standings

Full Top 50

1. 3-Dale Earnhardt – 4526
2. 2-Rusty Wallace – 4446
3. 6-Mark Martin – 4150
4. 18-Dale Jarrett – 4000
5. 42-Kyle Petty – 3860
6. 28-Ernie Irvan – 3834
7. 21-Morgan Shepherd – 3807
8. 11-Bill Elliott – 3774
9. 25-Ken Schrader – 3715
10. 5-Ricky Rudd – 3644
11. 33-Harry Gant – 3524
12. 12-Jimmy Spencer – 3496
13. 17-Darrell Waltrip – 3479
14. 24-Jeff Gordon – 3447
15. 8-Sterling Marlin – 3355
16. 7-Geoffrey Bodine – 3338
17. 30-Michael Waltrip – 3291
18. 14-Terry Labonte – 3280
19. 22-Bobby Labonte – 3221
20. 26-Brett Bodine – 3183
21. 1-Rick Mast – 3001
22. 16-Wally Dallenbach Jr. – 2978
23. 40-Kenny Wallace – 2893
24. 27-Hut Stricklin – 2866
25. 55-Ted Musgrave – 2853
26. 98-Derrike Cope – 2787
27. 90-Bobby Hillin Jr. – 2717
28. 44-Rick Wilson – 2647
29. 75-Phil Parsons – 2454
30. 41-Dick Trickle – 2224
31. Davey Allison – 2104
32. 4-Jimmy Hensley – 2001
33. 71-Dave Marcis – 1970
34. 15-Lake Speed – 1956
35. 68-Greg Sacks – 1730
36. 52-Jimmy Means – 1471
37. 20-Bobby Hamilton – 1348
38. 32-Jimmy Horton – 841
39. Jeff Purvis – 774
40. Todd Bodine – 715
41. Alan Kulwicki – 625
42. 9-P. J. Jones – 498
43. Joe Ruttman – 417
44. Joe Nemechek – 389
45. 37-Loy Allen Jr. – 362
46. 66-Mike Wallace – 343
47. Jim Sauter – 295
48. 45-Rich Bickle – 292
49. 61-Rick Carelli – 258
50. 72-John Andretti – 250

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