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1993 AC Delco 500

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1993 AC Delco 500
Race details
Race 28 of 30 in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1993 AC Delco 500 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt.
The 1993 AC Delco 500 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt.
Date October 24, 1993
Official name 29th Annual AC Delco 500
Location Rockingham, North Carolina, North Carolina Motor Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.017 mi (1.636 km)
Distance 492 laps, 500.364 mi (805.257 km)
Scheduled Distance 492 laps, 500.364 mi (805.257 km)
Average speed 114.036 miles per hour (183.523 km/h)
Attendance 55,000
Pole position
Driver Roush Racing
Time 24.679
Most laps led
Driver Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South
Laps 179
Winner
No. 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South
Television in the United States
Network TNN
Announcers Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Neil Bonnett
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1993 AC Delco 500 was the 28th stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 29th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 24, 1993, in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Speedway, a 1.017 miles (1.637 km) permanent high-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 492 laps to complete. At race's end, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to continue his championship pursuit on driver's championship leader, Dale Earnhardt, cutting down his lead to 72 points. The victory was Wallace's 30th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his ninth victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Earnhardt and Junior Johnson & Associates driver Bill Elliott would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

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The layout of North Carolina Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

North Carolina Speedway was opened as a flat, one-mile oval on October 31, 1965. In 1969, the track was extensively reconfigured to a high-banked, D-shaped oval just over one mile in length. In 1997, North Carolina Motor Speedway merged with Penske Motorsports, and was renamed North Carolina Speedway. Shortly thereafter, the infield was reconfigured, and competition on the infield road course, mostly by the SCCA, was discontinued. Currently, the track is home to the Fast Track High Performance Driving School.[3]

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford Skoal
2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac Miller Genuine Draft
02 T. W. Taylor Taylor Racing Ford Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4 Joe Nemechek Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak
5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide
05 Ed Ferree Ferree Racing Chevrolet Cars & Credit
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline
7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford The Family Channel
8 Sterling Marlin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford Raybestos
11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Budweiser
12 Jimmy Spencer Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford Meineke
14 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Chevrolet Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
15 Lake Speed Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft
16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford Keystone
17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Western Auto
18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries
21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Bobby Labonte (R) Bill Davis Racing Ford Maxwell House
24 Jeff Gordon (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont
25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford Quaker State
27 Hut Stricklin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford McDonald's
28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil
32 Jimmy Horton Active Motorsports Chevrolet Active Trucking
33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet Skoal Bandit
37 Loy Allen Jr. TriStar Motorsports Ford Naturally Fresh Foods
40 Kenny Wallace (R) SABCO Racing Pontiac Dirt Devil
41 Dick Trickle Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Manheim Auctions
42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Mello Yello
44 Rick Wilson Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
47 Billy Standridge Johnson Standridge Racing Ford Johnson Standridge Racing
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Ford Jimmy Means Racing
55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford USAir, Jasper Engines & Transmissions
56 Jerry Hill Hill Motorsports Chevrolet Bell Motors
63 Norm Benning O'Neil Racing Oldsmobile O'Neil Racing
65 Jerry O'Neil O'Neil Racing Chevrolet O'Neil Racing
66 Mike Wallace Owen Racing Ford FDP Brakes
68 Greg Sacks TriStar Motorsports Ford Country Time
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Terramite
72 John Andretti Tex Racing Chevrolet Tex Racing
75 Todd Bodine (R) Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Factory Stores of America
90 Bobby Hillin Jr. Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig-Meyers
98 Derrike Cope Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Bojangles

Qualifying

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Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, October 21, at 2:30 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, October 22, at 1:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 would be decided on time,[4] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; up to two were given. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field.

Mark Martin, driving for Roush Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 24.679 and an average speed of 148.353 miles per hour (238.751 km/h) in the first round.[5]

Four drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 24.679 148.353
2 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 24.719 148.113
3 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 24.724 148.083
4 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 24.798 147.641
5 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 24.821 147.504
6 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 24.932 146.847
7 24 Jeff Gordon (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 24.934 146.836
8 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 24.937 146.818
9 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 24.955 146.712
10 41 Dick Trickle Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 24.973 146.606
11 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 25.040 146.214
12 22 Bobby Labonte (R) Bill Davis Racing Ford 25.062 146.086
13 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 25.072 146.027
14 4 Joe Nemechek Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 25.083 145.963
15 12 Jimmy Spencer Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 25.135 145.661
16 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 25.161 145.511
17 98 Derrike Cope Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 25.164 145.494
18 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 25.185 145.372
19 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 25.187 145.361
20 27 Hut Stricklin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 25.197 145.303
Failed to lock in Round 1
21 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 24.966 146.647
22 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 25.081 145.975
23 75 Todd Bodine (R) Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 25.228 145.124
24 14 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Chevrolet 25.236 145.078
25 8 Sterling Marlin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 25.246 145.021
26 02 T. W. Taylor Taylor Racing Ford 25.248 145.010
27 68 Greg Sacks TriStar Motorsports Ford 25.261 144.935
28 44 Rick Wilson Petty Enterprises Pontiac 25.269 144.889
29 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 25.304 144.689
30 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 25.321 144.591
31 15 Lake Speed Bud Moore Engineering Ford 25.381 144.250
32 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 25.403 144.125
33 66 Mike Wallace Owen Racing Ford 25.426 143.994
34 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Ford 25.452 143.847
35 32 Jimmy Horton Active Motorsports Chevrolet 25.453 143.842
36 37 Loy Allen Jr. TriStar Motorsports Ford 25.466 143.768
37 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Ford 25.479 143.695
38 90 Bobby Hillin Jr. Donlavey Racing Ford 25.686 142.537
39 72 John Andretti Tex Racing Chevrolet 25.708 142.415
40 56 Jerry Hill Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 25.987 140.886
Provisional
41 40 Kenny Wallace (R) SABCO Racing Pontiac -* -*
Failed to qualify
42 47 Billy Standridge Johnson Standridge Racing Ford -* -*
43 63 Norm Benning O'Neil Racing Oldsmobile -* -*
44 65 Jerry O'Neil O'Neil Racing Chevrolet -* -*
45 05 Ed Ferree Ferree Racing Chevrolet -* -*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 18 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 492 179 running 185 $52,850
2 22 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 492 14 running 175 $49,550
3 4 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 492 0 running 165 $35,675
4 9 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 492 139 running 165 $29,225
5 1 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 491 3 running 160 $33,150
6 3 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 491 86 running 155 $24,800
7 16 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 491 0 running 146 $21,350
8 2 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 491 7 running 147 $17,900
9 10 41 Dick Trickle Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 490 0 running 138 $14,550
10 19 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 490 0 running 134 $22,500
11 8 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 490 0 running 130 $16,150
12 25 8 Sterling Marlin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 490 0 running 127 $16,350
13 6 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 490 0 running 124 $18,250
14 5 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 490 0 running 121 $15,350
15 24 14 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Chevrolet 489 0 running 118 $15,500
16 31 15 Lake Speed Bud Moore Engineering Ford 489 0 running 115 $17,150
17 13 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 489 0 running 112 $14,450
18 29 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 489 0 running 109 $16,050
19 17 98 Derrike Cope Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 489 0 running 106 $13,550
20 15 12 Jimmy Spencer Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 489 56 running 108 $14,750
21 7 24 Jeff Gordon (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 486 0 running 100 $11,350
22 12 22 Bobby Labonte (R) Bill Davis Racing Ford 485 0 running 97 $10,150
23 14 4 Joe Nemechek Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 485 0 running 94 $17,400
24 20 27 Hut Stricklin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 485 0 running 91 $14,950
25 23 75 Todd Bodine (R) Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 485 0 running 88 $7,625
26 28 44 Rick Wilson Petty Enterprises Pontiac 482 0 running 85 $9,100
27 34 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Ford 478 5 running 87 $7,400
28 32 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 469 0 running 79 $11,875
29 37 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Ford 467 1 running 81 $7,200
30 21 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 454 1 rear end 78 $15,675
31 30 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 430 0 handling 70 $11,450
32 27 68 Greg Sacks TriStar Motorsports Ford 416 0 running 67 $6,800
33 38 90 Bobby Hillin Jr. Donlavey Racing Ford 415 0 running 64 $6,700
34 35 32 Jimmy Horton Active Motorsports Chevrolet 304 0 crash 61 $6,600
35 11 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 281 0 ignition 58 $15,125
36 33 66 Mike Wallace Owen Racing Ford 246 0 engine 55 $6,475
37 41 40 Kenny Wallace (R) SABCO Racing Pontiac 181 0 handling 52 $7,950
38 40 56 Jerry Hill Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 138 0 engine 49 $6,425
39 39 72 John Andretti Tex Racing Chevrolet 122 0 crash 46 $6,425
40 26 02 T. W. Taylor Taylor Racing Ford 120 1 crash 48 $6,400
41 36 37 Loy Allen Jr. TriStar Motorsports Ford 8 0 crash 40 $6,400
Failed to qualify
42 47 Billy Standridge Johnson Standridge Racing Ford
43 63 Norm Benning O'Neil Racing Oldsmobile
44 65 Jerry O'Neil O'Neil Racing Chevrolet
45 05 Ed Ferree Ferree Racing Chevrolet
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Higgins, Tom (October 25, 1993). "Wallace takes 9th checkered flag". Kenosha News. p. 23. Retrieved January 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Harris, Mike (October 25, 1993). "Frustrated Wallace edges Earnhardt in AC Delco 500". Standard-Speaker. p. 26. Retrieved January 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Fast Track High Performance Driving School, Inc". Fasttrackracing.com. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
  4. ^ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer. October 21, 1993. p. 32. Retrieved January 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ Harris, Mike (October 22, 1993). "Martin wins with older car". The Anniston Star. p. 27. Retrieved January 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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