15th race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Motor car race
The 1993 Pepsi 400 was the 15th stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 35th iteration of the event . The race was held on Saturday, July 3, 1993, in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway , a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 160 laps to complete. At race's end, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to fend off the field on the final restart with nine to go to take his 57th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth victory of the season.[1] [2] To fill out the top three, Stavola Brothers Racing driver Sterling Marlin and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader would finish second and third, respectively.
Background [ edit ] The layout of Daytona International Speedway , the venue where the race was held. Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway . The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees , while the front stretch , the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.
Entry list [ edit ] (R) denotes rookie driver. Qualifying [ edit ] Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, July 1, 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 Friday, July 2, 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,[3] 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 provisionals 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.
Ernie Irvan , driving for Morgan–McClure Motorsports , would win the pole, setting a time of 47.287 and an average speed of 190.327 miles per hour (306.302 km/h) in the first round.[4]
20 drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results [ edit ] Race results [ edit ] Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 5 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 160 110 running 185 $75,940 2 22 8 Sterling Marlin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 160 20 running 175 $46,000 3 41 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 4 running 170 $37,125 4 10 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 1 running 165 $28,250 5 27 24 Jeff Gordon (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 3 running 160 $24,625 6 18 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 160 4 running 155 $23,550 7 1 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 160 5 running 151 $29,100 8 13 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 160 3 running 147 $21,150 9 31 14 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Chevrolet 160 0 running 138 $18,050 10 14 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 160 0 running 134 $19,500 11 9 44 Rick Wilson Petty Enterprises Pontiac 160 0 running 130 $15,490 12 25 90 Bobby Hillin Jr. Donlavey Racing Ford 160 0 running 127 $10,260 13 8 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 160 2 running 129 $19,770 14 20 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 160 0 running 121 $14,930 15 23 68 Greg Sacks TriStar Motorsports Ford 160 0 running 118 $9,940 16 12 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 160 0 running 115 $14,300 17 30 20 Bobby Hamilton Moroso Racing Ford 160 0 running 112 $9,085 18 17 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 160 0 running 109 $16,870 19 16 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 160 1 running 111 $13,555 20 6 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 159 0 running 103 $19,140 21 7 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 159 0 running 100 $17,170 22 11 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 159 0 running 97 $12,900 23 33 51 Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 159 0 running 94 $7,860 24 4 98 Derrike Cope Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 158 5 running 96 $13,010 25 35 41 Phil Parsons Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 158 0 running 88 $9,290 26 38 75 Dick Trickle Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 158 0 running 85 $7,470 27 24 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 158 1 running 87 $7,325 28 32 40 Kenny Wallace (R) SABCO Racing Pontiac 157 0 running 79 $9,305 29 40 37 Loy Allen Jr. TriStar Motorsports Ford 157 0 running 76 $7,110 30 36 9 P. J. Jones (R) Melling Racing Ford 157 0 running 73 $7,515 31 3 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 149 0 running 70 $17,810 32 37 53 Ritchie Petty Petty Brothers Racing Ford 114 0 ignition 67 $6,930 33 2 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 105 1 fatigue 69 $15,900 34 19 7 Jimmy Hensley AK Racing Ford 59 0 crash 61 $17,270 35 29 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 55 0 engine 58 $11,415 36 34 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Ford 37 0 engine 55 $6,810 37 21 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 30 0 engine 52 $14,780 38 39 32 Jimmy Horton Active Motorsports Chevrolet 22 0 crash 49 $6,765 39 28 12 Jimmy Spencer Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 21 0 crash 46 $11,305 40 15 27 Hut Stricklin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 21 0 crash 43 $11,240 41 26 22 Bobby Labonte (R) Bill Davis Racing Ford 21 0 crash 40 $8,215 Failed to qualify 42 45 Rich Bickle Terminal Trucking Motorsports Ford 43 62 Clay Young Jimmy Means Racing Ford 44 29 Kerry Teague Linro Motorsports Chevrolet 45 0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford 46 31 Stan Fox Folsom Racing Chevrolet 47 49 Stanley Smith BS&S Motorsports Chevrolet 48 35 Bill Venturini Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet 49 65 Jerry O'Neil Aroneck Racing Chevrolet 50 48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Pontiac 51 73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Chevrolet 52 59 Andy Belmont Andy Belmont Racing Ford 53 77 Mike Potter Gray Racing Ford 54 86 Mark Thompson Gray Racing Ford 55 82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford 56 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Ford 57 85 Ken Bouchard Mansion Motorsports Ford 58 89 Jim Sauter Mueller Brothers Racing Ford 59 95 Jeremy Mayfield Sadler Brothers Racing Ford 60 23 Eddie Bierschwale B&B Racing Oldsmobile 61 99 Brad Teague Ball Motorsports Ford Official race results
Standings after the race [ edit ] Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Dale Earnhardt 2,342 2 Dale Jarrett 2,091 (-251) 3 Rusty Wallace 1,997 (-345) 1 4 Morgan Shepherd 1,991 (–351) 2 5 Ken Schrader 1,977 (–365) 2 6 Kyle Petty 1,946 (–396) 1 7 Davey Allison 1,934 (–408) 2 8 Jeff Gordon 1,905 (–437) 2 9 Ernie Irvan 1,889 (–453) 2 10 Mark Martin 1,873 (–469) Official driver's standings
Note : Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
References [ edit ] ^ Harris, Mike (July 4, 1993). "Earnhardt outruns Marlin to capture Pepsi 400" . Journal and Courier . p. 20. Retrieved January 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ Zizzo, Mike (July 4, 1993). "Earnhardt holds off Marlin to take Pepsi 400" . The Daily Item . p. 30. Retrieved January 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "NASCAR today" . The Charlotte Observer . July 1, 1994. p. 25. Retrieved January 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ Harris, Mike (July 2, 1993). "Irvan takes Pepsi 400 pole, sliding by Kyle Petty" . The Times and Democrat . p. 14. Retrieved January 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
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