Third race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Motor car race
The 1993 Pontiac Excitement 400 was the third
stock car race of the
1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 39th iteration of the
event . The race was held on Sunday, March 7, 1993, in
Richmond, Virginia , at
Richmond International Raceway , a 0.75 miles (1.21 km) D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end,
Robert Yates Racing driver
Davey Allison would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to take his 19th and eventual final career
NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.
[1]
[2] To fill out the top three,
Penske Racing South driver
Rusty Wallace and owner-driver
Alan Kulwicki would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
The layout of
Richmond International Raceway , the venue where the race was at.
Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D -shaped, asphalt race track located just outside
Richmond, Virginia in
Henrico County . It hosts the
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and
Xfinity Series . Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted a NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series race, an
IndyCar Series race, and two
USAC sprint car races.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
Qualifying
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, March 4, at 3:00 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, March 5, at 11:00 AM
EST . As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-34 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 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.
Ken Schrader , driving for
Hendrick Motorsports , would win the pole, setting a time of 21.922 and an average speed of 123.164 miles per hour (198.213 km/h) in the first round.
[4]
Three drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results
Race results
Fin
St
#
Driver
Team
Make
Laps
Led
Status
Pts
Winnings
1
14
28
Davey Allison
Robert Yates Racing
Ford
400
155
running
180
$70,125
2
13
2
Rusty Wallace
Penske Racing South
Pontiac
400
0
running
170
$31,550
3
6
7
Alan Kulwicki
AK Racing
Ford
400
0
running
165
$39,225
4
9
18
Dale Jarrett
Joe Gibbs Racing
Chevrolet
400
0
running
160
$29,050
5
7
42
Kyle Petty
SABCO Racing
Pontiac
400
168
running
165
$21,600
6
8
24
Jeff Gordon (R)
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
400
0
running
150
$14,700
7
12
6
Mark Martin
Roush Racing
Ford
400
0
running
146
$18,150
8
5
17
Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip Motorsports
Chevrolet
400
51
running
147
$18,100
9
34
33
Harry Gant
Leo Jackson Motorsports
Chevrolet
400
0
running
138
$17,300
10
11
3
Dale Earnhardt
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
399
0
running
134
$17,000
11
10
4
Ernie Irvan
Morgan–McClure Motorsports
Chevrolet
399
0
running
130
$16,800
12
21
15
Geoff Bodine
Bud Moore Engineering
Ford
399
1
running
132
$13,300
13
24
12
Jimmy Spencer
Bobby Allison Motorsports
Ford
398
0
running
124
$12,850
14
3
21
Morgan Shepherd
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford
398
18
running
126
$12,650
15
15
5
Ricky Rudd
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
398
0
running
118
$13,035
16
28
41
Phil Parsons
Larry Hedrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
398
0
running
115
$9,275
17
16
55
Ted Musgrave
RaDiUs Motorsports
Ford
397
0
running
112
$12,075
18
33
27
Hut Stricklin
Junior Johnson & Associates
Ford
396
0
running
109
$11,825
19
17
98
Derrike Cope
Cale Yarborough Motorsports
Ford
396
0
running
106
$11,500
20
1
25
Ken Schrader
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
396
7
running
108
$15,325
21
27
75
Dick Trickle
Butch Mock Motorsports
Ford
395
0
running
100
$6,225
22
35
68
Bobby Hamilton
TriStar Motorsports
Ford
395
0
running
97
$8,100
23
26
30
Michael Waltrip
Bahari Racing
Pontiac
394
0
running
94
$10,975
24
19
14
Terry Labonte
Hagan Racing
Chevrolet
394
0
running
91
$10,850
25
18
44
Rick Wilson
Petty Enterprises
Pontiac
394
0
running
88
$7,700
26
32
40
Kenny Wallace (R)
SABCO Racing
Pontiac
394
0
running
85
$6,525
27
22
16
Wally Dallenbach Jr.
Roush Racing
Ford
393
0
running
82
$7,600
28
30
90
Bobby Hillin Jr.
Donlavey Racing
Ford
392
0
running
79
$5,975
29
20
22
Bobby Labonte (R)
Joe Gibbs Racing
Ford
382
0
running
76
$5,950
30
31
83
Lake Speed
Speed Racing
Ford
359
0
running
73
$5,920
31
23
8
Sterling Marlin
Stavola Brothers Racing
Ford
337
0
running
70
$10,475
32
4
26
Brett Bodine
King Racing
Ford
327
0
running
67
$10,445
33
25
11
Bill Elliott
Junior Johnson & Associates
Ford
227
0
engine
64
$16,260
34
36
52
Jimmy Hensley
Jimmy Means Racing
Ford
190
0
clutch
61
$5,850
35
2
1
Rick Mast
Precision Products Racing
Ford
68
0
engine
58
$11,375
36
29
71
Dave Marcis
Marcis Auto Racing
Chevrolet
54
0
engine
55
$7,350
Failed to qualify
37
45
Rich Bickle
Terminal Trucking Motorsports
Ford
38
32
Jimmy Horton
Active Motorsports
Chevrolet
39
61
Rick Carelli
Chesrown Racing
Chevrolet
Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings
Note : Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
References
^ Harris, Mike (March 8, 1993).
"Dominating Allison leaves foes behind at Richmond" . Messenger-Inquirer . p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ McKee, Sandra (March 8, 1993).
"Allison takes Richmond easily" . The Baltimore Sun . p. 26. Retrieved December 28, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"NASCAR Today" .
The Charlotte Observer . March 5, 1996. p. 27. Retrieved December 28, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Harris, Mike (March 6, 1993).
"Schrader burns up Richmond" . The Messenger . p. 6. Retrieved December 28, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com .
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