The race weekend was marred by the death of Alan Kulwicki, last year's champion. Kulwicki had died while traveling to Bristol Motor Speedway in an airplane crash on the evening of Thursday, April 1. As a result, his team would withdraw from the race.[3][4]
The Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCARshort track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, April 2, 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, April 3, at 10:30 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-32 would be decided on time,[5] 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.
Rusty Wallace, driving for Penske Racing South, would win the pole, setting a time of 15.866 and an average speed of 120.938 miles per hour (194.631 km/h) in the first round.[6]
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
Referencesedit
^Sharp, Tom (April 5, 1993). "Wallace dedicates win to Kulwicki - runs two 'Polish victory laps'". The Morning Call. p. 20. Retrieved January 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Coble, Don (April 5, 1993). "Wallace gets emotional win". Clarion-Ledger. p. 20. Retrieved January 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Lloyd, Leslie (April 2, 1993). "Kulwicki feared dead". Rapid City Journal. p. 13. Retrieved January 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ abClarke, Liz (April 3, 1993). "Friends look for answers in Kulwicki's death". Sun-News. p. 17. Retrieved January 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (April 3, 1993). "Wallace wins pole, but thoughts with Kulwicki". The Charlotte Observer. p. 24. Retrieved January 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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The 1993 Food City 500 was the sixth stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 33rd iteration of the event The race was held on Sunday April 4 1993 in Bristol Tennessee at Bristol Motor Speedway a 0 533 miles 0 858 km permanent oval shaped racetrack The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete At race s end Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would manage to dominate a majority of the race to take his 23rd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season 1 2 To fill out the top three Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and SABCO Racing driver Kyle Petty would finish second and third respectively 1993 Food City 500Race detailsRace 6 of 30 in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1993 Food City 500 program cover featuring Larry Carrier DateApril 4 1993Official name33rd Annual Food City 500LocationBristol Tennessee Bristol Motor SpeedwayCoursePermanent racing facility0 533 mi 0 858 km Distance500 laps 266 5 mi 428 89 km Scheduled Distance500 laps 266 5 mi 428 89 km Average speed84 73 miles per hour 136 36 km h Attendance68 000Pole positionDriverRusty WallacePenske Racing SouthTime15 866Most laps ledDriverRusty WallacePenske Racing SouthLaps376WinnerNo 2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthTelevision in the United StatesNetworkESPNAnnouncersBob Jenkins Ned Jarrett Benny ParsonsRadio in the United StatesRadioMotor Racing Network The race weekend was marred by the death of Alan Kulwicki last year s champion Kulwicki had died while traveling to Bristol Motor Speedway in an airplane crash on the evening of Thursday April 1 As a result his team would withdraw from the race 3 4 Contents 1 Background 1 1 Entry list 2 Qualifying 2 1 Full qualifying results 3 Race results 4 Standings after the race 5 ReferencesBackground edit nbsp The layout of Bristol Motor Speedway the venue where the race was held The Bristol Motor Speedway formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol Tennessee Constructed in 1960 it held its first NASCAR race on July 30 1961 Despite its short length Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features which include extraordinarily steep banking an all concrete surface two pit roads and stadium like seating It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks Entry list edit 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 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Hooters 8 Sterling Marlin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford Raybestos 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford Budweiser 12 Jimmy Spencer Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford Meineke 14 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Chevrolet Kellogg s Frosted Flakes 15 Geoff Bodine 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 20 Joe Ruttman Moroso Racing Ford FINA 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 amp Associates Ford McDonald s 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco Havoline 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet Skoal Bandit 40 Kenny Wallace R SABCO Racing Pontiac Dirt Devil 41 Phil Parsons Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Manheim Auctions 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Mello Yello 44 Rick Wilson Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP 48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Pontiac Rumple Furniture 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Ford NAPA Auto Parts 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford USAir Jasper Engines amp Transmissions 68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Ford Country Time 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Southwest Technical Group 75 Dick Trickle Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Carolina Pottery 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Ford Purex 90 Bobby Hillin Jr Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig Meyers 98 Derrike Cope Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Bojangles Withdrew due to Kulwicki dying in a plane crash 4 Qualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Friday April 2 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 April 3 at 10 30 AM EST As with the first round each driver would have one lap to set a time For this specific race positions 21 32 would be decided on time 5 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 Rusty Wallace driving for Penske Racing South would win the pole setting a time of 15 866 and an average speed of 120 938 miles per hour 194 631 km h in the first round 6 Two drivers would fail to qualify Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 15 866 120 938 2 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 15 913 120 581 3 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 15 926 120 482 4 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 15 931 120 444 5 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 15 944 120 346 6 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15 958 120 241 7 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 15 976 120 105 8 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 15 989 120 008 9 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 15 989 120 008 10 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 15 991 119 992 11 68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Ford 16 015 119 813 12 98 Derrike Cope Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 16 052 119 537 13 90 Bobby Hillin Jr Donlavey Racing Ford 16 054 119 522 14 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 16 057 119 499 15 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 16 073 119 380 16 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Ford 16 116 119 062 17 8 Sterling Marlin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 16 128 118 973 18 14 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Chevrolet 16 166 118 694 19 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 16 176 118 620 20 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 16 186 118 547 Failed to lock in Round 1 21 24 Jeff Gordon R Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 15 888 120 770 22 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 15 979 120 083 23 27 Hut Stricklin Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 15 999 119 932 24 44 Rick Wilson Petty Enterprises Pontiac 16 005 119 888 25 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr Roush Racing Ford 16 029 119 708 26 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 16 031 119 693 27 20 Joe Ruttman Moroso Racing Ford 16 087 119 276 28 12 Jimmy Spencer Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 16 099 119 188 29 41 Phil Parsons Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 16 170 118 664 30 40 Kenny Wallace R SABCO Racing Pontiac 16 187 118 540 31 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Ford 16 190 118 518 32 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 16 195 118 481 Provisionals 33 22 Bobby Labonte R Bill Davis Racing Ford 34 75 Dick Trickle Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Champion s Provisional 35 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Failed to qualify 36 48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Pontiac 37 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet WD 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Official first round qualifying results Official starting lineupRace results editFin St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 1 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 500 376 running 185 107 610 2 6 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500 15 running 175 47 760 3 14 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 500 0 running 165 31 485 4 28 12 Jimmy Spencer Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 500 2 running 165 26 050 5 10 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 500 1 running 160 25 180 6 35 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 500 0 running 150 23 405 7 4 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 499 10 running 151 17 305 8 8 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 498 43 running 147 19 055 9 2 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 497 4 running 143 16 150 10 19 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 497 0 running 134 17 650 11 25 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr Roush Racing Ford 496 0 running 130 14 950 12 12 98 Derrike Cope Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 494 0 running 127 15 500 13 30 40 Kenny Wallace R SABCO Racing Pontiac 494 0 running 124 9 825 14 15 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 492 18 running 126 13 875 15 32 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 488 0 running 118 13 825 16 31 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Ford 484 0 running 115 8 450 17 21 24 Jeff Gordon R Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 481 0 crash 112 9 400 18 5 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 469 1 running 114 16 350 19 27 20 Joe Ruttman Moroso Racing Ford 467 0 running 106 8 340 20 17 8 Sterling Marlin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 443 0 running 103 13 200 21 18 14 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Chevrolet 440 0 running 100 12 950 22 34 75 Dick Trickle Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 440 0 running 97 8 050 23 3 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 409 0 crash 94 17 900 24 33 22 Bobby Labonte R Bill Davis Racing Ford 397 0 crash 91 7 925 25 24 44 Rick Wilson Petty Enterprises Pontiac 392 0 running 88 9 630 26 9 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 369 0 crash 85 12 500 27 23 27 Hut Stricklin Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 352 0 running 82 12 425 28 26 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 329 0 running 79 16 775 29 16 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Ford 305 0 engine 76 7 745 30 20 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 303 0 crash 73 17 620 31 29 41 Phil Parsons Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 254 0 engine 70 8 395 32 22 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 207 30 crash 72 15 420 33 13 90 Bobby Hillin Jr Donlavey Racing Ford 119 0 oil pump 64 6 420 34 7 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 0 crash 61 10 970 35 11 68 Bobby Hamilton TriStar Motorsports Ford 27 0 engine 58 7 025 Failed to qualify 36 48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Pontiac 37 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet WD 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Official race resultsStandings after the race editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 Dale Earnhardt 979 nbsp 2 Rusty Wallace 932 47 nbsp 3 Geoff Bodine 861 118 nbsp 1 4 Mark Martin 855 124 nbsp 1 5 Davey Allison 804 175 nbsp 2 6 Dale Jarrett 802 177 nbsp 7 Morgan Shepherd 795 184 nbsp 3 8 Kyle Petty 774 205 nbsp 1 9 Jeff Gordon 744 235 nbsp 5 10 Jimmy Spencer 738 241 Official driver s standings Note Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings References edit Sharp Tom April 5 1993 Wallace dedicates win to Kulwicki runs two Polish victory laps The Morning Call p 20 Retrieved January 1 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Coble Don April 5 1993 Wallace gets emotional win Clarion Ledger p 20 Retrieved January 1 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Lloyd Leslie April 2 1993 Kulwicki feared dead Rapid City Journal p 13 Retrieved January 1 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp a b Clarke Liz April 3 1993 Friends look for answers in Kulwicki s death Sun News p 17 Retrieved January 1 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp NASCAR today The Charlotte Observer April 2 1993 p 14 Retrieved January 1 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom April 3 1993 Wallace wins pole but thoughts with Kulwicki The Charlotte Observer p 24 Retrieved January 1 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Previous race 1993 TranSouth 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1993 season Next race 1993 First Union 400 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1993 Food City 500 amp oldid 1156596247, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
