1993 Daytona 500

The 1993 Daytona 500, the 35th running of the event, was held February 14 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida as the first race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup season. Dale Jarrett won the race.

1993 Daytona 500
Race details
Race 1 of 30 in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Track map of Daytona International Speedway.
Date February 14, 1993 (1993-02-14)
Official name Daytona 500 by STP
Location Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.02336 km)
Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Weather Chilly with temperatures of 66.9 °F (19.4 °C); wind speeds of 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)[1]
Average speed 154.972 miles per hour (249.403 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
SABCO Racing
Qualifying race winners
Duel 1 Winner Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Duel 2 Winner Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
Most laps led
Driver Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
Laps 107
Winner
No. 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network CBS
Announcers Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett and Ned Jarrett
Nielsen Ratings 8.4/23
(12.7 million viewers)

Summary

Kyle Petty's No. 42 won the pole, putting a Petty on the Daytona 500 pole for the first time since 1966, and only the second time ever. Kyle was also the first North Carolina driver to win the 500 pole since Benny Parsons in 1982. His father Richard waved the green flag in the first Winston Cup race held since his retirement.

The start

The first lap was led by rookie Jeff Gordon, who was the youngest winner of a Gatorade 125-mile qualifier on Thursday. Shortly after this, CBS reporter Chris Economaki said that Rookie of the Year is an award he would be almost assured of. Engine failures for Dick Trickle and Jimmy Hensley (the latter would crash in Turn 1 in his substitution for the injured Jimmy Means) brought out the first two caution flags in the first 15 laps.

Mid-race summary

Over the next 110 laps, Dale Earnhardt, Ken Schrader, and Kyle Petty would lead the majority of the laps, with Jeff Gordon and Bobby Hillin Jr. leading a handful of laps as legitimate leaders. 1990 winner Derrike Cope and Harry Gant also led several of these laps, but they had pitted under the early yellows to stretch their fuel runs.

Meanwhile, two-time winner Bill Elliott dropped out of the race on lap 99, the victim of overheating in his #11 Ford Thunderbird.

Closing stages

Dale Earnhardt was the leader on Lap 130 when Wally Dallenbach Jr. brushed the Turn 4 wall. Sterling Marlin and Michael Waltrip were lined up behind him, and when Marlin backed off, Waltrip tagged him and sent him into a spin. Marlin caught air as he spun by Joe Ruttman, who was coming to pit road to retire with engine failure. 5 laps after the restart, Rick Wilson and Bobby Hamilton collided on the backstretch. Approaching 50 laps to go, 1991 Daytona 500 winner Ernie Irvan was turned into the wall exiting Turn 2, eliminating a possible winner. The first major wreck happened when Dale Earnhardt touched 1992 Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr. (competing in his only Winston Cup Series race). His #46 Chevrolet crashed into the 90 of Bobby Hillin Jr., who spun into the path of polesitter Kyle Petty. Both had a heated verbal exchange, Hillin reportedly was telling Petty he had no brakes, but both were victims of circumstances. With 31 laps to go, Derrike Cope and Waltrip touched in Turn 2. Waltrip spun down into 1989 Winston Cup Champion Rusty Wallace and sent him into a horrific series of barrel rolls in the grass. A little more than minute later, Ken Squier reported that Wallace came on the radio to crew chief Buddy Parrott and said, "I'm okay."

The finish

By this time, Hut Stricklin and Sterling Marlin presented themselves as contenders. Earnhardt led from the restart, only to be passed briefly by Dale Jarrett. The #3 was soon in the lead again, as he was pursued by the Chevrolets of Jarrett and Jeff Gordon, and the Fords of 1986 Daytona 500 winner Geoff Bodine, Hut Stricklin, Mark Martin, and Morgan Shepherd. 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 told Ken Squier and Neil Bonnett through their headsets to let Ned Jarrett to "call his son Dale home". In response, Jarrett called the finish thus:

"Come on, Dale! Go, baby, go! All right, come on! I know he's got it to the floorboard; he can't do anymore! Come on! Take 'er to the inside! Don't let 'em get on the inside of you comin' around this turn! Here he comes, Earnhardt; it's the "Dale and Dale Show" as we come off Turn 4! You know who I'm pulling for, it's Dale Jarrett. Bring her to the inside, Dale! Don't let him get down there! He's gonna make it! Dale Jarrett's gonna win the Daytona 500!!!"

The next weekend at Rockingham, Ned reportedly apologized to Earnhardt for his obvious show of bias, to which an understanding Earnhardt replied, "I'm a daddy too."

Results
Pos Grid Car Driver Team Make Laps Laps led Status
1 218Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet2008Running
2 43Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet200107Running
3 615Geoff Bodine (W)Bud Moore EngineeringFord2001Running
4 1827Hut StricklinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord2007Running
5 324Jeff Gordon (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2002Running
6 236Mark MartinRoush RacingFord2000Running
7 3221Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord2000Running
8 725Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet20014Running
9 148Sterling MarlinStavola Brothers RacingFord2001Running
10 2216Wally Dallenbach, Jr.Roush RacingFord2000Running
11 1914Terry LabonteHagan RacingChevrolet2000Running
12 311Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord2000Running
13 3012Jimmy SpencerBobby Allison MotorsportsFord2000Running
14 1383Lake SpeedSpeed RacingFord2000Running
15 3355Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsFord2000Running
16 2830Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac2000Running
17 2026Brett BodineKing RacingFord2000Running
18 2617Darrell Waltrip (W)DarWal Inc.Chevrolet2000Running
19 3989Jim SauterMueller Brothers RacingFord1990Flagged
20 2522Bobby Labonte (R)Bill Davis RacingFord1990Flagged
21 3733Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet1990Flagged
22 1641Phil ParsonsLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet1990Flagged
23 2440Kenny Wallace (R)SABCO RacingPontiac1990Flagged
24 179Chad LittleMelling RacingFord1980Flagged
25 2932Jimmy HortonActive MotorsportsChevrolet1980Flagged
26 107Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord1970Flagged
27 2768Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsFord1970Flagged
28 1128Davey Allison (W)Robert Yates RacingFord1971Flagged
29 3566Derrike Cope (W)Cale Yarborough MotorsportsFord18930Flagged
30 125Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1770Flagged
31 142Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac17019Contact TO
32 342Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac1680Contact BS
33 4171Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1640Flagged
34 1544Rick WilsonPetty EnterprisesPontiac1631Contact BS
35 990Bobby Hillin, Jr.Donlavey RacingFord1573Contact TO
36 4046Al Unser, Jr. (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1570Contact TO
37 84Ernie Irvan (W)Morgan-McClure MotorsportsChevrolet1480Contact BS
38 3620Joe RuttmanMoroso RacingFord1280Engine
39 511Bill Elliott (W)Junior Johnson & AssociatesFord990Engine
40 3852Jimmy Hensley (R)Means RacingFord110Contact T1
41 2175Dick TrickleButch Mock MotorsportsFord20Engine
Failed to Qualify
85Dorsey SchroederMansion MotorsportsFord
48James HyltonStavola Brothers RacingFord
45Rich BickleIsenhour RacingFord
29Kerry TeagueLinro MotorsportsChevrolet
0Delma CowartH. L. Waters RacingFord
77Mike PotterKenova RacingFord
73Stanley SmithBarkdoll RacingChevrolet
99Brad TeagueBall MotorsportsChevrolet
31Steve Kinser (R)Folsom MotorsportsChevrolet
51Jeff PurvisPhoenix RacingChevrolet
50A. J. Foyt (W)Team Jones RacingFord
23Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile
95Ken RaganSadler Brothers RacingFord
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References
  1. "Weather of the 1993 Daytona 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
  2. "1993 Daytona 500". Racing-Reference.info. 1993-02-14. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
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