1993 Champion Spark Plug 500
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 13 of 30 in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 The 1993 Champion Spark Plug 500 program cover. | |||
| Date | June 13, 1993 | ||
| Official name | 12th Annual Champion Spark Plug 500 | ||
| Location | Long Pond, Pennsylvania, Pocono Raceway | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.0 km) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Average speed | 138.005 miles per hour (222.098 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 55.277 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Petty | SABCO Racing | |
| Laps | 148 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 42 | Kyle Petty | SABCO Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Motor Racing Network | ||
The 1993 Champion Spark Plug 500 was the 13th stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 12th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 13, 1993, in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, at Pocono Raceway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangular permanent course. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, SABCO Racing driver Kyle Petty would manage to dominate the majority of the race to take his seventh career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader and Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
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The race was held at Pocono Raceway, which is a three-turn superspeedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The track hosts two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, as well as one Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series event. Until 2019, the track also hosted an IndyCar Series race.
Pocono Raceway is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation. It is operated by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon, Nicholas, and sister Ashley, and cousins Joseph IV and Chase Mattioli, all of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli.
Outside of the NASCAR races, the track is used throughout the year by Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools and an IndyCar race. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two.
Entry list
[edit]- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Qualifying
[edit]Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 11, 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, June 12, 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 21-40 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.
Ken Schrader, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 55.277 and an average speed of 162.816 miles per hour (262.027 km/h) in the first round.[4]
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results
[edit]Race results
[edit]| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 42 | Kyle Petty | SABCO Racing | Pontiac | 200 | 148 | running | 185 | $44,960 |
| 2 | 1 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 4 | running | 175 | $58,435 |
| 3 | 26 | 33 | Harry Gant | Leo Jackson Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 2 | running | 170 | $38,335 |
| 4 | 9 | 12 | Jimmy Spencer | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Ford | 200 | 0 | running | 160 | $31,410 |
| 5 | 15 | 55 | Ted Musgrave | RaDiUs Motorsports | Ford | 200 | 1 | running | 160 | $24,040 |
| 6 | 7 | 28 | Davey Allison | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 200 | 6 | running | 155 | $24,115 |
| 7 | 25 | 21 | Morgan Shepherd | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 200 | 3 | running | 151 | $17,165 |
| 8 | 32 | 8 | Sterling Marlin | Stavola Brothers Racing | Ford | 200 | 5 | running | 147 | $16,365 |
| 9 | 12 | 5 | Ricky Rudd | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 1 | running | 143 | $15,765 |
| 10 | 16 | 11 | Bill Elliott | Junior Johnson & Associates | Ford | 200 | 0 | running | 134 | $22,015 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 20 | running | 135 | $14,815 |
| 12 | 22 | 44 | Rick Wilson | Petty Enterprises | Pontiac | 199 | 0 | running | 127 | $11,365 |
| 13 | 3 | 27 | Hut Stricklin | Junior Johnson & Associates | Ford | 199 | 0 | running | 124 | $13,865 |
| 14 | 28 | 41 | Phil Parsons | Larry Hedrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | running | 121 | $10,465 |
| 15 | 31 | 40 | Kenny Wallace (R) | SABCO Racing | Pontiac | 199 | 0 | running | 118 | $11,615 |
| 16 | 13 | 1 | Rick Mast | Precision Products Racing | Ford | 199 | 0 | running | 115 | $13,015 |
| 17 | 18 | 7 | Jimmy Hensley | AK Racing | Ford | 199 | 0 | running | 112 | $17,465 |
| 18 | 29 | 68 | Greg Sacks | TriStar Motorsports | Ford | 198 | 0 | running | 109 | $7,965 |
| 19 | 21 | 18 | Dale Jarrett | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chevrolet | 195 | 1 | running | 111 | $15,815 |
| 20 | 23 | 22 | Bobby Labonte (R) | Bill Davis Racing | Ford | 194 | 0 | running | 103 | $10,490 |
| 21 | 27 | 30 | Michael Waltrip | Bahari Racing | Pontiac | 190 | 0 | running | 100 | $12,060 |
| 22 | 37 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Ford | 188 | 1 | running | 102 | $7,310 |
| 23 | 33 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 180 | 0 | engine | 94 | $8,210 |
| 24 | 14 | 15 | Geoff Bodine | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 173 | 0 | axle | 91 | $15,160 |
| 25 | 20 | 16 | Wally Dallenbach Jr. | Roush Racing | Ford | 150 | 0 | transmission | 88 | $11,710 |
| 26 | 38 | 29 | Kerry Teague | Linro Motorsports | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | engine | 85 | $7,060 |
| 27 | 11 | 83 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing | Ford | 127 | 0 | rocker arm | 82 | $7,010 |
| 28 | 4 | 24 | Jeff Gordon (R) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 113 | 0 | running | 79 | $8,535 |
| 29 | 6 | 26 | Brett Bodine | King Racing | Ford | 109 | 0 | timing chain | 76 | $11,460 |
| 30 | 34 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Darrell Waltrip Motorsports | Chevrolet | 89 | 0 | engine | 73 | $16,660 |
| 31 | 2 | 6 | Mark Martin | Roush Racing | Ford | 85 | 7 | engine | 75 | $14,810 |
| 32 | 30 | 14 | Terry Labonte | Hagan Racing | Chevrolet | 83 | 0 | engine | 67 | $11,285 |
| 33 | 24 | 98 | Derrike Cope | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | Ford | 62 | 0 | clutch | 64 | $11,660 |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Ernie Irvan | Morgan–McClure Motorsports | Chevrolet | 58 | 0 | engine | 61 | $16,185 |
| 35 | 39 | 48 | Trevor Boys | Hylton Motorsports | Pontiac | 38 | 1 | vibration | 63 | $6,510 |
| 36 | 35 | 75 | Dick Trickle | Butch Mock Motorsports | Ford | 17 | 0 | engine | 55 | $6,435 |
| 37 | 36 | 32 | Jimmy Horton | Active Motorsports | Chevrolet | 16 | 0 | engine | 52 | $6,360 |
| 38 | 19 | 90 | Bobby Hillin Jr. | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 4 | 0 | engine | 49 | $6,320 |
| 39 | 10 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Penske Racing South | Pontiac | 4 | 0 | engine | 46 | $14,285 |
| 40 | 40 | 53 | Graham Taylor | Jimmy Means Racing | Ford | 3 | 0 | handling | 43 | $6,210 |
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Standings after the race
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References
[edit]- ^ Owen, Mike (June 14, 1993). "Petty cruises in Champion 500". Pottsville Republican. p. 12. Retrieved January 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Higgins, Tom (June 14, 1993). "Free-spirit Petty NASCAR winner". The Gazette. p. 47. Retrieved January 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer. June 11, 1993. p. 27. Retrieved January 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Owen, Mike (June 12, 1993). "Schrader claims third pole". St. Lucie News Tribune. p. 34. Retrieved January 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.