1993 GM Goodwrench 500

1993 GM Goodwrench 500

Race details
Race 2 of 30 in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1993 GM Goodwrench 500 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt.
Date	February 28, 1993
Official name	28th Annual GM Goodwrench 500
Location	Rockingham, North Carolina, North Carolina Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.017 mi (1.637 km)
Distance	492 laps, 500.364 mi (805.257 km)
Scheduled Distance	492 laps, 500.364 mi (805.257 km)
Average speed	124.486 miles per hour (200.341 km/h)
Attendance	37,900
Pole position
Driver	Mark Martin	Roush Racing
Time	24.482
Most laps led
Driver	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South
Laps	203
Winner
No. 2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South
Television in the United States
Network	TNN
Announcers	Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Neil Bonnett
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

The 1993 GM Goodwrench 500 was the second stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 29th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 28, 1993, in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Speedway, a 1.017 miles (1.637 km) permanent high-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 492 laps to complete. At race's end, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to take his 22nd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

The layout of North Carolina Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

North Carolina Speedway was opened as a flat, one-mile oval on October 31, 1965. In 1969, the track was extensively reconfigured to a high-banked, D-shaped oval just over one mile in length. In 1997, North Carolina Motor Speedway merged with Penske Motorsports, and was renamed North Carolina Speedway. Shortly thereafter, the infield was reconfigured, and competition on the infield road course, mostly by the SCCA, was discontinued. Currently, the track is home to the Fast Track High Performance Driving School.[3]

Entry list

• (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
05	Ed Ferree	Ferree Racing	Chevrolet	Ferree Buick
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 & 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
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 & 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
49	Stanley Smith	BS&S Motorsports	Chevrolet	BS&S Motorsports
52	Jimmy Hensley	Jimmy Means Racing	Ford	Hurley Limo
55	Ted Musgrave	RaDiUs Motorsports	Ford	USAir, Jasper Engines & Transmissions
56	Jerry Hill	Hill Motorsports	Chevrolet	Hill Motorsports
64	Johnny Chapman	Bahre Racing	Pontiac	Bahre Racing
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
77	Mike Potter	Gray Racing	Ford	Kenova Construction, Greg's Pizza
90	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Donlavey Racing	Ford	Heilig-Meyers
98	Derrike Cope	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford	Bojangles

Qualifying

Qualifying was originally scheduled to be split into two rounds. The first round was scheduled to be held on Friday, February 26, at 2:30 PM EST. However, due to rain, the first round was cancelled, and qualifying was condensed into one round,[4] which was held on Saturday, February 27, at 11:15 AM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-38 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 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.

Mark Martin, driving for Roush Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 24.482 and an average speed of 149.547 miles per hour (240.673 km/h) in the first round.[6]

Stanley Smith was the only driver to fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Make	Time	Speed
1	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	24.482	149.547
2	4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	24.496	149.461
3	11	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	24.519	149.321
4	1	Rick Mast	Precision Products Racing	Ford	24.531	149.248
5	55	Ted Musgrave	RaDiUs Motorsports	Ford	24.544	149.169
6	26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Ford	24.553	149.114
7	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	24.563	149.053
8	27	Hut Stricklin	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	24.579	148.956
9	98	Derrike Cope	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford	24.615	148.739
10	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Pontiac	24.621	148.702
11	42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	24.638	148.600
12	5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	24.661	148.461
13	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	24.675	148.377
14	15	Geoff Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	24.683	148.329
15	44	Rick Wilson	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	24.693	148.269
16	21	Morgan Shepherd	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	24.706	148.191
17	41	Phil Parsons	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	24.727	148.065
18	90	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Donlavey Racing	Ford	24.737	148.005
19	8	Sterling Marlin	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	24.738	147.999
20	7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	24.742	147.975
21	14	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	Chevrolet	24.782	147.736
22	18	Dale Jarrett	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	24.796	147.653
23	68	Bobby Hamilton	TriStar Motorsports	Ford	24.806	147.593
24	22	Bobby Labonte (R)	Bill Davis Racing	Ford	24.817	147.528
25	12	Jimmy Spencer	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Ford	24.832	147.439
26	33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Chevrolet	24.837	147.409
27	17	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Chevrolet	24.875	147.184
28	24	Jeff Gordon (R)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	24.951	146.736
29	16	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Roush Racing	Ford	24.962	146.671
30	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	24.964	146.659
31	75	Dick Trickle	Butch Mock Motorsports	Ford	24.990	146.507
32	40	Kenny Wallace (R)	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	25.037	146.232
33	05	Ed Ferree	Ferree Racing	Chevrolet	25.197	145.303
34	52	Jimmy Hensley	Jimmy Means Racing	Ford	25.385	144.227
35	64	Johnny Chapman	Bahre Racing	Pontiac	25.646	142.759
36	77	Mike Potter	Gray Racing	Ford	25.716	142.371
37	56	Jerry Hill	Hill Motorsports	Chevrolet	26.433	138.509
38	48	James Hylton	Hylton Motorsports	Pontiac	27.075	135.224
Provisionals
39	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	-	-
40	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	-	-
Failed to qualify
41	49	Stanley Smith	BS&S Motorsports	Chevrolet	-*	-*
Official starting lineup

Race results

Fin	St	#	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts	Winnings
1	10	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Pontiac	492	203	running	185	$42,735
2	7	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	492	133	running	175	$47,585
3	2	4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	492	80	running	170	$33,785
4	20	7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	492	2	running	165	$28,085
5	1	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	492	55	running	160	$29,160
6	22	18	Dale Jarrett	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	492	0	running	150	$21,885
7	5	55	Ted Musgrave	RaDiUs Motorsports	Ford	492	4	running	151	$17,635
8	17	41	Phil Parsons	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	492	0	running	142	$14,135
9	14	15	Geoff Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	491	2	running	143	$18,925
10	21	14	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	Chevrolet	491	0	running	134	$18,535
11	3	11	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	491	0	running	130	$20,535
12	12	5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	490	0	running	127	$15,735
13	8	27	Hut Stricklin	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	490	0	running	124	$15,435
14	39	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	490	0	running	121	$19,535
15	23	68	Bobby Hamilton	TriStar Motorsports	Ford	489	0	running	118	$12,085
16	25	12	Jimmy Spencer	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Ford	489	0	running	115	$14,335
17	15	44	Rick Wilson	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	489	0	running	112	$10,935
18	9	98	Derrike Cope	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford	486	0	running	109	$13,635
19	18	90	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Donlavey Racing	Ford	486	0	running	106	$8,485
20	29	16	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Roush Racing	Ford	485	0	running	103	$13,585
21	40	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	484	0	running	100	$9,835
22	6	26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Ford	481	0	running	97	$12,635
23	32	40	Kenny Wallace (R)	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	481	0	running	94	$8,835
24	13	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	479	0	running	91	$12,335
25	34	52	Jimmy Hensley	Jimmy Means Racing	Ford	479	0	running	88	$7,635
26	30	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	478	0	running	85	$12,100
27	33	05	Ed Ferree	Ferree Racing	Chevrolet	475	0	running	82	$7,425
28	19	8	Sterling Marlin	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	473	0	cylinder	79	$11,925
29	31	75	Dick Trickle	Butch Mock Motorsports	Ford	467	0	running	76	$7,200
30	27	17	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Chevrolet	461	3	running	78	$16,950
31	26	33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Chevrolet	457	10	oil pump	75	$17,450
32	11	42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	436	0	running	67	$14,900
33	24	22	Bobby Labonte (R)	Bill Davis Racing	Ford	422	0	crash	64	$7,250
34	28	24	Jeff Gordon (R)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	402	0	engine	61	$6,700
35	16	21	Morgan Shepherd	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	386	0	running	58	$11,125
36	35	64	Johnny Chapman	Bahre Racing	Pontiac	368	0	handling	55	$6,526
37	36	77	Mike Potter	Gray Racing	Ford	232	0	crash	52	$6,475
38	37	56	Jerry Hill	Hill Motorsports	Chevrolet	215	0	crash	49	$6,460
39	4	1	Rick Mast	Precision Products Racing	Ford	176	0	head gasket	46	$10,925
40	38	48	James Hylton	Hylton Motorsports	Pontiac	24	0	oil pan	43	$6,400
Failed to qualify
41		49	Stanley Smith	BS&S Motorsports	Chevrolet
Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Dale Earnhardt 355 1 2 Dale Jarrett 330 (-25) 3 Geoff Bodine 313 (-42) 2 4 Mark Martin 310 (–45) 1 5 Hut Stricklin 289 (–66) 9 6 Ted Musgrave 269 (–86) 4 7 Terry Labonte 264 (–91) 24 8 Rusty Wallace 252 (–103) 17 9 Alan Kulwicki 250 (–105) 12 10 Phil Parsons 239 (–116) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

1. Harris, Mike (March 1, 1993). "Finally, Rusty Wallace has his day in the sun". The Gettysburg Times. p. 11. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Stinson, Tom (March 1, 1993). "Wallace outruns Earnhardt". The Macon Telegraph. p. 15. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Fast Track High Performance Driving School, Inc". Fasttrackracing.com. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
4. Clarke, Liz (February 27, 1993). "Drivers kill time during washout". The Charlotte Observer. p. 12. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer. February 26, 1993. p. 19. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Clarke, Liz (February 28, 1993). "Double trouble: Martin wins pole, 200". The Herald-Sun. p. 47. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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