1993 Mello Yello 500

January 202327th race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON October 10 806.281 806.281 154.537 mph km/h Hendrick Motorsports TBS Ernie Irvan Performance Racing Network Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett Robert Yates Racing Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing 328 30 Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway 30.391 110,000 501 334 334 2.41 1.5 27 34th Annual Mello Yello 500 28 Mello Yello 500 1993 501 Jeff Gordon 1993_Mello_Yello_500.jpeg The 1993 Mello Yello 500 program cover, with artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. The 1993 Mello Yello 500 was the 27th stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 34th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 10, 1993, before an audience of 110,000 in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. At race's end, Robert Yates Racing driver Ernie Irvan would complete a dominant performance, leading 328 laps to take his ninth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his third and final victory of the season.Higgins Tom October 11, 1993 Irvan right at home with first win on home track 25 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116665190/irvan-right-at-home-with-first-win-on/ January 17, 2023 Newspapers.com Harris Mike October 11, 1993 Irvan far from mellow following victory in 500 12 The Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116665298/irvan-far-from-mellow-following-victory/ January 17, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac02T. W. TaylorTaylor RacingFord3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Joe NemechekMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord8Sterling MarlinStavola Brothers RacingFord11Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Jimmy SpencerBobby Allison MotorsportsFord14Terry LabonteHagan RacingChevrolet15Lake SpeedBud Moore EngineeringFord16Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet18Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet19Chad LittleMark Rypien MotorsportsFord20Bobby HamiltonMoroso RacingFord21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord22Bobby Labonte (R)Bill Davis RacingFord24Jeff Gordon (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingFord27Hut StricklinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord28Ernie IrvanRobert Yates RacingFord29Andy HillenburgDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet35Bill VenturiniVenturini MotorsportsChevrolet37Loy Allen Jr.TriStar MotorsportsFord40Kenny Wallace (R)SABCO RacingPontiac41Dick TrickleLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac44Rick WilsonPetty EnterprisesPontiac45Rich BickleTerminal Trucking MotorsportsFord47Billy StandridgeJohnson Standridge RacingFord52Mike WallaceJimmy Means RacingFord55Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsFord58Jeff McClureMcClure RacingChevrolet63Norm BenningO'Neil RacingOldsmobile65Jerry O'NeilO'Neil RacingChevrolet68Greg SacksTriStar MotorsportsFord71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet72John AndrettiTex RacingChevrolet75Todd Bodine (R)Butch Mock MotorsportsFord85Jim SauterMansion MotorsportsFord90Bobby Hillin Jr.Donlavey RacingFord95Jeremy MayfieldSadler Brothers RacingFord98Derrike CopeCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord99Brad TeagueBall MotorsportsChevrolet Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Wednesday, October 6, at 4:45 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 Thursday, October 7, at 12:00 PM 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,October 5, 1993 Race Week Schedule 11 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116665585/race-week-schedule/ January 17, 2023 Newspapers.com 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. Jeff Gordon, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, won the pole, setting a time of 30.391 and an average speed of 177.684 mph km/h on in the first round.Harris Mike October 7, 1993 Gordon wins Mello Yello 500 pole 30 The Anniston Star https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116665750/gordon-wins-mello-yello-500-pole/ January 17, 2023 Newspapers.com Eight drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed124Jeff Gordon (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet30.391177.684228Ernie IrvanRobert Yates RacingFord30.424177.49137Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord30.427177.474425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet30.508177.003511Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord30.570176.644668Greg SacksTriStar MotorsportsFord30.584176.56376Mark MartinRoush RacingFord30.599176.47685Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet30.644176.21793Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet30.647176.2001026Brett BodineKing RacingFord30.657176.142114Joe NemechekMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet30.725175.753121Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord30.730175.7241333Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet30.789175.3871498Derrike CopeCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord30.805175.2961512Jimmy SpencerBobby Allison MotorsportsFord30.827175.1711621Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord30.850175.0411775Todd Bodine (R)Butch Mock MotorsportsFord30.857175.0011844Rick WilsonPetty EnterprisesPontiac30.898174.7691945Rich BickleTerminal Trucking MotorsportsFord30.913174.6842030Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac30.943174.514Failed to lock in Round 1212Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac30.950174.4752214Terry LabonteHagan RacingChevrolet30.981174.3002327Hut StricklinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord30.994174.2272417Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet31.009174.1432529Andy HillenburgDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet31.016174.1042655Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsFord31.073173.7842741Dick TrickleLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.076173.7682820Bobby HamiltonMoroso RacingFord31.110173.5782985Jim SauterMansion MotorsportsFord31.159173.3053095Jeremy MayfieldSadler Brothers RacingFord31.187173.1493142Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac31.193173.1163265Jerry O'NeilO'Neil RacingChevrolet31.221172.9613316Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord31.244172.833348Sterling MarlinStavola Brothers RacingFord31.263172.7283552Mike WallaceJimmy Means RacingFord31.267172.7063615Lake SpeedBud Moore EngineeringFord31.268172.7013790Bobby Hillin Jr.Donlavey RacingFord31.275172.6623818Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet31.314172.4473919Chad LittleMark Rypien MotorsportsFord31.314172.4474072John AndrettiTex RacingChevrolet31.359172.199Provisionals4122Bobby Labonte (R)Bill Davis RacingFord31.367172.1554240Kenny Wallace (R)SABCO RacingPontiac31.398171.985Failed to qualify4371Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet -* -*4447Billy StandridgeJohnson Standridge RacingFord -* -*4537Loy Allen Jr.TriStar MotorsportsFord -* -*4635Bill VenturiniVenturini MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*4763Norm BenningO'Neil RacingOldsmobile -* -*4899Brad TeagueBall MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*4958Jeff McClureMcClure RacingChevrolet -* -*5002T. 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TaylorTaylor RacingFord -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1228Ernie IrvanRobert Yates RacingFord334328running185$146,450276Mark MartinRoush RacingFord3342running175$67,900393Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet3343running170$56,9004212Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac3340running160$42,9505124Jeff Gordon (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3341running160$56,87561512Jimmy SpencerBobby Allison MotorsportsFord3340running150$32,75073142Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac3340running146$28,500885Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3330running142$24,5009425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3320running138$25,40010511Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3320running134$29,050113615Lake SpeedBud Moore EngineeringFord3320running130$20,200121333Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet3310running127$20,4251337Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord3310running124$23,150141621Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord3310running121$15,050151026Brett BodineKing RacingFord3310running118$14,800162214Terry LabonteHagan RacingChevrolet3310running115$13,02517348Sterling MarlinStavola Brothers RacingFord3310running112$12,20018121Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord3310running109$11,600192417Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet3300running106$16,625203790Bobby Hillin Jr.Donlavey RacingFord3300running103$6,650212655Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsFord3290running100$10,800222741Dick TrickleLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet3290running97$7,575232327Hut StricklinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3290running94$10,310243316Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord3280running91$10,05025114Joe NemechekMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet3260running88$14,880263818Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet3250running85$13,160272030Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3240running82$9,645284122Bobby Labonte (R)Bill Davis RacingFord3240running79$7,010293095Jeremy MayfieldSadler Brothers RacingFord3240running76$4,830303552Mike WallaceJimmy Means RacingFord3230running73$4,745314072John AndrettiTex RacingChevrolet3230running70$4,63032668Greg SacksTriStar MotorsportsFord3140running67$5,250333919Chad LittleMark Rypien MotorsportsFord3140running64$4,475343265Jerry O'NeilO'Neil RacingChevrolet3110oil pressure61$4,450354240Kenny Wallace (R)SABCO RacingPontiac3040running58$5,975361844Rick WilsonPetty EnterprisesPontiac3020running55$5,925372820Bobby HamiltonMoroso RacingFord2990running52$4,390382985Jim SauterMansion MotorsportsFord2650engine49$4,380391498Derrike CopeCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord2530engine46$8,870401945Rich BickleTerminal Trucking MotorsportsFord2520handling43$4,365412529Andy HillenburgDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet2420fatigue40$4,365421775Todd Bodine (R)Butch Mock MotorsportsFord1400crash37$5,365Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 4,047 10px 2 Rusty Wallace 3,965 (-82) 10px 1 3 Mark Martin 3,702 (-345) 10px 1 4 Dale Jarrett 3,656 (–391) 10px 5 Morgan Shepherd 3,475 (–572) 10px 6 Kyle Petty 3,436 (–611) 10px 7 Ken Schrader 3,422 (–625) 10px 8 Ernie Irvan 3,377 (–670) 10px 9 Bill Elliott 3,284 (–763) 10px 1 10 Jeff Gordon 3,209 (–838)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1993 Tyson Holly Farms 400 1993 1993 AC Delco 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Category:October 1993 sports events in the United States Category:1993 in sports in North Carolina