1993 Tyson Holly Farms 400

26th race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series January 2023 NASWINSTON 1993 26 30 1993_Tyson_Holly_Farms_400.jpeg The 1993 Tyson Holly Farms 400 program cover, featuring Geoff Bodine. 44th Annual Tyson Holly Farms 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina 400 0.625 1.006 250 402.336 96.92 mph km/h Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing 19.266 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South 181 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South ESPN Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons 400 250 402.336 Motor Racing Network Tyson Holly Farms 400 October 3 45,500 The 1993 Tyson Holly Farms 400 was the 26th stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 44th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 3, 1993, before an audience of 45,500 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, a 0.625 mi km oval short track. The race took the scheduled 400 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 29th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his eighth victory of the season.Higgins Tom October 4, 1993 Wallace beats Earnhardt to flag by 1 1/2 seconds 23 Kenosha News https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116634985/wallace-beats-earnhardt-to-flag-by-1/ January 17, 2023 Newspapers.com Foreman Jr. Rom October 4, 1993 Wallace narrows points gap with Holly Farms 400 win 33 The Montgomery Advertiser https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116635586/wallace-narrows-points-gap-with-holly/ January 14, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Robert Yates Racing driver Ernie Irvan would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of North Wilkesboro Speedway, the venue where the race was held. North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short oval racetrack located on U.S. Route 421, about five miles east of the town of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, or 80 miles north of Charlotte. It measures 0.625 mi km on and features a unique uphill backstretch and downhill frontstretch. It has previously held races in NASCAR's top three series, including 93 Winston Cup Series races. The track, a NASCAR original, operated from 1949, NASCAR's inception, until the track's original closure in 1996. The speedway briefly reopened in 2010 and hosted several stock car series races before closing again in the spring of 2011. It was re-opened in August 2022 for grassroots racing and returned to NASCAR racing in 2023. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Jeff PurvisMorgan–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 RacingChevrolet21Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord22Bobby Labonte (R)Bill Davis RacingFord24Jeff Gordon (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingFord27Hut StricklinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord28Ernie IrvanRobert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet37Loy Allen Jr.TriStar MotorsportsFord40Kenny Wallace (R)SABCO RacingPontiac41Dick TrickleLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac44Rick WilsonPetty EnterprisesPontiac45Rich BickleTerminal Trucking MotorsportsFord48James HyltonHylton MotorsportsPontiac52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingFord55Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsFord68Greg SacksTriStar MotorsportsFord71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet72John AndrettiTex RacingChevrolet75Todd Bodine (R)Butch Mock MotorsportsFord78Jay HedgecockTriad MotorsportsFord90Bobby Hillin Jr.Donlavey RacingFord98Derrike CopeCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, October 1, 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, October 2, at 11:00 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,October 1, 1993 NASCAR today 16 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116641462/nascar-today/ 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. Ernie Irvan, driving for Robert Yates Racing, won the pole, setting a time of 19.266 and an average speed of 116.786 mph km/h on in the first round.Foreman Jr. Tom October 2, 1993 Irvan continues hot streak, races to pole 29 Messenger-Inquirer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116641570/irvan-continues-hot-streak-races-to/ January 17, 2023 Newspapers.com Six drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed128Ernie IrvanRobert Yates RacingFord19.266116.78625Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.284116.677342Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac19.326116.423414Terry LabonteHagan RacingChevrolet19.365116.189533Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet19.375116.12966Mark MartinRoush RacingFord19.379116.105717Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet19.408115.932811Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord19.413115.90298Sterling MarlinStavola Brothers RacingFord19.417115.878103Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet19.421115.854112Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac19.438115.7531225Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.446115.705131Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord19.463115.6041427Hut StricklinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord19.465115.5921541Dick TrickleLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.470115.5621624Jeff Gordon (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.483115.4851712Jimmy SpencerBobby Allison MotorsportsFord19.492115.4321855Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsFord19.496115.4081915Lake SpeedBud Moore EngineeringFord19.504115.3612022Bobby Labonte (R)Bill Davis RacingFord19.528115.219Failed to lock in Round 12121Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord19.541115.1432240Kenny Wallace (R)SABCO RacingPontiac19.541115.143237Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord19.545115.1192418Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet19.551115.0842575Todd Bodine (R)Butch Mock MotorsportsFord19.558115.0422626Brett BodineKing RacingFord19.578114.9252798Derrike CopeCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord19.587114.8722830Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac19.589114.8602916Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord19.634114.5973078Jay HedgecockTriad MotorsportsFord19.643114.5453172John AndrettiTex RacingChevrolet19.649114.5103290Bobby Hillin Jr.Donlavey RacingFord19.675114.358Provisionals334Jeff PurvisMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet19.684114.3063444Rick WilsonPetty EnterprisesPontiac19.773113.792Failed to qualify3552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingFord -* -*3648James HyltonHylton MotorsportsPontiac -* -*3771Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet -* -*3868Greg SacksTriStar MotorsportsFord -* -*3945Rich BickleTerminal Trucking MotorsportsFord -* -*4037Loy Allen Jr.TriStar MotorsportsFord -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1112Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac400181running185$46,2602103Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet40059running175$46,2853128Ernie IrvanRobert Yates RacingFord4000running165$39,4354342Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac40055running165$20,085525Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet39923running160$21,2356533Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet3980running150$21,2357414Terry LabonteHagan RacingChevrolet39853running151$15,6608131Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord39722running147$12,80592418Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet3972running143$14,455101225Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3970running134$14,56011717Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet3970running130$15,980122022Bobby Labonte (R)Bill Davis RacingFord3961running132$9,730131712Jimmy SpencerBobby Allison MotorsportsFord3960running124$11,480142830Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3960running121$11,130152916Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord3951running123$11,2301666Mark MartinRoush RacingFord3950running115$13,455171915Lake SpeedBud Moore EngineeringFord3950running112$13,35518811Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3940running109$15,5301998Sterling MarlinStavola Brothers RacingFord3940running106$10,305202798Derrike CopeCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord3913running108$10,680212626Brett BodineKing RacingFord3900running100$9,980223290Bobby Hillin Jr.Donlavey RacingFord3880running97$5,080232575Todd Bodine (R)Butch Mock MotorsportsFord3820running94$4,930243172John AndrettiTex RacingChevrolet3800running91$7,88025334Jeff PurvisMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet3800running88$14,530263078Jay HedgecockTriad MotorsportsFord3720running85$4,780272240Kenny Wallace (R)SABCO RacingPontiac3640running82$6,955281427Hut StricklinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3590running79$9,290291855Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsFord3410running76$9,230301541Dick TrickleLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet3400running73$5,83031237Geoff BodineGeoff Bodine RacingFord2560handling70$13,605322121Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord2520running67$8,705333444Rick WilsonPetty EnterprisesPontiac2460running64$5,730341624Jeff Gordon (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1170handling61$5,655Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 3,877 10px 2 Rusty Wallace 3,805 (-72) 10px 3 Dale Jarrett 3,571 (-306) 10px 4 Mark Martin 3,527 (–523) 10px 5 Morgan Shepherd 3,354 (–587) 10px 1 6 Kyle Petty 3,290 (–593) 10px 1 7 Ken Schrader 3,284 (–685) 10px 1 8 Ernie Irvan 3,192 (–727) 10px 1 9 Bill Elliott 3,150 (–821) 10px 3 10 Ricky Rudd 3,056 (–828)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1993 Goody's 500 1993 Mello Yello 500 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at North Wilkesboro Speedway Category:October 1993 sports events in the United States Category:1993 in sports in North Carolina