1993 First Union 400

Seventh race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series February 2025 NASWINSTON 1993 7 30 1993_First_Union_400.jpeg The 1993 First Union 400 program cover, featuring Davey Allison. 43rd Annual First Union 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina 400 0.625 1.006 250 402.336 92.602 mph km/h Brett Bodine King Racing 19.228 Sterling Marlin Stavola Brothers Racing 190 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South ESPN Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons Motor Racing Network First Union 400 1993 4 18 45,000 The 1993 First Union 400 was the seventh stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 43rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, April 18, 1993, before an audience of 45,000 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 pull away in the final one-fourth of the race to take his 24th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his third victory of the season.Droschak David April 19, 1993 Patient Wallace rolls to victory 27 Sun-Journal https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115620191/patient-wallace-rolls-to-victory/ January 2, 2023 Newspapers.com Martin Gerald April 19, 1993 Good times return for racing's bad boy 33 The News and Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115625447/good-times-return-for-racings-bad-boy/ January 2, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, SABCO Racing driver Kyle Petty and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader 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. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Jimmy HensleyAK RacingFord8Sterling MarlinStavola Brothers RacingFord11Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Jimmy SpencerBobby Allison MotorsportsFord14Terry LabonteHagan RacingChevrolet15Geoff BodineBud 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 & AssociatesFord28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac32Jimmy HortonActive MotorsportsChevrolet33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet40Kenny Wallace (R)SABCO RacingPontiac41Phil ParsonsLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac44Rick WilsonPetty EnterprisesPontiac48James HyltonHylton MotorsportsPontiac49Stanley SmithBS&S MotorsportsChevrolet52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingFord55Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsFord68Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsFord71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Dick TrickleButch 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, April 16, at 2:00 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, April 17, at 12:15 PM 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,April 16, 1993 NASCAR today 26 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115625802/nascar-today/ January 2, 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. Brett Bodine, driving for King Racing, won the pole, setting a time of 19.228 and an average speed of 117.017 mph km/h on in the first round.Droschak David April 17, 1993 Brett Bodine takes the pole for First Union 400 20 The Times and Democrat https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115625958/brett-bodine-takes-the-pole-for-first/ January 2, 2023 Newspapers.com Five drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed126Brett BodineKing RacingFord19.228117.017215Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord19.284116.67734Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet19.310116.520425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.345116.309527Hut StricklinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord19.358116.231614Terry LabonteHagan RacingChevrolet19.361116.213724Jeff Gordon (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.373116.14188Sterling MarlinStavola Brothers RacingFord19.374116.13592Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac19.378116.111105Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.379116.1051118Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet19.404115.955126Mark MartinRoush RacingFord19.407115.938137Jimmy HensleyAK RacingFord19.413115.9021412Jimmy SpencerBobby Allison MotorsportsFord19.429115.8061511Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord19.434115.7761675Dick TrickleButch Mock MotorsportsFord19.441115.7351721Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord19.443115.7231898Derrike CopeCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord19.448115.6931933Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet19.450115.6812030Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac19.472115.551Failed to lock in Round 1213Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet19.130117.6162242Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac19.317116.4782317Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet19.380116.0992440Kenny Wallace (R)SABCO RacingPontiac19.399115.985251Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord19.459115.6282644Rick WilsonPetty EnterprisesPontiac19.472115.5512728Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord19.473115.5452841Phil ParsonsLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.475115.5332968Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsFord19.525115.2373022Bobby Labonte (R)Bill Davis RacingFord19.552115.0783155Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsFord19.571114.9663290Bobby Hillin Jr.Donlavey RacingFord19.601114.790Provisionals3316Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord19.802113.6253452Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingFord19.847113.367Failed to qualify3549Stanley SmithBS&S MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*3671Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet -* -*3732Jimmy HortonActive MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*3848James HyltonHylton MotorsportsPontiac -* -*3978Jay HedgecockTriad MotorsportsFord -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings192Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac400120running180$43,53522242Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac4000running170$29,2103425Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet40058running170$40,23542728Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord4000running160$28,28552317Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet4002running160$25,9356614Terry LabonteHagan RacingChevrolet4000running150$18,2357105Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4000running146$14,96081721Morgan ShepherdWood Brothers RacingFord4001running147$12,805988Sterling MarlinStavola Brothers RacingFord400190running148$13,880101511Bill ElliottJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3980running134$18,8601134Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet3983running135$15,78012137Jimmy HensleyAK RacingFord3980running127$13,330131933Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsChevrolet3980running124$14,780141412Jimmy SpencerBobby Allison MotorsportsFord3970running121$11,430152440Kenny Wallace (R)SABCO RacingPontiac3961running123$6,93016213Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet3960running115$13,13017126Brett BodineKing RacingFord39624running117$18,355182841Phil ParsonsLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet3950running109$7,50519251Rick MastPrecision Products RacingFord3950running106$10,330202030Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3940running103$10,130213316Wally Dallenbach Jr.Roush RacingFord3940running100$10,03022527Hut StricklinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3930running97$9,855232644Rick WilsonPetty EnterprisesPontiac3930running94$6,580243155Ted MusgraveRaDiUs MotorsportsFord3930running91$9,530253022Bobby Labonte (R)Bill Davis RacingFord3910running88$5,580263290Bobby Hillin Jr.Donlavey RacingFord3880running85$4,430273452Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingFord3880running82$4,75528215Geoff BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord3690running79$13,690292968Bobby HamiltonTriStar MotorsportsFord3590running76$6,255301898Derrike CopeCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord3570running73$8,80531126Mark MartinRoush RacingFord3400running70$12,205321118Dale JarrettJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet3111engine72$12,155331675Dick TrickleButch Mock MotorsportsFord1990engine64$4,15534724Jeff Gordon (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet250crash61$4,180Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 Rusty Wallace 1,112 10px 1 2 Dale Earnhardt 1,094 (-18) 10px 2 3 Davey Allison 964 (-148) 10px 4 4 Kyle Petty 944 (–168) 10px 2 5 Morgan Shepherd 942 (–170) 10px 3 6 Geoff Bodine 940 (–172) 10px 3 7 Mark Martin 925 (–187) 10px 2 8 Dale Jarrett 874 (–238) 10px 1 9 Jimmy Spencer 859 (–253) 10px 1 10 Ernie Irvan 853 (–259)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1993 Food City 500 1993 Hanes 500 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series First Union 400 First Union 400 Category:NASCAR races at North Wilkesboro Speedway First Union 400