The 1993 Pontiac Excitement 400 was the third stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 39th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 7, 1993, in Richmond, Virginia, at Richmond International Raceway, a 0.75 miles (1.21 km) D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end, Robert Yates Racing driver Davey Allison would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to take his 19th and eventual final career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace and owner-driver Alan Kulwicki would finish second and third, respectively.
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| Race 3 of 30 in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 The 1993 Pontiac Excitement 400 program cover, with artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. | |||
| Date | March 7, 1993 | ||
| Official name | 39th Annual Pontiac Excitement 400 | ||
| Location | Richmond, Virginia, Richmond International Raceway | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 0.75 mi (1.21 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 400 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km) | ||
| Average speed | 107.709 miles per hour (173.341 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 70,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 21.922 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Petty | SABCO Racing | |
| Laps | 168 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 28 | Davey Allison | Robert Yates Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TBS | ||
| Announcers | Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Motor Racing Network | ||
Background
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Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.
Entry list
edit- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Qualifying
editQualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, March 4, 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, March 5, 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 21-34 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 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 21.922 and an average speed of 123.164 miles per hour (198.213 km/h) in the first round.[4]
Three drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results
editRace results
editStandings after the race
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References
edit- ^ Harris, Mike (March 8, 1993). "Dominating Allison leaves foes behind at Richmond". Messenger-Inquirer. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McKee, Sandra (March 8, 1993). "Allison takes Richmond easily". The Baltimore Sun. p. 26. Retrieved December 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NASCAR Today". The Charlotte Observer. March 5, 1996. p. 27. Retrieved December 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Harris, Mike (March 6, 1993). "Schrader burns up Richmond". The Messenger. p. 6. Retrieved December 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
