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1993 Coca-Cola 600
Race details
Race 11 of 30 in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
	The 1993 Coca-Cola 600 program cover, with artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass.
Date	May 30, 1993
Official name	34th Annual Coca-Cola 600
Location	Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility; 1.5 mi (2.41 km)
Distance	400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km)
Scheduled Distance	400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km)
Average speed	145.504 miles per hour (234.166 km/h)
Attendance	162,000
Pole position
Driver	Ken Schrader;
Time	30.448
Most laps led
Driver	Dale Earnhardt
Laps	152
Winner
No. 3	Dale Earnhardt
Television in the United States
Network	TBS
Announcers	Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett
Radio in the United States
Radio	Performance Racing Network

The 1993 Coca-Cola 600 was the 11th stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 34th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 30, 1993, before an audience of 162,000 in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to overcome two penalties throughout the race and come back to win his 55th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season.^[1]^[2] To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Dale Jarrett would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

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 G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.

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
6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	Valvoline
7	Jimmy Hensley	AK Racing	Ford	Bojangles
8	Sterling Marlin	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	Raybestos
9	Chad Little	Melling Racing	Ford	Orkin
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
20	Joe Ruttman	Moroso Racing	Ford	FINA
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
32	Jimmy Horton	Active Motorsports	Chevrolet	Active Trucking
33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Chevrolet	Skoal Bandit
38	Bobby Hamilton	Akins Motorsports	Ford	Holgate Toys
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
45	Rich Bickle	Terminal Trucking Motorsports	Ford	Kraft
48	James Hylton	Hylton Motorsports	Pontiac	Rumple Furniture
49	Stanley Smith	BS&S Motorsports	Chevrolet	BS&S Motorsports
52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Ford	Hurley Limo
55	Ted Musgrave	RaDiUs Motorsports	Ford	USAir, Jasper Engines & Transmissions
64	Johnny Chapman	Bahre Racing	Chevrolet	Bahre Racing
65	Jerry O'Neil	O'Neil Racing	Oldsmobile	O'Neil Racing
66	Mike Wallace	Owen Racing	Pontiac	Duron Paint
68	Greg Sacks	TriStar Motorsports	Ford	Country Time
71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Pronto Auto Parts
75	Dick Trickle	Butch Mock Motorsports	Ford	Factory Stores of America
83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Ford	Purex
84	Rick Crawford	Circle Bar Racing	Ford	Circle Bar Truck Corral
85	Ken Bouchard	Mansion Motorsports	Ford	Safety-Kleen
90	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Donlavey Racing	Ford	Heilig-Meyers
98	Derrike Cope	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford	Bojangles

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Wednesday, May 26, at 7:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 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, May 27, at 2:30 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 26-40 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 30.448 and an average speed of 177.352 miles per hour (285.420 km/h) in the first round.^[4]

Seven drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Make	Time	Speed
1	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	30.448	177.352
2	26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Ford	30.486	177.130
3	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	30.538	176.829
4	1	Rick Mast	Precision Products Racing	Ford	30.598	176.482
5	15	Geoff Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	30.656	176.148
6	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	30.667	176.085
7	8	Sterling Marlin	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	30.698	175.907
8	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Pontiac	30.702	175.884
9	44	Rick Wilson	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	30.724	175.758
10	7	Jimmy Hensley	AK Racing	Ford	30.753	175.593
11	68	Greg Sacks	TriStar Motorsports	Ford	30.791	175.376
12	21	Morgan Shepherd	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	30.808	175.279
13	22	Bobby Labonte (R)	Bill Davis Racing	Ford	30.866	174.950
14	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	30.877	174.887
15	83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Ford	30.897	174.774
16	98	Derrike Cope	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford	30.905	174.729
17	16	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Roush Racing	Ford	30.909	174.706
18	55	Ted Musgrave	RaDiUs Motorsports	Ford	30.927	174.605
19	4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	30.944	174.509
20	5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	30.977	174.323
Failed to lock in Round 1
21	24	Jeff Gordon (R)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	30.996	174.216
22	41	Phil Parsons	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	31.013	174.121
23	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	31.025	174.053
24	40	Kenny Wallace (R)	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	31.048	173.924
25	33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Chevrolet	31.051	173.907
26	27	Hut Stricklin	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	31.110	173.578
27	12	Jimmy Spencer	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Ford	31.123	173.505
28	90	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Donlavey Racing	Ford	31.142	173.399
29	14	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	Chevrolet	31.161	173.294
30	11	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	31.175	173.216
31	17	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Chevrolet	31.186	173.155
32	18	Dale Jarrett	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	31.252	172.789
33	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Ford	31.264	172.723
34	45	Rich Bickle	Terminal Trucking Motorsports	Ford	31.284	172.612
35	42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	31.298	172.535
36	75	Dick Trickle	Butch Mock Motorsports	Ford	31.323	172.397
37	66	Mike Wallace	Owen Racing	Pontiac	31.402	171.964
38	9	Chad Little	Melling Racing	Ford	31.469	171.597
39	32	Jimmy Horton	Active Motorsports	Chevrolet	31.493	171.467
40	20	Joe Ruttman	Moroso Racing	Ford	31.533	171.249
Provisional
41	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	-*	-*
Failed to qualify
42	85	Ken Bouchard	Mansion Motorsports	Ford	-*	-*
43	48	James Hylton	Hylton Motorsports	Pontiac	-*	-*
44	84	Rick Crawford	Circle Bar Racing	Ford	-*	-*
45	38	Bobby Hamilton	Akins Motorsports	Ford	-*	-*
46	65	Jerry O'Neil	O'Neil Racing	Oldsmobile	-*	-*
47	49	Stanley Smith	BS&S Motorsports	Chevrolet	-*	-*
48	64	Johnny Chapman	Bahre Racing	Chevrolet	-*	-*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

Fin	St	#	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts	Winnings
1	14	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	152	running	185	$156,650
2	21	24	Jeff Gordon (R)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	3	running	175	$79,050
3	32	18	Dale Jarrett	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	400	114	running	170	$73,100
4	1	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	38	running	165	$91,550
5	19	4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	42	running	160	$46,600
6	30	11	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	400	0	running	150	$35,300
7	27	12	Jimmy Spencer	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Ford	400	0	running	146	$28,700
8	13	22	Bobby Labonte (R)	Bill Davis Racing	Ford	400	4	running	147	$24,300
9	12	21	Morgan Shepherd	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	399	5	running	143	$25,250
10	5	15	Geoff Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	399	19	running	139	$32,600
11	31	17	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Chevrolet	399	0	running	130	$26,300
12	22	41	Phil Parsons	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	398	0	running	127	$18,225
13	6	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	398	0	running	124	$18,800
14	35	42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	398	0	running	121	$21,700
15	10	7	Jimmy Hensley	AK Racing	Ford	398	0	running	118	$22,650
16	28	90	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Donlavey Racing	Ford	398	0	running	115	$11,570
17	11	68	Greg Sacks	TriStar Motorsports	Ford	398	0	running	112	$10,880
18	25	33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Chevrolet	398	0	running	109	$19,100
19	36	75	Dick Trickle	Butch Mock Motorsports	Ford	395	0	running	106	$9,500
20	26	27	Hut Stricklin	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	394	0	running	103	$14,750
21	34	45	Rich Bickle	Terminal Trucking Motorsports	Ford	393	1	running	105	$8,650
22	37	66	Mike Wallace	Owen Racing	Pontiac	392	0	running	97	$8,325
23	24	40	Kenny Wallace (R)	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	392	0	running	94	$10,000
24	7	8	Sterling Marlin	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	392	0	running	91	$13,200
25	39	32	Jimmy Horton	Active Motorsports	Chevrolet	388	0	running	88	$7,480
26	18	55	Ted Musgrave	RaDiUs Motorsports	Ford	376	0	running	85	$12,150
27	15	83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Ford	364	0	running	82	$7,150
28	3	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	355	22	engine	84	$20,710
29	8	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Pontiac	353	0	accident	76	$14,880
30	23	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	342	0	running	73	$18,750
31	4	1	Rick Mast	Precision Products Racing	Ford	334	0	running	70	$13,900
32	9	44	Rick Wilson	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	330	0	engine	67	$8,600
33	29	14	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	Chevrolet	273	0	engine	64	$11,050
34	38	9	Chad Little	Melling Racing	Ford	263	0	rotor	61	$6,900
35	40	20	Joe Ruttman	Moroso Racing	Ford	231	0	engine	58	$6,350
36	16	98	Derrike Cope	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford	182	0	engine	55	$10,875
37	20	5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	164	0	engine	52	$11,310
38	33	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Ford	107	0	engine	49	$6,225
39	41	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	44	0	engine	46	$6,200
40	17	16	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Roush Racing	Ford	28	0	engine	43	$10,700
41	2	26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Ford	5	0	engine	40	$15,675
Failed to qualify
42		85	Ken Bouchard	Mansion Motorsports	Ford
43		48	James Hylton	Hylton Motorsports	Pontiac
44		84	Rick Crawford	Circle Bar Racing	Ford
45		38	Bobby Hamilton	Akins Motorsports	Ford
46		65	Jerry O'Neil	O'Neil Racing	Oldsmobile
47		49	Stanley Smith	BS&S Motorsports	Chevrolet
48		64	Johnny Chapman	Bahre Racing	Chevrolet
Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Dale Earnhardt	1,711
	2	Rusty Wallace	1,582 (-129)
3	3	Dale Jarrett	1,503 (-208)
1	4	Geoff Bodine	1,491 (–220)
1	5	Kyle Petty	1,484 (–227)
3	6	Davey Allison	1,481 (–230)
1	7	Ernie Irvan	1,435 (–276)
1	8	Morgan Shepherd	1,430 (–281)
1	9	Jeff Gordon	1,382 (–329)
1	10	Ken Schrader	1,357 (–354)
Official driver's standings

Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

^ Foreman Jr., Tom (May 31, 1993). "Earnhardt overcomes penalties to win Coca-Cola 600". The Morning Call. p. 19. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Hummer, Steve (May 31, 1993). "Showing grime pays, Earnhardt's bottom line is winning at all costs". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 44. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "600 pole night". The Charlotte Observer. May 26, 1993. p. 55. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Zier, Patrick (May 27, 1993). "Schrader sets record". The Messenger. p. 10. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

Previous race: 1993 Save Mart Supermarkets 300K	NASCAR Winston Cup Series 1993 season	Next race: 1993 Budweiser 500

[1] Foreman Jr., Tom (May 31, 1993). "Earnhardt overcomes penalties to win Coca-Cola 600". The Morning Call. p. 19. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] Hummer, Steve (May 31, 1993). "Showing grime pays, Earnhardt's bottom line is winning at all costs". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 44. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "600 pole night". The Charlotte Observer. May 26, 1993. p. 55. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] Zier, Patrick (May 27, 1993). "Schrader sets record". The Messenger. p. 10. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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