1993 Slick 50 300
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 16 of 30 in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 The 1993 Slick 50 300 program cover, featuring Bill Elliott. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. | |||
| Date | July 11, 1993 | ||
| Official name | Inaugural Annual Slick 50 300 | ||
| Location | Loudon, New Hampshire, New Hampshire International Speedway | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.058 mi (1.704 km) | ||
| Distance | 300 laps, 317.4 mi (510.805 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 300 laps, 317.4 mi (510.805 km) | ||
| Average speed | 105.947 miles per hour (170.505 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 66,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Roush Racing | ||
| Time | 30.021 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Sterling Marlin | Stavola Brothers Racing | |
| Laps | 123 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 2 | Rusty Wallace | Penske Racing South | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TNN | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Neil Bonnett | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Motor Racing Network | ||
The 1993 Slick 50 300 was the 16th stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the inaugural iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, July 11, 1993, in Loudon, New Hampshire, at New Hampshire International Speedway, a 1.058-mile (1.703 km) permanent, oval-shaped, low-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 300 laps to complete. With the help of a fast final pit stop, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would manage to pull away on the final restart with 27 to go to take his 26th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fifth victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin and Robert Yates Racing driver Davey Allison would finish second and third, respectively.
This would mark Allison's final race, as the following day he would be critically injured in a helicopter crash at Talladega Speedway and ultimately died early in the morning of July 13, 1993.
Background
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New Hampshire International Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703 km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as an IndyCar weekend and the oldest motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) road course, which includes much of the oval. The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.
Entry list
[edit]- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Qualifying
[edit]Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, July 9, at 3:30 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, July 10, 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 21-40 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.
Mark Martin, driving for Roush Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 30.021 and an average speed of 126.871 miles per hour (204.179 km/h) in the first round.[4]
Clay Young was the only driver to fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results
[edit]Race results
[edit]| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Penske Racing South | Pontiac | 300 | 106 | running | 180 | $77,500 |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | Mark Martin | Roush Racing | Ford | 300 | 29 | running | 175 | $74,800 |
| 3 | 7 | 28 | Davey Allison | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 300 | 38 | running | 170 | $44,725 |
| 4 | 9 | 18 | Dale Jarrett | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chevrolet | 300 | 1 | running | 165 | $33,850 |
| 5 | 10 | 5 | Ricky Rudd | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 300 | 0 | running | 155 | $25,375 |
| 6 | 2 | 8 | Sterling Marlin | Stavola Brothers Racing | Ford | 300 | 123 | running | 160 | $25,550 |
| 7 | 3 | 24 | Jeff Gordon (R) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 300 | 3 | running | 151 | $19,150 |
| 8 | 19 | 42 | Kyle Petty | SABCO Racing | Pontiac | 299 | 0 | running | 142 | $20,700 |
| 9 | 18 | 11 | Bill Elliott | Junior Johnson & Associates | Ford | 299 | 0 | running | 138 | $22,800 |
| 10 | 17 | 22 | Bobby Labonte (R) | Bill Davis Racing | Ford | 299 | 0 | running | 134 | $16,350 |
| 11 | 13 | 7 | Jimmy Hensley | AK Racing | Ford | 299 | 0 | running | 130 | $21,800 |
| 12 | 27 | 15 | Geoff Bodine | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 299 | 0 | running | 127 | $20,300 |
| 13 | 23 | 26 | Brett Bodine | King Racing | Ford | 299 | 0 | running | 124 | $18,100 |
| 14 | 14 | 21 | Morgan Shepherd | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 298 | 0 | running | 121 | $17,900 |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Ernie Irvan | Morgan–McClure Motorsports | Chevrolet | 298 | 0 | running | 118 | $22,050 |
| 16 | 26 | 1 | Rick Mast | Precision Products Racing | Ford | 298 | 0 | running | 115 | $17,350 |
| 17 | 29 | 33 | Harry Gant | Leo Jackson Motorsports | Chevrolet | 298 | 0 | running | 112 | $20,550 |
| 18 | 11 | 12 | Jimmy Spencer | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Ford | 298 | 0 | running | 109 | $16,950 |
| 19 | 22 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Darrell Waltrip Motorsports | Chevrolet | 298 | 0 | running | 106 | $21,150 |
| 20 | 28 | 90 | Bobby Hillin Jr. | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 297 | 0 | running | 103 | $11,800 |
| 21 | 25 | 40 | Kenny Wallace (R) | SABCO Racing | Pontiac | 297 | 0 | running | 100 | $13,150 |
| 22 | 38 | 98 | Derrike Cope | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | Ford | 297 | 0 | running | 97 | $16,050 |
| 23 | 12 | 30 | Michael Waltrip | Bahari Racing | Pontiac | 297 | 0 | running | 94 | $15,850 |
| 24 | 20 | 55 | Ted Musgrave | RaDiUs Motorsports | Ford | 297 | 0 | running | 91 | $15,700 |
| 25 | 32 | 27 | Hut Stricklin | Junior Johnson & Associates | Ford | 296 | 0 | running | 88 | $15,500 |
| 26 | 24 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 296 | 0 | running | 85 | $15,300 |
| 27 | 31 | 16 | Wally Dallenbach Jr. | Roush Racing | Ford | 293 | 0 | running | 82 | $15,150 |
| 28 | 16 | 44 | Rick Wilson | Petty Enterprises | Pontiac | 293 | 0 | running | 79 | $12,025 |
| 29 | 35 | 85 | Ken Bouchard | Mansion Motorsports | Ford | 286 | 0 | running | 76 | $10,350 |
| 30 | 34 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 283 | 0 | running | 73 | $10,250 |
| 31 | 5 | 14 | Terry Labonte | Hagan Racing | Chevrolet | 280 | 0 | engine | 70 | $14,700 |
| 32 | 30 | 68 | Greg Sacks | TriStar Motorsports | Ford | 280 | 0 | brakes | 67 | $10,050 |
| 33 | 37 | 75 | Dick Trickle | Butch Mock Motorsports | Ford | 251 | 0 | handling | 64 | $9,950 |
| 34 | 40 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Ford | 138 | 0 | rear end | 61 | $9,850 |
| 35 | 21 | 83 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing | Ford | 130 | 0 | engine | 58 | $9,750 |
| 36 | 15 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 119 | 0 | rocker arm | 55 | $9,650 |
| 37 | 6 | 0 | Jeff Burton | FILMAR Racing | Ford | 86 | 0 | crash | 52 | $9,550 |
| 38 | 4 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 14 | 0 | engine | 49 | $14,975 |
| 39 | 39 | 41 | Phil Parsons | Larry Hedrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 | 0 | crash | 46 | $10,850 |
| 40 | 36 | 65 | Jerry O'Neil | O'Neil Racing | Chevrolet | 9 | 0 | crash | 43 | $9,250 |
| Failed to qualify | ||||||||||
| 41 | 62 | Clay Young | Jimmy Means Racing | Ford | ||||||
| Official race results | ||||||||||
Standings after the race
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References
[edit]- ^ Harris, Mike (July 12, 1993). "Perfect pit stop gives Wallace nod in Slick 50 300". Citizens' Voice. p. 47. Retrieved January 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Higgins, Tom (July 12, 1993). "Wallace makes return to front". Ledger-Enquirer. p. 19. Retrieved January 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer. July 9, 1993. p. 17. Retrieved January 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Harris, Mike (July 10, 1993). "Martin takes pole at Slick 50". St. Lucie News Tribune. p. 23. Retrieved January 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
