1993 DieHard 500

1993 DieHard 500
Race details
Race 18 of 30 in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
	The 1993 DieHard 500 program cover, featuring Ernie Irvan.
Date	July 25, 1993
Official name	25th Annual DieHard 500
Location	Lincoln, Alabama, Talladega Superspeedway
Course	Permanent racing facility; 2.66 mi (4.28 km)
Distance	188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km)
Scheduled Distance	188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km)
Average speed	153.858 miles per hour (247.610 km/h)
Attendance	100,000
Pole position
Driver	Bill Elliott ;
Time	49.772
Most laps led
Driver	Dale Earnhardt
Laps	59
Winner
No. 3	Dale Earnhardt
Television in the United States
Network	CBS
Announcers	Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett, Neil Bonnett
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

Last updated November 17, 2024

The 1993 DieHard 500 was the 18th stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 25th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, July 25th, 1993, before an audience of 100,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 miles (4.28 km) permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. In one of the closest finishes in NASCAR Winston Cup Series history, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to best out a last-lap challenge against Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan by 0.005 seconds at the finish line, with Earnhardt managing to extend his dominant driver's championship lead over the rest of the field with the victory.^[1]^[2] The victory was Earnhardt's 59th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his sixth and final victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish third.

The race was marred by two separate major incidents throughout the race. On lap 70, a five-car incident featured Active Motorsports driver Jimmy Horton flipping over the protective outside wall in turn one, meant to keep cars within the track. While Horton wasn't seriously hurt, in the same accident, owner-driver and Birmingham, Alabama native Stanley Smith would suffer a basilar skull fracture and partial paralysis of the right side of his body after slamming his car into the turn one wall, spilling blood on most of his racing firesuit.^[3]^[4]

After being taken to a Birmingham hospital, Smith would recover for 40 days until he was eventually discharged.^[5] The second major crash would occur on lap 132, when Neil Bonnett's car would go airborne, flip over the damaged car of Ted Musgrave, and smash into the protective catch-fence on the track's front-stretch that was meant to protect spectators. Nine fans would be injured due to the crash. Bonnett, making a one-off appearance since retiring in 1990, was uninjured and would eventually decide to commentate the rest of the race for CBS.^[6]

Background

Talladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. The track is a tri-oval and was constructed in the 1960s by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line that's located just past the exit to pit road. The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval, a 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which also is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) tri-oval.

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	The Family Channel
8	Sterling Marlin	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	Raybestos
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
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	Robby Gordon	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	Texaco / Havoline
29	Kerry Teague	Linro Motorsports	Chevrolet	Linro Motorsports
30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	Pennzoil
31	Neil Bonnett	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Mom 'n' Pop's
32	Jimmy Horton	Active Motorsports	Chevrolet	Active Trucking
33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Chevrolet	Skoal Bandit
37	Loy Allen Jr.	TriStar Motorsports	Ford	Naturally Fresh Foods
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 / Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce
46	Buddy Baker	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	DuPont
49	Stanley Smith	BS&S Motorsports	Chevrolet	Kresto Hand Cleaner
51	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	Phoenix Construction
52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Ford	NAPA Auto Parts
53	Ritchie Petty	Petty Brothers Racing	Ford	Le Bleu Bottled Water
55	Ted Musgrave	RaDiUs Motorsports	Ford	USAir / Jasper Engines & Transmissions
62	Clay Young	Jimmy Means Racing	Ford	Belden Asphalt
68	Greg Sacks	TriStar Motorsports	Ford	Country Time
71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Southwest Technical Group
75	Dick Trickle	Butch Mock Motorsports	Ford	Factory Stores of America
83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Ford	Purex
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 Friday, July 22, at 4:00 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, July 23, at 11:30 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,^[7] 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 provisionals 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.

Bill Elliott, driving for Junior Johnson & Associates, would win the pole, setting a time of 49.772 and an average speed of 192.397 miles per hour (309.633 km/h) in the first round.^[8]

Five drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Make	Time	Speed
1	11	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	49.772	192.397
2	4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.782	192.359
3	26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Ford	49.874	192.004
4	42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	49.993	191.547
5	5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	50.039	191.371
6	1	Rick Mast	Precision Products Racing	Ford	50.123	191.050
7	68	Greg Sacks	TriStar Motorsports	Ford	50.135	191.004
8	24	Jeff Gordon (R)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	50.180	190.833
9	27	Hut Stricklin	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	50.183	190.822
10	44	Rick Wilson	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	50.184	190.818
11	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50.213	190.708
12	33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Chevrolet	50.228	190.651
13	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	50.234	190.628
14	28	Robby Gordon	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	50.238	190.613
15	18	Dale Jarrett	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	50.247	190.579
16	17	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Chevrolet	50.289	190.419
17	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Ford	50.293	190.404
18	37	Loy Allen Jr.	TriStar Motorsports	Ford	50.339	190.230
19	7	Jimmy Hensley	AK Racing	Ford	50.359	190.155
20	31	Neil Bonnett	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50.395	190.019
Failed to lock in Round 1
21	55	Ted Musgrave	RaDiUs Motorsports	Ford	50.461	189.770
22	8	Sterling Marlin	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	50.546	189.451
23	21	Morgan Shepherd	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	50.584	189.309
24	32	Jimmy Horton	Active Motorsports	Chevrolet	50.607	189.223
25	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	50.611	189.208
26	16	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Roush Racing	Ford	50.629	189.141
27	12	Jimmy Spencer	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Ford	50.685	188.932
28	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	50.717	188.812
29	90	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Donlavey Racing	Ford	50.723	188.790
30	51	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	50.727	188.775
31	98	Derrike Cope	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford	50.759	188.656
32	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Pontiac	50.761	188.649
33	15	Geoff Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	50.816	188.445
34	40	Kenny Wallace (R)	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	50.881	188.204
35	49	Stanley Smith	BS&S Motorsports	Chevrolet	50.987	187.813
36	14	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	Chevrolet	51.058	187.551
37	41	Phil Parsons	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	51.068	187.515
38	75	Dick Trickle	Butch Mock Motorsports	Ford	51.072	187.500
39	53	Ritchie Petty	Petty Brothers Racing	Ford	51.135	187.269
40	83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Ford	51.207	187.006
Provisionals
41	22	Bobby Labonte (R)	Bill Davis Racing	Ford	51.243	186.874
42	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	51.897	184.519
Failed to qualify
43	45	Rich Bickle	Terminal Trucking Motorsports	Ford	-*	-*
44	38	Bobby Hamilton	Akins Motorsports	Ford	-*	-*
45	46	Buddy Baker	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	-*	-*
46	62	Clay Young	Jimmy Means Racing	Ford	-*	-*
47	29	Kerry Teague	Linro Motorsports	Chevrolet	-*	-*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

Fin	St	#	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts	Winnings
1	11	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	188	59	running	185	$87,315
2	2	4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	56	running	175	$53,210
3	25	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	188	9	running	170	$40,495
4	4	42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	188	39	running	165	$31,395
5	15	18	Dale Jarrett	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	188	5	running	160	$30,390
6	7	68	Greg Sacks	TriStar Motorsports	Ford	188	0	running	150	$17,715
7	23	21	Morgan Shepherd	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	188	5	running	151	$20,865
8	12	33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	0	running	142	$21,815
9	3	26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Ford	188	4	running	143	$18,085
10	26	16	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Roush Racing	Ford	188	0	running	134	$19,665
11	1	11	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	188	3	running	135	$25,745
12	9	27	Hut Stricklin	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	188	0	running	127	$16,665
13	29	90	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Donlavey Racing	Ford	188	0	running	124	$10,695
14	36	14	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	Chevrolet	188	0	running	121	$16,250
15	41	22	Bobby Labonte (R)	Bill Davis Racing	Ford	188	0	running	118	$14,350
16	33	15	Geoff Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	188	0	running	115	$18,065
17	32	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Pontiac	188	0	running	112	$17,900
18	40	83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Ford	188	0	running	109	$9,795
19	38	75	Dick Trickle	Butch Mock Motorsports	Ford	187	0	running	106	$9,615
20	13	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	187	0	running	103	$15,425
21	30	51	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	187	0	running	100	$9,195
22	37	41	Phil Parsons	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	187	0	running	97	$11,265
23	10	44	Rick Wilson	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	186	0	running	94	$10,885
24	5	5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	186	1	running	96	$14,155
25	17	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Ford	185	0	running	88	$8,525
26	18	37	Loy Allen Jr.	TriStar Motorsports	Ford	185	0	running	85	$8,450
27	22	8	Sterling Marlin	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	183	0	running	82	$13,730
28	19	7	Jimmy Hensley	AK Racing	Ford	182	0	running	79	$17,710
29	42	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	179	0	running	76	$8,240
30	27	12	Jimmy Spencer	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Ford	174	0	running	73	$12,920
31	8	24	Jeff Gordon (R)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	148	7	engine	75	$11,250
32	28	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	143	0	engine	67	$12,630
33	21	55	Ted Musgrave	RaDiUs Motorsports	Ford	132	0	crash	64	$12,535
34	20	31	Neil Bonnett	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	131	0	crash	61	$8,915
35	34	40	Kenny Wallace (R)	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	94	0	handling	58	$9,420
36	31	98	Derrike Cope	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford	90	0	engine	55	$12,360
37	16	17	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Chevrolet	79	0	engine	52	$17,610
38	6	1	Rick Mast	Precision Products Racing	Ford	69	0	crash	49	$12,285
39	24	32	Jimmy Horton	Active Motorsports	Chevrolet	69	0	crash	46	$7,730
40	35	49	Stanley Smith	BS&S Motorsports	Chevrolet	68	0	crash	43	$7,690
41	39	53	Ritchie Petty	Petty Brothers Racing	Ford	68	0	crash	40	$7,665
42	14	28	Robby Gordon	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	55	0	crash	37	$17,665
Failed to qualify
43		45	Rich Bickle	Terminal Trucking Motorsports	Ford
44		38	Bobby Hamilton	Akins Motorsports	Ford
45		46	Buddy Baker	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
46		62	Clay Young	Jimmy Means Racing	Ford
47		29	Kerry Teague	Linro Motorsports	Chevrolet
Official race results

Media

Television

The Diehard 500 was covered by CBS in the United States. Ken Squier, two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Ned Jarrett and 1980 race winner Neil Bonnett called the race from the broadcast booth, Bonnett was driving in this race and reported from the car in the race but returned to the booth after his accident. Mike Joy and David Hobbs handled pit road for the television side. This would be the last race Neil Bonnett would call for CBS as he was scheduled to be with CBS for 1994 but was killed practicing for the 1994 Daytona 500. Due to the two hour red flag caused by Bonnett flipping his car and damaging the fence, CBS left during the red flag to air some of their same day coverage of the Tour de France but returned to Talladega to live coverage of the rest of the race.

CBS
Booth announcers		Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap	Color-commentators	Pit reporters
Ken Squier	Ned Jarrett Neil Bonnett	Mike Joy David Hobbs

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Dale Earnhardt	2,797
	2	Dale Jarrett	2,563 (-234)
	3	Rusty Wallace	2,464 (-333)
	4	Morgan Shepherd	2,423 (–374)
2	5	Mark Martin	2,342 (–455)
	6	Kyle Petty	2,340 (–457)
4	7	Ernie Irvan	2,257 (–540)
3	8	Ken Schrader	2,248 (–549)
1	9	Geoff Bodine	2,214 (–583)
2	10	Jeff Gordon	2,183 (–614)
Official driver's standings

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

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The 1991 Winston 500 was the ninth stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 22nd iteration of the event. The race was originally scheduled to be held on Sunday, May 5, 1991, but was delayed to Monday, May 6, due to rain. The race was held before an audience of 105,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 miles permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. Running on a fuel strategy, Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant would manage to drive the last 56 laps of the race on one tank of fuel to take his 12th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1991 DieHard 500</span> 17th race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1991 DieHard 500 was the 17th stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 23rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, July 28, 1991, before an audience of 95,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 miles (4.28 km) permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to fend off the field, leading the final 28 laps of the race to take his 51st career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his third victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1990 Winston 500</span> Ninth race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1990 Winston 500 was the ninth stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 21st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 6, 1990, before an audience of 140,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 miles permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt was able to fend off part-time driver for Hendrick Motorsports, Greg Sacks to take his 42nd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his third victory of the season. To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Greg Sacks and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1990 DieHard 500</span> 17th race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1990 DieHard 500 was the 17th stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 22nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, July 29, 1990, before an audience of 70,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 miles permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. At race's end, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt dominated a majority of the race, leading 134 laps in the race to take his 45th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his sixth victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott and Hagan Racing driver Sterling Marlin would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1988 Talladega DieHard 500</span> 17th race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1988 Talladega DieHard 500 was the 17th stock car race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, July 31, 1988, before an audience of 80,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Alabama International Motor Speedway, a 2.66 miles permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. On the final lap of the race, Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader would manage to make a pass for the lead coming out of the track's second turn, holding onto the lead for the rest of the lap to take the victory. The victory was Schrader's first career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Geoff Bodine and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively.

References

↑ Harris, Mike (July 26, 1993). "DieHard 500 turns tragic". Rocky Mount Telegram. p. 11. Retrieved January 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
↑ Higgins, Tom (July 26, 1993). "Earnhardt wins violent DieHard 500 by inches". Centre Daily Times. p. 17. Retrieved January 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
↑ Higgins, Tom (July 26, 1993). "Violent crashes overshadow race". Muncie Evening Press. p. 16. Retrieved January 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
↑ Pearce, Al (July 25, 1993). "Journeyman driver crashes at Talladega". Daily Press. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
↑ Zenor, John (June 9, 2001). "Former Winston Cup driver Smith leaves horrid accident in past". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
↑ "Crash ruins Bonnett return". The Jackson Sun. July 26, 1993. p. 20. Retrieved January 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
↑ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer . July 22, 1994. p. 17. Retrieved January 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
↑ Harris, Mike (July 24, 1993). "Elliott steals spotlight from Gordon, Bonnett". Tallahassee Democrat. p. 44. Retrieved January 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

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[1] Harris, Mike (July 26, 1993). "DieHard 500 turns tragic". Rocky Mount Telegram. p. 11. Retrieved January 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

[2] Higgins, Tom (July 26, 1993). "Earnhardt wins violent DieHard 500 by inches". Centre Daily Times. p. 17. Retrieved January 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

[3] Higgins, Tom (July 26, 1993). "Violent crashes overshadow race". Muncie Evening Press. p. 16. Retrieved January 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

[4] Pearce, Al (July 25, 1993). "Journeyman driver crashes at Talladega". Daily Press. Retrieved January 12, 2023.

[5] Zenor, John (June 9, 2001). "Former Winston Cup driver Smith leaves horrid accident in past". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved January 12, 2023.

[6] "Crash ruins Bonnett return". The Jackson Sun. July 26, 1993. p. 20. Retrieved January 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

[7] "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer . July 22, 1994. p. 17. Retrieved January 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

[8] Harris, Mike (July 24, 1993). "Elliott steals spotlight from Gordon, Bonnett". Tallahassee Democrat. p. 44. Retrieved January 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

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