1993 Slick 50 500 Last updated May 09, 2025 29th race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Motor car race
The 1993 Slick 50 500 was the 29th and penultimate stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the 14th and final race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston West Series season, and the sixth iteration of the event . The race was held on Sunday, October 31, 1993, in Avondale, Arizona at Phoenix International Raceway , a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent low-banked tri-oval race track. The race took the scheduled 312 laps to complete. At race's end, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would manage to dominate a majority of the race to take his 12th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fifth and final victory of the season. [ 1] [ 2] To fill out the top three, Robert Yates Racing driver Ernie Irvan and SABCO Racing driver Kyle Petty would finish second and third, respectively.
Heading into the final race of the season, the 1993 Hooters 500 , Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt was the heavy favorite to win the championship, only needing a 34th place or better to win the driver's championship. [ 3] [ 4]
Background The layout of Phoenix International Raceway , the venue where the race was held. Phoenix International Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona . It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix . The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series , CART , USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series . The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation .
The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mi (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver.Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, October 29, at 6:00 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, October 30, at 3:00 PM 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, [ 5] 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; which was one for cars in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and two extra provisionals for the NASCAR Winston West Series. 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 27.803 and an average speed of 129.482 miles per hour (208.381 km/h) in the first round. [ 6]
Six drivers would fail to qualify.
Race results Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 3 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 312 212 running 185 $67,035 2 5 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 312 6 running 175 $44,155 3 27 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 312 9 running 170 $28,430 4 11 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 312 2 running 165 $29,980 5 1 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 312 1 running 160 $31,655 6 4 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 0 running 150 $21,120 7 21 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 312 0 running 146 $21,820 8 20 22 Bobby Labonte (R) Bill Davis Racing Ford 312 2 running 147 $14,620 9 23 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 312 2 running 143 $16,020 10 13 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 312 6 running 139 $17,770 11 22 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 312 0 running 130 $14,820 12 15 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 311 16 running 132 $17,520 13 16 15 Lake Speed Bud Moore Engineering Ford 311 0 running 124 $16,220 14 26 14 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Chevrolet 311 0 running 121 $13,720 15 36 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 311 0 running 118 $13,420 16 14 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 311 0 running 115 $15,320 17 32 40 Kenny Wallace (R) SABCO Racing Pontiac 310 0 running 112 $9,920 18 35 90 Bobby Hillin Jr. Donlavey Racing Ford 310 0 running 109 $7,095 19 6 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 310 1 running 111 $15,495 20 37 44 Rick Wilson Petty Enterprises Pontiac 309 0 running 103 $9,260 21 25 61 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 309 0 running 100 $6,685 22 24 76 Ron Hornaday Jr. Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 307 0 running 97 $6,660 23 31 98 Derrike Cope Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 306 0 running 94 $11,535 24 10 39 Chuck Bown Roulo Brothers Racing Chevrolet 306 0 running 91 $6,610 25 30 75 Todd Bodine (R) Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 305 0 running 88 $6,585 26 40 68 Loy Allen Jr. TriStar Motorsports Ford 305 0 running 85 $6,560 27 17 12 Jimmy Spencer Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 305 0 running 82 $11,385 28 12 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 300 0 running 79 $11,260 29 18 29 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 260 0 running 76 $6,485 30 7 8 Sterling Marlin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 255 4 crash 78 $11,110 31 2 41 Dick Trickle Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 254 3 trail arm 75 $9,535 32 29 4 Jimmy Hensley Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 242 0 handling 67 $15,760 33 8 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 236 0 running 64 $10,710 34 33 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 234 0 rear end 61 $10,660 35 9 24 Jeff Gordon (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 195 48 handling 63 $7,610 36 28 27 Hut Stricklin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 157 0 handling 55 $10,560 37 41 71 Terry Fisher Marcis Auto Racing Pontiac 132 0 engine 52 $6,040 38 39 86 Rich Woodland Jr. Woodland Racing Oldsmobile 114 0 engine 49 $6,030 39 38 50 Mike Chase JTC Racing Chevrolet 87 0 engine 46 $6,015 40 34 72 John Andretti Tex Racing Chevrolet 49 0 crash 43 $5,980 41 43 58 Wayne Jacks Jacks Motorsports Pontiac 48 0 engine 40 $5,980 42 42 20 Dirk Stephens Craigen Racing Ford 24 0 engine 37 $5,980 43 19 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 14 0 crash 34 $15,380 Failed to qualify 44 52 Scott Gaylord Jimmy Means Racing Ford 45 36 Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Chevrolet 46 13 Stan Fox Folsom Racing Chevrolet 47 48 Jack Sellers Sellers Racing Chevrolet 48 81 Jeff Davis Jeff Davis Racing Ford 49 51 Rick Scribner Scribner Racing Chevrolet Official race results
Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Dale Earnhardt 4,387 2 Rusty Wallace 4,261 (-126) 3 Mark Martin 4,047 (-340) 4 Dale Jarrett 3,849 (–538) 5 Morgan Shepherd 3,735 (–652) 1 6 Kyle Petty 3,730 (–657) 1 7 Ernie Irvan 3,707 (–680) 2 8 Ken Schrader 3,633 (–754) 9 Bill Elliott 3,609 (–778) 10 Ricky Rudd 3,469 (–918) Official driver's standings
Note : Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
References ↑ Harris, Mike (November 1, 1993). "Earnhardt very close to '93 championship" . The Indianapolis Star . p. 29. Retrieved January 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Armijo, Mark (November 1, 1993). "Martin drives monster NASCAR race" . Arizona Republic . p. 27. Retrieved January 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Higgins, Tom (November 1, 1993). "Gamble on tires leaves Wallace flat" . The Charlotte Observer . p. 14. Retrieved January 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Harris, Mike (November 1, 1993). "Flat tire ends Wallace's hopes" . Daily World . p. 7. Retrieved January 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ "NASCAR today" . The Charlotte Observer . October 29, 1993. p. 23. Retrieved January 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ Harris, Mike (October 30, 1993). "Elliott Smashes Record" . The Times-Tribune . p. 10. Retrieved January 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
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