Daytona 500 By STP
The 1993 Daytona 500 by STP was held February 14 at Daytona International Speedway. Kyle Petty's Mello Yello-sponsored #42 won the pole, putting a Petty on the Daytona 500 pole for the first time since 1966, and only the second time ever. Kyle was also the first North Carolina driver to win the 500 pole since Benny Parsons in 1982. His father Richard waved the green flag in the first Winston Cup race held since his retirement. Dale Jarrett took the checkered flag after a last lap pass over Dale Earnhardt who led 107 laps, the most by far.
Top Ten Results
- 18-Dale Jarrett
- 3-Dale Earnhardt
- 15-Geoff Bodine
- 27-Hut Stricklin
- 24-Jeff Gordon*
- 6-Mark Martin
- 21-Morgan Shepherd
- 25-Ken Schrader
- 8-Sterling Marlin
- 16-Wally Dallenbach, Jr.
Failed to Qualify: 85-Dorsey Schroeder, 48-James Hylton, 45-Rich Bickle, 29-Kerry Teague, 0-Delma Cowart, 77-Mike Potter, 73-Stanley Smith, 99-Brad Teague, 31-Steve Kinser, 51-Jeff Purvis, 50-A.J. Foyt, 23-Eddie Bierschwale, and 95-Ken Ragan.
The race was marked by a grinding crash involving Rusty Wallace who was spun out by Michael Waltrip on the backstretch and sent Wallace on a series of horrific barrel rolls in the grass. He was uninjured although.
Jeff Gordon made his first Daytona 500 debut on his first Winston Cup full Season. He became the first rookie ever to win one of the Qualifying races. He also led Lap 1 and finished 5th, and is considered as one of the most successful's Daytona 500's debut ever.
The "Dale and Dale Show" commenced as Jarrett passed Earnhardt in the tri-oval as they took the white flag. As the leaders exited Turn 2, the CBS Sports producers came on the headsets of Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett, and Ned Jarrett, telling Ned to "call his son home", leading to an emotional finish.
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