Motorcraft Quality Parts 500
The Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was scheduled March 14 but was held March 20 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The race was postponed to the effects of the 1993 Superstorm. Rusty Wallace won the pole. Jeff Gordon appeared headed to his first Winston Cup win when he lost control and spun in the muddy grass. Morgan Shepherd passed him and won the event, his final victory as of 2012.
Top Ten Results
- 21-Morgan Shepherd
- 4-Ernie Irvan
- 2-Rusty Wallace
- 24-Jeff Gordon, 1 Lap down
- 5-Ricky Rudd, 1 Lap down
- 15-Geoff Bodine, 1 Lap dwn
- 42-Kyle Petty, 1 Lap down
- 26-Brett Bodine, 1 Lap down
- 11-Bill Elliott, 2 Laps down
- 12-Jimmy Spencer, 3 Laps down
Failed to qualify: 45-Rich Bickle, 84-Rick Crawford, 48-James Hylton, 61-Rick Carelli
- Winning this race gave Morgan Shepherd his fourth career NASCAR Cup victory overall, and his third at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Read more about this topic: 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Famous quotes containing the words quality and/or parts:
“As the quality of water changes with the nature of the soil;
So will a man’s reason vary with the quality of his friends.”
—Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.)
“The Indian navigator naturally distinguishes by a name those parts of a stream where he has encountered quick water and forks, and again, the lakes and smooth water where he can rest his weary arms, since those are the most interesting and more arable parts to him.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)