Race 28 of 30 in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1993 AC Delco 500 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt.
Date
October 24, 1993
Official name
29th Annual AC Delco 500
Location
Rockingham, North Carolina, North Carolina Motor Speedway
Course
Permanent racing facility 1.017 mi (1.636 km)
Distance
492 laps, 500.364 mi (805.257 km)
Scheduled Distance
492 laps, 500.364 mi (805.257 km)
Average speed
114.036 miles per hour (183.523 km/h)
Attendance
55,000
Pole position
Driver
Mark Martin
Roush Racing
Time
24.679
Most laps led
Driver
Rusty Wallace
Penske Racing South
Laps
179
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
Motor car race
The 1993 AC Delco 500 was the 28th stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 29th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 24, 1993, in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Speedway, a 1.017 miles (1.637 km) permanent high-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 492 laps to complete. At race's end, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to continue his championship pursuit on driver's championship leader, Dale Earnhardt, cutting down his lead to 72 points. The victory was Wallace's 30th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his ninth victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Earnhardt and Junior Johnson & Associates driver Bill Elliott would finish second and third, respectively.
^Higgins, Tom (October 25, 1993). "Wallace takes 9th checkered flag". Kenosha News. p. 23. Retrieved January 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Harris, Mike (October 25, 1993). "Frustrated Wallace edges Earnhardt in AC Delco 500". Standard-Speaker. p. 26. Retrieved January 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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