1993 Save Mart Supermarkets 300K

The 1993 Save Mart Supermarkets 300K was the tenth stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the fourth race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston West Series season, and the fifth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 16, 1993, at the Grand Prix layout of Sears Point Raceway, a 2.52 miles (4.06 km) permanent road course layout. The race took the scheduled 74 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Bud Moore Engineering driver Geoff Bodine would manage to fend off numerous challenges for the lead from Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ricky Rudd to take his 15th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Irvan and Rudd would finish second and third, respectively.

1993 Save Mart Supermarkets 300K
Race details
Race 10 of 30 in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1993 Save Mart Supermarkets 300K program cover, featuring Bill Elliott and Ernie Irvan.
The 1993 Save Mart Supermarkets 300K program cover, featuring Bill Elliott and Ernie Irvan.
Date May 16, 1993
Official name 5th Annual Save Mart Supermarkets 300K
Location Sonoma, California, Sears Point Raceway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.52 mi (4.06 km)
Distance 74 laps, 186.48 mi (300.11 km)
Scheduled Distance 74 laps, 186.48 mi (300.11 km)
Average speed 77.013 miles per hour (123.940 km/h)
Attendance 90,000
Pole position
Driver Richard Childress Racing
Time 1:38.783
Most laps led
Driver Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
Laps 33
Winner
No. 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

Background

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The layout of Sears Point Raceway used by NASCAR at the time.

Sears Point Raceway is one of two road courses to hold NASCAR races, the other being Watkins Glen International. The standard road course at Sears Point Raceway is a 12-turn course that is 2.52 miles (4.06 km) long;[3] the track was modified in 1998, adding the Chute, which bypassed turns 5 and 6, shortening the course to 1.95 miles (3.14 km). The Chute was only used for NASCAR events such as this race, and was criticized by many drivers, who preferred the full layout.[4] In 2001, it was replaced with a 70-degree turn, 4A, bringing the track to its current dimensions of 1.99 miles (3.20 km).[5]

Entry list

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  • (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
04 Hershel McGriff TTC Motorsports Chevrolet TTC Motorsports
5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline
7 Tommy Kendall AK Racing Ford The Family Channel
8 Sterling Marlin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford Raybestos
9 P. J. Jones (R) Melling Racing Ford Melling Racing
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
20 Dirk Stephens Craigen Racing Ford Pepsi
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 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
29 John Krebs Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet Diamond Ridge Motorsports
30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil
33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet Skoal Bandit
36 Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Chevrolet Gear Engineering
37 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet Chesrown Racing
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
48 Jack Sellers Emerson Racing Chevrolet Coca-Cola
50 Mike Chase JTC Racing Chevrolet Star Race Computers
52 Scott Gaylord Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Oliver Gravity Separators
55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford USAir, Jasper Engines & Transmissions
56 Tony Hunt Hunt Racing Chevrolet Shaver, Boring Business Systems
58 Wayne Jacks Jacks Motorsports Pontiac Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino
68 Dorsey Schroeder TriStar Motorsports Ford Country Time
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Pronto Auto Parts
73 Bill Schmitt Schmitt Racing Ford Nevada City Spring Water
75 Dick Trickle Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Carolina Pottery
76 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet Spears Manufacturing
81 Jeff Davis Jeff Davis Racing Ford Van-K Karting Wheels
90 Bobby Hillin Jr. Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig-Meyers
98 Derrike Cope Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Bojangles

Qualifying

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Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, May 14, at 6:30 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 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, May 15, at 1:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 26-40 would be decided on time,[6] 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.

Dale Earnhardt, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 1:38.783 and an average speed of 91.838 miles per hour (147.799 km/h) in the first round.[7]

Five drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:38.783 91.838
2 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:39.081 91.561
3 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 1:39.170 91.479
4 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 1:39.398 91.269
5 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 1:39.569 91.113
6 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 1:39.606 91.079
7 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 1:39.617 91.069
8 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:39.782 90.918
9 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 1:39.836 90.869
10 14 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Chevrolet 1:39.902 90.809
11 98 Derrike Cope Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 1:40.206 90.533
12 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1:40.241 90.502
13 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 1:40.287 90.460
14 9 P. J. Jones (R) Melling Racing Ford 1:40.294 90.454
15 24 Jeff Gordon (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:40.324 90.427
16 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 1:40.328 90.423
17 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1:40.453 90.311
18 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 1:40.512 90.258
19 68 Dorsey Schroeder TriStar Motorsports Ford 1:40.727 90.065
20 44 Rick Wilson Petty Enterprises Pontiac 1:40.810 89.991
21 40 Kenny Wallace (R) SABCO Racing Pontiac 1:40.940 89.875
22 12 Jimmy Spencer Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 1:41.047 89.780
23 8 Sterling Marlin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 1:41.057 89.771
24 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 1:41.195 89.649
25 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 1:41.197 89.647
Failed to lock in Round 1
26 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 1:40.814 89.987
27 36 Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Chevrolet 1:41.235 89.613
28 73 Bill Schmitt Schmitt Racing Ford 1:41.251 89.599
29 29 John Krebs Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 1:41.266 89.586
30 90 Bobby Hillin Jr. Donlavey Racing Ford 1:41.274 89.579
31 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 1:41.291 89.564
32 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 1:41.349 89.512
33 7 Tommy Kendall AK Racing Ford 1:41.412 89.457
34 76 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 1:41.498 89.381
35 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 1:41.949 88.986
36 27 Hut Stricklin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1:42.240 88.732
37 41 Phil Parsons Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:42.441 88.558
38 75 Dick Trickle Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 1:42.737 88.303
39 20 Dirk Stephens Craigen Racing Ford 1:42.824 88.228
40 81 Jeff Davis Jeff Davis Racing Ford 1:42.840 88.215
Winston Cup provisional
41 22 Bobby Labonte (R) Bill Davis Racing Ford -* -*
Winston West provisionals
42 04 Hershel McGriff TTC Motorsports Chevrolet -* -*
43 37 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet -* -*
Failed to qualify
44 50 Mike Chase JTC Racing Chevrolet 1:43.726 87.461
45 58 Wayne Jacks Jacks Motorsports Pontiac 1:43.948 87.274
46 56 Tony Hunt Hunt Racing Chevrolet 1:44.147 87.108
47 48 Jack Sellers Emerson Racing Chevrolet 1:48.978 83.246
48 52 Scott Gaylord Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac - -
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 3 15 Geoff Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 74 30 running 180 $66,510
2 4 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 74 2 running 175 $41,190
3 2 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 running 165 $29,590
4 8 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 running 160 $22,415
5 18 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 74 0 running 155 $22,715
6 1 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 74 33 running 160 $27,790
7 7 16 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Roush Racing Ford 74 0 running 146 $17,465
8 20 44 Rick Wilson Petty Enterprises Pontiac 74 0 running 142 $13,665
9 10 14 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Chevrolet 74 0 running 138 $17,015
10 36 27 Hut Stricklin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 74 0 running 134 $17,415
11 15 24 Jeff Gordon (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 running 130 $10,215
12 23 8 Sterling Marlin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 74 2 running 132 $14,315
13 32 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 74 0 running 124 $16,610
14 12 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 74 0 running 121 $13,310
15 9 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 73 0 crash 118 $18,160
16 41 22 Bobby Labonte (R) Bill Davis Racing Ford 73 0 crash 115 $7,965
17 17 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 73 0 running 112 $17,590
18 11 98 Derrike Cope Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 73 0 running 109 $12,340
19 35 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 73 0 running 106 $16,315
20 38 75 Dick Trickle Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 73 0 running 103 $7,840
21 43 37 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 73 0 running 100 $7,190
22 33 7 Tommy Kendall AK Racing Ford 73 0 running 97 $16,565
23 16 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 73 6 running 99 $12,040
24 26 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Ford 73 0 running 91 $12,420
25 14 9 P. J. Jones (R) Melling Racing Ford 73 0 running 88 $8,810
26 34 76 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 73 0 running 85 $8,140
27 22 12 Jimmy Spencer Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 73 0 running 82 $11,665
28 25 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 72 0 running 79 $8,540
29 31 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Ford 72 0 running 76 $11,505
30 39 20 Dirk Stephens Craigen Racing Ford 72 0 running 73 $6,900
31 28 73 Bill Schmitt Schmitt Racing Ford 71 0 running 70 $6,815
32 27 36 Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Chevrolet 71 0 running 67 $6,765
33 19 68 Dorsey Schroeder TriStar Motorsports Ford 69 0 accident 64 $8,265
34 29 29 John Krebs Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 68 0 transmission 61 $6,690
35 13 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 67 0 engine 58 $16,465
36 21 40 Kenny Wallace (R) SABCO Racing Pontiac 66 0 running 55 $6,665
37 37 41 Phil Parsons Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 65 0 rear end 52 $8,160
38 6 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 64 1 transmission 54 $15,615
39 24 55 Ted Musgrave RaDiUs Motorsports Ford 61 0 running 46 $11,085
40 5 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 57 0 rear end 43 $15,260
41 30 90 Bobby Hillin Jr. Donlavey Racing Ford 57 0 rear end 40 $6,560
42 40 81 Jeff Davis Jeff Davis Racing Ford 46 0 accident 37 $6,560
43 42 04 Hershel McGriff TTC Motorsports Chevrolet 27 0 engine 34 $6,560
Failed to qualify
44 50 Mike Chase JTC Racing Chevrolet
45 58 Wayne Jacks Jacks Motorsports Pontiac
46 56 Tony Hunt Hunt Racing Chevrolet
47 48 Jack Sellers Emerson Racing Chevrolet
48 52 Scott Gaylord Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Schiffmann, William (May 17, 1993). "Bodine bumps way to finish line first". The Advocate-Messenger. p. 9. Retrieved January 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
  2. ^ Higgins, Tom (May 17, 1993). "Bodine survives a final-lap bump to win Save Mart". Evansville Press. p. 16. Retrieved January 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
  3. ^ "Sears Point". www.gt-racing.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  4. ^ "Passing is tough in Chute | chronicle.augusta.com". 2011-06-07. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  5. ^ "SEARS POINT BREAKS GROUND ON MODIFIED CHUTE - RacingWest". 2007-09-29. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  6. ^ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer. May 14, 1993. p. 27. Retrieved January 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
  7. ^ Higgins, Tom (May 15, 1993). "Earnhardt's aggressive again, tops qualifying for Sunday's race". The Charlotte Observer. p. 19. Retrieved January 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
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