| Type: | NASWINSTON |
| Date: | May 30 |
| Scheduled Km: | 965.606 |
| Distance Km: | 965.606 |
| Avg: | 145.504mph |
| Pole Team: | Hendrick Motorsports |
| Network: | TBS |
| Most Driver: | Dale Earnhardt |
| Radio: | Performance Racing Network |
| Announcers: | Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett |
| Most Team: | Richard Childress Racing |
| First Driver: | Dale Earnhardt |
| First Team: | Richard Childress Racing |
| Most Laps: | 152 |
| Season No: | 30 |
| Location: | Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway |
| Pole Time: | 30.448 |
| Attendance: | 162,000 |
| Scheduled Mi: | 600 |
| Distance Laps: | 400 |
| Scheduled Laps: | 400 |
| Course Km: | 2.41 |
| Course Mi: | 1.5 |
| Race No: | 11 |
| Official Name: | 34th Annual Coca-Cola 600 |
| Car: | 3 |
| Race Name: | Coca-Cola 600 |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Distance Mi: | 600 |
| Pole Driver: | Ken Schrader |
The 1993 Coca-Cola 600 was the 11th stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 34th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 30, 1993, before an audience of 162,000 in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to overcome two penalties throughout the race and come back to win his 55th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season.[1] [2] To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Dale Jarrett would finish second and third, respectively.
Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Wednesday, May 26, at 7:00 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 Thursday, May 27, at 2:30 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,[3] 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; up to two were given. 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.
Ken Schrader, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 30.448 and an average speed of 177.352mph in the first round.[4]
Seven drivers would fail to qualify.
| Fin | St | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Winnings | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 400 | 152 | running | 185 | $156,650 | |
| 2 | 21 | 24 | Jeff Gordon (R) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 400 | 3 | running | 175 | $79,050 | |
| 3 | 32 | 18 | Dale Jarrett | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chevrolet | 400 | 114 | running | 170 | $73,100 | |
| 4 | 1 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 400 | 38 | running | 165 | $91,550 | |
| 5 | 19 | 4 | Ernie Irvan | Morgan–McClure Motorsports | Chevrolet | 400 | 42 | running | 160 | $46,600 | |
| 6 | 30 | 11 | Bill Elliott | Junior Johnson & Associates | Ford | 400 | 0 | running | 150 | $35,300 | |
| 7 | 27 | 12 | Jimmy Spencer | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Ford | 400 | 0 | running | 146 | $28,700 | |
| 8 | 13 | 22 | Bobby Labonte (R) | Bill Davis Racing | Ford | 400 | 4 | running | 147 | $24,300 | |
| 9 | 12 | 21 | Morgan Shepherd | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 399 | 5 | running | 143 | $25,250 | |
| 10 | 5 | 15 | Geoff Bodine | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 399 | 19 | running | 139 | $32,600 | |
| 11 | 31 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Darrell Waltrip Motorsports | Chevrolet | 399 | 0 | running | 130 | $26,300 | |
| 12 | 22 | 41 | Phil Parsons | Larry Hedrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 398 | 0 | running | 127 | $18,225 | |
| 13 | 6 | 30 | Michael Waltrip | Bahari Racing | Pontiac | 398 | 0 | running | 124 | $18,800 | |
| 14 | 35 | 42 | Kyle Petty | SABCO Racing | Pontiac | 398 | 0 | running | 121 | $21,700 | |
| 15 | 10 | 7 | Jimmy Hensley | AK Racing | Ford | 398 | 0 | running | 118 | $22,650 | |
| 16 | 28 | 90 | Bobby Hillin Jr. | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 398 | 0 | running | 115 | $11,570 | |
| 17 | 11 | 68 | Greg Sacks | TriStar Motorsports | Ford | 398 | 0 | running | 112 | $10,880 | |
| 18 | 25 | 33 | Harry Gant | Leo Jackson Motorsports | Chevrolet | 398 | 0 | running | 109 | $19,100 | |
| 19 | 36 | 75 | Dick Trickle | Butch Mock Motorsports | Ford | 395 | 0 | running | 106 | $9,500 | |
| 20 | 26 | 27 | Hut Stricklin | Junior Johnson & Associates | Ford | 394 | 0 | running | 103 | $14,750 | |
| 21 | 34 | 45 | Rich Bickle | Terminal Trucking Motorsports | Ford | 393 | 1 | running | 105 | $8,650 | |
| 22 | 37 | 66 | Mike Wallace | Owen Racing | Pontiac | 392 | 0 | running | 97 | $8,325 | |
| 23 | 24 | 40 | Kenny Wallace (R) | SABCO Racing | Pontiac | 392 | 0 | running | 94 | $10,000 | |
| 24 | 7 | 8 | Sterling Marlin | Stavola Brothers Racing | Ford | 392 | 0 | running | 91 | $13,200 | |
| 25 | 39 | 32 | Jimmy Horton | Active Motorsports | Chevrolet | 388 | 0 | running | 88 | $7,480 | |
| 26 | 18 | 55 | Ted Musgrave | RaDiUs Motorsports | Ford | 376 | 0 | running | 85 | $12,150 | |
| 27 | 15 | 83 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing | Ford | 364 | 0 | running | 82 | $7,150 | |
| 28 | 3 | 6 | Mark Martin | Roush Racing | Ford | 355 | 22 | engine | 84 | $20,710 | |
| 29 | 8 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Penske Racing South | Pontiac | 353 | 0 | accident | 76 | $14,880 | |
| 30 | 23 | 28 | Davey Allison | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 342 | 0 | running | 73 | $18,750 | |
| 31 | 4 | 1 | Rick Mast | Precision Products Racing | Ford | 334 | 0 | running | 70 | $13,900 | |
| 32 | 9 | 44 | Rick Wilson | Petty Enterprises | Pontiac | 330 | 0 | engine | 67 | $8,600 | |
| 33 | 29 | 14 | Terry Labonte | Hagan Racing | Chevrolet | 273 | 0 | engine | 64 | $11,050 | |
| 34 | 38 | 9 | Chad Little | Melling Racing | Ford | 263 | 0 | rotor | 61 | $6,900 | |
| 35 | 40 | 20 | Joe Ruttman | Moroso Racing | Ford | 231 | 0 | engine | 58 | $6,350 | |
| 36 | 16 | 98 | Derrike Cope | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | Ford | 182 | 0 | engine | 55 | $10,875 | |
| 37 | 20 | 5 | Ricky Rudd | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 164 | 0 | engine | 52 | $11,310 | |
| 38 | 33 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Ford | 107 | 0 | engine | 49 | $6,225 | |
| 39 | 41 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 44 | 0 | engine | 46 | $6,200 | |
| 40 | 17 | 16 | Wally Dallenbach Jr. | Roush Racing | Ford | 28 | 0 | engine | 43 | $10,700 | |
| 41 | 2 | 26 | Brett Bodine | King Racing | Ford | 5 | 0 | engine | 40 | $15,675 | |
| Failed to qualify | |||||||||||
| 42 | 85 | Ken Bouchard | Mansion Motorsports | Ford | |||||||
| 43 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Motorsports | Pontiac | |||||||
| 44 | 84 | Rick Crawford | Circle Bar Racing | Ford | |||||||
| 45 | 38 | Bobby Hamilton | Akins Motorsports | Ford | |||||||
| 46 | 65 | Jerry O'Neil | O'Neil Racing | Oldsmobile | |||||||
| 47 | 49 | Stanley Smith | BS&S Motorsports | Chevrolet | |||||||
| 48 | 64 | Johnny Chapman | Bahre Racing | Chevrolet | |||||||
| Official race results | |||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dale Earnhardt | 1,711 | |||||||
| 2 | Rusty Wallace | 1,582 (-129) | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | Dale Jarrett | 1,503 (-208) | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | Geoff Bodine | 1,491 (–220) | ||||||
| 1 | 5 | Kyle Petty | 1,484 (–227) | ||||||
| 3 | 6 | Davey Allison | 1,481 (–230) | ||||||
| 1 | 7 | Ernie Irvan | 1,435 (–276) | ||||||
| 1 | 8 | Morgan Shepherd | 1,430 (–281) | ||||||
| 1 | 9 | Jeff Gordon | 1,382 (–329) | ||||||
| 1 | 10 | Ken Schrader | 1,357 (–354) | ||||||
| Official driver's standings | |||||||||