| Type: | NASWINSTON |
| Avg: | 124.486mph |
| Official Name: | 28th Annual GM Goodwrench 500 |
| Announcers: | Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Neil Bonnett |
| Network: | TNN |
| Radio: | Motor Racing Network |
| Most Laps: | 203 |
| Most Driver: | Rusty Wallace |
| First Driver: | Rusty Wallace |
| Most Team: | Penske Racing South |
| First Team: | Penske Racing South |
| Car: | 2 |
| Pole Team: | Roush Racing |
| Pole Driver: | Mark Martin |
| Date: | February 28 |
| Location: | Rockingham, North Carolina, North Carolina Speedway |
| Course Km: | 1.637 |
| Course Mi: | 1.017 |
| Distance Km: | 805.257 |
| Scheduled Km: | 805.257 |
| Scheduled Mi: | 500.364 |
| Scheduled Laps: | 492 |
| Distance Laps: | 492 |
| Season No: | 30 |
| Race No: | 2 |
| Race Name: | GM Goodwrench 500 |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Pole Time: | 24.482 |
| Distance Mi: | 500.364 |
| Caption: | The 1993 GM Goodwrench 500 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt. |
| Attendance: | 37,900 |
The 1993 GM Goodwrench 500 was the second stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 29th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 28, 1993, in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Speedway, a 1.017miles 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 take his 22nd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[1] [2] To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan would finish second and third, respectively.
North Carolina Speedway was opened as a flat, one-mile oval on October 31, 1965. In 1969, the track was extensively reconfigured to a high-banked, D-shaped oval just over one mile in length. In 1997, North Carolina Motor Speedway merged with Penske Motorsports, and was renamed North Carolina Speedway. Shortly thereafter, the infield was reconfigured, and competition on the infield road course, mostly by the SCCA, was discontinued. Currently, the track is home to the Fast Track High Performance Driving School.[3]
Qualifying was originally scheduled to be split into two rounds. The first round was scheduled to be held on Friday, February 26, at 2:30 PM EST. However, due to rain, the first round was cancelled, and qualifying was condensed into one round,[4] which was held on Saturday, February 27, at 11:15 AM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-38 would be decided on time,[5] 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 provisionals 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.
Mark Martin, driving for Roush Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 24.482 and an average speed of 149.547mph in the first round.[6]
Stanley Smith was the only driver to fail to qualify.
| Pos | Driver | Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Dale Earnhardt | 355 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | Dale Jarrett | 330 (-25) | ||||||
| 3 | Geoff Bodine | 313 (-42) | |||||||
| 2 | 4 | Mark Martin | 310 (–45) | ||||||
| 1 | 5 | Hut Stricklin | 289 (–66) | ||||||
| 9 | 6 | Ted Musgrave | 269 (–86) | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | Terry Labonte | 264 (–91) | ||||||
| 24 | 8 | Rusty Wallace | 252 (–103) | ||||||
| 17 | 9 | Alan Kulwicki | 250 (–105) | ||||||
| 12 | 10 | Phil Parsons | 239 (–116) | ||||||
| Official driver's standings | |||||||||