1993 SplitFire Spark Plug 500

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}{{Short description|24th race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series}}

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The 1993 SplitFire Spark Plug 500 was the 24th stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 23rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 19, 1993, before an audience of 86,000 in Dover, Delaware at Dover International Speedway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. In a controversial victory, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would manage to comeback from a one-lap deficit partly caused by a wreck Wallace had caused by hitting back of Hut Stricklin's car, causing a five-car pileup, including driver's championship leader Dale Earnhardt on lap 370. As a result, Wallace would get his lap back and manage to climb to the front and take his 28th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his seventh victory of the season.{{Cite news |last=Higgins |first=Tom |date=September 20, 1993 |title=Wallace wins, riles rivals |pages=14 |work=The Anniston Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116568589/wallace-wins-riles-rivals/ |access-date=January 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news |last=McKee |first=Sandra |date=September 20, 1993 |title=Wallace runs over Dover field |pages=73 |work=The Baltimore Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116568744/wallace-runs-over-dover-field/ |access-date=January 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader and owner-driver Darrell Waltrip would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

File:Dover_International_Speedway.svg, the venue where the race was held.]]

Dover Downs International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.

The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

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1993 SplitFire Spark Plug 500

Background

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Qualifying

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Race results

Standings after the race

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