1993 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Michigan)

1993 Miller Genuine Draft 400

Race details
Race 14 of 30 in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1993 Miller Genuine Draft 400 program cover, featuring Rusty Wallace. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass.
Date	June 20, 1993
Official name	25th Annual Miller Genuine Draft 400
Location	Brooklyn, Michigan, Michigan International Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 2 mi (3.2 km)
Distance	200 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Scheduled Distance	200 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Average speed	148.484 miles per hour (238.962 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Brett Bodine	King Racing
Time	41.036
Most laps led
Driver	Mark Martin	Roush Racing
Laps	141
Winner
No. 5	Ricky Rudd	Network	CBS
Announcers	Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett, Neil Bonnett
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

The 1993 Miller Genuine Draft 400 was the 14th

The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).

Entry list

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 18, at 3:30 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 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, June 19, at 11:00 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 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 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.

Brett Bodine, driving for King Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 41.036 and an average speed of 175.456 miles per hour (282.369 km/h) in the first round.^[4]

Two drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Dale Earnhardt 2,157 1 2 Dale Jarrett 1,944 (-213) 2 3 Rusty Wallace 1,888 (-269) 4 Kyle Petty 1,877 (–280) 1 5 Morgan Shepherd 1,870 (–287) 4 6 Davey Allison 1,864 (–293) 7 Ken Schrader 1,807 (–350) 8 Geoff Bodine 1,788 (–369) 9 Jimmy Spencer 1,746 (–411) 10 Jeff Gordon 1,745 (–412) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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