| Type: | NASWINSTON |
| Race No: | 3 |
| Distance Mi: | 300 |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Pole Time: | 21.922 |
| Race Name: | Pontiac Excitement 400 |
| Course Mi: | 0.75 |
| Scheduled Km: | 482.803 |
| Distance Km: | 482.803 |
| Course Km: | 1.21 |
| Distance Laps: | 400 |
| Scheduled Laps: | 400 |
| Scheduled Mi: | 300 |
| Official Name: | 39th Annual Pontiac Excitement 400 |
| Location: | Richmond, Virginia, Richmond International Raceway |
| Avg: | 107.709mph |
| Season No: | 30 |
| Date: | March 7 |
| Car: | 28 |
| Radio: | Motor Racing Network |
| Network: | TBS |
| Announcers: | Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett |
| Most Laps: | 168 |
| First Driver: | Davey Allison |
| First Team: | Robert Yates Racing |
| Most Driver: | Kyle Petty |
| Pole Driver: | Ken Schrader |
| Pole Team: | Hendrick Motorsports |
| Most Team: | SABCO Racing |
| Caption: | The 1993 Pontiac Excitement 400 program cover, with artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. |
| Attendance: | 70,000 |
The 1993 Pontiac Excitement 400 was the third stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 39th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 7, 1993, in Richmond, Virginia, at Richmond International Raceway, a 0.75 miles (1.21 km) D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end, Robert Yates Racing driver Davey Allison would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to take his 19th and eventual final career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.[1] [2] To fill out the top three, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace and owner-driver Alan Kulwicki would finish second and third, respectively.
Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, March 4, at 3:00 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, March 5, 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 21-34 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 21.922 and an average speed of 123.164mph in the first round.[4]
Three drivers would fail to qualify.
| Pos | Driver | Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Dale Jarrett | 490 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | 489 (-1) | ||||||
| 1 | 3 | Mark Martin | 456 (-34) | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | Geoff Bodine | 445 (–45) | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | Rusty Wallace | 422 (–68) | ||||||
| 3 | 6 | Alan Kulwicki | 415 (–75) | ||||||
| 2 | 7 | Hut Stricklin | 398 (–92) | ||||||
| 10 | 8 | Davey Allison | 385 (–105) | ||||||
| 3 | 9 | Ted Musgrave | 381 (–109) | ||||||
| 6 | 10 | Jeff Gordon | 371 (–119) | ||||||
| Official driver's standings | |||||||||