|| *Comments on the 1993 Daytona 500 By STP:* View the most recent comment <#101> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. HomeDepotKid posted: 07.25.2004 - 7:14 am Rate this comment: (2) (2) It was the race that became famous for Ned Jarrett's last lap call, which was more of a "Proud Papa" style than a broadcast journalist style. That's OK. Dale Jarrett was leading and won. 2. MASH_guy posted: 06.10.2005 - 9:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race also featured the first of Rusty Wallace's terriying flips in 1993, which, when combined with the wreckfest that was the Diehard 500, led to the development and installation of the current roof flaps. 3. CBCMikeyfan posted: 07.30.2005 - 5:57 am Rate this comment: (4) (0) Hey, I love Ned's story of apologizing to Earnhardt the next week for being so biased and Earnhardt just said, "Hey, I'm a daddy too." 4. Chicago posted: 08.01.2005 - 9:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Dale Earnhardt "intimidated" Al Unser right out of the race. 5. Slacker el Cracker posted: 08.17.2005 - 1:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race forshadowed the present day of what is now the Nextel Cup. Jeff Gordon lead his first Cup lap, Hendrick had 4 cars in the field, and the first Cup race with out Richard Petty in 40+ years. 6. larry posted: 09.14.2005 - 10:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) i was to young to remember the race but i watch it from a tape about once a week it was real racin 7. Anonymous posted: 09.15.2005 - 12:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) This was RACING! The final 3 laps had more racing than a 500 mile race does this day in age... 8. Matt posted: 12.04.2005 - 4:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) DNQ: #0 Delma Cowart, #26 Kerry Teague, #31 Steve Kinser, #45 Rich Bickle, #48 James Hylton, #50 A.J. Foyt, #51 Jeff Purvis, #73 Stanley Smith, #77 Mike Potter, #99 Brad Teague. 9. Chicago posted: 01.28.2006 - 12:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cope, running fifth, tag the fourth place car of Waltrip off of two -- or took the air off of his spoiler, and when the 30 and 66 spun down the track they clipped the 2 just right and Wallace went soaring twenty feet in the air? That car just completely disintegrated. Ironically, I think it was worse than his Talladega accident ... in terms of sheer destruction. Yet at Talladega he was knocked out, broke his wrist and that arguably ruined his championship challenge. Jeff Gordon proved himself to be a star in the making as he won his qualifying race on Thursday and ran with the leaders all day before making the wrong move late in the going -- went with Earnhardt, and got shuffled out. Little Al Unser ran strong (no surprise to anyone who had seen his moxie in IROC) before he got tagged by Earnhardt; in the carnage, Bobby Hillin came flying back up the track in front of polesitter Kyle Petty, who had been offered a one million dollar bonus by Felix Sabates if he had won. Petty then had a tussle in the infield and called Hillin that "little blind boy". 10. MOST posted: 05.07.2006 - 5:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Never figured out why Petty was so pissed at Hillin, they were parked when the crash happened, not like they started it, they were just in it at the end. Bill Elliott's first race out of the 9 car in many years. 11. nascarman posted: 05.22.2006 - 9:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The car that Rusty crashed in this race is at the Memory Lane museum in Mooresville N.C. along with Lee Petty's crash that ended his career in 1961 at Daytona,Michael Waltrip's flip in the busch race at Daytona in 2000,Carl Long's flip at the Rock in 2004,Elliot Sadler's flip practicing at Michigan in 2000,Robert Pressley's firey crash at Richmond in 1998,Darrell Waltrip's motor that he blew across the finish line to win the first The Winston, cars from the nascar imax movie,and Richard Petty's first race car along with many others. 12. Doug posted: 07.23.2006 - 3:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Incorrect on the Elliott call Most. He'd been in the 11 car for over a year. The 1992 Daytona 500 was his first points race for Junior Johnson in the 11 car. 13. Steve posted: 07.29.2006 - 12:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) It must have been so strange to see the STP Pontiac with the #44 rather than #43. Failed to qualify: #0 Delma Cowart, #29 Kerry Teague, #31 Steve Kinser, #45 Rich Bickle, #50 A.J. Foyt, #51 Jeff Purvis, #48 James Hylton, #73 Stanley Smith, #77 Mike Potter, #85 Dorsey Schroder, and #99 Brad Teague. The #26 car was the Kenny Bernstein Ford driven by Brett Bodine. Also Jimmy Means was injured in a crash earlier in the week, so 1992 Rookie of the Year Jimmy Hensley replaced him until Means' return. IndyCar star (now legend) Al Unser Jr. appears in his only Winston Cup race. Jeff Gordon get his first Top 5. 14. DJ posted: 08.23.2006 - 8:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) a side note to the coverage of the race, CBS ran a story about Geoff Bodine's new found interst in the sport of bobshelding. The story was about how Geoff and his NASCAR background is helping another sport. He helped design the Bo-Dyn sheld, which is the sheld used today for the American Bobshelders. 15. Mr. Etc posted: 08.25.2006 - 9:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Slacker el Cracker, Petty missed a few races in 1989, which led to the champion's provisional. 16. Bill posted: 10.19.2006 - 12:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rusty Wallace wasn't the only driver to get airborne this day. 9th place finisher Sterling Marlin got spun in the middle stages of the race and had his rear end lift about 5 feet off the ground. It looked like he was going to flip but he luckily came back down on his wheels. Ernie Irvan was also involved in a hard crash here too. He got spun into the wall by Derrike Cope and lost a right front tire. When he tried to get back to pit road, he had no control of his car and crashed again. 17. Canadian Fan posted: 01.03.2007 - 9:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE1-C-QCnlg 18. MegaRacer posted: 01.22.2007 - 4:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Hillen/Petty "incident"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg9suq4cWbY 19. myself posted: 02.14.2007 - 2:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) Truth be told....I know Earnhardt led over 100 laps that day, but anyone who watched it knows Kyle Petty had the best car. 20. Mike posted: 02.19.2007 - 9:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How bad did Mark Martin run in the 500 before this year? This was his first top ten, top twenty, and lead lap finish in the Daytona 500. 21. mcmurrayfan posted: 03.03.2007 - 12:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was the first Cup win for Joe Gibbs Racing. 22. myself posted: 03.15.2007 - 7:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Last Daytona 500 for the 92' winner, Davey Allison. :( 23. myself posted: 05.17.2007 - 6:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thus begins the saddest season in Nascar or na$car history. :( 24. Clayton Caldwell posted: 06.27.2007 - 7:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As a 4 year old kid, man I remember this race! Who could forget it! It had a bit of everything! It had Dale Earnhardt, wreaking more people (Al Unser Jr), it had a fight between Kyle Petty (the pole sitter) and Bobby Hillin Jr, it had a terrify crash, with Rusty Wallace flipping and o yeah, it had a father calling his son to victory! I remember, my twin brother, thinking Rusty Wallace was dead, after the flips, and I remember Ken Squiar and Ned Jarrett saying he was moving, and that shy of relief We had! Ken Squiar then summed it up perfectly, when right before a commerical break he said "Unbelieveable back in a moment!" Then Kyle Petty sat on the pole and Bobby Hillin wrecked, in the #90 car driving for Junie Dolavey! Ernie Irvan's car hit the outside wall, with just he right side hitting it ending his day! When Bobby Hillin go together with someone, he was on the infield grass, and if you watch the race you might not understand why Kyle Petty was so mad! Then you look at it again, and for some reason Bobby Hillin Jr decided to drive the car in traffic to get back on to the track! It would have been a great move except his hood was over his front mirror, and he couldn't see! He came up in front of Kyle Petty who had no where to go! Kyle and Bobby's cars sat next to each other and when Kyle was climbing out he yelled something over at Bobby Hillin who was climbing out as well! Well Bobby ran over to Kyle, with his helmet on and ran like he was going to hit Kyle! Kyle explained to Bobby what he saw happen and from that day foward Kyle called Bobby Hillin, the Blind gut! Bobby after his "Talk" with Kyle still didnt understand why Kyle was so mad at him and went to talk with Chris Economacki! After that Pit reporter Mike Joy said that Kyle refused to talk, saying he would say something bad about it! However did mention to Mike that Bobby drove on the track with his hood over his windshield! Man what a race! Then Dale Jarrett, a little known racer, who won only 1 race filling in for Neil Bonnett, with the Wood Brothers in 1991, was leading with 3 laps to go! Dale's father Ned was a racer and a Champion and never won the Great American Race, (he ran out of gas in like 1961 which costed him the race). Ned was great and Dale to fellow races was okay! Until this day! Ned in the closing laps started telling his 31 year old son what to do, "Don't let him get inside Ya Dale!" meaning don't let Earnhardt get inside of you off of 4 and get a great run! Well sure enough, everything that Ned said, Dale did! It was like they had radio communication! It was so awesome to watch and CBS did a great job at letting Ned call Dale home! When Dale got into the tri-oval Ned screamed "He's gonna make it! Dale Jarrett's gonna win the Daytona 500! ALLRIGHT!" Ned was clapping as well and you could hear the pen he had in his hand get in the way when he clapped! CBS then showed Ned's wife, and Dale's mom, Martha in the infield in a truck, crying because Dale had won! Ned then responed "Oh Look at Martha O dear, O gee!" Then there was the victory lane celebration! Ned wanted to talk to his son, and ended the memorable converstation with tears in his eyes saying "Just like I told ya Dale," and a young no grey, with a moustauche, Dale Jarrett responded "Just like ya told me dad, Thanks for Everything" and man if you didn't like that, you dont like racing! That's what makes the 1993 Daytona 500 so great in my eyes! It was the perfect NASCAR race! You can't get stuff like that in any other sport, a father calling a son home, saying his every move, driver's fighting, Rusty Flipping, you can't get it anywhere else! To me the 1993 Daytona 500 was one of the greatest Races ever! 25. Anonymous posted: 10.14.2007 - 9:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sterling Marlin almost flipped. 26. most posted: 11.02.2007 - 8:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thanks Doug, you are right about Bill Elliott... 27. Billy Kingsley posted: 11.10.2007 - 3:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was the first race I ever saw...Hooked me for life! These days I spend at the very LEAST 14 hours a day thinking about NASCAR! Being only 8 years old, and it being my first race, I didn't tape it, I actually didn't start taping every race until late 2005 (DUMB!) but I was able to buy a collection of 180+ race tapes and this one is one on there...I've not watched it yet, though, as I have such fond memorys of it, I want to wait until a special time to see it...Probably going to wait and watch it Christmas Day this year! I sure got scared when Rusty flipped...I had never seen any auto racing except Monster Trucks before, and I didn't know that kind of thing happened (Hey, I was 8!) I had been collecting 1/64 NASCAR Diecast since Christmas 1992 and has already picked Rusty Wallace as my favorite driver! (although that didn't last too long, as he was replaced by Ernie Irvan later on that year, and Ernie is still one of my all time favorites, although he himself has been eclpsed by Ted Musgrave, Jerry Nadeau and Dale Jr.) Thanks for letting me reminisce!! BK 28. Ryan posted: 02.11.2008 - 2:27 pm Rate this comment: (1) (5) Anyone in here think the fix might have been in for Jarrett to win? Mom at the start finish line, dad in the booth calling the finish... I think Earnhardt's tires were old, but it looked like he just drifted high going into 3 and 4 on the next to last lap to let Jarrett underneath him. He didn't put up much of a fight on the last lap either 29. WillG_46 posted: 05.15.2008 - 10:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dale would never pull out of the way to let anyone win! His tires were much older and he was struggling just to hold on the last 6-7 laps. 30. Evan posted: 05.17.2008 - 9:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was the first race I ever watched on TV from start to finish and I really did not know much at the time, just Dale Jarrett won...Now he is retiring and I will remember him as the man who won the first race I ever watched on TV. Thanks for the memories, Dale. 31. Clayton posted: 06.07.2008 - 10:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ken Ragan, father of David Ragan attempts his last Cup race, as he failed to qualify for this event! 32. JCS posted: 08.26.2008 - 1:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hey MOST, Kyle Petty was furious because he thought Bobby Hillin took his foot of the brake, trying to save the car, which caused him to veer right into Kyle's path, taking both cars out of the race. Hillin said his brakes failed and couldn't stop. In the book "Kyle at 200 MPH," published in 1993, Kyle explains what happened. 33. Anonymous posted: 11.06.2008 - 8:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Petty's last pole. :( 34. 4 in a row posted: 11.17.2008 - 11:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Any one notice Derrike Cope led 30 laps?? 35. Ryan posted: 12.03.2008 - 2:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) Ok "myself" we know that you dont like Dale, but give him the credit he deserves from you... He wouldnt have let Kyle Petty beat him. Also, Hillin's hood was over his windshield when he hit Kyle, how could he see? Kyle wasa prick that day 36. kidd1023 posted: 12.23.2008 - 7:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) kyle was pissed cause he had a strong car and felix sabates was gonna give kyle 1 million dollars if he won...um wouldn't you be a little pissed? 37. Frogger49 posted: 01.10.2009 - 11:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Most of the laps Derrike Cope led were as a result of being on a slightly off sequence pit strategy, along with Harry Gant. There was a long green flag run between Caution 2 (Hensley's crash) and Caution 3 (Dallenbach hits the wall and Michael Waltrip spins Marlin out) which allowed for the first two rounds of pit stops to be done under green. Since Cope started 35th, he likely had pitted under the 2nd caution in a strategy move. 38. myself posted: 02.13.2009 - 12:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Any one notice Derrike Cope led 30 laps?? 4 in a row | 11.17.08 - 11:21 pm" In Cale's car!! 39. 18fan posted: 02.15.2009 - 4:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) NASCAR's brass is/was too stupid to fix a race, although some races seem fixed 40. Thomas posted: 03.23.2009 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) I know that some people disagree with me on this, but this race is Exhibit A for why you don't put somebody in the booth to broadcast the race that has a relative in the race. Completely unprofessional and inappropriate. I don't like DW as an announcer, but he's more professional about keeping his bias towards his brother out of his announcing than Ned was. 41. Juicebox posted: 03.25.2009 - 3:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I had the privelege to be at this race, and even though I've always been an Earnhardt fan the finish to this one was fantastic. There's a little of everything here, long green flag runs, nasty crashes, alot of passing and even a near fight in the infield. Ned Jarrett is a class act and a great announcer, I see nothing wrong with CBS making the decision to let him cheer his son to victory. And does anyone bother to watch replays before pointing fingers? People love blaming Earnhardt for that wreck with Unser, and certainly Dale had incidents over the years where he was at fault, but watching the replay it's clear that Unser thought he'd cleared Earnhardt and crossed over his nose trying to get back in line. A thrilling start to a season that produced some fantastic racing and ultimately great tragedy. 42. Allen posted: 04.08.2009 - 9:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Great 4th place run for Hut Stricklin..Unforunately it was the year of the demise of Junior Johnson's raceteam and Jr's divorce,heart trouble,crew chief switch right before Daytona..Hut and Mike Beam would have made a great pair...Mike Hill was not much of a crew chief and Hut suffered all year because of it....Just another example of Hut being a victim of bad timing.. 43. Evan posted: 06.29.2009 - 7:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Davey Allison finished in the position that matched his car number, also Mark Martin finished in 6th which is his car number. With the way car numbers are, this is an unusual but interesting stat. 44. 18fan posted: 07.18.2009 - 2:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) On the last lap I think if Stricklin was closer to Geoff Bodine, Bodine could have gotten alongside Jarrett. Whether he could have made the pass with the aerodynamic disadvantage with right front damage. 45. Clayton posted: 10.09.2009 - 9:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) In the post race interview, Joe Gibbs thanks Rick Hendrick and Jimmy Johnson for all their help. Does anyone know if Gibbs used Hendrick Engines back in 1993? It was a shock to hear this, I always thought Gibbs made his own engines! 46. 18fan posted: 10.17.2009 - 6:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gibbs did use Hendrick engines. 47. 18fan posted: 11.08.2009 - 9:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thomas, It was CBS's decision to have Ned call the last half lap solo. Also, Neil Bonnett was commenting on how if Jarrett could get right up on Earnhardt he could get him out of the bottom grove right before Jarrett did just that. 48. SoxFan24 posted: 11.18.2009 - 3:07 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Last Daytona 500 for cup champion Alan Kulwicki :( First career top 5 for Jeff Gordon 49. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 12.31.2009 - 2:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thomas, DW was doing the same thing in the 2001 Daytona 500 when Mikey was leading the field. He kept saying, "Keep it low, Mikey" and "Don't let Jr get under you" 50. Anonymous posted: 01.26.2010 - 3:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This was Little Al's (Al Unser Jr.) only NASCAR Cup Series start 51. b4il3y posted: 03.10.2010 - 9:36 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) Thomas: Have a son, become a commentator, and then see your son win the biggest race. You'll do what Ned did, as I would do if my son won. 52. Joseph posted: 05.20.2010 - 11:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "He's gonna make it, Dale Jarrett's gonna win the Daytona 500!" One of the top 5 moments in NASCAR, ever. 53. Ryan posted: 11.21.2010 - 12:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Hard to believe that two of the greatest races ever was back to back races. 54. Phathead posted: 01.17.2011 - 6:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Kyle's car could blow past Earnhardt at will. At one point, he and Dale had quite a lead over the third place car. I think part of the reason he was so pissed was that they had to make an unscheduled stop due to only getting one can of fuel in the car. Jarrett's car was also spectacular. He ran down the lead pack by himself at one point and picked people off one by one. Jarrett, Petty and Earnhardt clearly had the best cars during the race. 55. Anonymous posted: 02.21.2011 - 2:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just watched the replay of the race on ESPN classic. They don't show the Rusty Wallace flip, how can you edit out that footage? And all the comments on the Kyle Petty Bobby Hillin wreck, plain and simple Petty should have been able to avoid that wreck. It was clear Hillin was coming back up the track, Kyle was going so slow he should have been able to turn to the bottom. 56. jwdog posted: 06.25.2011 - 12:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There was a car on the inside of Kyle. He couldn't have turned to the bottom without wrecking into someone else. It was a racing incident, pure and simple. It didn't help that Sabates dangled carrots as if his team was unmotivated. 57. Ryan posted: 07.31.2011 - 2:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Any one notice Derrike Cope led 30 laps??" A very quiet 30 laps. 58. 18fan posted: 08.30.2011 - 10:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) This race was a classic example of just because a car leads by far the most laps that it doesn't mean that it was by far the best car. Petty and Jarrett both easily ran down Dale from way back in the pack and passed him easily. Plus, as was mentioned, DJ was midpack for a while and ran down the pack with seeming ease. 59. Steve posted: 01.20.2012 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With the retirement of Richard Petty, the drivers in the starting lineup had a total of 311 wins and 12 Winston Cups. That's down from 672 wins and 20 titles just 6 1/2 years ago, when Pearson, Baker, Allison, Yarborough, and Parsons were also still racing. Similarly, several IndyCar legends (including AJ, Rick, Al, Mario, Gordy, & Johnny) would soon retire in the late 80s and early 90s. 60. cjs3872 posted: 01.26.2012 - 5:22 pm Rate this comment: (1) (5) An odd footnote to the Unser-Hillin-Petty crash that nobody has mentioned is this. It was ironic to see Bobby Hillin, Jr. and Al Unser, Jr. in the same crash, since Unser's father drove for Hillin's father for three years on the IndyCar circuit in the early 1980s. From 1980-'82, Al Unser, Sr. drove for Bobby Hillin, Sr.'s Longhorn Racing team, but they were usually so far off the pace that even Al Unser' Sr. was rarely competitve, and left to join Roger Penske's team in 1983 and won two championships for Penske, becoming IndyCar racing's oldest champion in 1985 at age 45. 61. Dave posted: 01.29.2012 - 3:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dale Jarrett Wins His First Daytona 500 as Second Career Winston Cup Victory Since Michigan in August of 2010. Rusty Wallace Has a Airborne Crash. Kyle Petty and Bobby Hillin got in a Fight. Top-5 Finishers 1.Dale Jarrett 2.Dale Earnhardt 3.Geoff Bodine 4.Hut Stricklin 5.Jeff Gordon 62. Evan posted: 02.02.2012 - 1:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) * Last 500s for Alan Kulwicki(defending Winston Cup champion) and Davey Allison(defending 500 champion) and only for Al Unser Jr. * First Daytona 500 without a car numbered 43 or Richard Petty in the field for a while, it was Richard Petty's first race on the sidelines as an owner and the debut of the 44 STP Pontiac which would go on hiatus after 1993 and return in 1997 co-owned by Kyle Petty and be known as PE-2 and run outta his father's shops. * Jeff Gordon's first Daytona 500. * Last Daytona 500 for Ricky Rudd with Rick Hendrick and last for Terry Labonte with Billy Hagan. * Last Daytona 500 for the Ernie Irvan-Morgan McClure Motorsports combo that was two years removed from winning the race coming into it. * Only Daytona 500 for Hut Stricklin in the 27, looked like a contender but faded towards the end. * First 500 for Raybestos on the 8 Stavola Brothers Machine and it would be on there until 1996, they won the ROY with Jeff Burton. * Bill Davis' first run with the 22 team which he purchased from Junior Johnson in the off season, also Bobby Labonte's first full season. * Last Daytona 500 for Jimmy Means racing until possibly this year when they are supposed to field a team, plans for the 500 are up in the air. * First Cup win for Joe Gibbs Racing, after its inception in 1992, it'd be the team's only win of 1993. * First year without Oldsmobiles and Buicks in the Daytona 500 starting field although some lower teams ran Oldsmobiles, one user Harry Gant it was his first 500 driving a Chevy. * As of 2011, the only drivers active in the field are Jeff Gordon(24), Mark Martin(6), Michael Waltrip(30), Bill Elliott(11), Bobby Labonte(22), and Geoffrey Bodine(15). * As of the race, it was year that began with such promise, as Jeff Gordon was starting his soon-to-be successful career which he started with a Twin 125 victory. Davey Allison trying to build on a dissapointing end to his 1992 campaign and Alan Kulwicki trying to defend his Cup title. It was also the only Daytona 500 to have Winston Cup champions of three decades 80's, 90's, and 2000's(past, present, future) in the starting field, Terry Labonte, Bobby Labonte, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, Alan Kulwicki, Bill Elliott, Darrell Waltrip and it was the only time they all raced each other in the 500, it was an impressive field. The best thing about the 500 in those days and what made it a prestigious event was how big the field of drivers was. 63. Spen posted: 08.19.2012 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It was not Gant's first 500 in a Chevy: he ran a Chevy from '84-'88. 64. autryvilleracefan posted: 10.05.2012 - 12:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In the book "Miracle: Bobby Allison and the Saga of the Alabama Gang," Hut Stricklin describes running fourth in the 1993 Daytona 500 but also seeing major problems developing with the Junior Johnson team. Even though he finished fourth, Stricklin told his wife "We're in trouble" after the race. 65. myself posted: 05.21.2013 - 1:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can you elaborate more on the Stricklin statements? 66. Bobby B. posted: 05.30.2013 - 10:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It could have been all the drama going on with Junior's divorce. He let it seep into the team's operations. I know Bill Elliott said in his book that Junior fired Tim Brewer for siding with Flossie, Junior's wife. A year or two later, Junior married a woman about 30 years younger than him. 67. 83andJoe posted: 06.24.2013 - 11:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #55 crew chief: Sandy Jones (same for all races this year) 68. TTF24 posted: 02.05.2014 - 3:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) The Dale and Dale Show Fail Jarrett nails the race :D 69. Evan posted: 06.27.2014 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A few notes: Sponsor #42 Kyle Petty Mello Yello/"Thanks Dad" Here Kyle Petty won the pole for the 500, and ran a decal on the deck-lid that read "Thanks Dad" for the first race without the 43 in it. A diecast was made for it to signify Petty's pole. * Joe Gibbs DID use Hendrick Engines in those days to assist in getting the team off the ground, the number 18 even was a Hendrick number in 1990 when Greg Sacks drove as a teammate to Darrell Waltrip. Joe Gibbs purchased the number from Rick Hendrick when he started the number 18 team in 1992. Also to clarify, another man named Jimmy Johnson was Hendrick's marketing manager and personnel man. While it is eerie, the two are completely different people. 70. Ashley North posted: 08.13.2015 - 7:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Did anyone notice James Hylton driving a 2nd car from the Stravola Brothers Racing? 71. 52 posted: 12.14.2015 - 10:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I just noticed that all of Kyle Petty's poles came within 36 months 72. BDSpeedRacer0812 posted: 02.20.2016 - 12:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Does anyone know how Al Unser Jr. actually qualified for this race? His Pole Day speed was outside the top 30 at least, and he crashed out of his 125 mile qualifying race. Did they buy into the field? 73. cjs3872 posted: 02.20.2016 - 12:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @72, Al Unser, Jr. got the very last position that made it on qualifying speed. Back then, 10 cars got in after the qualifying races based on qualifying speed, and Al, Jr. was the very last one to get in the race on speed. Had the race taken place two years later, he wouldn't have gotten in because they wouldn't have gone down that far on the speed charts (only 8 got in on speed after the qualifying races in 1995). 74. Tide1732 posted: 02.23.2016 - 2:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 23 Years after, Joe Gibbs Racing backs to Daytona 500 Victory, with Denny Hamilin at 21/02/2016 75. nascarman posted: 08.25.2016 - 2:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmy Means was initially entered in the 52 car but he broke his shoulder in an 8 car practice crash the say before the Twin 125s. Hensley drove the first 3 races of the season for him. 76. Seibaru posted: 12.25.2016 - 12:32 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @76 I dare say that those two things are unrelated. Fans WERE calling for his firing way before the race, they were calling for his firing during the race, and they were calling for his firing after the race. Fans will want the broadcasters fired simply for breathing one too many times. 77. 18fan posted: 12.25.2016 - 2:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) chevyfan, Not that I necessarily disagree, but what is the point you are trying to make? 78. chevyfan98 posted: 12.25.2016 - 3:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just to clarify, I don't find anything wrong with Ned's call at the end of the race, all I'm pointing out is that if any other broadcaster blatantly cheered for a driver at the end of a race we would never hear the end of it about how biased they are, regardless of their connection to the driver. The Waltrips (as obnoxious as they are) and Mike Joy are all the proof you need. Even Jeff Gordon got criticized for being biased last year just for calling out Brad Keselowski's team for trying to make an illegal adjustment at Pocono. 79. chevyfan98 posted: 12.25.2016 - 7:37 am Rate this comment: (1) (6) If this had been any other announcer pulling for any other driver from the booth, fans would have called them biased and demanded they be fired from broadcasting. But because it was Ned Jarrett, its a classic moment in NASCAR history. Hmm... 80. 2 & 88 Fan posted: 12.25.2016 - 5:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Actually the CBS bosses encouraged Ned to call DJ home that day and he handled it with far more class and dignity than DW when he's stanning for Dale Jr. Kyle Busch and/or Cole Pearn. Plus the whole Jeff Gordon calling out Brad's crew member for body checking the side of the 2 car wasn't even that big a story, by the next day everyone had pretty much stopped talking about it and both drivers agreed to put it behind. 81. Sector posted: 09.03.2017 - 12:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I actually didn't know Jeff Gordon happened to have been teammates with a Legendary "Unser" for a NASCAR race. Al Unser, Jr did a one off in the Daytona 500 for Rick Hendrick. Wow. 82. CS Hughes posted: 02.21.2018 - 7:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think this 500 and the 1998 500 are the two best of my lifetime! 83. Dylan posted: 04.23.2018 - 7:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Even though this would turn out to be Little Al's only NASCAR start, he's still probably the most notable NASCAR driver in history to be from the state of New Mexico. 84. Chives5150 posted: 04.23.2018 - 9:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Even though this would turn out to be Little Al's only NASCAR start, he's still probably the most notable NASCAR driver in history to be from the state of New Mexico." Alex Kennedy being a close second. 85. Spen posted: 04.24.2018 - 7:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Modern era, maybe. I personally think So Sr. is far more notable, both for his Cup career and in general. 86. Spen posted: 04.25.2018 - 1:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I meant to say Al Sr. Autocorrect sucks. 87. Jolly Mean Giant posted: 06.02.2018 - 11:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) First Daytona 500 starts for Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte, Kenny Wallace, and Jimmy Hensley. Only Daytona 500 start for Al Unser, Jr. Last Daytona 500 starts for Jim Sauter, Jimmy Horton, Alan Kulwicki, Davey Allison, and Rick Wilson. 88. A posted: 06.11.2018 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Did Kyle Petty actually come back out and run some more laps after that wreck? Hard to believe seeing the video of the crash, but he finished with 13 more laps than Unser or Hillin. 89. Joshua posted: 09.23.2018 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bobby Hamilton's Country Time Ford was a pink car with yellow numerals, the opposite scheme of the familiar yellow car with pink numerals that had run in 1991 and 1992. As far as I know, this was the only race the #68 Country Time car was pink. Fun fact. With Alan Kulwicki out of contention with some sort of a problem, possibly a dropped cylinder, a Hooters gas man actually filled Kyle Petty's car with the second tank of fuel that Kyle's team didn't get in during the second round of green flag pit stops. Sterling Marlin got major air when the car got spun around and the back end lifted probably 6-7 feet up in the air. The car did not go over though and set back down nicely on the pavement and Sterling got it righted and kept going, eventually able to get a Top 10 finish out of the deal. The Marlin caution bunched the field back up and set up the frantic finish with several cautions and ultimately a frantic green flag run to the end. During the Hillin/Unser/Petty aftermath, Kyle got out of the car and said something smart to Hillin, who didn't take it well and rushed to Kyle to explain his side of the story. Kyle didn't want to hear it at that point and can be seen on camera saying "shut up!" to Bobby several times. Kyle went straight to the trailer undressing himself and closing himself off from the outside world. Hillin later went up to Economacki's trailer and was borderline in tears. It was totally understandable, as it was Hillin's best run in years. Kyle got back out to run a few laps; Hillin did not. The 42, 18, 3, 15, 4, 24, and honestly the 90 were the best cars. When three of those got taken out, it left the other four really to battle it out for the win, with Hut Stricklin trying to spoil the party at the end. 90. Jimnsimforever posted: 02.01.2019 - 4:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just a couple laps in, Dick Trickle blew his engine for the first caution. Chris Economaki states during that caution: Young awesome greatest talent ever to come along in the history of racing Jeff Gordon already has rookie of the year locked up, did you see he led 1 lap, there are only two other drivers competing for rookie of the year this year, Kenny Wallace and Bobby Labonte but young Jeff Gordon has that in the bag already in what is getting ready to be a fabulous career. I can see why the fans turned on him. It was nothing Jeff himself did and wasn't his fault. The media just relentlessly shoved him down everyones throats. You can't do that and expect the fanbase to just love him when everything is given to him so fast. I watched the 2 Busch seasons those 3 were involved in together the years before this. Bobby and Kenny both outperformed Jeff by quite a big margin and yet even in Busch they were shoving him weekly down everyones throats while Bobby Labonte was busy actually winning the 91 Busch title and came 3 points away from winning the 92 title. He was getting 1/10th of the attention each week in those 2 years that Jeff was. Maybe if the media and Nascar would've just let it happen naturally the people wouldn't have turned on him. 91. JollyMeanGiant posted: 04.24.2019 - 7:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Driver change-#52 Jimmy Means, NAPA Ford (Owner: Jimmy Means) Means qualified and practiced the car for the 500 but suffered a broken shoulder in a multi-car crash in practice on Wednesday. He sat out the rest of Speedweeks with Jimmy Hensley taking the helm of his car in the Twin 125s the next day and in the 500 itself. 92. SweetRich posted: 02.14.2020 - 9:41 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) The Commentators For The 1993 Daytona 500 Consisted Of Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett And Ned Jarrett. The Pit Road Reporters Were Mike Joy And David Hobbs. The Studio Host Was Chris Economaki. 93. SweetRich posted: 07.05.2020 - 9:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The final race for Cale Yarborough competing in the #66 before changing numbers the next week to the #98, which would remain the number that Cale would use until closing his team's doors in 1999. 94. 27YearsBehind posted: 08.22.2020 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can someone explain how two-round qualifying worked in 1993? Would the cars have a time trial day on Thursday and then if you didn't like your time you could try it again on Friday? Were the top (whatever number) locked in on Thursday? What would happen if you qualified P20 on Thursday and then ran P15 on Friday? Would you bump the car that ran 16th on Thursday? Did they qualify the Busch Series the same way? 95. Thomas posted: 08.22.2020 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 94. Back in 1993 the top 20 would be locked in during 1st round qualifying with the rest of the field being qualified during 2nd round qualifying the following day. Qualifying wasn't on TV most of the time back then, so my details may be a little off, but I think you had the option to either stand on your time from 1st round qualifying or to try again in 2nd round qualifying. The fastest 2nd round qualifier would start 21st and earn an entry into a drawing for a wild card entry into the following year's Busch Clash (if they didn't sit on the pole in another race). There would also be a couple spots at the back of the field saved for provisional starters--usually given to the highest teams in points that had provisionals remaining. All of the top NASCAR national series at the time qualified that way. Obviously the Daytona 500 was unique because they only locked in the front row during pole qualifying before qualifying spots 3-30 in the Twin 125s before filling out the rest of the field based on qualifying speed and provisionals. 96. possum posted: 08.22.2020 - 8:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @95 - correct, it was driver's choice to either keep their 1st round time, or to try again in the 2nd round. If a driver chose to try again, they lost their first round time. Also, starting position was strictly by times; the fastest 2nd day qualifier would only start 21st if he was faster than all the cars which kept their 1st round times. Typically only a handful of cars would try 2nd round, and they'd start near the end of the field (due to being slow, of course). 97. Ryan posted: 08.25.2020 - 4:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @95 & 96 I believe at one time that they moved it from 20th to 25th as well. I remember in some instances that drivers competing in 2nd round qualifying would every once in a while beat the pole sitter's time. I believe Joe Nemechek did this once or twice. As possum said though they would still have to start 21st or 26th. Most teams had a qualifying engine and a race engine, a rule that NASCAR would eventually change and was right to. As for this race, it was an amazing race. There were several good cars that had a chance to win this race. The 18, 3, 4, 15, 25, 7, 42, 90 (Yates engine), 27, and 24 were all best at certain times during the race. Even Brett Bodine on long runs was good at moments during the race. You could never really tell who had the best car throughout the day. Although Earnhardt led over half the race at times there were better cars especially on longer runs. Looking back on it I feel like the 42 and 18 had better cars than Earnhardt, and with some timely cautions Jeff Gordon was able to catch back up to the field after some rookie mistakes by him and his crew. If the 1997 version of Jeff Gordon was driving this race it may have been him and Jarrett battling it out at the end for the win instead of the Dale and Dale show with Earnhardt and Bodine lurking in 3rd and 4th. A few times coming off turn 4 late in the race Earnhardt was loose and Gordon with more experience could have passed him. He was just content staying behind Earnhardt. The first 130 laps of this race was ran at a blistering pace with the thought of breaking Buddy Baker's 177 mph record just having six caution laps. Over the next 42 laps there were five cautions with 24 caution laps including Rusty's flips which just missed Gordon. Also to mention Al Unser, Jr. driving for Hendrick in the #46 Valvoline car thought he was clear of Earnhardt coming out of turn 4 and he came up and clipped him sending him spinning into Bobby Hillin and then sending him into the 42 of Petty. Petty blamed Hillin for not putting on his brakes, but Hillin lost them in the grass. Of course, Unser blamed Earnhardt for the accident. The '92 Hooters 500 and '93 Daytona 500 two of the greatest races and both races were back-to-back. 98. Ryan posted: 08.25.2020 - 4:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @88 Yes, Kyle did come back out on the track. In doing so he gained five positions or 15 points. 99. Spen posted: 08.25.2020 - 6:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I remember back in 1997, Greg Sacks set the then track record at California in second-round qualifying. He had to start 26th in the actual race, though. 100. possum posted: 08.25.2020 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @99 - yeah, it wasn't that uncommon. Usually when it happened it was because the weather was significantly better for the second round, cloudy and cool instead of blazing hot. 101. Ryan posted: 08.25.2020 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @99 I actually was thinking that was Nemechek. I remember it happening for the Inaugural race, just couldn't remember who. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: