| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 of 30 in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 The 1993 Daytona 500 program cover, featuring Davey Allison and Bobby Allison. | |||
| Date | February 14, 1993 | ||
| Official name | 35th Annual Daytona 500 By STP | ||
| Location | Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona International Speedway | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.0 km) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Average speed | 154.972 miles per hour (249.403 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 150,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | SABCO Racing | ||
| Time | 47.512 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Laps | 107 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Dale Jarrett | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | CBS | ||
| Announcers | Ken Squier, Neil Bonnett, Ned Jarrett | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Motor Racing Network | ||
The 1993 Daytona 500 was the first stock car race of the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 35th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 14, 1993, before an audience of 150,000 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete.
In the final laps of the race, Joe Gibbs Racing's Dale Jarrett, Hendrick Motorsports' Jeff Gordon and Richard Childress Racing's Dale Earnhardt engaged in a battle for the victory. Heading into two laps left in the race, Gordon was passed by Jarrett for second, allowing Jarrett to stay behind Earnhardt. Proceeding into the final lap, Earnhardt had let Jarrett get to the inside of his car, allowing Jarrett to pass Earnhardt for the lead by the time the two exited out of the second turn. Jarrett was then able to defend the rest of the field to take his second career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his only win of the season, and his first career Daytona 500 victory.[1][2] To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Dale Earnhardt and Bud Moore Engineering's Geoff Bodine finished second and third, respectively.
- ^ Higgins, Tom (February 15, 1993). "Jarrett delivers at Daytona". The Charlotte Observer. pp. 1B, 6B. Retrieved September 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fry, Darrell (February 15, 1993). "A real Super Sunday: Jarrett wins Daytona". Tampa Bay Times. pp. 1C, 7C. Retrieved September 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
