1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Recap

by the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide
1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Standings

Dale Earnhardt built a big points lead early in the season and cruised to his sixth NASCAR Winston Cup championship in 1993. Earnhardt took the points lead in mid May and paced the standings for the rest of the 30-race campaign.

Driver Rusty Wallace trailed by more than 300 points at one point during the 1993 NASCAR season, but he strung together a flurry of wins and top-five finishes, and gradually worked his way back into contention. Wallace won five of the last eight races in the season and finished 80 points behind Earnhardt in the final tally.

Earnhardt won six races, while Wallace took the checkered flag 10 times. Wallace also had more top-five finishes than Earnhardt and an equal number of top-10 finishes, but he couldn't overtake his rival in the points chase.

Also of note, five-time winner Mark Martin placed third in the final points standings with five wins. Check out these details and more in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup standings chart below.

1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Standings

RankDriver
Points
Wins
Earnings
1 Dale Earnhardt
 4,526 6 $3,353,789
2 Rusty Wallace
 4,446 10 1,702,154
3 Mark Martin
 4,150 5 1,657,662
4 Dale Jarrett
 4,000 1 1,242,394
5 Kyle Petty
 3,860 1 914,662
6 Ernie Irvan
 3,834 3 1,400,468
7 Morgan Shepherd
 3,807 1 782,523
8 Bill Elliott
 3,774 0 955,859
9 Ken Schrader
 3,715 0 952,748
10 Ricky Rudd
 3,644 1 752,562
11 Harry Gant
 3,524 0 772,832
12 Jimmy Spencer
 3,496 0 686,026
13 Darrell Waltrip
 3,479 0 746,646
14 Jeff Gordon
 3,447 0 765,168
15 Sterling Marlin
 3,355 0 628,835
16 Geoff Bodine
 3,338 1 783,762
17 Michael Waltrip
 3,291 0 529,923
18 Terry Labonte
 3,280 0 531,717
19 Bobby Labonte
 3,221 0 395,660
20 Brett Bodine
 3,183 0 582,014
21 Rick Mast
 3,001 0 568,095
22 Wally Dallenbach, Jr.
 2,978 0 474,340
23 Kenny Wallace
 2,893 0 330,325
24 Hut Stricklin
 2,866 0 494,600
25 Ted Musgrave
 2,853 0 458,615
26 Derrike Cope
 2,787 0 402,515
27 Bobby Hillin, Jr.
 2,717 0 263,540
28 Rick Wilson
 2,647 0 299,725
29 Phil Parsons
 2,454 0 293,725
30 Dick Trickle
 2,224 0 244,065
31 Davey Allison
 2,104 1 513,585
32 Jimmy Hensley
 2,001 0 368,150
33 Dave Marcis
 1,970 0 202,305
34 Lake Speed
 1,956 0 319,800
35 Greg Sacks
 1,730 0 168,055
36 Jimmy Means
 1,471 0 148,205
37 Bobby Hamilton
 1,348 0 142,740
38 Jimmy Horton
 841 0 115,105
39
Jeff Purvis
774
0
106,045
40 Todd Bodine
 715 0 63,245
41 Alan Kulwicki
 625 0 165,470
42 P.J. Jones
 498 0 53,370
43 Joe Ruttman
 417 0 70,700
44 Joe Nemechek
 389 0 56,580
45 Loy Allen, Jr.
 362 0 34,695
46 Mike Wallace
 343 0 30,125
47 Jimmy Sauter
 295 0 48,860
48 Rich Bickle
 292 0 36,095
49 Rick Carelli
 258 0 19,650
50 John Andretti
 250 0 24,915

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