The 1993 Hooters 500 was a Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) event held at Atlanta Motor Speedway on November 14, 1993. It was the season finale. Rusty Wallace did everything he could, leading 189 of the 328 laps in route to a 5.66-second victory on Ricky Rudd. But points leader Dale Earnhardt finished 10th, giving him the championship by eighty points over Wallace. Stats