The twenty-fourth annual Featherlite Trailers Winchester 400 motor race (run yearly since 1970) was held under All-Pro Series sanction on October 3, 1993, at the Winchester Speedway, Indiana (USA).
Mike Cope became the second different winner of the Winchester 400 in as many years under the All-Pro Series sanction, by claiming the 24th running of the annual event. Starting from the 14th position, the win was Cope's fifth of the season in the series and the first of his career at one of the most treacherous tracks in Motorsports.
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Hal Goodson won the pole for the event and would lead the field for the first 87 circuits. While Goodson was sailing along up front, Cope was working steadily forward from his seventh-row starting position to run third by lap 74. Cope completed his run through the field when he passed Goodson for the lead on lap 88. Once in front, Cope would control the field until lap 182, when Gary Bradberry utilized fresh tires from a caution pit stop to charge by and into the lead. Shortly after losing the lead on lap 203, Bradberry began to slow and eventually retired with engine problems on lap 233.
Over the second half of the race, Jody Ridley, Goodson, and Cope all spent time at the front of the field. During the final round of pit stops, Cope was penalized by Series officials and placed at the tail of the running order. Working his way through lapped traffic, Cope finally caught and passed Ridley for the lead on lap 369. Once in front, Cope was never headed and held off the Georgia veteran by one-half car length to post the victory and claim and event-record $13,000 winner’s purse. Scot Walters came home third, three laps behind the lead duo with Billy Bigley, Jr. eleven laps behind in fourth followed by Royce Mason.
| Results of the 24th Annual Featherlite Trailers Winchester 400 | ||||||||
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| Pos | Start | Car # | Driver/Hometown | Sponsor/Make | Laps | Winnings (in US$) |
Status | |
| 1 | 14 | 25 | Mike Cope / Weeki Wachee Springs, FL | Greater Tampa Bay Auto Auction / Oldsmobile | 400 | $13,000 | running | |
| 2 | 9 | 98 | Jody Ridley / Chatsworth, GA | Ford Motorsport Sportswear/Fel-Pro / Ford | 400 | $8,550 | running | |
| 3 | 16 | 55 | Scot Walters / Owensboro, KY | Roadrunner Video / Ford | 397 | $5,300 | running | |
| 4 | 13 | 28 | Billy Bigley, Jr. / Naples, FL | Turbo Blue/Bilstein Shocks / Chevrolet | 389 | $4,900 | running | |
| 5 | 10 | 6 | Royce Mason / Fort Wayne, IN | C & P Machine/Mid-West Drywall / Oldsmobile | 388 | $3,600 | running | |
| 6 | 18 | 34 | Scott Keyser / Evansville, IN | AFCO Shocks / Oldsmobile | 385 | $3,000 | running | |
| 7 | 23 | 26 | Keith White / Higginsville, MO | Miller Genuine Draft / Chevrolet | 374 | $3,000 | running | |
| 8 | 25 | 24 | Phill Cline | Dupont / Chevrolet | 371 | $2,225 | running | |
| 9 | 21 | 19 | Scotty Lovelady / Hartselle, AL | Aluminum Race Products/Lovelady / Pontiac | 358 | $2,350 | running | |
| 10 | 7 | 14 | Rick Crawford / Mobile, AL | Holliday/Big 10/Circle Bar Motel & RV Park / Ford | 347 | $2,250 | running | |
| 11 | 15 | 4 | Ron Young / Conyers, GA | Wegner Engines / Chevrolet | 343 | $2,050 | running | |
| 12 | 24 | 86 | Don Trapp | Shakey’s Buffet/Albany Paint / Chrysler | 326 | $1,350 | running | |
| 13 | 3 | 7 | Brian Rievley / Alexandria, IN | W.R. Martin/Metal Center/A-1 Engines / Chevrolet | 317 | $1,750 | running | |
| 14 | 22 | 22 | Brad Payne / Owensboro, KY | Mr. Turkey/U.S. Army / Ford | 349 | $1,450 | running | |
| 15 | 19 | 48 | David Probst / Slidell, AL | Duncan/Lamarco, Inc. / Ford | 299 | $1,650 | running | |
| 16 | 1 | 16 | Hal Goodson / Darlington, SC | Downtown Radio Service/Goodson Construction / Ford | 266 | $2,100 | accident | |
| 17 | 5 | 78 | Gary Bradberry / Chelsea, AL | Bradberry Racing / Oldsmobile | 233 | $1,550 | engine | |
| 18 | 4 | 44 | David Green / Owensboro, KY | Slim Jim/Port City Chassis / Oldsmobile | 230 | $1,000 | rear end | |
| 19 | 20 | 17 | George Ingole / Lakeland, FL | Peachtree Inn of Muncie / Chevrolet | 186 | $1,375 | rear end | |
| 20 | 8 | 85 | Tim Steele / Marne, MI | H.S. Die/ExCel Industries, Inc. / Pontiac | 168 | $950 | overheating | |
| 21 | 12 | 60 | Chuck Knight | Edmonson Steel/National HotShot Trucking / Chevrolet | 128 | $1,325 | rocker arm | |
| 22 | 26 | 10 | Scott Eggman / Indianapolis, IN | Schmidt’s Competition Engines / Pontiac | 115 | $900 | rear end | |
| 23 | 17 | 52 | Tammy Jo Kirk / Dalton, GA | Cope Companies/Sunoco / Chevrolet | 104 | $1,375 | valve | |
| 24 | 2 | 31 | Bobby Blount / Walkerton, IN | USA Inc./K-Motion Engines / Oldsmobile | 100 | $850 | rear end | |
| 25 | 27 | 38 | Mike Bryant / Fort Wayne, IN | Bryant’s Auto Parts / Buick | 31 | $825 | overheating | |
| 26 | 6 | 2 | Brian Ross / Plymouth, IN | Ultra Tech Engines/Dillon/Sweet Mfg. / Oldsmobile | 20 | $800 | engine | |
| 27 | 11 | 12 | Scott Neal / Middletown, IN | WAXT Radio / Pontiac | 4 | $775 | piston | |
| Preceded by 1992 Winchester 400 |
1993 Winchester 400 Winner: Mike Cope |
Succeeded by 1994 Winchester 400 |