1991 Banquet Frozen Foods 300

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1991 Banquet Frozen Foods 300
Race details
Race 12 of 29 in the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1991 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 program cover, featuring Jimmy Spencer.
DateJune 9, 1991
Official name 3rd Annual Banquet Frozen Foods 300
Location Sonoma, California, Sears Point Raceway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.52 mi (4.06 km)
Distance 74 laps, 186.48 mi (300.11 km)
Scheduled Distance 74 laps, 186.48 mi (300.11 km)
Average speed 72.97 miles per hour (117.43 km/h)
Attendance 62,000
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Time 1:40.095
Most laps led
Driver Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South
Laps 45
Winner
No. 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1991 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 was the 12th stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the third race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston West Series season, and the third iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 9, 1991, before an audience of 62,000 at the Grand Prix layout of Sears Point Raceway, a 2.52 miles (4.06 km) permanent road course layout. The race took the scheduled 74 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Robert Yates Racing driver Davey Allison, with the assist of a late-race penalty on leader Ricky Rudd, would manage to comeback from a late-race spin to take his tenth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season. [1] [2] [3] [4] To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Ricky Rudd and Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would finish second and third, respectively.

Contents

In what has been considered by NASCAR drivers and media as one of the most controversial rule callings in NASCAR history, Hendrick Motorsports driver Ricky Rudd was penalized after performing a bump and run maneuver on the final turn of the raceway with two laps to go in the race on leader Davey Allison. After Rudd completed his final lap, Rudd was shown the black flag instead of the checkered flag, instead showing the checkered flag to Allison to signify that Allison had won the race. Rudd, who was initially given a drive-through penalty, was given a five-second time penalty for the move on Allison for not taking the drive-through penalty, moving Rudd to a second-place finish. [5] Rudd argued that he had both not known of the penalty and that he did not enough time to serve a penalty, who was given the black flag on the final lap of the race. According to NASCAR rules, a driver had three laps to serve their penalty. Dave Marcis, who was near the accident, would agree with Rudd, saying "How is Ricky supposed to know he got a black flag? He was up in Turn 2 or 3 by then." [6] According to NASCAR's vice president for Competition, Les Richter, the move that Rudd had made was "unnecessary and avoidable", [7] a decision that which both confused and angered Rudd and his team, saying that NASCAR had never made such a decision before for a bump and run maneuver. [8]

Immediately after the race, Rudd and Rudd's crew chief, Waddell Wilson, would protest the results of the race. Wilson was recorded by The Charlotte Observer reporter Tom Higgins pleading to NASCAR president Bill France Jr. to change the results, saying "Don't take this race away from us, Billy!... You told all [the drivers] in the drivers' meeting that on the last lap they were on their own!" [1] Rudd himself would compare the officiating of NASCAR officials to the World Wrestling Federation, saying that "This is the best example of how NASCAR makes their own rules. NASCAR needs a Ford in victory lane." [9] Allison, the winner of the race, speaking in an article for The Press Democrat said "We feel like we deserve the victory, and we're going to savor it just like the rest of them." [10]

Background

The layout of Sears Point Raceway used by NASCAR at the time. Infineon (Sears Point) with emphasis on Long track.svg
The layout of Sears Point Raceway used by NASCAR at the time.

Sears Point Raceway is one of two road courses to hold NASCAR races, the other being Watkins Glen International. The standard road course at Sears Point Raceway is a 12-turn course that is 2.52 miles (4.06 km) long; [11] the track was modified in 1998, adding the Chute, which bypassed turns 5 and 6, shortening the course to 1.95 miles (3.14 km). The Chute was only used for NASCAR events such as this race, and was criticized by many drivers, who preferred the full layout. [12] In 2001, it was replaced with a 70-degree turn, 4A, bringing the track to its current dimensions of 1.99 miles (3.20 km). [13]

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
00 Scott Gaylord Oliver Racing Oldsmobile Oliver Gravity Separators
1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile Skoal
2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac Miller Genuine Draft
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak
04 Hershel McGriff Lipseia Racing Pontiac U.S. Bank
5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Folgers
7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Hooters
8 Rick Wilson Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Snickers
9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford Coors Light
09 R. K. Smith Midgley Racing Pontiac Midgley Racing
10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet Purolator Filters
12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick Raybestos
15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft
17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Western Auto
19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford Red Baron
20 Kim Campbell Moroso Racing Oldsmobile NAPA Auto Parts
21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Maxwell House
23 Mike Chase Freymiller Racing Ford Freymiller Trucking
24 Mickey Gibbs Team III Racing Pontiac Team III Racing
24W Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Pontiac Gear Engineering
25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick Quaker State
28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil
33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal Bandit
42 Tommy Kendall SABCO Racing Pontiac Mello Yello
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
44 Irv Hoerr Labonte Motorsports Oldsmobile Bay Area Oldsmobile
44W Jack Sellers Emerson Racing Buick Coca-Cola
49 Stanley Smith (R) BS&S Motorsports Buick Interstate Batteries
52 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Alka-Seltzer
55 Ted Musgrave (R) U.S. Racing Pontiac U.S. Racing
66 Lake Speed Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac Phillips 66 TropArtic
68 Bobby Hamilton (R) TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile Country Time
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Big Apple Market
73 Bill Schmitt Schmitt Racing Ford Raley's Supermarkets
75 Joe Ruttman RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile Dinner Bell Foods
76 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet Spears Manufacturing
91 Robert Sprague Rouse Racing Ford Rouse Racing
93 Troy Beebe Beebe Racing Buick Taco Bell
94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco
97 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Budweiser
98 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet Banquet Foods
99 John Krebs KC Racing Pontiac Skoal

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 7, at 6:30 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, June 8, at 1:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 26-40 would be decided on time, [14] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; which was one for cars in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and two extra provisionals for the NASCAR Winston West Series. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field.

Ricky Rudd, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 1:40.095 and an average speed of 90.634 miles per hour (145.861 km/h) in the first round. [15] [16]

Four drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
15 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:40.09590.634
294 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 1:40.12390.609
33 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:40.46890.297
42 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 1:40.66890.118
542 Tommy Kendall SABCO Racing Pontiac 1:40.78390.015
625 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:40.82089.982
77 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 1:40.87689.932
830 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 1:41.08089.751
966 Lake Speed Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 1:41.08889.744
1017 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 1:41.20389.642
114 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 1:41.23089.618
1297 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1:41.26589.587
1328 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 1:41.47789.400
146 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 1:41.55989.327
1522 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1:41.81489.104
1671 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 1:41.88789.040
1775 Joe Ruttman RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 1:41.90289.027
1844 Irv Hoerr Labonte Motorsports Oldsmobile 1:41.92389.008
198 Rick Wilson Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 1:41.96088.976
2015 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 1:42.02588.919
2121 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1:42.14088.819
2204 Hershel McGriff Lipseia Racing Pontiac 1:42.15888.804
2333 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 1:42.24988.725
2412 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 1:42.38088.611
2573 Bill Schmitt Schmitt Racing Ford 1:42.54388.470
Failed to lock in Round 1
269 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 1:40.92489.889
2719 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 1:41.81989.099
2826 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 1:42.65788.372
2976 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 1:42.71588.322
3010 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 1:42.83788.217
3100 Scott Gaylord Oliver Racing Oldsmobile 1:42.97388.101
3224 Mickey Gibbs Team III Racing Pontiac 1:43.13187.966
3352 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 1:43.25087.864
3449 Stanley Smith (R) BS&S Motorsports Buick 1:43.50887.645
3568 Bobby Hamilton (R) TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile 1:43.55087.610
3609 R. K. Smith Midgley Racing Pontiac 1:43.62487.547
3755 Ted Musgrave (R) U.S. Racing Pontiac 1:43.75587.437
3898 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 1:43.83387.371
3943 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 1:44.07587.168
4099 John Krebs KC Racing Pontiac 1:44.18087.080
Winston Cup provisional
411 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 1:44.58186.746
Winston West provisionals
4223 Mike Chase Freymiller Racing Ford 1:44.22187.046
4391 Robert Sprague Rouse Racing Ford 1:45.91985.650
Failed to qualify
4424W Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Pontiac -*-*
4544 Jack Sellers Emerson Racing Buick -*-*
4693 Troy Beebe Beebe Racing Buick -*-*
4720 Kim Campbell Moroso Racing Oldsmobile -*-*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
11328 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 742running180$61,950
215 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 7412running175$41,975
342 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 7445running175$34,975
4114 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 740running160$20,350
5625 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 740running155$17,225
6294 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 740running150$14,400
733 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 740running146$19,800
81297 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 740running142$7,650
9146 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 740running138$16,850
10830 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 740running134$10,600
112826 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 740running130$10,100
12966 Lake Speed Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 740running127$9,600
132573 Bill Schmitt Schmitt Racing Ford 740running124$7,300
143224 Mickey Gibbs Team III Racing Pontiac 740running121$6,600
152976 Bill Sedgwick Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 740running118$6,400
16198 Rick Wilson Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 740running115$7,450
1777 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 740running112$11,275
18542 Tommy Kendall SABCO Racing Pontiac 7412running114$12,450
19411 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 730running106$7,225
20269 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 730running103$13,700
213352 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 730running100$4,100
223568 Bobby Hamilton (R) TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile 730running97$5,775
233449 Stanley Smith (R) BS&S Motorsports Buick 730running94$4,050
241671 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 720running91$6,830
251017 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 710running88$4,820
261522 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 710running85$4,650
272333 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 700running82$6,600
282719 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 670running79$3,850
293898 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 650running76$6,490
303010 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 640running73$12,210
311775 Joe Ruttman RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 640running70$6,350
322204 Hershel McGriff Lipseia Racing Pontiac 610accident67$3,675
333100 Scott Gaylord Oliver Racing Oldsmobile 610running64$3,625
343943 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 590accident61$5,200
352412 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 590running58$5,575
361844 Irv Hoerr Labonte Motorsports Oldsmobile 580rear end55$3,565
373755 Ted Musgrave (R) U.S. Racing Pontiac 580running52$3,795
384099 John Krebs KC Racing Pontiac 571running54$3,525
394391 Robert Sprague Rouse Racing Ford 541engine51$3,500
404223 Mike Chase Freymiller Racing Ford 530transmission43$3,475
412121 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 461ignition45$5,475
422015 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 390engine37$10,475
433609 R. K. Smith Midgley Racing Pontiac 20engine34$3,475
Failed to qualify
4424W Butch Gilliland Gilliland Racing Pontiac
4544 Jack Sellers Emerson Racing Buick
4693 Troy Beebe Beebe Racing Buick
4720 Kim Campbell Moroso Racing Oldsmobile
Official race results

Standings after the race

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The 1990 Valleydale Meats 500 was the sixth stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 30th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, April 8, 1990, before an audience of 57,800 in Bristol, Tennessee, at Bristol Motor Speedway, a 0.533 miles (0.858 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Robert Yates Racing driver Davey Allison would manage to best out Roush Racing driver Mark Martin by a margin of 8 inches (20 cm) at the finish of the race to take his seventh career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Ricky Rudd would finish third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300</span> 12th race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 was the 12th stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the fourth race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston West Series, and the inaugural iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 11, 1989, before an audience of 62,000 in Sonoma, California, at the Grand Prix layout of Sears Point Raceway, a 2.52 miles (4.06 km) permanent road course layout. The race took the scheduled 74 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, King Racing driver Ricky Rudd would manage to fend off a charge from Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace for the final four laps to take his 10th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season. To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Rusty Wallace and Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1989 Busch 500</span> 20th race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1989 Busch 500 was the 20th stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 29th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 26, 1989, before an audience of 54,000 in Bristol, Tennessee, at Bristol International Speedway, a 0.533 miles (0.858 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. At race's end, Hendrick Motorsports driver Darrell Waltrip would manage to dominate the late stages of the race, leading the final 206 laps to take his 78th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fifth victory of the season. To fill out the top three, owner-driver Alan Kulwicki and King Racing driver Ricky Rudd would finish second and third, respectively.

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