1991 Winston 500

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1991 Winston 500
Race details
Race 9 of 29 in the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1991 Winston 500 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt.
DateMay 6, 1991
Official name 22nd Annual Winston 500
Location Lincoln, Alabama, Talladega Superspeedway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.66 mi (4.28 km)
Distance 188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km)
Scheduled Distance 188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km)
Average speed 165.62 miles per hour (266.54 km/h)
Attendance 105,000
Pole position
Driver
 Morgan-McClure Motorsports
Time 49.061
Most laps led
Driver Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
Laps 112
Winner
No. 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports
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 Winston 500 was the ninth stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 22nd iteration of the event. The race was originally scheduled to be held on Sunday, May 5, 1991, but was delayed to Monday, May 6, due to rain. [1] The race was held before an audience of 105,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 miles (4.28 km) permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. Running on a fuel strategy, Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant would manage to drive the last 56 laps of the race on one tank of fuel to take his 12th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. [2] [3]

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On lap 72 of the race, a 20-car crash would occur when Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan's car hit both Kyle Petty and Mark Martin's cars, causing a chain reaction crash in the field. In the crash, Kyle Petty would suffer a broken left femur, causing Petty to miss the next several races due to his injury. [4] Irvan would take most of the blame for causing the crash by drivers, with many of the drivers involved in the crash claiming that Irvan had been "out of control" for the entire race leading up to that point. [5] [6]

Background

The layout of Talladega Superspeedway, the venue where the race was held. Talladega Superspeedway.svg
The layout of Talladega Superspeedway, the venue where the race was held.

Talladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. The track is a tri-oval and was constructed in the 1960s by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line that's located just past the exit to pit road. The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval, a 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which also is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) tri-oval.

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
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
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
10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet Purolator Filters
11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Budweiser
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 Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce
20 Bobby Hillin Jr. Moroso Racing Oldsmobile Rob Moroso Memorial
21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Maxwell House
24 Mickey Gibbs Team III Racing Pontiac Team III Racing
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
41 Larry Pearson Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Mello Yello
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
47 Greg Sacks Close Racing Oldsmobile Kanawha Insurance
49 Stanley Smith (R) BS&S Motorsports Buick Interstate Batteries
51 Jeff Purvis (R) Phoenix Racing Oldsmobile Phoenix Construction
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Alka-Seltzer
53 Donny Paul Paul Racing Chevrolet Paul Racing
55 Ted Musgrave (R) U.S. Racing Pontiac U.S. Racing
59 Mark Gibson Gibson Racing Pontiac Gibson Racing
65 Dave Mader III Bahre Racing Pontiac Jasper Engines & Transmissions
66 Lake Speed Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac Phillips 66 TropArtic
68 Bobby Hamilton (R) TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile Country Time
70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac Rumple Furniture
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Big Apple Market
73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile Barkdoll Racing
75 Joe Ruttman RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile Dinner Bell Foods
77 Ken Ragan Branch-Ragan Racing Ford Jasper Engines & Transmissions
88 Buddy Baker Moroso Racing Oldsmobile Dipetane
90 Wally Dallenbach Jr. (R) Donlavey Racing Ford Ford Motorsport Sportswear
94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco
98 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet Banquet Foods

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, May 2, at 4:30 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 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, May 3, at 4:30 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 would be decided on time, [7] 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; up to two were given. 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.

Ernie Irvan, driving for Morgan–McClure Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 49.061 and an average speed of 195.186 miles per hour (314.121 km/h) in the first round. [8]

Five drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
14 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 49.061195.186
233 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 49.117194.963
342 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 49.145194.852
428 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 49.423193.756
517 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 49.441193.685
65 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.538193.306
72 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 49.555193.240
83 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49.576193.158
99 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 49.650192.870
1066 Lake Speed Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 49.652192.862
1111 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 49.662192.823
1212 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 49.674192.777
131 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 49.687192.726
1468 Bobby Hamilton (R) TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile 49.699192.680
157 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 49.703192.664
1626 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 49.734192.544
1719 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 49.753192.471
1825 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.765192.424
1922 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 49.778192.374
2030 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 49.786192.343
Failed to lock in Round 1
2124 Mickey Gibbs Team III Racing Pontiac 49.793192.316
2221 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 49.842192.127
2310 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 49.898191.911
2494 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 49.922191.819
2547 Greg Sacks Close Racing Oldsmobile 49.931191.785
2643 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 49.950191.712
2773 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 49.996191.535
286 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 50.050191.329
2998 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 50.102191.130
308 Rick Wilson Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 50.126191.039
3149 Stanley Smith (R) BS&S Motorsports Buick 50.151190.943
3290 Wally Dallenbach Jr. (R) Donlavey Racing Ford 50.212190.711
3315 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 50.230190.643
3475 Joe Ruttman RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 50.310190.340
3520 Bobby Hillin Jr. Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 50.492189.654
3652 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 50.519189.552
3788 Buddy Baker Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 50.626189.152
3855 Ted Musgrave (R) U.S. Racing Pontiac 50.772188.608
3951 Jeff Purvis (R) Phoenix Racing Oldsmobile 50.901188.130
4041 Larry Pearson Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.982187.831
Provisional
4171 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 51.445186.141
Failed to qualify
4259 Mark Gibson Gibson Racing Pontiac -*-*
4370 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac -*-*
4477 Ken Ragan Branch-Ragan Racing Ford -*-*
4565 Dave Mader III Bahre Racing Pontiac -*-*
4653 Donny Paul Paul Racing Chevrolet -*-*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
1233 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 18818running180$81,950
2517 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 1886running175$47,400
383 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 188112running175$56,100
41922 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1884running165$25,450
52030 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 1883running160$25,800
61111 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 1880running150$25,350
71825 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 18813running151$19,150
899 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 1880running142$21,500
92998 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 1880running138$17,300
10131 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 1870running134$17,650
111626 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 1870running130$13,670
121468 Bobby Hamilton (R) TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile 1860running127$10,040
1365 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1862running129$15,860
143315 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 1860running121$15,480
152124 Mickey Gibbs Team III Racing Pontiac 1860running118$8,700
163855 Ted Musgrave (R) U.S. Racing Pontiac 1861running120$9,860
173520 Bobby Hillin Jr. Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 1840running112$8,965
184171 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 1840running109$10,155
192773 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 1830running106$6,665
203652 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 1800running103$8,555
213149 Stanley Smith (R) BS&S Motorsports Buick 1680running100$6,140
22428 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 1642running102$14,720
231212 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 1570running94$8,910
24286 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 1510running91$15,305
25308 Rick Wilson Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 1490running88$8,775
2672 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 1460running85$5,645
27157 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 1360running82$12,590
282310 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 1180engine79$13,935
293475 Joe Ruttman RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 1160running76$8,330
303951 Jeff Purvis (R) Phoenix Racing Oldsmobile 940hub73$5,425
311066 Lake Speed Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 790crash70$8,045
3214 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 7118crash72$15,740
33342 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 709crash69$14,410
343290 Wally Dallenbach Jr. (R) Donlavey Racing Ford 700crash61$5,180
352221 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 700crash58$7,850
363788 Buddy Baker Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 700crash55$5,120
372494 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 700crash52$7,715
381719 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 700crash49$5,635
392547 Greg Sacks Close Racing Oldsmobile 390piston46$5,555
402643 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 20crash43$5,500
414041 Larry Pearson Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20crash40$4,900
Failed to qualify
4259 Mark Gibson Gibson Racing Pontiac
4370 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac
4477 Ken Ragan Branch-Ragan Racing Ford
4565 Dave Mader III Bahre Racing Pontiac
4653 Donny Paul Paul Racing Chevrolet
Official race results

Standings after the race

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  8. ↑ Higgins, Tom (May 3, 1991). "Irvan ready to step closer to $1 million". The Charlotte Observer . p. 38. Retrieved February 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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