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1991 Peak Antifreeze 500

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1991 Peak Antifreeze 500
Race details
Race 23 of 29 in the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1991 Peak Antifreeze 500 program cover, featuring Darrell Waltrip.
The 1991 Peak Antifreeze 500 program cover, featuring Darrell Waltrip.
Date September 15, 1991
Official name 21st Annual Peak Antifreeze 500
Location Dover, Delaware, Dover Downs International Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance 500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Scheduled Distance 500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed 110.179 miles per hour (177.316 km/h)
Attendance 77,000
Pole position
Driver AK Racing
Time 24.519
Most laps led
Driver Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports
Laps 326
Winner
No. 5 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network TNN
Announcers Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Neil Bonnett
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1991 Peak Antifreeze 500 was the 23rd stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 21st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 15, 1991, before an audience of 77,000 in Dover, Delaware at Dover Downs International Speedway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. At race's end, Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant would manage to dominate a majority of the race, lapping the field to take his 15th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his fourth victory of the season, and his third straight victory.[1][2][3] To fill out the top three, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Geoff Bodine and Bud Moore Engineering driver Morgan Shepherd would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

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The layout of Dover Downs International Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Dover Downs International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.

The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
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 Tyson Foods
21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Maxwell House
24 Dick Trickle 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
48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Buick Hylton Motorsports
49 Stanley Smith (R) BS&S Motorsports Buick Interstate Batteries
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Alka-Seltzer
55 Ted Musgrave (R) U.S. Racing Pontiac Jasper Engines & Transmissions
56 Jerry Hill Hill Motorsports Pontiac Hill Motorsports
58 Brian Ross Ross Racing Chevrolet Ross Racing
59 Andy Belmont Pat Rissi Racing Ford Slick 50
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
75 Joe Ruttman RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile Dinner Bell Foods
90 Steve Perry Donlavey Racing Ford Donlavey Racing
94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco
98 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet Banquet Foods

Qualifying

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Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 13, at 3:00 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, September 14, at 11:30 AM 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,[4] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified on time 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.

Alan Kulwicki, driving for his own AK Racing team, would win the pole, setting a time of 24.519 and an average speed of 146.825 miles per hour (236.292 km/h) in the first round.[5][6]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 24.519 146.825
2 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 24.548 146.651
3 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 24.583 146.443
4 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 24.584 146.437
5 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 24.621 146.217
6 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 24.676 145.891
7 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 24.702 145.737
8 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 24.702 145.737
9 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 24.705 145.719
10 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 24.710 145.690
11 24 Dick Trickle Team III Racing Pontiac 24.752 145.443
12 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 24.767 145.355
13 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 24.779 145.284
14 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 24.793 145.202
15 41 Larry Pearson Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 24.803 145.144
16 68 Bobby Hamilton (R) TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile 24.923 144.445
17 55 Ted Musgrave (R) U.S. Racing Pontiac 24.955 144.260
18 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 24.982 144.104
19 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 24.988 144.069
20 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 24.996 144.023
Failed to lock in Round 1
21 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 24.898 144.590
22 8 Rick Wilson Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 24.923 144.445
23 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 25.011 143.937
24 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 25.036 143.793
25 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 25.081 143.535
26 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 25.105 143.398
27 66 Lake Speed Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 25.159 143.090
28 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 25.171 143.022
29 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 25.177 142.988
30 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 25.213 142.783
31 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 25.245 142.602
32 49 Stanley Smith (R) BS&S Motorsports Buick 25.248 142.586
33 75 Joe Ruttman RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 25.385 141.816
34 98 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 25.438 141.521
35 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 25.799 139.540
36 58 Brian Ross Ross Racing Chevrolet 26.582 135.430
37 90 Steve Perry Donlavey Racing Ford 26.987 133.398
38 56 Jerry Hill Hill Motorsports Pontiac 27.511 130.857
39 48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Buick 27.858 129.227
40 59 Andy Belmont Pat Rissi Racing Ford 28.226 127.542
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 10 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 500 326 running 185 $67,100
2 3 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 499 2 running 175 $42,225
3 21 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 499 0 running 165 $31,250
4 19 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 499 0 running 160 $20,350
5 13 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 498 0 running 155 $17,625
6 11 24 Dick Trickle Team III Racing Pontiac 496 0 running 150 $11,850
7 24 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 493 1 running 151 $15,800
8 16 68 Bobby Hamilton (R) TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile 493 0 running 142 $10,950
9 20 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 493 0 running 138 $11,450
10 31 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 490 0 running 134 $13,050
11 30 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 488 0 running 130 $14,400
12 18 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 470 0 crash 127 $12,900
13 33 75 Joe Ruttman RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 463 0 running 124 $9,200
14 17 55 Ted Musgrave (R) U.S. Racing Pontiac 454 0 running 121 $6,850
15 12 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 447 21 running 123 $16,700
16 25 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 443 0 running 115 $5,950
17 9 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 429 0 running 112 $5,750
18 34 98 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 402 0 crash 109 $7,485
19 14 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 395 0 camshaft 106 $5,300
20 29 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 389 0 engine 103 $6,200
21 4 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 366 0 overheating 100 $13,450
22 32 49 Stanley Smith (R) BS&S Motorsports Buick 364 0 overheating 97 $4,400
23 35 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 345 0 overheating 94 $4,350
24 1 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 323 8 crash 96 $15,800
25 7 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 322 28 crash 93 $5,025
26 23 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 302 0 engine 85 $6,850
27 37 90 Steve Perry Donlavey Racing Ford 244 0 engine 82 $4,150
28 5 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 202 0 overheating 79 $11,100
29 22 8 Rick Wilson Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 165 0 crash 76 $6,675
30 15 41 Larry Pearson Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 159 0 steering 73 $4,000
31 2 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 115 114 engine 75 $14,200
32 26 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 115 0 crash 67 $6,500
33 6 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 68 0 crash 64 $5,850
34 8 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 68 0 crash 61 $5,800
35 27 66 Lake Speed Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 67 0 crash 58 $5,600
36 28 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 67 0 crash 55 $11,975
37 39 48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Buick 54 0 flagged 52 $3,550
38 38 56 Jerry Hill Hill Motorsports Pontiac 39 0 vibration 49 $3,500
39 36 58 Brian Ross Ross Racing Chevrolet 37 0 steering 46 $3,475
40 40 59 Andy Belmont Pat Rissi Racing Ford 11 0 flagged 43 $3,450
Official race results

Standings after the results

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References

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  1. ^ Higgins, Tom (September 16, 1991). "Gant, crew find right buttons to push at Dover (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 25. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Higgins, Tom (September 16, 1991). "Gant, crew find right buttons to push at Dover (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 27. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ McKee, Sandra (September 16, 1991). "House builder Gant, at 51, can construct streak for ages, too". The Baltimore Sun. p. 29. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer. September 13, 1991. p. 47. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ Higgins, Tom (September 14, 1991). "Kulwicki takes latest pole at Dover Downs (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 37. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ Higgins, Tom (September 14, 1991). "Kulwicki takes latest pole at Dover Downs (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 39. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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