1991 Daytona 500

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1991 Daytona 500 By STP
Race details
Race 1 of 29 in the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1991 Daytona 500 program cover, featuring Richard Petty.
The 1991 Daytona 500 program cover, featuring Richard Petty.
Date February 17, 1991
Official name 33rd Annual Daytona 500 By STP
Location Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona International Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Distance 500 laps, 400 mi (804.672 km)
Scheduled Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed 148.148 miles per hour (238.421 km/h)
Attendance 145,000
Pole position
Driver Robert Yates Racing
Time 45.929
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Petty SABCO Racing
Laps 51
Winner
No. 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network CBS
Announcers Ken Squier, David Hobbs, Ned Jarrett
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1991 Daytona 500 By STP was the first stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 33rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 17, 1991, before an audience of 145,000 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. Following a period of three late-race cautions, Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Ernie Irvan took the lead from Dale Earnhardt with six laps left in the race. With three laps to go, Earnhardt spun and collected Davey Allison and Kyle Petty, bringing out the final caution with two laps left. Coasting to the finish on fumes, Irvan was able to take his second career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his first victory of the season, and his only Daytona 500 victory.[1][2][3] To fill out the top three, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Sterling Marlin and RahMoc Enterprises driver Joe Ruttman finished second and third, respectively.

Background[edit]

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

Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.

Pit rules[edit]

This race began a series of changes to pit road procedure after the death of a Melling Racing rear tire changer in a pit road accident at Atlanta the previous November.

  • Changing tires under caution was banned, under any circumstances. Any tire changed under caution (even if it was flat) resulted in a one-lap penalty.
  • The signboard man was banned from standing in the pit lane. Instead, teams would utilize signboards on a long pole (i.e. the "lollipop") held by a crew member behind the wall.
  • Each car was given a sticker based on their starting position. The sticker was placed on the steering wheel for easy reference. The pit stall selection was staggered to prevent drivers in neighboring stalls from pitting at the same time:
    • Cars starting in odd-numbered positions were given a blue sticker with a white 1 on it; their pit stalls were selected from the odd-numbered stalls.
    • Cars starting in even-numbered positions were given an orange sticker with a white 2 on it; their pit stalls were selected from the even-numbered stalls.
  • After a restart from a caution, the pits would be closed. On the second green lap, a blue flag was waved at the entrance of pit road, allowing only the cars with the blue stickers (odd) to pit for tires. On the next time around, an orange flag would be waved, allowing the cars with orange stickers (even) to pit for tires.
  • A new pit road speed limit was implemented at all times. During cautions, a second pace car was added, which would lead the cars entering the pits, and set the speed down the pit lane.
  • Penalties were severe: a 1-lap penalty for changing tires during a caution or pitting with the wrong group (blue/orange). A 15-second penalty for overshooting the pit stall, or for crew members jumping over the wall too soon.

The new pit procedures changed the complexity of the race. Teams considered it too time-consuming to change four tires since it had to be done under green (at the time, a four-tire pit stop would take roughly 20–25 seconds). For an example of how the rules adversely affected the racing, Kyle Petty ran the entire 500 miles on the same left side tires. Bill Elliott suffered a flat tire early on, and was forced to limp around the track at a reduced pace for two laps before he was allowed to pit, effectively eliminating him from the competition.

By April, the rules were changed. At Bristol, the blue/orange procedure was used only for cautions. The pits were closed at the onset of caution, then opened after the pace car had picked up the leader and the field was sufficiently "packed-up" (that usually took one lap). Once the pits were opened, blue sticker cars would pit the first lap by, with orange sticker cars pitting the next time around. On the restarts, blue sticker cars started on the inside and orange sticker cars on the outside. Lapped cars went to the rear. The blue/orange rule was eliminated during green flag stops. By the next week at North Wilkesboro, the blue/orange rule was scrapped. In its place, once the pits were opened during a yellow, lead lap cars only were allowed to pit on the first lap under caution, while lapped cars had to wait until the second lap.

After a few weeks, the rules were relaxed further. The pit road speed limit and use of the "lollipop" style signboard were the significant changes made permanent (and remain to this day). The second pace car for the pit lane was eliminated. Drivers would be required to gauge their own pit lane speed (by monitoring their RPMs) and officials enforced the infractions with a system similar to VASCAR. The rule closing pit road when the caution comes out also remained in place, as well as only permitting lead lap cars to pit on the first caution lap (lapped cars on the second).

Entry list[edit]

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford Masters Inn Economy
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 United States Army
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
13 Brian Ross Linro Motorsports Buick Linro Motorsports
15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft
17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Western Auto
18 Greg Sacks Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet United States Navy
19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce
20 Sammy Swindell Moroso Racing Oldsmobile Glad
21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Maxwell House
23 Eddie Bierschwale B&B Racing Oldsmobile Auto Finders
24 Mickey Gibbs Team III Racing Pontiac United States Air Force
25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick Quaker State
27 Bobby Hillin Jr. Moroso Racing Oldsmobile Rob Moroso Memorial
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
34 Gary Balough AAG Racing Chevrolet Allen's Associated Glass
35 Bill Venturini Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet Amoco
39 Blackie Wangerin Wangerin Racing Ford Wangerin Racing
42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Mello Yello
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
45 Philip Duffie Fulcher Racing Oldsmobile Fulcher Racing
47 Rich Bickle Close Racing Oldsmobile Kanawha Insurance
51 Jeff Purvis (R) Phoenix Racing Oldsmobile Plasti-Kote
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Alka-Seltzer
55 Ted Musgrave (R) U.S. Racing Pontiac Mr. Rooter
65 Dave Mader III Folsom Racing Chevrolet Jasper Engines & Transmissions
66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac Phillips 66 TropArtic
68 Bobby Hamilton (R) TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile Country Time
69 Dorsey Schroeder LC Racing Ford Valvoline, NAPA Auto Parts
70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac Son's Auto Supply
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet United States Coast Guard
72 Chuck Bown Tex Racing Oldsmobile Frosted Flakes
73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile X-1R
75 Joe Ruttman RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile Dinner Bell Foods
80 Jimmy Horton S&H Racing Chevrolet Miles Concrete
82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford Hooters
88 Buddy Baker Osterlund Racing Pontiac United States Marine Corps
89 Jim Sauter Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac Evinrude Outboard Motors
90 Robby Gordon Donlavey Racing Ford Publix
94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Sunoco
95 Rick Jeffrey Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet Texaco
96 Phil Parsons Italian Connection Racing Chevrolet Ferrari
98 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet Banquet Foods
99 Brad Teague Ball Motorsports Chevrolet Traffic Engineering

Qualifying[edit]

Qualifying was set by the 1991 Gatorade Twin 125 Qualifiers. The top two positions were set by qualifying speeds held for the Twin 125 Qualifiers held on Saturday, February 9, with the top two qualifiers in the session earning the top two positions for the Daytona 500. The rest of the starting was set in the Twin 125 Qualifiers, held on Thursday, February 14 during two races. The top 14 finishers in the first race, excluding the pole position winner, would set the inside row from rows two to 15, and the top 14 finishers in the second race, excluding the outside pole position winner, would set the outside row from rows two to 15. The remaining non-qualifiers would set positions 31-40 based on qualifying speeds from the first qualifying session held on Saturday. If needed, up to two extra provisionals were given to teams high enough in the previous season's owner's standings that did not qualify for the race by either qualifying speed or from the Twin 125 Qualifiers.

Davey Allison, driving for Robert Yates Racing, won the pole with a time of 45.929 and an average speed of 195.955 miles per hour (315.359 km/h) in Saturday's session.[4]

16 drivers failed to qualify.

Full qualifying results[edit]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Reason
1 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford Qualified on pole
2 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Qualified on outside pole
3 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac Second in Twin 125 #1
4 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet First in Twin 125 #2
5 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick Third in Twin 125 #1
6 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac Third in Twin 125 #2
7 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile Fourth in Twin 125 #1
8 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac Fourth in Twin 125 #2
9 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Fifth in Twin 125 #1
10 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Fifth in Twin 125 #2
11 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile Sixth in Twin 125 #1
12 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Sixth in Twin 125 #2
13 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Seventh in Twin 125 #1
14 75 Joe Ruttman RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile Seventh in Twin 125 #2
15 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford Eighth in Twin 125 #1
16 88 Buddy Baker Osterlund Racing Pontiac Eighth in Twin 125 #2
17 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford Ninth in Twin 125 #1
18 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Ninth in Twin 125 #2
19 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford Tenth in Twin 125 #1
20 68 Bobby Hamilton (R) TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile Tenth in Twin 125 #2
21 89 Jim Sauter Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac 11th in Twin 125 #1
22 51 Jeff Purvis (R) Phoenix Racing Oldsmobile 11th in Twin 125 #2
23 98 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 12th in Twin 125 #1
24 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 12th in Twin 125 #2
25 18 Greg Sacks Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 13th in Twin 125 #1
26 8 Rick Wilson Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 13th in Twin 125 #2
27 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 14th in Twin 125 #1
28 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 14th in Twin 125 #2
29 73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 15th in Twin 125 #1
30 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 15th in Twin 125 #2
31 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Speed provisional (193.228)
32 20 Sammy Swindell Moroso Racing Oldsmobile Speed provisional (192.740)
33 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet Speed provisional (192.336)
34 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford Speed provisional (192.254)
35 90 Robby Gordon Donlavey Racing Ford Speed provisional (192.238)
36 27 Bobby Hillin Jr. Moroso Racing Oldsmobile Speed provisional (192.160)
37 55 Ted Musgrave (R) U.S. Racing Pontiac Speed provisional (192.127)
38 24 Mickey Gibbs Team III Racing Pontiac Speed provisional (192.053)
39 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Speed provisional (191.697)
40 23 Eddie Bierschwale B&B Racing Oldsmobile Speed provisional (191.608)
41 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick Owner's points provisional
42 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Owner's points provisional
Failed to qualify
43 47 Rich Bickle Close Racing Oldsmobile 19th in Twin 125 #1
44 95 Rick Jeffrey Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet 19th in Twin 125 #2
45 13 Brian Ross Linro Motorsports Buick 20th in Twin 125 #1
46 34 Gary Balough AAG Racing Chevrolet 20th in Twin 125 #2
47 80 Jimmy Horton S&H Racing Chevrolet 21st in Twin 125 #1
48 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 21st in Twin 125 #2
49 65 Dave Mader III Folsom Racing Chevrolet 22nd in Twin 125 #1
50 96 Phil Parsons Italian Connection Racing Chevrolet 22nd in Twin 125 #2
51 69 Dorsey Schroeder LC Racing Ford 23rd in Twin 125 #1
52 35 Bill Venturini Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet 23rd in Twin 125 #2
53 45 Philip Duffie Fulcher Racing Oldsmobile 25th in Twin 125 #1
54 72 Chuck Bown Tex Racing Oldsmobile 24th in Twin 125 #2
55 0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford 28th in Twin 125 #1
56 99 Brad Teague Ball Motorsports Chevrolet 25th in Twin 125 #2
57 82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford 29th in Twin 125 #1
58 39 Blackie Wangerin Wangerin Racing Ford 28th in Twin 125 #2
Official Twin 125s Qualifiers results
Official starting lineup

Race[edit]

The start[edit]

Davey Allison led the first lap from Dale Earnhardt, who took the lead entering Turn 1. On the backstretch, Earnhardt obliterated a seagull. This adversely affected his car's water temperature, raising it at one point to 240 °F or 116 °C. It forced Earnhardt's team to make emergency repairs under one of the many early cautions in the race.

Early yellows[edit]

Sprint car champion Sammy Swindell spun on the backstretch to bring out the first yellow flag. Five laps after the restart, Rick Wilson and Greg Sacks collided in Turn 1, ending Sacks' day. Just after the restart, Bill Elliott cut a tire, but had to wait for the proper lap for a pit stop. On lap 31, Jimmy Spencer's engine blew, filling the car with smoke. A fire also erupted just after Spencer climbed out to catch his breath. Meanwhile, turn 4 was coated with oil, gathering Jeff Purvis, Jimmy Means, Phil Barkdoll, and again Sammy Swindell. Barkdoll would soon spin again in Turn 4, blowing out his windshield in the spin and nearly flipping. The windshield slid across the track and into Ken Schrader's bumper and air dam, puncturing the radiator and causing a lengthy repair that eliminated the three-time Daytona 500 polesitter from contention. 1990 Winston Cup runner-up Mark Martin moved through the field quickly in the early going, but was also eliminated from contention as the center section of the car's rear gearing sheared completely off of the driveshaft, causing him to spend many laps behind the wall.

Long green flag run[edit]

On Lap 75, Geoff Bodine, Eddie Bierschwale and Phil Barkdoll ran three-wide coming out of turn 4. Bierschwale slid up the track and into Bodine's left-rear quarter panel, sending Bodine into a spin and into Jim Sauter, who was slowing to enter the pits. The caution flag came out and all four cars continued in the race. However, Bodine spent several laps in the pits because the rim of his left-rear wheel had been so badly warped in the collision that the crew could not remove the lug nuts to change the now flat left-rear tire. This incident effectively eliminated Bodine from contention and he later retired with an oil leak.

This would be the last caution flag for over 100 laps, and the new pit rules confused the running order during the long green flag run. The lead changed hands many times, as Dale Earnhardt, Joe Ruttman, Davey Allison, Sterling Marlin, Rick Mast, Kyle Petty, Ernie Irvan, and Darrell Waltrip had all pitted on varying laps.

Late-race drama[edit]

With 16 laps to go, Richard Petty and off-road racer Robby Gordon tangled on the backstretch. Polesitter and leader Davey Allison pitted with the leaders, allowing Rusty Wallace to take the lead. He was quickly shuffled off of the lead on the restart, and was touched by Kyle Petty in Turn 4, which broke the car loose and sent him into a spin. Rick Mast narrowly avoided Wallace, but Darrell Waltrip, unsighted, collided with Wallace's left rear quarter panel, before Wallace slammed into the inside retaining wall, eliminating both cars. Seconds later, Derrike Cope lost control entering the tri-oval while trying to avoid Waltrip's damaged car. Cope spun across the infield and back across the track almost at the start/finish line and into the path of Hut Stricklin. With nowhere to go, Stricklin slammed nearly head-on into the rear of Cope's car, sending him bouncing off Harry Gant's car and down the straightaway with no brakes and virtually no steering. At the final restart on lap 193, the order was Earnhardt, Irvan, Petty, Ruttman, Marlin, Mast, and Allison, the only cars remaining on the lead lap. Leader Dale Earnhardt was passed by Ernie Irvan a lap after the green flag returned, and Davey Allison made up four positions in one lap to run third. Irvan began to pull away while Earnhardt spent several laps battling Davey Allison for 2nd. With 2 laps to go, Earnhardt got loose while running side by side under Allison exiting turn 2. The two cars tapped each other, pushing Allison into the outside wall briefly before the car spun into the infield towards Lake Lloyd, slamming into the earthen embankment as Allison had done early in the 1989 race. Earnhardt spun down the backstretch and into the path of Kyle Petty, who slammed into Earnhardt's right front fender, launching the car into the air briefly before it landed back on its wheels. Ernie Irvan coasted to the checkers to become the first Californian since Marvin Panch in 1961 to win the Daytona 500.

Race results[edit]

Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 2 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 200 29 running 180 $233,000
2 12 22 Sterling Marlin Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 200 7 running 175 $133,925
3 14 75 Joe Ruttman RahMoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 200 11 running 170 $111,450
4 7 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile 200 14 running 165 $100,900
5 4 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 46 running 160 $113,850
6 17 21 Dale Jarrett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 199 0 running 150 $74,900
7 36 27 Bobby Hillin Jr. Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 199 0 running 146 $50,925
8 27 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 199 0 running 142 $52,450
9 9 5 Ricky Rudd Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 199 0 running 138 $52,600
10 20 68 Bobby Hamilton (R) TriStar Motorsports Oldsmobile 199 0 running 134 $43,500
11 28 66 Dick Trickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Pontiac 199 0 running 130 $39,525
12 40 23 Eddie Bierschwale B&B Racing Oldsmobile 199 0 running 127 $31,550
13 31 94 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 198 0 running 124 $34,355
14 30 19 Chad Little Little Racing Ford 198 0 running 121 $29,540
15 1 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Ford 197 26 running 123 $77,350
16 6 42 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Pontiac 197 51 accident 125 $41,580
17 38 24 Mickey Gibbs Team III Racing Pontiac 197 0 running 112 $24,560
18 35 90 Robby Gordon Donlavey Racing Ford 196 0 running 109 $23,740
19 3 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 195 0 running 106 $43,120
20 29 73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Oldsmobile 194 0 running 103 $24,160
21 18 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 193 0 running 100 $31,955
22 41 26 Brett Bodine King Racing Buick 193 0 running 97 $23,400
23 21 89 Jim Sauter Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac 192 0 running 94 $21,845
24 10 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 190 13 accident 96 $25,540
25 11 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Oldsmobile 190 0 accident 88 $26,385
26 33 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing Chevrolet 189 0 accident 85 $28,180
27 8 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Pontiac 188 3 accident 87 $26,425
28 15 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 188 0 running 79 $28,670
29 5 12 Hut Stricklin Bobby Allison Motorsports Buick 185 0 accident 76 $33,865
30 37 55 Ted Musgrave (R) U.S. Racing Pontiac 180 0 running 73 $18,710
31 24 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 176 0 running 70 $22,330
32 19 11 Geoff Bodine Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 150 0 oil leak 67 $28,150
33 26 8 Rick Wilson Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 137 0 running 64 $21,545
34 34 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 70 0 piston 61 $23,490
35 42 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 40 0 valve 58 $19,185
36 22 51 Jeff Purvis (R) Phoenix Racing Oldsmobile 37 0 overheating 55 $18,360
37 16 88 Buddy Baker Osterlund Racing Pontiac 35 0 engine 52 $18,800
38 13 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 35 0 piston 49 $21,520
39 39 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 29 0 accident 46 $17,660
40 23 98 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 29 0 fire 43 $20,200
41 32 20 Sammy Swindell Moroso Racing Oldsmobile 28 0 accident 40 $16,500
42 25 18 Greg Sacks Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20 0 accident 37 $17,450
Failed to qualify
43 47 Rich Bickle Close Racing Oldsmobile
44 95 Rick Jeffrey Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet
45 13 Brian Ross Linro Motorsports Buick
46 34 Gary Balough AAG Racing Chevrolet
47 80 Jimmy Horton S&H Racing Chevrolet
48 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac
49 65 Dave Mader III Folsom Racing Chevrolet
50 96 Phil Parsons Italian Connection Racing Chevrolet
51 69 Dorsey Schroeder LC Racing Ford
52 35 Bill Venturini Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet
53 45 Philip Duffie Fulcher Racing Oldsmobile
54 72 Chuck Bown Tex Racing Oldsmobile
55 0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Ford
56 99 Brad Teague Ball Motorsports Chevrolet
57 82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford
58 39 Blackie Wangerin Wangerin Racing Ford
Official race results

Standings after the race[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Higgins, Tom (February 18, 1991). "Irvan's Victory A Gas". The Charlotte Observer. p. 25. Retrieved June 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Zeller, Bob (February 18, 1991). "Irvan's win simply smashing (Part 1)". The Roanoke Times. p. 11. Retrieved June 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Zeller, Bob (February 18, 1991). "Irvan's win simply smashing (Part 2)". The Roanoke Times. p. 14. Retrieved June 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Higgins, Tom (February 10, 1991). "Davey Allison Speeds To Daytona Pole". The Charlotte Observer. p. 43. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon


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