1991 Goody's 500

February 202324th race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON Ridgeway, Virginia, Martinsville Speedway 263 20.324 0.526 33 423.257 423.257 500 500 263 74.535 mph km/h September 22 24 29 1991 Goody's 500 226 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports Mark Martin Roush Racing ESPN Motor Racing Network Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons 43rd Annual Goody's 500 0.847 The 1991 Goody's 500 program cover, featuring Geoff Bodine. 1991 Goody's 500.jpeg 46,000 The 1991 Goody's 500 was the 24th stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 43rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 22, 1991, in Martinsville, Virginia at Martinsville Speedway, a 0.526 mi km permanent oval-shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant would mount a late-race charge to the lead after being spun on lap 376 of the race. After passing for the lead on lap 454, Gant was able to defend the field for the final laps of the race to take his 16th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his fifth and final victory of the season, and his fourth straight victory.Higgins Tom September 23, 1991 It's not over yet: Gant wins 4th straight (Part 1) 9 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120398618/its-not-over-yet-gant-wins-4th/ March 8, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom September 23, 1991 It's not over yet: Gant wins 4th straight (Part 2) 11 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120398637/its-not-over-yet-gant-wins-4th-straigh/ March 8, 2023 Newspapers.com Pearce Al September 23, 1991 Gant rallies to win 4th consecutive race 34 The Indianapolis Star https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120416025/gant-rallies-to-win-4th-consecutive-race/ March 8, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, King Racing driver Brett Bodine and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively. With the victory, Gant, having won four out of the five races that occurred within the month of September of 1991, Gant would earn the nickname "Mr. September" by NASCAR media.Albert Zach September 1, 2016 Where have you gone, Mr. September? https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2016/09/01/where-have-you-gone-mr-september/ March 8, 2023 NASCAR Background thumb|The layout of Martinsville Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Martinsville Speedway is a NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet11Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick15Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet19Chad LittleLittle RacingFord21Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord22Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord24Jimmy HensleyTeam III RacingPontiac25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingBuick28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac55Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac66Lake SpeedCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac68Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile94Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile98Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 20, at 3:00p.m. 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 21, at 12:30p.m. EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-30 would be decided on time,September 25, 1992 NASCAR today 33 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118079589/nascar-today/ February 6, 2023 Newspapers.com 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 provisionals 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. Mark Martin, driving for Roush Racing, won the pole, setting a time of 20.324 and an average speed of 93.171 mph km/h on in the first round.Higgins Tom September 21, 1991 Mark on pole at Martin-sville (Part 1) 15 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120416359/mark-on-pole-at-martin-sville-part-1/ March 8, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom September 21, 1991 Mark on pole at Martin-sville (Part 2) 17 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120416373/mark-on-pole-at-martin-sville-part-2/ March 8, 2023 Newspapers.com Jimmy Means was the only driver to fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed16Mark MartinRoush RacingFord20.32493.171226Brett BodineKing RacingBuick20.32993.148317Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet20.38992.87445Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet20.39392.85553Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet20.39492.85167Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord20.41192.77472Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac20.43092.687842Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac20.43192.683925Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet20.49192.4111015Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord20.51992.2851168Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile20.52592.2581233Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile20.54792.159134Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet20.55192.1421412Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick20.55592.124159Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord20.57292.047161Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile20.59491.9491730Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac20.60891.8871824Jimmy HensleyTeam III RacingPontiac20.60891.8871911Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord20.62191.8292021Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord20.65391.686Failed to lock in Round 12198Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet20.53692.209228Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick20.64491.7262310Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet20.64491.7262419Chad LittleLittle RacingFord20.67391.5982528Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord20.67491.5932694Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile20.67891.5762766Lake SpeedCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac20.69491.5052871Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet20.73891.3112943Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac20.77991.1303075Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile20.85590.798Provisionals3122Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord -* -*3255Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac -* -*Failed to qualify3352Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings11233Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile500226running185$64,0002226Brett BodineKing RacingBuick50059running175$36,625353Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet5009running170$30,3504134Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet50062running165$19,300516Mark MartinRoush RacingFord50013running160$24,57562694Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile5000running150$12,900772Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac50064running151$11,500845Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet5002running147$15,3009925Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet5000running138$10,700101824Jimmy HensleyTeam III RacingPontiac5000running134$11,300111015Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord4990running130$12,13512842Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac4990running127$11,15013161Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile4990running124$8,150143122Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord4990running121$6,45015317Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet4970running118$7,900161412Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick4971running120$7,450171168Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile4970running112$6,950182021Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord4960running109$6,755192310Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet4950running106$12,250203255Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac4950running103$6,025212871Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet4921running105$6,1252267Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord48519running102$9,550231911Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord4840running94$11,050242419Chad LittleLittle RacingFord4808running96$3,500251730Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac4580running88$5,65026228Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick4470running85$5,40027159Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord4370running82$9,950282198Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet42936running84$5,150292528Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord4020running76$10,350302943Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac3480crash73$4,500313075Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile2710crash70$4,500322766Lake SpeedCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac2390brakes67$4,500Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 3,570 10px 2 Ricky Rudd 3,511 (-59) 10px 3 Ernie Irvan 3,388 (-182) 10px 4 Davey Allison 3,271 (–299) 10px 5 Mark Martin 3,225 (–345) 10px 1 6 Harry Gant 3,206 (–364) 10px 1 7 Ken Schrader 3,175 (–395) 10px 8 Sterling Marlin 3,102 (–468) 10px 9 Darrell Waltrip 3,089 (–481) 10px 10 Rusty Wallace 3,004 (–566)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1991 Peak Antifreeze 500 1991 Tyson Holly Farms 400 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Martinsville Speedway Category:September 1991 sports events in the United States Category:1991 in sports in Virginia