1991 Champion Spark Plug 400

February 202319th race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON Brooklyn, Michigan, Michigan International Speedway 400 41.515 643.737 643.737 200 200 3.2 400 2 142.972 mph km/h 1991 August 18 Champion Spark Plug 400 22nd Annual Champion Spark Plug 400 The 1991 Champion Spark Plug 400 program cover, featuring Mark Martin. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. Motor Racing Network 19 29 21 61 AK Racing Alan Kulwicki Dale Jarrett Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Wood Brothers Racing ESPN Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons 1991 Champion Spark Plug 400.jpeg 90,000 The 1991 Champion Spark Plug 400 was the 19th stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 23rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 18, 1991, before an audience of 90,000 in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Wood Brothers Racing driver Dale Jarrett would mount a late-race charge against Robert Yates Racing driver Davey Allison, passing Allison in the final lap of the race and besting Allison by 8 in cm at the finish to take his first career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.Higgins Tom August 19, 1991 Jarrett breaks new ground with victory (Part 1) 25 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119501975/jarrett-breaks-new-ground-with-victory/ February 23, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom August 19, 1991 Jarrett breaks new ground with victory (Part 2) 26 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119501997/jarrett-breaks-new-ground-with-victory/ February 23, 2023 Newspapers.com Crowe Steve August 19, 1991 Every inch a winner (Part 1) 29 Detroit Free Press https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119502454/every-inch-a-winner-part-1/ February 23, 2023 Newspapers.com Crowe Steve August 19, 1991 Every inch a winner (Part 2) 31 Detroit Free Press https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119502475/every-inch-a-winner-part-2/ February 23, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would finish third. Background thumb|The layout of Michigan International Speedway, the venue where the race was held. The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards). 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 MotorsportsBuick14Mike ChaseA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile15Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet19Chad LittleLittle RacingFord20Buddy BakerMoroso RacingOldsmobile21Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord22Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord24Dick TrickleTeam III RacingPontiac25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingBuick28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile36H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac42Bobby Hillin Jr.SABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac44Bobby LabonteLabonte MotorsportsOldsmobile49Stanley Smith (R)BS&S MotorsportsBuick52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac55Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac66Lake SpeedCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac68Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile79Donny PaulPaul RacingOldsmobile89Jim SauterMueller Brothers RacingPontiac90Wally Dallenbach Jr. (R)Donlavey RacingFord94Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile98Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, August 16, at 3:30 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, August 17, at 11:00 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,August 16, 1991 NASCAR today 44 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119503103/nascar-today/ February 23, 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 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, won the pole, setting a time of 41.515 and an average speed of 173.431 mph km/h on in the first round.Higgins Tom August 17, 1991 Kulwicki edges Martin for Michigan pole (Part 1) 42 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119503256/kulwicki-edges-martin-for-michigan-pole/ February 23, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom August 17, 1991 Kulwicki edges Martin for Michigan pole (Part 2) 44 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119503276/kulwicki-edges-martin-for-michigan-pole/ February 23, 2023 Newspapers.com Donny Paul was the only driver to fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed17Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord41.515173.43126Mark MartinRoush RacingFord41.543173.314328Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord41.624172.97749Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord41.677172.75754Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet41.683172.732611Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord41.749172.459717Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet41.909171.801822Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord42.008171.39692Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac42.053171.2131015Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord42.069171.1471121Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord42.080171.103125Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet42.115170.9601398Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet42.132170.8911433Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile42.189170.6611555Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac42.261170.3701619Chad LittleLittle RacingFord42.263170.3621712Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick42.288170.2611825Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet43.300170.2131910Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet42.306170.1892042Bobby Hillin Jr.SABCO RacingPontiac42.307170.185Failed to lock in Round 12130Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac41.692172.6952220Buddy BakerMoroso RacingOldsmobile42.069171.1472343Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac42.070171.1432449Stanley Smith (R)BS&S MotorsportsBuick42.121170.9362594Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile42.134170.883263Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet42.137170.8712766Lake SpeedCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac42.142170.8512826Brett BodineKing RacingBuick42.178170.705298Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick42.298170.221301Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile42.313170.1603124Dick TrickleTeam III RacingPontiac42.373169.9203275Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesChevrolet42.412169.7633371Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet42.427169.7033490Wally Dallenbach Jr. (R)Donlavey RacingFord42.487169.4643552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac42.533169.2803668Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile42.643168.8443789Jim SauterMueller Brothers RacingPontiac42.695168.6383814Mike ChaseA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile42.718168.5473936H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac42.758168.3904044Bobby LabonteLabonte MotorsportsOldsmobile42.789168.268Failed to qualify4179Donny PaulPaul RacingOldsmobile -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings11121Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord20012running180$74,1502328Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord20061running180$47,700392Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac2000running165$23,600426Mark MartinRoush RacingFord20013running165$30,050549Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord20048running160$26,60061433Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile20014running155$17,200754Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet2001running151$18,850817Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord2001running147$21,00092130Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac2001running143$14,850101825Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1997running139$16,50011125Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1990running130$15,85012822Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord1990running127$10,450132220Buddy BakerMoroso RacingOldsmobile1990running124$9,850141712Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick1980running121$11,350152766Lake SpeedCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac1980running118$11,350162594Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile1980running115$10,050171555Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac1980running112$8,45018301Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile1980running109$9,450193668Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile1980running106$7,400203371Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1970ignition103$9,750213124Dick TrickleTeam III RacingPontiac1960running100$6,575223490Wally Dallenbach Jr. (R)Donlavey RacingFord1960running97$5,775232343Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac1950running94$8,35024263Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1940running91$16,425251619Chad LittleLittle RacingFord1940running88$5,525261015Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord19315running90$12,975273552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac1931running87$5,175283936H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac1860running79$5,125293814Mike ChaseA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile1560overheating76$5,025303275Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesChevrolet1430running73$7,625313789Jim SauterMueller Brothers RacingPontiac1400crash70$4,82532717Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet1340valve67$5,400332042Bobby Hillin Jr.SABCO RacingPontiac1340engine64$11,725341910Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet1250engine61$13,07535611Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12326engine63$13,925361398Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet990engine55$7,200372826Brett BodineKing RacingBuick570engine52$6,575384044Bobby LabonteLabonte MotorsportsOldsmobile400engine49$4,55039298Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick390fuel pump46$6,525402449Stanley Smith (R)BS&S MotorsportsBuick300ignition43$4,475Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 2,849 10px 2 Ricky Rudd 2,780 (-69) 10px 1 3 Davey Allison 2,712 (-137) 10px 1 4 Ernie Irvan 2,695 (–154) 10px 5 Mark Martin 2,660 (–189) 10px 1 6 Ken Schrader 2,496 (–353) 10px 1 7 Darrell Waltrip 2,476 (–373) 10px 8 Rusty Wallace 2,451 (–398) 10px 9 Sterling Marlin 2,410 (–439) 10px 10 Harry Gant 2,365 (–484)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1991 Budweiser at The Glen 1991 Bud 500 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Michigan International Speedway Category:August 1991 sports events in the United States Category:1991 in sports in Michigan