1991 AC Delco 500

27th race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series March 2023 NASWINSTON 27th Annual AC Delco 500 October 20 Kyle Petty SABCO Racing Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Neil Bonnett Harry Gant Davey Allison 258 Leo Jackson Motorsports Robert Yates Racing 28 TNN Motor Racing Network 127.292 mph km/h 57,700 Rockingham, North Carolina, North Carolina Motor Speedway 805.257 805.257 500.364 492 492 1.636 1.017 29 27 AC Delco 500 1991 24.496 500.364 The 1991 AC Delco 500 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt. 1991_AC_Delco_500.jpeg The 1991 AC Delco 500 was the 27th stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 27th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 20, 1991, before an audience of 57,700 in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Speedway, a 1.017 mi km permanent high-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 492 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant would suffer a faulty final pit-stop on lap 452, leading towards Robert Yates Racing driver Davey Allison to take the lead for the final 17 laps of the race. The victory was Allison's 12th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth victory of the season.Higgins Tom October 21, 1991 Allison out of Gant's reach at The Rock (Part 1) 9 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120548150/allison-out-of-gants-reach-at-the-rock/ March 10, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom October 21, 1991 Allison out of Gant's reach at The Rock (Part 2) 13 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120548459/allison-out-of-gants-reach-at-the-rock/ March 10, 2023 Newspapers.com McLaurin Jim October 21, 1991 Allison turns Gant's late pit problem into win (Part 1) 17 The State https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120548789/allison-turns-gants-late-pit-problem/ March 10, 2023 Newspapers.com McLaurin Jim October 21, 1991 Allison turns Gant's late pit problem into win (Part 2) 23 The State https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120548808/allison-turns-gants-late-pit-problem/ March 10, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Harry Gant and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively. With a 19-point increase over competitor Ricky Rudd in the driver's championship standings, Dale Earnhardt was considered the heavy favorite to win the championship, having a 157-point lead over Rudd.Higgins Tom October 21, 1991 Earnhardt pads his lead 13 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120548881/earnhardt-pads-his-lead/ March 10, 2023 Newspapers.com Background thumb|The layout of North Carolina Speedway, the venue where the race was held. North Carolina Speedway was opened as a flat, one-mile oval on October 31, 1965. In 1969, the track was extensively reconfigured to a high-banked, D-shaped oval just over one mile in length. In 1997, North Carolina Motor Speedway merged with Penske Motorsports, and was renamed North Carolina Speedway. Shortly thereafter, the infield was reconfigured, and competition on the infield road course, mostly by the SCCA, was discontinued. Currently, the track is home to the Fast Track High Performance Driving School. Fast Track High Performance Driving School, Inc http://www.fasttrackracing.com/ July 16, 2012 Fasttrackracing.com 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 RacingFord20Ricky CravenMoroso RacingOldsmobile21Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord22Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord24Jimmy HensleyTeam III RacingPontiac25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingBuick28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile35Keith Van HoutenVan Houten RacingPontiac42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac47Greg SacksClose RacingOldsmobile48James HyltonHylton MotorsportsBuick52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac55Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac56Jerry HillHill MotorsportsPontiac66Randy LaJoieCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac68Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile77Gary BrooksBrooks RacingOldsmobile82Mark StahlStahl RacingFord94Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile98Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, October 17, at 2:30 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 Friday, October 18, at 2:00 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,October 17, 1991 NASCAR today 11 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120549000/nascar-today/ March 9, 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. Kyle Petty, driving for SABCO Racing, won the pole, setting a time of 24.496 and an average speed of 149.461 mph km/h on in the first round.Higgins Tom October 18, 1991 Pole keeps K. Petty rolling at 'The Rock' (Part 1) 15 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120549085/pole-keeps-k-petty-rolling-at-the/ March 10, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom October 18, 1991 Pole keeps K. Petty rolling at 'The Rock' (Part 2) 21 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120549091/pole-keeps-k-petty-rolling-at-the-rock/ March 10, 2023 Newspapers.com No drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed142Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac24.496149.46124Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet24.604148.80536Mark MartinRoush RacingFord24.757147.88543Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet24.768147.82055Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet24.893147.077625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet24.899147.042771Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet24.930146.859821Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord24.961146.67792Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac24.963146.6651028Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord24.972146.6121111Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord24.991146.501129Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord25.003146.4301333Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile25.012146.3781447Greg SacksClose RacingOldsmobile25.015146.3601510Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet25.038146.226167Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord25.055146.1271717Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet25.058146.1091830Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac25.091145.9171915Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord25.109145.8122026Brett BodineKing RacingBuick25.114145.783Failed to lock in Round 12168Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile25.148145.5862294Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile25.163145.4992366Randy LaJoieCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac25.178145.4132422Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord25.199145.291258Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick25.297144.7292675Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesChevrolet25.300144.711271Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile25.315144.6262898Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet25.336144.5062924Jimmy HensleyTeam III RacingPontiac25.351144.4203012Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick25.356144.3923143Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac25.413144.0683255Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac25.414144.0623319Chad LittleLittle RacingFord25.694142.4923420Ricky CravenMoroso RacingOldsmobile25.905141.3323552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac25.975140.9513682Mark StahlStahl RacingFord26.545137.9243756Jerry HillHill MotorsportsPontiac27.630132.5083848James HyltonHylton MotorsportsBuick27.852131.4523935Keith Van HoutenVan Houten RacingPontiac28.339129.1934077Gary BrooksBrooks RacingOldsmobile30.092121.667Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings11028Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord492100running180$66,05021333Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile492258running180$34,675336Mark MartinRoush RacingFord49228running170$29,35041111Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord49227running165$26,4505625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet49115running160$17,32562168Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile4900running150$11,650743Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4900running146$19,25082422Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord4900running142$10,0009142Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac49064running143$22,95010129Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord4900running134$18,5001192Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac4890running130$9,0001255Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4890running127$13,800133012Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick4860running124$11,000142924Jimmy HensleyTeam III RacingPontiac4860running121$8,700151510Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet4850running118$15,050163143Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac4850running115$9,700171915Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord4850running112$22,40018271Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile4850running109$8,900191830Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac4840running106$11,00020258Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick4840running103$9,200213255Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac4830running100$6,100222898Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet4820running97$7,650233319Chad LittleLittle RacingFord4810running94$6,025242366Randy LaJoieCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac4790running91$7,30025821Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord4790running88$7,27526771Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet4790running85$7,050272675Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesChevrolet4730running82$6,925282294Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile4710running79$6,850291447Greg SacksClose RacingOldsmobile4700running76$4,200302026Brett BodineKing RacingBuick4010engine73$9,2503124Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet3650accident70$12,700321717Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet3620engine67$3,90033167Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord3180engine64$10,750343420Ricky CravenMoroso RacingOldsmobile2210engine61$3,750353552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac2030ignition58$3,600363682Mark StahlStahl RacingFord160handling55$3,525373935Keith Van HoutenVan Houten RacingPontiac130handling0$3,475383756Jerry HillHill MotorsportsPontiac130handling49$3,475394077Gary BrooksBrooks RacingOldsmobile110handling46$3,425403848James HyltonHylton MotorsportsBuick70engine43$3,400Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 3,989 10px 2 Ricky Rudd 3,832 (-157) 10px 3 Davey Allison 3,786 (-203) 10px 4 Harry Gant 3,726 (–263) 10px 1 5 Mark Martin 3,618 (–371) 10px 1 6 Ernie Irvan 3,595 (–394) 10px 1 7 Ken Schrader 3,526 (–463) 10px 1 8 Sterling Marlin 3,526 (–466) 10px 9 Darrell Waltrip 3,397 (–592) 10px 10 Rusty Wallace 3,366 (–623)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1991 Mello Yello 500 1991 Pyroil 500 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Rockingham Speedway Category:October 1991 sports events in the United States Category:1991 in sports in North Carolina