1991 Pyroil 500

March 202328th race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON November 3 The 1991 Pyroil 500 program cover. Junior Johnson & Associates Robert Yates Racing Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing Davey Allison 162 Geoff Bodine TNN Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Neil Bonnett 28 Motor Racing Network 95.746 mph km/h 29 Avondale, Arizona, Phoenix International Raceway 28 502.115 502.115 312 312 1.6 312 1 4th Annual Pyroil 500 Pyroil 500 1991 28.220 312 1991 Pyroil 500.jpeg The 1991 Pyroil 500 was the 28th and penultimate stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the ninth and the final race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston West Series season, and the fourth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, November 3, 1991, in Avondale, Arizona at Phoenix International Raceway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent low-banked tri-oval race track. The race took the scheduled 312 laps to complete. At race's end, Robert Yates Racing driver Davey Allison would manage to dominate the late stages of the race, leading 162 of the final 166 laps of the race to take his 13th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fifth and final victory of the season.Higgins Tom November 4, 1991 Allison overtakes Rudd, field in Phoenix (Part 1) 11 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120607902/allison-overtakes-rudd-field-in/ March 11, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom November 4, 1991 Allison overtakes Rudd, field in Phoenix (Part 2) 15 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120607925/allison-overtakes-rudd-field-in-phoenix/ March 11, 2023 Newspapers.com Harris Mike November 4, 1991 Earnhardt has title within reach 17 The York Dispatch https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120608068/earnhardt-has-title-within-reach/ March 11, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, owner-driver Darrell Waltrip and Junior Johnson & Associates driver Sterling Marlin would finish second and third, respectively. In the driver's championship for the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt was considered the extremely heavy favorite to win the championship, only needing to start the next race, the 1991 Hardee's 500, to win the championship.Higgins Tom November 4, 1991 Earnhardt a start from title (Part 1) 11 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120608689/earnhardt-a-start-from-title-part-1/ March 11, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom November 4, 1991 Earnhardt a start from title (Part 2) 15 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120608714/earnhardt-a-start-from-title-part-2/ March 11, 2023 Newspapers.com Background thumb|The layout of Phoenix International Raceway, the venue where the race was held. Phoenix International Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation. The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mi (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake00Scott GaylordOliver RacingOldsmobile1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet04Hershel McGriffLipseia RacingPontiac5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord09R. K. SmithMidgley RacingPontiac10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet11Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick14Mike ChaseA. J. Foyt RacingChevrolet15Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord15WRick ScribnerScribner RacingChevrolet17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet19Chad LittleLittle RacingFord21Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord22Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord22WSt. James DavisSt. James RacingBuick23Butch GillilandGilliland RacingPontiac24Kenny WallaceTeam III RacingPontiac25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingBuick28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord29Gary CollinsCollins MotorsportsOldsmobile30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile37Rick CarelliChesrown RacingChevrolet41Larry PearsonLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac44Irv HoerrLabonte MotorsportsOldsmobile44WJack SellersEmerson RacingBuick49Stanley Smith (R)BS&S MotorsportsBuick51Jeff Purvis (R)Phoenix RacingChevrolet52Mike WallaceJimmy Means RacingPontiac55Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac58Wayne JacksJacks MotorsportsOldsmobile66Randy LaJoieCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac68Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet72Mark ReedReed RacingChevrolet73Bill SchmittSchmitt RacingFord75Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile76Bill SedgwickSpears MotorsportsChevrolet86Ron Hornaday Jr.Benison RacingChevrolet89Jim SauterMueller Brothers RacingPontiac91Robert SpragueRouse RacingFord93Troy BeebeBeebe RacingBuick94Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile97Billy Jac ShawBeebe RacingBuick98Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet99John KrebsKC RacingPontiac Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, November 1, at 5:30 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, November 2, 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,November 1, 1991 NASCAR today 22 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120609093/nascar-today/ March 11, 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; which was one for cars in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and two extra provisionals for the NASCAR Winston West Series. 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. Geoff Bodine, driving for Junior Johnson & Associates, won the pole, setting a time of 28.220 and an average speed of 127.569 mph km/h on in the first round.Higgins Tom November 2, 1991 G. Bodine leads record-breaking qualifying 19 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120609487/g-bodine-leads-record-breaking/ March 11, 2023 Newspapers.com 14 drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed111Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord28.220127.56929Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord28.227127.53736Mark MartinRoush RacingFord28.255127.411433Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile28.269127.34857Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord28.273127.330610Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet28.294127.235725Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.328127.083826Brett BodineKing RacingBuick28.338127.038922Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord28.394126.787102Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac28.429126.6311117Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet28.442126.573123Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet28.460126.4931328Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord28.514126.254145Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.535126.161154Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet28.548126.1031612Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick28.583125.9491721Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord28.632125.7331842Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac28.713125.3791915Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord28.722125.3392043Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac28.730125.305Failed to lock in Round 12155Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac28.733125.291228Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick28.754125.2002371Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet28.759125.1782476Bill SedgwickSpears MotorsportsChevrolet28.770125.130251Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile28.792125.0352698Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet28.801124.9962775Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile28.802124.9912819Chad LittleLittle RacingFord28.803124.9872966Randy LaJoieCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac28.817124.9263030Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac28.877124.6673141Larry PearsonLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.877124.6673214Mike ChaseA. J. Foyt RacingChevrolet28.891124.6063349Stanley Smith (R)BS&S MotorsportsBuick28.916124.4993451Jeff Purvis (R)Phoenix RacingChevrolet28.922124.4733594Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile28.951124.3483672Mark ReedReed RacingChevrolet28.963124.2973729Gary CollinsCollins MotorsportsOldsmobile28.982124.2153852Mike WallaceJimmy Means RacingPontiac29.043123.9543973Bill SchmittSchmitt RacingFord29.099123.7164068Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile29.122123.618Winston Cup provisional4124Kenny WallaceTeam III RacingPontiac -* -*Winston West provisionals4223Butch GillilandGilliland RacingPontiac -* -*4304Hershel McGriffLipseia RacingPontiac -* -*Failed to qualify4422WSt. James DavisSt. James RacingBuick -* -*4589Jim SauterMueller Brothers RacingPontiac -* -*4699John KrebsKC RacingPontiac -* -*4737Rick CarelliChesrown RacingChevrolet -* -*4858Wayne JacksJacks MotorsportsOldsmobile -* -*4986Ron Hornaday Jr.Benison RacingChevrolet -* -*5044WJack SellersEmerson RacingBuick -* -*5115WRick ScribnerScribner RacingChevrolet -* -*5200Scott GaylordOliver RacingOldsmobile -* -*5397Billy Jac ShawBeebe RacingBuick -* -*5491Robert SpragueRouse RacingFord -* -*5593Troy BeebeBeebe RacingBuick -* -*5644Irv HoerrLabonte MotorsportsOldsmobile -* -*5709R. K. SmithMidgley RacingPontiac -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings11328Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord312162running185$78,50021117Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet31225running175$37,2253922Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3120running170$25,000457Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord3121running165$22,6005102Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac3120running155$16,4756154Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet3122running155$18,10072698Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet3114running151$12,8508111Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord31153running147$19,0509123Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet3110running138$18,200101915Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord3110running134$16,75011145Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3110running130$13,250123594Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile3110running127$9,750134068Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile3111running129$8,10014826Brett BodineKing RacingBuick3111running126$9,05015228Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick31110running118$9,00016610Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet3110running115$12,95017725Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3100running112$7,750182155Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac3100running109$5,7001936Mark MartinRoush RacingFord31020running111$13,550201842Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac3092running108$12,225212476Bill SedgwickSpears MotorsportsChevrolet3080running100$5,050222775Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile3080running97$6,92523433Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile3070running94$7,050243030Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3070running91$6,7252529Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord3070running88$12,450263214Mike ChaseA. J. Foyt RacingChevrolet3050running85$3,825274304Hershel McGriffLipseia RacingPontiac3000running82$3,80028251Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile2990running79$6,525294223Butch GillilandGilliland RacingPontiac2990running76$3,750302819Chad LittleLittle RacingFord2980running73$4,925313852Mike WallaceJimmy Means RacingPontiac2460running70$3,700322966Randy LaJoieCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac2030engine67$6,100333141Larry PearsonLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet1780accident64$3,400343672Mark ReedReed RacingChevrolet1770valve61$3,375351721Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord15119engine63$6,000363349Stanley Smith (R)BS&S MotorsportsBuick15012accident60$3,325373973Bill SchmittSchmitt RacingFord1360accident52$3,305383451Jeff Purvis (R)Phoenix RacingChevrolet1270engine49$3,295391612Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick1050accident46$5,910402371Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet910a-frame43$5,850412043Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac890accident40$3,250423729Gary CollinsCollins MotorsportsOldsmobile610accident37$3,250434124Kenny WallaceTeam III RacingPontiac10steering34$3,000Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 4,127 10px 1 2 Davey Allison 3,971 (-156) 10px 1 3 Ricky Rudd 3,962 (-165) 10px 4 Harry Gant 3,820 (–307) 10px 1 5 Ernie Irvan 3,750 (–377) 10px 1 6 Mark Martin 3,729 (–398) 10px 1 7 Sterling Marlin 3,693 (–434) 10px 1 8 Ken Schrader 3,638 (–489) 10px 9 Darrell Waltrip 3,572 (–555) 10px 10 Rusty Wallace 3,521 (–606)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1991 AC Delco 500 1991 Hardee's 500 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1991 Winston 400 NASCAR Winston West Series 1991 1992 Vons 300 Pyroil 500 Pyroil 500 Pyroil 500 Pyroil 500 Pyroil 500