1991 Tyson Holly Farms 400

January 202325th race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON 1991 25 29 1991_Tyson_Holly_Farms_400.jpeg The 1991 Tyson Holly Farms 400 program cover, featuring Chad Little. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. 42nd Annual Tyson Holly Farms 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina 400 0.625 1.006 250 402.336 94.113 mph km/h Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports 19.252 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Motorsports 350 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing ESPN Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons 400 250 402.336 Motor Racing Network Tyson Holly Farms 400 September 29 43,500 The 1991 Tyson Holly Farms 400 was the 25th stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 42nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 29, 1991, before an audience of 43,500 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, a 0.625 mi km oval short track. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, taking advantage of a brake failure of the dominant driver of the day, Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would mount a late-race charge to the lead, passing Gant with nine laps to go in the race to take the victory, breaking Gant's streak of four consecutive victories.Higgins Tom September 30, 1991 Gant's streak broken (Part 1) 11 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120430616/gants-streak-broken-part-1/ March 8, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom September 30, 1991 Gant's streak broken (Part 2) 15 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120430658/gants-streak-broken-part-2/ March 8, 2023 Newspapers.com Harris Mike September 30, 1991 Gant's remarkable winning streak ends 11 Rocky Mount Telegram https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120430781/gants-remarkable-winning-streak-ends/ March 8, 2023 Newspapers.com The victory was Earnhardt's 52nd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth and final victory of the season. To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Harry Gant and Bud Moore Engineering driver Morgan Shepherd would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|300x300px|The layout of North Wilkesboro Speedway, the venue where the race was held. North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short oval racetrack located on U.S. Route 421, about five miles east of the town of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, or 80 miles north of Charlotte. It measures 0.625 mi km on and features a unique uphill backstretch and downhill frontstretch. It has previously held races in NASCAR's top three series, including 93 Winston Cup Series races. The track, a NASCAR original, operated from 1949, NASCAR's inception, until the track's original closure in 1996. The speedway briefly reopened in 2010 and hosted several stock car series races before closing again in the spring of 2011. It was re-opened in August 2022 for grassroots racing. 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. RacingPontiac66Chuck BownCale 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 27, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 15 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 28, at 12:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 16-30 would be decided on time,September 27, 1991 NASCAR today 11 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120430971/nascar-today/ March 8, 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. Harry Gant, driving for Leo Jackson Motorsports, won the pole, setting a time of 19.252 and an average speed of 116.871 mph km/h on in the first round.Higgins Tom September 28, 1991 Gant leads the pack once again (Part 1) 19 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120431723/gant-leads-the-pack-once-again-part-1/ March 8, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom September 28, 1991 Gant leads the pack once again (Part 2) 20 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120431768/gant-leads-the-pack-once-again-part-2/ March 8, 2023 Newspapers.com No drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed133Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile19.252116.871228Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord19.256116.84636Mark MartinRoush RacingFord19.264116.79847Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord19.316116.484521Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord19.348116.29164Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet19.358116.23172Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac19.366116.18389Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord19.370116.159915Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord19.395116.0091025Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.398115.9911126Brett BodineKing RacingBuick19.415115.8901298Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet19.426115.8241368Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile19.432115.7881411Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord19.450115.6811517Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet19.457115.640Failed to lock in Round 1163Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet19.421115.8541712Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick19.454115.657181Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile19.462115.6101994Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile19.462115.6102022Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord19.474115.5392142Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac19.493115.426225Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.503115.3672310Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet19.512115.3142471Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet19.524115.2432519Chad LittleLittle RacingFord19.525115.2372675Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesChevrolet19.541115.1432724Jimmy HensleyTeam III RacingPontiac19.544115.1252830Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac19.596114.819298Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick19.632114.6093055Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac19.663114.428Provisionals3166Chuck BownCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac20.046112.2423252Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingOldsmobile19.692114.260Champion’s Provisional3343Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac19.876113.202Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1163Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4009running180$69,3502133Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile400350running180$40,5753915Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord40041running170$25,3754228Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord4000running160$19,600536Mark MartinRoush RacingFord4000running155$18,875672Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac4000running150$8,95071126Brett BodineKing RacingBuick4000running146$9,28081025Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4000running142$8,4259521Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord4000running138$7,9751047Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord4000running134$13,355112724Jimmy HensleyTeam III RacingPontiac3990running130$5,97512225Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3990running127$9,950132022Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3980running124$5,500141994Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile3980running121$6,750151411Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3980running118$12,050162142Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac3970running115$9,550171712Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick3970running112$6,475181368Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile3970running109$5,375193343Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac3960running106$5,875201517Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet3950running103$5,350212519Chad LittleLittle RacingFord3940running100$3,450223055Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac3940running97$4,375231298Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet3930running94$5,4252489Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord3920running91$9,92525181Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile3910running88$5,400263166Chuck BownCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac3910running85$5,225272830Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3910running82$4,550283252Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingOldsmobile3900running79$2,985292675Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesChevrolet3530running76$4,450302310Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet3200running73$10,075312471Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet3150rear end70$4,40032298Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick2400accident67$4,4253364Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet1640accident64$9,225Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 3,750 10px 2 Ricky Rudd 3,638 (-112) 10px 3 Ernie Irvan 3,452 (-298) 10px 4 Davey Allison 3,431 (–319) 10px 1 5 Harry Gant 3,386 (–364) 10px 1 6 Mark Martin 3,380 (–370) 10px 7 Ken Schrader 3,317 (–433) 10px 8 Sterling Marlin 3,226 (–524) 10px 9 Darrell Waltrip 3,192 (–558) 10px 10 Rusty Wallace 3,154 (–596)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1991 Goody's 500 1991 Mello Yello 500 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at North Wilkesboro Speedway Category:September 1991 sports events in the United States Category:1991 in sports in North Carolina