1991 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500

January 2023Fourth race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta Motor Speedway 499.216 31.415 1.522 2.449 803.41 803.41 499.216 328 328 1991 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 32nd Annual Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 4 29 Motor Racing Network ABC Paul Page, Benny Parsons, Bobby Unser 25 AK Racing Bill Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Ken Schrader Melling Racing 102 Alan Kulwicki 140.47 mph km/h 1991 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500.jpeg The 1991 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 program cover, featuring Morgan Shepherd. March 17 & 18, 1991 The 1991 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 32nd iteration of the event. The race took place over the days of Sunday, March 17 and Monday, March 18, 1991, due to rain delays that left only the first 47 laps of the race being run on Sunday.Higgins Tom March 18, 1991 Rain halts race, Marlin; NASCAR resumes today 14 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118419220/rain-halts-race-marlin-nascar-resumes/ February 11, 2023 Newspapers.com The race was held in Hampton, Georgia, at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.522 mi km permanent asphalt oval speedway. The race took the scheduled 328 laps to complete. Depending on fuel mileage, Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader would manage to stretch the final 65 laps of the race on one tank of fuel to take his third career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.Higgins Tom March 19, 1991 Schrader makes last drop count 32 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118419429/schrader-makes-last-drop-count/ February 11, 2023 Newspapers.com Schulz Bill March 19, 1991 Ken Schrader holds off Bill Elliott to win rain-delayed Motorcraft 500 8 The Times and Democrat https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118419789/ken-schrader-holds-off-bill-elliott-to/ February 11, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively. The Monday portion of the race was never televised; ABC was unable to air it due to daytime television commitments and there was no cable partner that could pick up the Monday coverage at that time (ESPN didn't become a sister network to ABC until 1996). Background thumb|The layout of Atlanta Motor Speedway, the circuit where the race was held. Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a 1.522-mile race track in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960. The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54 mi km on where before it was 1.522 mi km on. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit. 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 MotorsportsBuick13Mike SkinnerMansion MotorsportsChevrolet15Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet19Chad LittleLittle RacingFord20Bobby Hillin Jr.Moroso RacingOldsmobile21Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord22Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord24Mickey GibbsTeam III RacingPontiac25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingBuick28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord29Andy HillenburgAndy Hillenburg RacingBuick30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac47Rich BickleClose RacingOldsmobile49Stanley Smith (R)BS&S MotorsportsBuick51Jeff Purvis (R)Phoenix RacingOldsmobile52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac55Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac65Dave Mader IIIBahre RacingPontiac66Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac68Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile82Mark StahlStahl RacingFord90Wally Dallenbach Jr. (R)Donlavey RacingFord94Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile98Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet *Sponsored Alan Kulwicki in a one-race deal after their primary driver they sponsored, Mark Stahl failed to qualify.Williams Chuck March 18, 1991 Hooters sponsors Kulwicki for a day 15 Ledger-Enquirer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118405144/hooters-sponsors-kulwicki-for-a-day/ February 11, 2023 Newspapers.com Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, March 15, at 2:00 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, March 16, at 10:30 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,March 15, 1991 NASCAR today 33 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118420091/nascar-today/ February 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 usually two. 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 31.415 and an average speed of 174.413 mph km/h on in the first round.Higgins Tom March 16, 1991 Kulwicki runs on faith, finds reward in Atlanta 45 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118420175/kulwicki-runs-on-faith-finds-reward-in/ February 11, 2023 Newspapers.com In the second round, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to beat his time with a time of 31.247; however, since the time was in the second round, Earnhardt would only garner the 21st starting position.Pearson Harold March 17, 1991 Kulwicki earns pole; Earnhardt driving hot car 43 Richmond Times-Dispatch https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118420466/kulwicki-earns-pole-earnhardt-driving/ February 11, 2023 Newspapers.com Two drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed17Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord31.415174.413226Brett BodineKing RacingBuick31.494173.97632Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac31.501173.937422Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord31.532173.766525Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.618173.29466Mark MartinRoush RacingFord31.621173.277742Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac31.623173.266828Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord31.632173.217910Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet31.682172.932104Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet31.776172.432115Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.780172.4101233Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile31.809172.2531330Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31.821172.1881420Bobby Hillin Jr.Moroso RacingOldsmobile31.823172.177159Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord31.853172.0151617Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet31.871171.9181798Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet31.927171.6171812Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick31.931171.5951968Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile31.961171.4342015Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord31.967171.402Failed to lock in Round 1213Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet31.247175.3512221Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord31.595173.420231Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile31.853172.0152489Jim SauterMueller Brothers RacingPontiac31.902171.7512552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac31.973171.3702611Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord32.001171.2202766Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac32.009171.1772819Chad LittleLittle RacingFord32.027171.0812951Jeff Purvis (R)Phoenix RacingOldsmobile32.079170.8033043Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac32.106170.660318Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick32.120170.5853294Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile32.129170.5383390Wally Dallenbach Jr. (R)Donlavey RacingFord32.152170.4163455Ted Musgrave (R)RaDiUs MotorsportsPontiac32.189170.2203524Mickey GibbsTeam III RacingPontiac32.223169.9873665Dave Mader IIIBahre RacingPontiac32.255169.8713729Andy HillenburgAndy Hillenburg RacingBuick32.320169.5303875Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile32.364169.2993971Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet32.370169.2684047Rich BickleClose RacingOldsmobile32.441168.897Failed to qualify4149Stanley Smith (R)BS&S MotorsportsBuick -* -*4282Mark StahlStahl RacingFord -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1525Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet32859running180$69,2502159Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord328102running180$47,6753213Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet32829running170$37,00042015Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord3280running160$23,60051330Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac32830running160$21,4006115Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3280running150$17,7507422Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord32841running151$17,600817Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord3278running147$20,15091617Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet3270running138$7,4501032Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac3270running134$6,70011910Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet3270running130$14,67012318Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick3260running127$12,725131812Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick3260running124$11,93014104Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet3260running121$12,71015226Brett BodineKing RacingBuick3250running118$10,230161798Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet3250running115$11,0701766Mark MartinRoush RacingFord32521running117$15,310182819Chad LittleLittle RacingFord3250running109$8,500191233Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile3250running106$8,690202221Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord3250running103$10,470211420Bobby Hillin Jr.Moroso RacingOldsmobile3240running100$5,960222489Jim SauterMueller Brothers RacingPontiac3230running97$5,800232611Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord3231running99$13,490242951Jeff Purvis (R)Phoenix RacingOldsmobile3210running91$5,380253524Mickey GibbsTeam III RacingPontiac3200running88$5,075263390Wally Dallenbach Jr. (R)Donlavey RacingFord3190running85$4,420273875Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile3190running82$7,310282766Dick TrickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac3190running79$7,17529231Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile3190running76$6,975303665Dave Mader IIIBahre RacingPontiac3180running73$4,740312552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac3160running70$4,680323729Andy HillenburgAndy Hillenburg RacingBuick3140running67$4,120331968Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile2900running64$3,780344047Rich BickleClose RacingOldsmobile2820engine61$4,445353294Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile2560camshaft58$6,385363971Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet2400engine55$6,220373455Ted Musgrave (R)RaDiUs MotorsportsPontiac2100engine52$4,280383043Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac1880engine49$6,24039742Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac17337engine51$12,11540828Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord560crash43$13,175Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 652 10px 2 Ricky Rudd 628 (-24) 10px 1 3 Alan Kulwicki 561 (-91) 10px 5 4 Ken Schrader 559 (–93) 10px 5 Ernie Irvan 533 (–119) 10px 3 6 Harry Gant 529 (–123) 10px 4 7 Sterling Marlin 528 (–124) 10px 1 8 Darrell Waltrip 523 (–129)10px 7 9 Morgan Shepherd 497 (–155) 10px 13 10 Bill Elliott 492 (–160)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1991 GM Goodwrench 500 1991 TranSouth 500 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Atlanta Motor Speedway Category:March 1991 sports events in the United States Category:1991 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)