1991 Winston 500

Race 9 of 29

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:01:10
Average speed of winner: 165.620 mph
Margin of victory: 11 sec.
Lead changes: 24 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 18 laps
Lap leaders: Irvan 1, K. Petty 2-10, Rudd 11-12, Earnhardt 13-17, Allison 18-19, Earnhardt 20-36, Musgrave 37, Irvan 38-48, Earnhardt 49-51, Irvan 52-57, Earnhardt 58-66, Schrader 67, Earnhardt 68-109, Marlin 110-113, Earnhardt 114, M. Waltrip 115, Earnhardt 116-120, Schrader 121-125, Gant 126-132, Earnhardt 133-150, D. Waltrip 151-156, Earnhardt 157-168, M. Waltrip 169-170, Schrader 171-177, Gant 178-188

Race notes: Dale Earnhardt took the points lead from Ricky Rudd.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Oldsmobile	Leo Jackson	Petree		188	2	18	running	81950	180
2	5	Darrell Waltrip	17	Western Auto	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Elder		188	1	6	running	47400	175
3	8	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		188	9	112	running	56100	175
4	19	Sterling Marlin	22	Maxwell House	Ford	Johnson	Beam		188	1	4	running	25450	165
5	20	Michael Waltrip	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Ingle		188	2	3	running	25800	160
6	11	Geoff Bodine	11	Budweiser	Ford	Johnson	Brewer		188	0	0	running	25350	150
7	18	Ken Schrader	25	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Broome		188	3	13	running	19150	151
8	9	Bill Elliott	9	Coors Light	Ford	Melling	Elliott		188	0	0	running	21500	142
9	29	Jimmy Spencer	98	Banquet Foods	Chevrolet	Carter	Carter		188	0	0	running	17300	138
10	13	Rick Mast	1	Skoal Classic	Oldsmobile	Richard Jackson			187	0	0	running	17650	134
11	16	Brett Bodine	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein			187	0	0	running	13670	130
12	14	Bobby Hamilton	68	Country Time	Oldsmobile	Mark Smith			186	0	0	running	10040	127
13	6	Ricky Rudd	5	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		186	1	2	running	15860	129
14	33	Morgan Shepherd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Wingo		186	0	0	running	15480	121
15	21	Mickey Gibbs	24	Team III Racing	Pontiac	McMahon	Dodson		186	0	0	running	8700	118
16	38	Ted Musgrave	55	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	Ulrich			186	1	1	running	9860	120
17	35	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	20	Moroso Racing	Oldsmobile	Moroso			184	0	0	running	8965	112
18	41	Dave Marcis	71	Big Apple Market	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis		184	0	0	running	10155	109
19	27	Phil Barkdoll	73	Barkdoll Racing	Oldsmobile	Barkdoll			183	0	0	running	6665	106
20	36	Jimmy Means	52	Alka-Seltzer	Pontiac	Means			180	0	0	running	8555	103
21	31	Stanley Smith	49	Interstate Batteries	Buick	Stanley Smith			168	0	0	running	6140	100
22	4	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds		164	1	2	running	14720	102
23	12	Hut Stricklin	12	Raybestos Brakes	Buick	Allison	Fennig		157	0	0	running	8910	94
24	28	Mark Martin	6	Folgers	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		151	0	0	running	15305	91
25	30	Rick Wilson	8	Snickers	Buick	Stavola Brothers			149	0	0	running	8775	88
26	7	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Genuine Draft	Pontiac	Penske	Makar		146	0	0	running	5645	85
27	15	Alan Kulwicki	7	Hooters	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews		136	0	0	running	12590	82
28	23	Derrike Cope	10	Purolator	Chevrolet	Whitcomb	Buddy Parrott		118	0	0	engine	13935	79
29	34	Joe Ruttman	75	Dinner Bell Foods	Oldsmobile	RahMoc	Rahilly		116	0	0	running	8330	76
30	39	Jeff Purvis	51	Phoenix Construction	Oldsmobile	Finch			94	0	0	hub	5425	73
31	10	Lake Speed	66	TropArtic	Pontiac	Yarborough			79	0	0	accident	8045	70
32	1	Ernie Irvan	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	195.186	71	3	18	accident	15740	72
33	3	Kyle Petty	42	Mello Yello	Pontiac	SABCO	Nelson		70	1	9	accident	14410	69
34	32	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	90	Motorsports Sportswear	Ford	Donlavey			70	0	0	accident	5180	61
35	22	Dale Jarrett	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood		70	0	0	accident	7850	58
36	37	Buddy Baker	88	Dipetane International	Oldsmobile	Moroso			70	0	0	accident	5120	55
37	24	Terry Labonte	94	Sunoco	Oldsmobile	Hagan	Steve Lloyd		70	0	0	accident	7715	52
38	17	Chad Little	19	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Ford	Little			70	0	0	accident	5635	49
39	25	Greg Sacks	47	Kanawha Insurance	Oldsmobile	Close			39	0	0	piston	5555	46
40	26	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis		2	0	0	accident	5500	43
41	40	Larry Pearson	41	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hedrick			2	0	0	accident	4900	40

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1366	9	0	2	6	7
2	Ricky Rudd	1362	9	0	1	4	6
3	Darrell Waltrip	1281	9	0	1	3	7
4	Michael Waltrip	1188	9	0	0	3	6
5	Harry Gant	1185	9	0	1	4	4
6	Ernie Irvan	1183	9	1	1	2	5
7	Davey Allison	1157	9	2	0	2	4
8	Ken Schrader	1156	9	0	1	3	5
9	Morgan Shepherd	1132	9	0	0	2	6
10	Mark Martin	1118	9	1	0	2	4
11	Sterling Marlin	1090	9	0	0	2	5
12	Bill Elliott	1067	9	0	0	2	4
13	Rusty Wallace	1062	9	1	1	3	4
14	Kyle Petty	1052	9	1	1	2	3
15	Brett Bodine	1015	9	1	0	1	1
16	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1015	9	0	0	0	1
17	Alan Kulwicki	1003	9	1	0	1	4
18	Jimmy Spencer	998	9	0	0	1	4
19	Rick Mast	990	9	0	0	1	2
20	Geoff Bodine	978	9	1	0	0	2
21	Dale Jarrett	948	9	0	0	0	2
22	Joe Ruttman	910	9	0	0	1	1
23	Hut Stricklin	903	9	0	0	0	1
24	Mickey Gibbs	870	9	0	0	0	0
25	Ted Musgrave	869	9	0	0	0	0