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1991 Goody's 500 - Wikipedia

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1991 Goody's 500
Race details
Race 24 of 29 in the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1991 Goody's 500 program cover, featuring Geoff Bodine.
Date	September 22, 1991
Official name	43rd Annual Goody's 500
Location	Ridgeway, Virginia, Martinsville Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Distance	500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Scheduled Distance	500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Average speed	74.535 miles per hour (119.952 km/h)
Attendance	46,000
Pole position
Driver	Mark Martin	Roush Racing
Time	20.324
Most laps led
Driver	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports
Laps	226
Winner
No. 33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

The 1991 Goody's 500 was the 24th stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 43rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 22, 1991, in Martinsville, Virginia at Martinsville Speedway, a 0.526 miles (0.847 km) permanent oval-shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant would mount a late-race charge to the lead after being spun on lap 376 of the race. After passing for the lead on lap 454, Gant was able to defend the field for the final laps of the race to take his 16th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his fifth and final victory of the season, and his fourth straight victory.^[1]^[2]^[3] To fill out the top three, King Racing driver Brett Bodine and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively.

With the victory, Gant, having won four out of the five races that occurred within the month of September of 1991, Gant would earn the nickname "Mr. September" by NASCAR media.^[4]

Background

Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver.

#	Driver	Team	Make	Sponsor
1	Rick Mast	Precision Products Racing	Oldsmobile	Skoal
2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Pontiac	Miller Genuine Draft
3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	Kodak
5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Tide
6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	Folgers
7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	Hooters
8	Rick Wilson	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	Snickers
9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	Coors Light
10	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	Chevrolet	Purolator Filters
11	Geoff Bodine	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	Budweiser
12	Hut Stricklin	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Buick	Raybestos
15	Morgan Shepherd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	Motorcraft
17	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Chevrolet	Western Auto
19	Chad Little	Little Racing	Ford	Tyson Foods
21	Dale Jarrett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	Citgo
22	Sterling Marlin	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	Maxwell House
24	Jimmy Hensley	Team III Racing	Pontiac	Team III Racing
25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Kodiak
26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Buick	Quaker State
28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	Texaco, Havoline
30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	Pennzoil
33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Skoal Bandit
42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	Mello Yello
43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	STP
52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	Alka-Seltzer
55	Ted Musgrave (R)	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	Jasper Engines & Transmissions
66	Lake Speed	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Pontiac	Phillips 66 TropArtic
68	Bobby Hamilton (R)	TriStar Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Country Time
71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Big Apple Market
75	Joe Ruttman	RahMoc Enterprises	Oldsmobile	Dinner Bell Foods
94	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	Sunoco
98	Jimmy Spencer	Travis Carter Enterprises	Chevrolet	Banquet Foods

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 20, at 3:00 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, September 21, at 12:30 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-30 would be decided on time,^[5] 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 provisionals 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.

Mark Martin, driving for Roush Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 20.324 and an average speed of 93.171 miles per hour (149.944 km/h) in the first round.^[6]^[7]

Jimmy Means was the only driver to fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Make	Time	Speed
1	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	20.324	93.171
2	26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Buick	20.329	93.148
3	17	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Chevrolet	20.389	92.874
4	5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	20.393	92.855
5	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	20.394	92.851
6	7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	20.411	92.774
7	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Pontiac	20.430	92.687
8	42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	20.431	92.683
9	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	20.491	92.411
10	15	Morgan Shepherd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	20.519	92.285
11	68	Bobby Hamilton (R)	TriStar Motorsports	Oldsmobile	20.525	92.258
12	33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Oldsmobile	20.547	92.159
13	4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	20.551	92.142
14	12	Hut Stricklin	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Buick	20.555	92.124
15	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	20.572	92.047
16	1	Rick Mast	Precision Products Racing	Oldsmobile	20.594	91.949
17	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	20.608	91.887
18	24	Jimmy Hensley	Team III Racing	Pontiac	20.608	91.887
19	11	Geoff Bodine	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	20.621	91.829
20	21	Dale Jarrett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	20.653	91.686
Failed to lock in Round 1
21	98	Jimmy Spencer	Travis Carter Enterprises	Chevrolet	20.536	92.209
22	8	Rick Wilson	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	20.644	91.726
23	10	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	Chevrolet	20.644	91.726
24	19	Chad Little	Little Racing	Ford	20.673	91.598
25	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	20.674	91.593
26	94	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	20.678	91.576
27	66	Lake Speed	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Pontiac	20.694	91.505
28	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	20.738	91.311
29	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	20.779	91.130
30	75	Joe Ruttman	RahMoc Enterprises	Oldsmobile	20.855	90.798
Provisionals
31	22	Sterling Marlin	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	-*	-*
32	55	Ted Musgrave (R)	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	-*	-*
Failed to qualify
33	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	-*	-*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

Fin	St	#	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts	Winnings
1	12	33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Oldsmobile	500	226	running	185	$64,000
2	2	26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Buick	500	59	running	175	$36,625
3	5	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500	9	running	170	$30,350
4	13	4	Ernie Irvan	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	62	running	165	$19,300
5	1	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	500	13	running	160	$24,575
6	26	94	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	500	0	running	150	$12,900
7	7	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Pontiac	500	64	running	151	$11,500
8	4	5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	2	running	147	$15,300
9	9	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	0	running	138	$10,700
10	18	24	Jimmy Hensley	Team III Racing	Pontiac	500	0	running	134	$11,300
11	10	15	Morgan Shepherd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	499	0	running	130	$12,135
12	8	42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	499	0	running	127	$11,150
13	16	1	Rick Mast	Precision Products Racing	Oldsmobile	499	0	running	124	$8,150
14	31	22	Sterling Marlin	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	499	0	running	121	$6,450
15	3	17	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Chevrolet	497	0	running	118	$7,900
16	14	12	Hut Stricklin	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Buick	497	1	running	120	$7,450
17	11	68	Bobby Hamilton (R)	TriStar Motorsports	Oldsmobile	497	0	running	112	$6,950
18	20	21	Dale Jarrett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	496	0	running	109	$6,755
19	23	10	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	Chevrolet	495	0	running	106	$12,250
20	32	55	Ted Musgrave (R)	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	495	0	running	103	$6,025
21	28	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	492	1	running	105	$6,125
22	6	7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	485	19	running	102	$9,550
23	19	11	Geoff Bodine	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	484	0	running	94	$11,050
24	24	19	Chad Little	Little Racing	Ford	480	8	running	96	$3,500
25	17	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	458	0	running	88	$5,650
26	22	8	Rick Wilson	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	447	0	running	85	$5,400
27	15	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	437	0	running	82	$9,950
28	21	98	Jimmy Spencer	Travis Carter Enterprises	Chevrolet	429	36	running	84	$5,150
29	25	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	402	0	running	76	$10,350
30	29	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	348	0	crash	73	$4,500
31	30	75	Joe Ruttman	RahMoc Enterprises	Oldsmobile	271	0	crash	70	$4,500
32	27	66	Lake Speed	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Pontiac	239	0	brakes	67	$4,500
Failed to qualify
33		52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac
Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Dale Earnhardt	3,570
	2	Ricky Rudd	3,511 (-59)
	3	Ernie Irvan	3,388 (-182)
	4	Davey Allison	3,271 (–299)
	5	Mark Martin	3,225 (–345)
1	6	Harry Gant	3,206 (–364)
1	7	Ken Schrader	3,175 (–395)
	8	Sterling Marlin	3,102 (–468)
	9	Darrell Waltrip	3,089 (–481)
	10	Rusty Wallace	3,004 (–566)
Official driver's standings

Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

^ Higgins, Tom (September 23, 1991). "It's not over yet: Gant wins 4th straight (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 9. Retrieved March 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Higgins, Tom (September 23, 1991). "It's not over yet: Gant wins 4th straight (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 11. Retrieved March 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Pearce, Al (September 23, 1991). "Gant rallies to win 4th consecutive race". The Indianapolis Star. p. 34. Retrieved March 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Albert, Zach (September 1, 2016). "Where have you gone, Mr. September?". NASCAR. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
^ "NASCAR today". The Charlotte Observer. September 25, 1992. p. 33. Retrieved February 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Higgins, Tom (September 21, 1991). "Mark on pole at Martin-sville (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 15. Retrieved March 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Higgins, Tom (September 21, 1991). "Mark on pole at Martin-sville (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 17. Retrieved March 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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