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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 8, 2019 10:21:24 GMT -8
1991 NASCAR SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 10-17:CUP: Busch Clash- CBS CUP: Duels- CBS BUSCH: Goody's 300- KSN CUP: Daytona 500- CBS FEBRUARY 23-24BUSCH: Goodyear International 300K- ESPN CUP: Goodyear International 500K-ESPN NASCAR decided to drop the spring Richmond race and have Australia on the schedule. MARCH 2-3BUSCH: GM Goodwrench 200-KSN CUP: GM Goodwrench 500-KSN MARCH 9-10BUSCH: Miller 200-KSN On Sunday CUP: BYE WEEK MARCH 18-19
BUSCH: BYE Week CUP: Ford Motorcraft 500- ESPN MARCH 23-24BUSCH: Spring 200: Volusia Speedway-KSN CUP: BYE MARCH 30-31BUSCH: Miller Classic-KSN CUP:BYE APRIL 6-7BUSCH: Coleman 200: Darlington Raceway-ESPN CUP: Transouth Financial 400-ESPN APRIL 14-15BUSCH: Budweiser 250- Bristol International Raceway-ESPN CUP: Valleydale Meats 500-ESPN APRIL 20-21BUSCH: BYE CUP: First Union 400-ESPN APRIL 28-29BUSCH: Nestle 200: Lanier Speedway-KSN CUP: Hanes Activewear 500-ESPN MAY 4-6BUSCH: Carquest 300: South Boston Speedway KSN CUP: Solo 500-ESPN MAY 10-11BUSCH: Pontiac 300-Nazareth Speedway Not televised. CUP: Shitech Music City 420-KSN MAY 18-19BUSCH: BYE CUP: Solo All-STAR Weekend: Ontario Motor Speedway-CBS (Was originally going to be at Riverside but moved due to repaving at that track.) MAY 25-26BUSCH: Champion Spark Plugs 300-TBS CUP: Coca-Cola 600-TBS JUNE 1-2BUSCH: Budweiser 200: Dover Downs International Speedway-KSN CUP: Budweiser 400-KSN JUNE 8-9BUSCH- Roses Stores 300: Orange County Speedway-KSN CUP: Banquet 300-ESPN JUNE 15-16BUSCH: Granger 400K, Hickory Speedway: KSN CUP: Miller High Life 500-KSN JUNE 22-23BUSCH: Budweiser 250: Myrtle Beach Speedway- KSN CUP: Miller Genuine Draft 400-CBS JUNE 29-30BUSCH: Fay's 150- Watkins Glen First Glen race for the series. Not televised. CUP: BYE JULY 6-7BUSCH: Oxford 250-Oxford Plains Speedway Not televised. Ran on Sunday. CUP: Pepsi Firecracker 400-ESPN Ran on Saturday. JULY 14-15BUSCH: SHITECH PRODUCTS 200- Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway-KSN CUP: Mountain Dew 420-KSN JULY 20-21BUSCH- Coors Light 300: South Boston Speedway Not televised. CUP: A.C. Spark Plugs 500- TBS JULY 27-28BUSCH: New River 200- New River Valley Speedway Not televised. CUP: Diehard 500-CBS AUGUST 3-4BUSCH: Kroger 200: Indianapolis Raceway Park-ESPN CUP: Texaco Havoline 500-ESPN AUGUST 10-11BUSCH: Texas Pete 200: Orange County Speedway-KSN CUP: Budweiser at the Glen-ESPN AUGUST 17-18BUSCH: BYE CUP: Champion Spark Plugs 400-ESPN AUGUST 23-24BUSCH: Busch 200: Bristol International Speedway-ESPN CUP: Busch 500-ESPN AUGUST 31- SEPTEMBER 1BUSCH: Gatorade 200: Darlington Raceway-ESPN CUP: Heinz Southern 500-ESPN Cutoff race for playoffs. SEPTEMBER 7-8BUSCH: Autolite 200: Richmond International Raceway TBS CUP: Wrangler 400-TBS First night race for both series here. SEPTEMBER 14-15BUSCH: Ames 200: Dover Downs International Speedway-KSN CUP: Peak Antifreeze 400-KSN Elimination race. SEPTEMBER 21-22BUSCH: Zerex 150: Martinsville Speedway-ESPN CUP: Goody's 500-ESPN SEPTEMBER 28-29BUSCH: BYE CUP: Tyson Holly Farms 400-ESPN Elimination race. OCTOBER 5-6BUSCH: All Pro Auto Parts 300- Charlotte Motor Speedway TBS CUP: Mello Yello 500-TBS OCTOBER 12-13BUSCH: Chevrolet 250: Burlington Raceway Not televised. Run on Sunday. CUP: BYE OCTOBER 19-20BUSCH: AC Delco 200: Rockingham Speedway-KSN Season finale. CUP: AC Delco 500-KSN Elimination race. OCTOBER 27: Hooters 500-ESPN NOVEMBER 3: Checker Auto Parts 500-KSN Elimination race NOVEMBER 10: Coors 500-TBS Championship 2 qualifier. NOVEMBER 17: L.A. Times 500-CBS
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 8, 2019 10:23:38 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: DAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS
BUSCH CLASH: A new format is introduced that divides the race into two 10 lap segments with the field being inversed for the second half. Dale Earnhardt dominated the first and drove up from the back in the second to win. DUELS: Davey Allison won the first duel with Richard Petty edging out Hut Stricklin by inches for second. In the other duel, Dale Earnhardt beat Terry Schoonover and Kyle Petty. Allison is the pole sitter for the 500. GOODYS 300: Dale Earnhardt wins his second Goody's 300 in a row beating Davey Allison, Michael Waltrip, and Kenny Schrader. It was another WRECKFEST of a race. Many of the series regulars were wiped out in crashes. The highest finishing series regular was Tom Peck in sixth. DAYTONA 500: Terry Schoonover survives a series of wrecks towards the end of the race to win his first Daytona 500. Dale Earnhardt looked to win two in a row, but spun and crashed while battling Davey Allison for second. Kyle Petty had a strong day, but was caught up in one of the crashes. Notable dnq's were Lake Speed, Dick Trickle, Morgan Shepherd, and Phil Parsons.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 8, 2019 10:24:28 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: AUSTRALIA AND ROCKINGHAM GOODYEAR INTERNATIONAL 300K: Australian drive Bob Jane wins his first Busch series race. This race was run as a combination race between Busch and AUSCAR drivers similar to the combined races in the Northeast. GOODYEAR 500K: Dale Earnhardt and Geoff Bodine put on a great fight for the win with Earnhardt getting it. Davey Allison won his second pole in a row, but ended up 12th. Terry Schoonover struggled to finish 29th. GOODWRENCH 200: Bobby Labonte looks to win his first Busch series race until a late caution. On the restart, Dale Jarrett gets by. Labonte tries everything to get back in the lead, but spins out trying. Jarrett goes on to win. GOODWRENCH 500: Kyle Petty and Rusty Wallace battle throughout the race but Wallace is no match as Petty wins the race for the second year in a row. Before the race, KSN's Dylan Jacobs had an interview feature with 1990 champion Mark Martin. A transcript of the interview will be in the next post.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 8, 2019 10:24:56 GMT -8
KSN MARK MARTIN CHAMPIONSHIP INTERVIEW This is an interview that aired on KSN prior to the Rockingham race. KSN's Dylan Jacobs interviewed Mark Martin about winning the championship last year. JACOBS: "So Mark, congrats on your championship." MARTIN: "Thanks Dylan; it feels good to win this championship. JACOBS: "I'm sure it does. You were able to beat Dale Earnhardt, that's a pretty big feat." "Yeah it is. I can't believe I accomplished it in only our third year in NASCAR". Jack Roush wanted a competitive team when we started. Our first year showed promise and then we won here at the Rock in 89' which was also my first win". "Six years ago, you were left out in the cold after failing to secure a ride for 1985 and fell to ASA racing." "Did you think you'd be back in NASCAR?" "I hoped for it. I ran part time in 86' before I caught the eye of Bill Davis and he gave me a ride in the Busch series in 87'. JACOBS: "I remember that ride. The #31 Ford. You were the only competitive Ford in the field." MARTIN: "Yeah". "When you joined Roush in 88', did you expect a career turnaround and a second chance? "I hoped so. Jack was getting direct funding from Ford Performance as a former engineer for them". "We were looking to overturn Melling Racing for the best Ford team and now I believe we accomplished that". "Where do you and the team go from here?" "Hopefully another championship (laughs)". Hopefully we become the best team in NASCAR". Jack is looking to start a second car next year and he's looking for a promising Busch series driver". "There's a lot of good talent that's up and coming". "Any driver in particular?" "I don't know" "Jack isn't telling me" "Alright, well, thanks Mark and good luck" "Thank you too Dylan."
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 8, 2019 10:25:54 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: MARTINSVILLE AND ATLANTA MILLER 200: Jimmy Hensley survives a WRECKFEST of a race to win at his home track. Harry Gant looked to steal a win but got caught up in a crash. FORD MOTORCRAFT 500: It rained most of Sunday even though they got 39 laps completed. When the race was postponed to Monday, Bobby Hamilton had the lead. It rained again Monday. Finally, around 2 P.M, the race was called and Hamilton won his first Solo Cup race and the #12 car it's first win since 1986.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 8, 2019 10:27:00 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: VOLUSIA AND HICKORY: A BUSCH SERIES DOUBLE POST SPRING 200: Kenny Wallace wins his first Busch series race beating last year's winner, Tommy Houston. Butch Miller was third and was the highest finishing leech as Ken Schrader finished further back. They were the only two leeches in the race. MOUNTAIN DEW 500K: Jimmy Hensley and Butch Miller battle all Easter Sunday, but Miller pulled it off and beat Hensley by a car length. The race was a WRECKFEST with a record 17 cautions. Many drivers dnq'd including series regulars, Rodney Combs, Ricky Craven, and Jeff Burton.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 8, 2019 10:28:20 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: DARLINGTON AND BRISTOL PONTIAC PACESETTERS 200: Dale Jarrett gets his second leech win of the season.Bobby Labonte finished second after trying to run down Jarrett. Michael Waltrip led early, but blew his engine on lap 52. TRANSOUTH 400: Michael Waltrip gets to the lead early and stays out front all day and goes onto win his first Solo Cup race. In victory lane, Mikey says, Darrell joined his little brother in victory lane as well as their parents, sisters, and middle brother Bobby, a former go-kart driver and currently Darrell's motorhome driver. BUDWEISER 250: Bobby Labonte wins his first Busch series race. Rookie David Green finished second. Terry Schoonover led the most laps, but crashed with 54 laps remaining. VALLEYDALE MEATS 500: Terry Schoonover stays up front all day and beats Geoff Bodine and Davey Allison to win his second race of the season and take the points lead. Rusty Wallace led early until he blew an engine. Butch Miller, Ted Musgrave, and Chad Little all had good days, but Musgrave and Little fell out of the top ten towards the end while Miller got eighth. Bobby Hamilton looked to possibly win until he crashed and caught on fire. He was okay. A race record 40 lead changes happened in the race: the most ever for a short track.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 8, 2019 10:29:18 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: NORTH WILKESBORO, LANIER, AND MARTINSVILLE
FIRST UNION 400: Butch Miller holds off Darrell Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt to win his first Solo Cup race and the first for the Unocal 76 team. Ricky Rudd led early until Geoff Bodine wrecked him. Davey Allison was parked for two separate incidents involving himself with Terry Labonte and Kyle Petty. NESTLE 200: David Green wins his first Busch series race continuing the trend of first time winners in each series. Jeff Gordon is second and Clifford Allison, Davey's little brother, is third in his brother's car. HANES 500: Davey Allison looked to win until a shock absorber broke and he slammed into the wall. After this, Dale Earnhardt went on to win. Harry Gant led early until he spun himself but went on to finish fifth. A huge DNQ list had Eddie Bierschewale, Derrike Cope, Jimmy Means, Rich Vogler, JD McDuffie, Greg Sacks, Ernie Irvan, and Dave Marcis.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 8, 2019 10:33:13 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: SOUTH BOSTON, TALLADEGA, NASHVILLE AND NAZARETH CARQUEST 300: Ricky Craven wins in a caution filled race. Steve Grissom, Kenny Wallace, and Chuck Bown all had chances to win until each developed problem. Grissom was able to finish even though he was a lap down. SOLO 500: After the race was delayed to Monday, Harry Gant got pushed by his teammate, Rick Mast to win the race. Darrell Waltrip beat Dale Earnhardt for second in a close battle. A huge crash took out half the field and Mark Martin was involved. KSN was doing a live watch along and here's how Dylan Jacobs reacted to the crash: (They were having satellite transmission problems so that's why it looks like this). SHITECH MUSIC CITY 420: Darrell Waltrip wins yet another Nashville race and his first win with WAL-MART. Bobby Hamilton finished second, and Harry Gant third. Points leader Geoff Bodine finished seventh. PONTIAC 200: The next day, Chuck Bown won at Nazareth getting his first win of 91'. Kenny Wallace finished third and is 8 points behind leader Bobby Labonte.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 8, 2019 10:35:25 GMT -8
DRIVERS LOCKED INTO THE 1991 SOLO ALL-STAR RACE Mark Martin Dale Earnhardt Terry Schoonover Geoff Bodine Alan Kulwicki Bill Elliott Derrike Cope Terry Labonte Bobby Hamilton Brett Bodine Darrell Waltrip Michael Waltrip Tim Richmond Ricky Rudd Rusty Wallace Davey Allison Harry Gant Kyle Petty Butch Miller
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 8, 2019 10:36:32 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: SOLO ALL-STAR WEEKEND/CHARLOTTE
SOLO FILL UP: Rick Mast beat Hut Stricklin to advance into the all star race. Rob Moroso finished third. SOLO LEGENDS RACE: Former Solo Cup drivers raced on a makeshift short track involving Ontario Motor Speedway's front stretch and pit road. Elmo Langley won. SOLO ALL-STAR RACE: Davey Allison dominated the entire race in both segments. CHAMPION SPARK PLUGS 300: Todd Bodine led early until he blew an engine. Dale Earnhardt went on to dominate. Dick Trickle and Harry Gant tried to run him down, but couldn't keep up. COCA-COLA 600: Davey Allison repeats his all-star performance with another dominant run to the win. Geoff Bodine leads the points with Earnhardt second, Schoonover third, Gant fourth, and Davey now in fifth.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 8, 2019 10:37:17 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: DOVER, ROUGEMONT, AND SONOMA
BUDWEISER 200: Harry Gant had the race won when with 14 laps left, he had something go in his engine and it looked like it was going to give the race to Terry Schoonover. Schoonover had the race won when his engine went with 4 laps to go and it then looked like the race was Davey Allison's. Allison had the race won when with 1 lap left, but even he had a problem too and it gave Todd Bodine his first career Busch Series win and Jeff Gordon a 2nd place finish. BUDWEISER 400: Michael Waltrip won the pole but dnf'd early. Dale Earnhardt led most of the race, fighting off Harry Gant, Mark Martin, and Terry Schoonover. Tim Richmond eventually challenged Earnhardt and beat him to win. Neil Bonnett, Ken Schrader, Larry Pearson, and Eddie Bierschwale all dnq'd. Bobby Labonte made his Solo Cup debut in a second Morgan-McClure car, but lost an engine early. Phil Parsons joined Jacob Dylans and Levi McIntire in the booth, while Bobby Allison was a pit road reporter. ROSES STORES 300: Robert Pressley wins. Jeff Gordon started on pole and led for a while, but faded to ninth. Two women ran in the race. Patty Moise, and Shawna Robinson. BANQUET 300K: Rusty Wallace leads most of the race until he blows an engine. After this, his teammate for the race, road course driver Tommy Kendall and Mark Martin battle for the win, with Mark getting it. Geoff Bodine, Davey Allison, and Tim Richmond finish third fourth, and fifth respectively. Richard Petty had a scary crash into a ditch, but he was okay.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 8, 2019 10:38:38 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: HICKORY, POCONO, MYRTLE BEACH, AND MICHIGAN GRANGER SELECT 400K: Jimmy Hensley wins. Jeff Gordon is second, and Bobby Labonte third. Since KSN was also covering Pocono, they sent their B team which included Tib Foster and Taylor Frey in the booth, and Jordan Forbes and Dane Kruse on pit road. MILLER HIGH LIFE 500: After a rain delay, Darrell Waltrip went on to win. Dale Earnhardt takes the points lead from Geoff Bodine. Bodine is the longest driver to hold a points lead without a win. Phil Parsons fills in again for Bobby Allison. BUDWEISER 250: Chuck Bown wins. That's about it for this race. MILLER GENUINE DRAFT 400: Davey Allison dominates. His brother-in-law, Hut Stricklin finishes second. Both front row starters, Michael Waltrip and Terry Labonte dnf'd. Rich Vogler made his second start of the season. He raced at Sonoma and has had a ton of dnq's. If you're wondering about Morgan Shepherd, he's stopped showing up to cup races because all he did was dnq. He is now only in the Busch series part time.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 8, 2019 10:40:20 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: WATKINS GLEN, DAYTONA, OXFORD PLAINS, AND NASHVILLE FAY'S 150: Terry Labonte dominates the Busch series race at Watkins Glen. Labonte also announces his departure from Junior Johnson's cup team at season's end. The race is known as the "Terry and Terry Show". Terry Schoonover battled Labonte for most of the race, but ended up second. Jeff Burton had a nasty crash into the turn 1 tire barrier but he was fine. PEPSI 400: Terry Schoonover led most of the race, but the Fords of Bill Elliott, Terry Labonte, and Davey Allison all passed him and Elliott won. Darrell Waltrip had a horrible crash on the backstretch and fell from fourth back to sixth in points. TRUE VALUE OXFORD PLAINS 250: Ricky Craven wins at his home track in Maine. There's rumors that the Busch series won't run this as a combination race with the Busch North series next year due to possible new races on the schedule to be announced later. SHITECH PRODUCTS 300: Kenny Wallace wins. He and Bobby Labonte continue to battle for the points lead. MOUNTAIN DEW 420: Geoff Bodine finally wins and begins to look more like a competitor in the top six in points. He gains on Earnhardt and distances himself from Schoonover in third.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 8, 2019 10:57:10 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: SOUTH BOSTON, POCONO, NEW RIVER, TALLADEGA, IRP, AND TEXAS WORLD (and some silly season) COORS LIGHT 300: Steve Grissom wins his first race with Channelock sponsorship. AC SPARK PLUGS 500: Rusty Wallace wins the rain shortened WRECKFEST 91'. All of the top points contenders except Terry Schoonover were taken out in a big crash. Schoonover tried to win the race, but Rusty got ahead of him on pitstops right ahead of the rain. There's rumors of this race being dropped and replaced by another track next season. The Mattolli family, who own the track, are trying to fight this. NEW RIVER 200: Chuck Bown wins. Ed Berrier and Jeff Burton fail to qualify. Bobby Labonte struggled all night and crashed out. This is the final Busch Series race at this little Virginia track. DIEHARD 500: Bill Elliott edged Dale Earnhardt to win. Chad Little had a good day running up front and staying in the top ten most of the day, but ended up 12th. This was Little's first race with legendary crew chief Harry Hyde who came over from the SAR #8 team and used to be with Tim Richmond. The two of them will work together next year as Elliott's teammate as they announced their merger with Melling Racing, and announced Maxwell House as their new sponsor. Rob Moroso was parked after he caused two incidents. The first one was for spinning Terry Schoonover and causing the big one, and the other was for dumping Rick Mast, which sent Mast airborne and over onto his roof. Dale Jarrett also announced he is joining a new team in 92' run by NFL coaches Joe Gibbs and Jerry Glanville. KROGER 200: Chuck Bown looked to win until he became unbuckled during a caution, forcing him to the rear. Bobby Labonte went on to win and retake the points lead from Kenny Wallace. TEXACO 500: Hut Stricklin wins his first Solo Cup race with his brother in-law Davey Allison second. Greg Sacks blew a tire and had a scary crash into the turn 4 wall. He was okay. Geoff Bodine announced he's replacing Eddie Bierschewale at Alan Kulwicki's team while Terry Labonte will replace him in the #5.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 9, 2019 17:07:37 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: ROUGUEMONT, WATKINS GLEN, AND MICHIGAN TEXAS PETE 300: Kenny Wallace led early until he ran into a problem while pitting. Chuck Bown led after this but Jimmy Hensley passed him and went on to win. Wallace finished seventh, while Bobby Labonte finished ninth. Labonte still has a narrow points lead over Wallace. Jack Ingram was set to make his last short track start, but his son, who was also his crew chief, died in a car accident and he withdrew. BUDWEISER AT THE GLEN: Mark Martin wins another road course race after getting around Terry Schoonover. Ernie Irvan was having a good day in the #90 car until he had a brake failure. After dnq'ing, JD McDuffie announced his retirement by saying, Alan Kulwicki had a response saying, McDuffie was never very successful in NASCAR having only one pole position at Dover in 1978. CHAMPION SPARK PLUGS 400: During the final caution, Dale Jarrett took only fuel. This would benefit him as he held off Davey Allison to win his first Solo Cup race and the first for the Wood Brothers since 1987. Up in the ESPN booth, father Ned Jarrett cheered on his son and went down to celebrate with him. With two races until the playoffs, here's the points: 1 Dale Earnhardt 2849 2 Geoff Bodine 2780 -69 3 Davey Allison 2712 -137 4 Terry Schoonover 2695 -154 5 Mark Martin 2660 -189 6 Tim Richmond 2496 -353 7 Darrell Waltrip 2476 -373 8 Rusty Wallace 2451 -398 9 Bobby Hamilton 2410 -439 10 Harry Gant 2365 -484 11 Bill Elliott 2363 -486 12 Michael Waltrip 2295 -554 _______Cutoff Line_________ 13 Dale Jarrett 2190 -659 14 Hut Stricklin 2149 -700 15 Brett Bodine 2143 -706
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 9, 2019 17:10:40 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: BRISTOL AND DARLINGTON: WHO'S MAKING THE SOLO CUP PLAYOFFS? JAY JOHNSON 250: In the same way as he did last Sunday at Michigan, Dale Jarrett wins the Busch series race at Bristol. Bobby Labonte is second and Jeff Gordon third. BUSCH 500: Butch Miller looked to dominate, but a lot road mishap prevented him from doing so. After this, Alan Kulwicki went on to win beating Bobby Hamilton. Rusty Wallace and Dale Jarrett both looked to have good nights, but blew tires and hit the wall. This hurts Jarrett's chances of making the playoffs. GATORADE 200: Dale Earnhardt dominates. Bobby Labonte increases his points lead after Kenny Wallace blows his engine. HEINZ SOUTHERN 500: Harry Gant wins and solidifies himself in the playoffs in ninth. Here are the points entering the playoffs: 1 Dale Earnhardt 3142 2 Geoff Bodine 3053 -89 3 Terry Schoonover 2979 -163 4 Davey Allison 2940 -202 5 Mark Martin 2901 -241 6 Tim Richmond 2826 -316 7 Bobby Hamilton 2735 -407 8 Darrell Waltrip 2719 -423 9 Harry Gant 2656 -486 10 Rusty Wallace 2590 -552 11 Bill Elliott 2572 -570 12 Michael Waltrip 2470 -672 Brett Bodine, Alan Kulwicki, Terry Labonte, Dale Jarrett, and Hut Stricklin all miss out.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 9, 2019 17:23:22 GMT -8
NASCAR STORIES: LIGHT IT UP SEPTEMBER 6, 1991: On the eve of the first night race at Richmond, NASCAR, along with track owning companies International Speedway Corp. and Speedway Motorsports INC. announced a partnership with Musco Lighting to light most of the current tracks as well as future tracks that could be built. Richmond was the first track to be part of this deal. Bristol and Nashville will get an upgraded lighting system next year, and Charlotte will get lights too. Other tracks to be lit in the near future include Daytona, Darlington, Martinsville, Atlanta, Ontario, and North Wilkesboro as part of a proposed renovation for that track. They could all have lights as soon as 1994. Hillside Speedway, a track under construction currently in Massachusetts set to open in 1993, was not included in the deal, but could get lights later on. Other tracks that weren't included are Talladega, Dover, Michigan, Pocono, Sonoma, and Texas World.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 9, 2019 17:24:53 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: RICHMOND AND DOVER: ROUND OF TWELVE AUTOLITE PLATINUM 200: Robert Pressley gets around Harry Gant and wins. Bobby Labonte still leads Kenny Wallace. Many cars spun out and hit the wall including Cecil Eunice, Ed Berrier, and a rather hard hit for Todd Bodine. He had bruised ribs, but is expected to race at Dover next week. WRANGLER 400: The four main contenders in this race were Rusty Wallace, Terry Schoonover, Davey Allison, and Harry Gant. Alan Kulwicki also had a role, and looked to steal a win from a playoff contender until he spun Schoonover and Gant. All three weren't damaged and continued on. Davey Allison was the best car of the night and was on his way to winning, when Gant came back and beat him to win his second race in a row. Dale Earnhardt and Mark Martin both had horrible nights as Earnhardt was well off the pace, and Martin's car caught fire. Earnhardt still leads the points. Neil Bonnett dnq'd so he joined Ken Squire in the TBS booth just as he had done in the Busch race the night before. SPLITFIRE SPARK PLUGS 200: Harry Gant gets revenge on Pressley and wins. Bobby Labonte keeps his narrow lead over Kenny Wallace with four races to go. PEAK ANTIFREEZE 400: Harry Gant won his third race in a row in the second WRECKFEST of 1991. Many playoff contenders dnf'd and it's too many to mention. As for who's eliminated from the playoffs, it's Michael Waltrip and Mark Martin. Niether could get anything going for them; especially Martin who dnf'd in both races. Here's the standings moving into the round of ten. 1 Dale Earnhardt 3400 2 Geoff Bodine 3364 -36 3 Harry Gant 3223 -177 4 Davey Allison 3195 -205 5 Terry Schoonover 3065 -335 6 Tim Richmond 3037 -363 7 Rusty Wallace 3021 -379 8 Bobby Hamilton 2981 -419 9 Darrell Waltrip 2971 -429 10 Bill Elliott 2853 -547
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 9, 2019 17:28:06 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: MARTINSVILLE AND NORTH WILKESBORO: ROUND OF TEN SOLO 150: Harry Gant wins. Kenny Wallace has a brake failure getting Bobby Labonte closer to a championship. Only Charlotte, Burlington, and Rockingham remain for the Busch Series. GOODYS 500: Rusty Wallace spins Harry Gant while battling for the lead. You'd think that would end Gant's day, but you'd be wrong, Gant battled back, passed Ricky Rudd (who had his best finish of 91' in second), and won his fourth in a row. In victory lane, he was asked if he can keep winning. Gant replied, Gant is now second in points, 35 points behind Earnhardt, and Geoff Bodine doesn't look like he can challenge unless he wins a race. Gant has seven more races to try and challenge Earnhardt. On Nascar Rant n' Review, Dylan Jacobs showed his favoritism towards Gant. Here's the episode: TYSON HOLLY FARMS 400: Gant does it, FIVE IN A ROW, completely dominating the race, and the month of September. He now closes in on Dale Earnhardt, and has the most wins of the season at six. Earnhardt ran second most of the race, but ran out of gas near the end. When asked about Gant's possible march to a championship, Earnhardt replied, Darrell Waltrip and Bill Elliott are eliminated. Waltrip's elimination means no fourth championship this year and a chance for a lucky Wal-Mart shopper to win a million dollars. Going to Charlotte, the round of 8 looks like this: 1 Dale Earnhardt 3750 2 Harry Gant 3738 -12 3 Geoff Bodine 3552 -198 4 Davey Allison 3531 -219 5 Terry Schoonover 3486 -264 6 Tim Richmond 3380 -370 7 Rusty Wallace 3317 -433 8 Bobby Hamilton 3226 -524
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