Race 11 of 29 in the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1991 Budweiser 500 program cover, featuring Geoff Bodine.
Date
June 2, 1991
Official name
23rd Annual Budweiser 500
Location
Dover, Delaware, Dover Downs International Speedway
Course
Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance
500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Scheduled Distance
500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed
120.152 miles per hour (193.366 km/h)
Attendance
77,000
Pole position
Driver
Michael Waltrip
Bahari Racing
Time
25.106
Most laps led
Driver
Dale Earnhardt
Richard Childress Racing
Laps
187
Winner
No. 25
Ken Schrader
Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network
TNN
Announcers
Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Phil Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio
Motor Racing Network
Motor car race
The 1991 Budweiser 500 was the 11th stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 23rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 31, 1991, before an audience of 77,000 in Dover, Delaware at Dover Downs International Speedway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. At race's end, Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader, after making a late-race pass for the lead with 78 laps to go in the race, would manage to hold onto the lead for the rest of the race to take his fourth and to date, final career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final victory of the season.[1][2][3] To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant would finish second and third, respectively.
^Higgins, Tom (June 3, 1991). "Schrader moves up a spot, gets victory at Dover (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 21. Retrieved February 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (June 3, 1991). "Schrader moves up a spot, gets victory at Dover (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 25. Retrieved February 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Owen, Mike (June 3, 1991). "Dover Doesn't Owe Schrader Anything After Good Six Years". The Scranton Times-Tribune. p. 19. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
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