Race 4 of 29 in the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1991 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 program cover, featuring Morgan Shepherd.
Date
March 17 & 18, 1991
Official name
32nd Annual Motorcraft Quality Parts 500
Location
Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta Motor Speedway
Course
Permanent racing facility 1.522 mi (2.449 km)
Distance
328 laps, 499.216 mi (803.41 km)
Scheduled Distance
328 laps, 499.216 mi (803.41 km)
Average speed
140.47 miles per hour (226.06 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Alan Kulwicki
AK Racing
Time
31.415
Most laps led
Driver
Bill Elliott
Melling Racing
Laps
102
Winner
No. 25
Ken Schrader
Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network
ABC
Announcers
Paul Page, Benny Parsons, Bobby Unser
Radio in the United States
Radio
Motor Racing Network
Motor car race
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.[1] The race was held in Hampton, Georgia, at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.522 miles (2.449 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate 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.[2][3] To fill out the top three, Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively.
^Higgins, Tom (March 18, 1991). "Rain halts race, Marlin; NASCAR resumes today". The Charlotte Observer. p. 14. Retrieved February 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (March 19, 1991). "Schrader makes last drop count". The Charlotte Observer. p. 32. Retrieved February 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Schulz, Bill (March 19, 1991). "Ken Schrader holds off Bill Elliott to win rain-delayed Motorcraft 500". The Times and Democrat. p. 8. Retrieved February 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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