1991 Budweiser 500

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Dover Downs International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.

The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !# !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

12 |Hut Stricklin |Bobby Allison Motorsports |Buick |Raybestos

14 |Bobby Labonte |Labonte Motorsports |Oldsmobile |Slim Jim

15 |Morgan Shepherd |Bud Moore Engineering |Ford |Motorcraft

17 |Darrell Waltrip |Darrell Waltrip Motorsports |Chevrolet |Western Auto

19 |Chad Little |Little Racing |Ford |Labatt's

21 |Dale Jarrett |Wood Brothers Racing |Ford |Citgo

22 |Sterling Marlin |Junior Johnson & Associates |Ford |Maxwell House

24 |Mickey Gibbs |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 |Kenny Wallace |SABCO Racing |Pontiac |Mello Yello

43 |Richard Petty |Petty Enterprises |Pontiac |STP

45 |Billy Fulcher |Fulcher Racing |Oldsmobile |Fulcher Racing

52 |Bobby Hillin Jr. |Jimmy Means Racing |Pontiac |Alka-Seltzer

55 |Ted Musgrave (R) |U.S. Racing |Pontiac |U.S. Racing

66 |Lake Speed |Cale Yarborough Motorsports |Pontiac |Phillips 66 TropArtic

68 |Bobby Hamilton (R) |TriStar Motorsports |Oldsmobile |Country Time

70 |J. D. McDuffie |McDuffie Racing |Pontiac |Rumple Furniture

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

97 |Tommy Ellis |Junior Johnson & Associates |Ford |Budweiser

98 |Jimmy Spencer |Travis Carter Enterprises |Chevrolet |Banquet Foods

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, May 31, 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, June 1, at 11:30 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 would be decided on time,{{Cite news |date=May 31, 1991 |title=NASCAR today |pages=42 |work=The Charlotte Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117511121/nascar-today/ |access-date=February 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} 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.

Michael Waltrip, driving for Bahari Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 25.106 and an average speed of {{Convert|143.392|mph|km/h}} in the first round.{{Cite news |last=Higgins |first=Tom |date=June 1, 1991 |title=A pole, at long last (Part 1) |pages=25 |work=The Charlotte Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118747739/a-pole-at-long-last-part-1/ |access-date=February 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news |last=Higgins |first=Tom |date=June 1, 1991 |title=A pole, at long last (Part 2) |pages=29 |work=The Charlotte Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118747766/a-pole-at-long-last-part-2/ |access-date=February 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

Billy Fulcher was the only driver to fail to qualify after his qualifying speed was determined to be too slow to run the race.

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;Drivers' Championship standings

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! Pos ! Driver ! Points
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | Dale Earnhardt | style="text-align:center;"| 1,716
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Ricky Rudd | style="text-align:center;"| 1,634 (-82)
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Darrell Waltrip | style="text-align:center;"| 1,574 (-142)
align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Harry Gant | style="text-align:center;"| 1,520 (–196)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Ken Schrader | style="text-align:center;"| 1,511 (–205)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Ernie Irvan | style="text-align:center;"| 1,494 (–222)
align="left"| 10px 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Davey Allison | style="text-align:center;"| 1,457 (–259)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Morgan Shepherd | style="text-align:center;"| 1,400 (–316)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 9 | Michael Waltrip | style="text-align:center;"| 1,383 (–333)
align="left"| 10px 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Mark Martin | style="text-align:center;"| 1,377 (–339)
class="sortbottom" !colspan="9"|[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118749027/nascar-statistics/ Official driver's standings]

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

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