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| Race 18 of 29 in the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 The 1991 Budweiser at The Glen program cover, featuring Geoff Bodine. | |||
| Date | August 11, 1991 | ||
| Official name | 6th Annual Budweiser at The Glen | ||
| Location | Watkins Glen, New York, Watkins Glen International | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.428 mi (3.907 km) | ||
| Distance | 51 laps, 125.154 mi (88.980 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 90 laps, 220.5 mi (354.86 km) | ||
| Average speed | 84.771 miles per hour (136.426 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 125,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hagan Racing | ||
| Time | 1:11.851 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Ernie Irvan | Morgan-McClure Motorsports | |
| Laps | 39 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 4 | Ernie Irvan | Morgan-McClure 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 Budweiser at The Glen was the 18th stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the sixth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 11, 1991, before an audience of 125,000 on the 2.428-mile (3.907 km) short course at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York, USA.
The race was won by Ernie Irvan in the #4 Kodak Chevrolet for Morgan-McClure Motorsports. Ricky Rudd finished second in the #5 Tide Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, and Mark Martin finished third in the #6 Valvoline Ford for Roush Racing.[1][2][3]
The race was marred by a crash involving Jimmy Means and J. D. McDuffie in the circuit's fifth turn, The Loop, during lap five. A mechanical failure on McDuffie's #70 Pontiac led to him crashing at nearly full race speed into a tire barrier, where he was killed on impact.[4][5][6][7][8]
Background
Media coverage
The race was covered on television by ESPN as part of their contract to air NASCAR Winston Cup Series events. Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, and Ned Jarrett were the broadcast team with Jerry Punch and John Kernan as pit reporters. Jenkins called the race from the broadcast tower on the front stretch while Parsons and Jarrett were stationed on the track; Parsons was stationed at turn 1 while Jarrett was positioned at the exit of The Loop in turn 5.
Radio coverage was provided by Motor Racing Network.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Qualifying
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, August 9, at 1:00 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, August 10, at 11:00 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,[9] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified on time 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.
Terry Labonte, driving the #94 Sunoco Oldsmobile for Hagan Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 1:11.851 and an average speed of 121.652 miles per hour (195.780 km/h) in the first round. The lap was a new track record.[10][11] Thirty-nine drivers qualified on time. Michael Waltrip crashed his #30 Pennzoil Pontiac during his qualifying run and did not record a time, starting fortieth with a provisional. Jim Sauter, Jerry O’Neil, and Bob Ferree all were entered but withdrew from the event.