Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1991

Ernie Irvan

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Ernie Irvan won the 1991 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1991, leading 29 of 200 laps. Sterling Marlin finished second; Joe Ruttman rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1991

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1991

Winner

Ernie Irvan

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Ernie Irvan	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	200	—	Running	29	180
2	12	+10	Sterling Marlin	Junior Johnson & Associates	200	—	Running	7	175
3	14	+11	Joe Ruttman	RahMoc Enterprises	200	—	Running	11	170
4	7	+3	Rick Mast	Precision Products Racing	200	—	Running	14	165
5	4	-1	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	200	—	Running	46	160
6	17	+11	Dale Jarrett	Wood Brothers Racing	199	—	Running	—	150
7	36	+29	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Moroso Racing	199	—	Running	—	146
8	27	+19	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	199	—	Running	—	142
9	9	—	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	199	—	Running	—	138
10	20	+10	Bobby Hamilton	TriStar Motorsports	199	—	Running	—	134
11	28	+17	Dick Trickle	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	199	—	Running	—	130
12	40	+28	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	199	—	Running	—	127
13	31	+18	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	198	—	Running	—	124
14	30	+16	Chad Little	Little Racing	198	—	Running	—	121
15	1	-14	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	197	—	DNF - Crash	26	123
16	6	-10	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	197	—	DNF - Crash	51	125
17	38	+21	Mickey Gibbs	Team III Racing	197	—	Running	—	112
18	35	+17	Robby Gordon	Donlavey Racing	196	—	Running	—	109
19	3	-16	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	195	—	Running	—	106
20	29	+9	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Motorsports	194	—	Running	—	103
21	18	-3	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	193	—	Running	—	100
22	41	+19	Brett Bodine	King Racing	193	—	Running	—	97
23	21	-2	Jim Sauter	Mueller Brothers Racing	192	—	Running	—	94
24	10	-14	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal Inc.	190	—	DNF - Crash	13	96
25	11	-14	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	190	—	DNF - Crash	—	88
26	33	+7	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	189	—	DNF - Crash	—	85
27	8	-19	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	188	—	DNF - Crash	3	87
28	15	-13	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	188	—	Running	—	79
29	5	-24	Hut Stricklin	Bobby Allison Motorsports	185	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	37	+7	Ted Musgrave	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	180	—	Running	—	73
31	24	-7	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	176	—	Running	—	70
32	19	-13	Geoffrey Bodine	Junior Johnson & Associates	150	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	26	-7	Rick Wilson	Stavola Brothers Racing	137	—	Running	—	64
34	34	—	Morgan Shepherd	Bud Moore Engineering	70	—	DNF	—	61
35	42	+7	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	40	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	22	-14	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	37	—	DNF	—	55
37	16	-21	Buddy Baker	Osterlund Motorsports	35	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	13	-25	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	35	—	DNF	—	49
39	39	—	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	29	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	23	-17	Jimmy Spencer	Travis Carter Enterprises	29	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	32	-9	Sammy Swindell	Moroso Racing	28	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	25	-17	Greg Sacks	Greg Sacks Racing	20	—	DNF - Crash	—	37