NASCAR Winston Cup Series Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway 7-6-1991 - Pepsi 400 (Firecracker 400) [Kosjeyr]

NASCAR Winston Cup race number 15 of 29

Saturday, July 6, 1991 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:30:50
Average Speed: 159.116 mph
Pole Speed: 190.331 mph
Cautions: 4 for 18 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.18 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 18

TRACK
NAME: Daytona International Speedway
LOCATION: Daytona
LENGTH: 2.500 Miles
SURFACE: Pavement
PURSE: $558,980

RACE
NUMBER: 15
NAME: Pepsi 400
DATE: 07-06-1991
LAPS / MILES: 160 / 400
CAUTIONS / LAPS: 4 / 18

WINNER
NAME: Bill Elliott
CAR MAKE: Ford
AVG SPEED: 159.116
START POSITION: 10th
LEAD CHANGES: 18

The Pepsi 400 was held July 6 at Daytona International Speedway. Sterling Marlin won the pole.

Top ten results:

9-Bill Elliott
11-Geoff Bodine
28-Davey Allison
25-Ken Schrader
4-Ernie Irvan
30-Michael Waltrip
3-Dale Earnhardt
22-Sterling Marlin
5-Ricky Rudd
98-Jimmy Spencer

Failed to qualify: 95-Kerry Teague, 70-J. D. McDuffie, 80-Jimmy Horton, 95-Eddie Bierschwale, 0-Delma Cowart

- This race is probably best known for a wild crash involving the #17 of Darrell Waltrip and the #75 of Joe Ruttman on lap 119. Sterling Marlin got loose, slid into Alan Kulwicki, and Kulwicki slid into Ruttman. Waltrip and Ruttman hooked together on the backstretch and veered into the grass, jumping over part of the infield road course (both cars got all 4 wheels off the ground when this happened). Waltrip's car landed hard on the left side, dug into the dirt and grass, and barrel rolled while Ruttman's car spun back toward the racing surface.

- This was Bill Elliott's last win for Melling Racing; he would drive for Junior Johnson beginning in 1992. It was also Elliott's only win in a car that was not red (it was a blue Ford Thunderbird).