|| *Comments on the 1991 Tyson Holly Farms 400:* View the most recent comment <#27> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Charlie posted: 09.26.2004 - 8:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I remember this race well, Harry Gant could have had 5 in a row (a record!) but fell just short. I wish I could remember why he lost the lead! 2. Joe C posted: 12.04.2004 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gant lost his power steering right near the end of the race. He couldn't hold Dale off. 3. Anonymous posted: 02.21.2005 - 1:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) gant lost his brakes not the power steering 4. KK38 posted: 03.31.2005 - 12:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gant lost due to a tiny 10 cent o-ring in his brakes. 5. Matthew Sullivan posted: 12.14.2005 - 3:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Of all the races Gant should have won, this was it, that's according to the man himself. 6. Eric Campbell posted: 05.16.2006 - 5:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 7 NASCAR races in the month of Sept. 1991, Gant wins 6 of them, and another Busch race in the first week of October. 7. Ben Brumitt posted: 09.14.2007 - 11:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How many laps was the last green flag run? 8. Steve.M posted: 06.17.2008 - 9:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) to answer the question above the last green flag run was like 30 laps. Gant got passed with 9 laps to go as Earnhardt went by on the high side. Gant led 350 of 400 laps from the pole If there was any race Gant probably should have won during the streak this would have been it! 9. Mark O. posted: 07.03.2008 - 7:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wilson and Ruttman got into it during this race; Wilson wrecking Ruttman first...Ruttman later put Wilson into the fence. Ruttman was penalized and the crews got into it. Jeff Gordon had a chance to drive the 66, but turned it down. 10. Aaron Camp posted: 04.06.2009 - 10:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race had only three lead changes. Only two races in 1991 had fewer than ten lead changes, and both of them were at North Wilkesboro. 11. Ryan posted: 11.05.2010 - 9:55 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Earnhardt keeps Gant from the modern era record of 5 straight wins. At the time Dale preserved his tie with Gant at 4 wins in a row from 1987. 12. Aaron posted: 03.16.2011 - 4:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Qualifying for this race was the first NASCAR event I ever attended, just a couple months shy of 4 years old. Met Junior Johnson, Marlin, and Rusty Wallace. 13. Nascarman posted: 07.30.2014 - 3:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Jeff Gordon was originally supposed to replace Lake Speed in the Cale Yarborough car for the final 5 races of the season after Speed was released following Martinsville. For some reason this did not happen and various other drivers finished the season in the 66 car. 14. HD11 posted: 02.06.2015 - 3:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Couple of points here, first Harry Gant was not only denied a historic fifth straight win, but also the Unocal bonus of $144,400 for winning from the pole. Imagine losing all of that over a ten cent part! Also, Rick Wilson had torn up enough of the Rahmoc 75 cars in 1990, so what was one more in this race, lol. 15. nascarman posted: 05.26.2015 - 1:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Qualifying Results: Pos. Driver Speed 1. Harry Gant 116.871 2. Davey Allison 116.847 3. Mark Martin 116.798 4. Alan Kulwicki 116.484 5. Dale Jarrett 116.291 6. Ernie Irvan 116.231 7. Rusty Wallace 116.183 8. Bill Elliott 116.159 9. Morgan Shepherd 116.009 10. Ken Schrader 115.991 11. Brett Bodine 115.890 12. Jimmy Spencer 115.824 13. Bobby Hamilton 115.788 14. Geoffrey Bodine 115.681 15. Darrell Waltrip 115.640 16. Dale Earnhardt 115.854 17. Hut Stricklin 115.657 18. Rick Mast 115.610 19. Terry Labonte 115.610 20. Sterling Marlin 115.539 21. Kyle Petty 115.426 22. Ricky Rudd 115.367 23. Derrike Cope 115.314 24. Dave Marcis 115.243 25. Chad Little 115.237 26. Joe Ruttman 115.143 27. Jimmy Hensley 115.125 28. Michael Waltrip 114.819 29. Rick Wilson 114.609 30. Ted Musgrave 114.428 31. Chuck Bown 112.242 32. Jimmy Means 114.260 33. Richard Petty 113.202 16. Big Mac Fan posted: 11.05.2015 - 1:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (3) The closest anyone will get to winning 5 in a row in the modern era. 17. Anthony posted: 11.11.2015 - 3:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick is going for 5 Phoenix races in a row this weekend, that is an unprecedented thing, if it were to happen. 18. Matt J posted: 08.26.2016 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) After Earnhardt won this event in a Chevy, Fords would win the next 13 events. It would not be until the Coca Cola 600 next May in 1992 when Earnhardt won again that a Chevy would go to victory lane. 19. Steve posted: 09.04.2016 - 7:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Anthony, Darrell Waltrip won 7 in a row at Bristol. 20. C P posted: 06.24.2017 - 8:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) They were talking about 5 races in the schedule in a row, not at a particular track 21. MattJ posted: 08.09.2017 - 7:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Anyone know why Jimmy Means was in an Oldsmobile for this race instead of his normal Pontiac? Dale Jr. just posted online that he now has that the remains of this car in "race car graveyard" collection, so I'm curious as to the history behind it. 22. Josh posted: 12.21.2017 - 12:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Right around the halfway point of the race, Geoff Bodine came down pit road three straight laps. The first time was to remove the rear bumper that was detached on one end and was flapping around in the breeze. NASCAR had administered the black flag to Geoff to come to pit road and correct this. The two times after this were to serve consecutive speeding penalties that occurred during his first and second trips down pit lane. Richard Petty caught major air on the backstretch during the fourth caution in his run-in with Chad Little. Joe Ruttman was penalized five laps for rough driving after he retaliated against Rick Wilson. Morgan Shepherd got the lead as a result of not pitting during the Marcis caution. 23. TeamDCR fan posted: 04.03.2018 - 2:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Had Harry won this race, and had Phoenix not gone the way it did, I really think 1991 would not have been Dale Sr's 5th title. 24. Ryan posted: 06.20.2018 - 8:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @23 It wouldn't have mattered. He still would have won his 5th that year. 25. Jimnsimforever posted: 01.16.2019 - 6:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I saw a couple people comment that Jeff Gordon was offered the 66 ride for just this one off race before Chuck Bown was and declined. That isn't all that they said in the broadcast. Jeff turned it down because he said he wanted to concentrate on the remainder of the Busch Series season and winning rookie of the year is what they reported. Jeff Gordon had a big association with Ford at the time and was their next big hope. Cale's car was a Pontiac until the following season when he switched to Ford, which is what makes the following interesting in maybe understanding of why Cale Yarborough made the change from Pontiac to Ford between 91 and 92. Benny Parsons said "Lake Speed was relieved of driving that car this week and Chuck Bown has taken it over for today. It's been announced that Jeff Gordon will drive that car next year." Obviously that didn't happen. Gordon ended up staying in the Busch Series in 92 in Bill Davis's #1 Ford and Cale gave the ride to Chad Little (for the 1st few races of 92). Imagine how history would've changed had Jeff Gordon decided to jump to Winston Cup in 92 with Cale's car instead of deciding to stay in the Busch Series for one more season, which led to going away from the Ford plans to go with Chevy and Rick Hendrick. The decision to stay in Busch for another year obviously paid off in the end but how a young kid that just turned 20 was able to resist the urge to jump to Winston Cup where the money was and have enough discipline to know he needed another season in Busch is beyond me. Must've had some good people giving him the right advice because it obviously was close to happening or they wouldn't have reported it was going to. 26. Corey posted: 01.16.2019 - 8:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That would have been Jeff's stepfather John Bickford. John was basically Jeff's personal manager and steered Jeff's career from an early age. It was John's decision to move to Indiana and he was the one that turned down Roush in favor of Hendrick. It wouldn't surprise me if some of the other decisions were John's and not Jeff's. 27. Rich posted: 08.05.2020 - 11:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The commentators were Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett and Benny Parsons. The pit road reporters were Dr. Jerry Punch and John Kernan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: