1991 Miller Classic - NASCAR Race

Name of Race: 1991 Miller Classic
Name of Track:     Martinsville Speedway
Date: March 10th

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Martinsville, Virginia. At 0.526 miles in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series.

NASCAR Paperclip

The track was also one of the first paved "superspeedways" in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. The track is often referred to as paper clip-shaped and is banked only 12° in the turns. The combination of long straightaways and flat, narrow turns makes hard braking going into turns and smooth acceleration exiting turns a must.

Original Ownership

The track ownership was a joint venture of brothers Jim and Bill France, Jr., and H. Clay Earles, the majority owner, along with daughters Dorothy Campbell and Mary Weatherford, and Dorothy Campbell's children, Sarah Fain and Clay Campbell.

Grandfather Clock Trophy

Winners of Martinsville's Nextel Cup and Whelen Modified Tour events receive a longcase clock as a trophy instead of a regular trophy, a tip of the cap to the fame of the Martinsville furniture industry. One of the neat things one can see while watching a NASCAR race is a Norfolk Southern train running along the tracks outside the speedway, although the tracks were recently moved back 100 feet.

$192 Million Price Tag

Although sold for $192 million in 2004, the track continues to prosper under the new ownership of International Speedway Corporation. The track hosts two Nextel cup races, currently the DirecTV 500 in April and the Subway 500 in October, along with Busch, Craftsman Truck, and Late Model Stock Car races. The track had plans to add an additional 20,000 seats along the backstretch, boosting capacity to over 85,000 seats, but nothing more has been officially mentioned regarding this by track management since the sale of the track to ISC.

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

1991 Miller Classic NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1991 Miller Classic, in order of finishing place.

Fin Driver Num Start Money Laps Pts Status Sponsor
1 Jimmy Hensley 25 7 $16,125 200 0 running Beverley Racing
2 Dale Jarrett 32 23 $5,250 200 0 running Nestle Crunch
3 Kenny Wallace 36 24 $3,500 200 0 running Cox Treated Lumber
4 Bobby Labonte 44 3 $2,475 200 0 running Penrose Pickled Sausage
5 Elton Sawyer 27 1 $2,975 200 0 running Gwaltney's Big 8's
6 Steve Grissom 31 22 $2,050 200 0 running Grissom Racing
7 Chuck Bown 63 5 $3,625 200 0 running Nescafe Classic
8 Tommy Houston 6 9 $3,075 200 0 running Rose's Stores
9 Ward Burton 75 10 $1,800 200 0 running Food Country USA
10 Cecil Eunice 19 29 $2,150 199 0 running Levin Racing
11 Troy Beebe 9 12 $1,250 199 0 running Taco Bell
12 Todd Bodine 34 14 $1,725 199 0 running C & W Racing
14 Jeff Gordon 1 30 $1,700 198 0 running Carolina Ford Dealers
15 Dave Rezendes 79 2 $1,775 198 0 running K.R. Rezendes
16 Joe Nemechek 87 6 $1,625 196 0 running NEMCO Motorsports
18 Donny Ling, Jr. 68 25 $0 195 0 running Ling Racing
19 Ed Berrier 5 17 $1,550 195 0 running Garner's Preserves
20 Bobby Dotter 8 31 $1,550 195 0 running Team R Racing
21 Jeff Green 86 16 $1,500 194 0 running Sea Ray Boats
22 Tracy Leslie 72 15 $2,825 175 0 running Detroit Gasket
23 Tommy Ellis 56 8 $1,450 165 0 running Poloroid Fancamera
24 Harry Gant 7 11 $2,175 157 0 crash Skoal
25 Robert Pressley 59 20 $1,400 156 0 crash Alliance Training Centers
26 Ricky Craven 85 21 $950 156 0 crash SpeeDee Oil Change
27 Jeff Burton 99 18 $2,600 137 0 crash Food Lion
28 Jack Ingram 11 13 $1,325 131 0 engine Skoal
29 Butch Miller 52 4 $1,325 130 0 engine 31-W Insulation
30 David Green 62 26 $1,365 75 0 rear end Lemon's Auto Parts
31 Davey Johnson 81 32 $1,350 70 0 engine Daily's Juices
2008 Nextel Points
1 Jimmie Johnson Leader
2 Carl Edwards -69
3 Greg Biffle -217
4 Kevin Harvick -276
5 Clint Bowyer -303
6 Jeff Burton -349
7 Jeff Gordon -368
8 Denny Hamlin -470
9 Tony Stewart -482
10 Kyle Busch -498
2008 Busch Points
1 Clint Bowyer Leader
2 Carl Edwards -21
3 Brad Keselowski -338
4 David Ragan -607
5 Mike Bliss -614
6 Kyle Busch -671
7 David Reutimann -744
8 Mike Wallace -1004
9 Jason Leffler -1046
10 Marcos Ambrose -1141
2008 Craftsman Points
1 Johnny Benson Leader
2 Ron Hornaday -7
3 Todd Bodine -104
4 Erik Darnell -313
5 Matt Crafton -333
6 Mike Skinner -362
7 Rick Crawford -410
8 Dennis Setzer -528
9 Jack Sprague -600
10 Terry Cook -653

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