The 1991 Budweiser At The Glen racing event was officially sanctioned as part of the NASCAR

NASCAR

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 Winston Cup Series. Taking place on August 11, 1991 at Watkins Glen International

Watkins Glen International

Watkins Glen International is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. The facility is owned by International Speedway Corporation...

, this race was the 18th race completed out of the 29 attempted during the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Television coverage of the race was given by ESPN

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 with Dr. Jerry Punch

Jerry Punch

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 providing the color commentary.

Summary

The entire race took approximately two hours and twelve minutes to complete.

The pole position

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 was earned by Mr. Terry Labonte

Terry Labonte

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 with a lap speed of 121.652 miles per hour (195.8 km/h). Ernie Irvan

Ernie Irvan

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 would go on to beat Ricky Rudd

Ricky Rudd

Ricky Rudd is a former American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is known as the "Iron Man" of NASCAR; holding the record for most consecutive starts in NASCAR racing. At the conclusion of the 2005 season, Rudd had made 788...

 by a time of seven seconds; earning $64,850 in total race winnings ($ in today's money). Five cautions were given out for eleven laps (including the fatal fourth lap that took McDuffie's life). Veteran driver J. D. McDuffie would lose his life on the fourth lap of the race after crashing his Pontiac

Pontiac

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 machine on turn five. He would lose his life on the scene and an inner loop would be installed to slow down the speed of future competitors. However, it would add four more turns - forcing turn 5 to become turn 9 (as seen in the present day Watkins Glen races). Tommy Kendall

Tommy Kendall

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 did suffer a similar kind of accident in a completely unrelated incident weeks before the IMSA GT Championship

IMSA GT Championship

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 race known as the Camel Continental VIII

6 Hours of Watkins Glen

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. His wheel failed on his Pratt & Miller

Pratt & Miller

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 Intrepid-Chevrolet

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 prototype. Ultimately, it only resulted in Kendall breaking both of his ankles in a season-ending injury.

The other top ten finishers in this race were: Mark Martin

Mark Martin

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, Rusty Wallace

Rusty Wallace

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, Dale Jarrett

Dale Jarrett

Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former American race car driver and current sports commentator known for winning the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship...

, Bill Elliott

Bill Elliott

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, Hut Stricklin

Hut Stricklin

Waymond Lane "Hut" Stricklin is a former NASCAR race car driver. He was born on June 24, 1961, in Calera, Alabama. He married Pam Allison, the daughter of NASCAR legend Donnie Allison after they were introduced by her cousin Davey. Hut was the last member of the Alabama Gang.In 1986, Stricklin won...

, Richard Petty

Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series...

, and Davey Allison

Davey Allison

David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR driver. He was best known for driving the #28 Texaco-Havoline Ford for Robert Yates Racing in the Winston Cup Series. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to Bobby Allison and wife Judy...

. Dale Earnhardt

Dale Earnhardt

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 would have the championship points lead after this race. The following year's race at Watkins Glen would be 9.997 miles per hour (16.1 km/h) slower due to a gravel pit that would be installed for safety measures. Also, the reduction of the 90-lap race to 51 laps due to rain

Rain

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also contributed to the slower speeds of the 1992 Watkins Glen race.