1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Standings
Dale Earnhardt claimed his fifth NASCAR Winston Cup championship in 1991, finishing comfortably ahead of runner-up Ricky Rudd. Earnhardt won four races along the way to the title and finished 195 points ahead of Rudd in the final point tally.
![]() 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
Dale Earnhardt
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Earnhardt assumed command of the points race in early May and never trailed again. Rudd managed to cling to second place in the points standings despite only one win and nine top-five finishes in the 29-race season.
Ageless Harry Gant provided the most fireworks during the season, winning four races in a row during the month of September. The 51-year-old Gant won five races for the year and had six more top-five finishes than Rudd, but he finished a distant fourth in the title race, more than 100 points behind runner-up Rudd.
Davey Allison finished third in the points on the strength of five victories and Ernie Irvan rounded out the top five with two wins. Check out the final results for the rest of the field when you explore the following standings chart.
1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Standings
Rank | Driver
|
Points
|
Wins
|
Earnings
|
1 | Dale Earnhardt
|
4,287 | 4 | $2,416,685 |
2 | Ricky Rudd
|
4,092
|
1 | 1,093,765 |
3 | Davey Allison
|
4,088 | 5
|
1,712,924 |
4 | Harry Gant
|
3,985 | 5
|
1,194,033 |
5 | Ernie Irvan
|
3,925 | 2 | 1,079,017 |
6 | Mark Martin
|
3,914 | 1
|
1,039,991 |
7 | Sterling Marlin
|
3,839 | 0
|
633,690 |
8 | Darrell Waltrip
|
3,711 | 2
|
604,854 |
9 | Ken Schrader
|
3,690 | 2
|
772,434 |
10 | Rusty Wallace
|
3,582 | 2
|
502,073 |
11 | Bill Elliott
|
3,535
|
1
|
705,605 |
12 | Morgan Shepherd
|
3,438
|
0
|
521,147 |
13 | Alan Kulwicki
|
3,354
|
1
|
595,614 |
14 | Geoff Bodine
|
3,277
|
1
|
625,256 |
15 | Michael Waltrip
|
3,254
|
0
|
440,812 |
16 | Hut Stricklin
|
3,199
|
0
|
426,254 |
17 | Dale Jarrett
|
3,124
|
1
|
444,256 |
18 | Terry Labonte
|
3,024
|
0
|
348,898 |
19 | Brett Bodine
|
2,980
|
0
|
376,220 |
20 | Joe Ruttman
|
2,938
|
0
|
361,661 |
21 | Rick Mast
|
2,918
|
0
|
344,020 |
22 | Bobby Hamilton | 2,915
|
0
|
259,105 |
23 | Ted Musgrave
|
2,841
|
0
|
200,910 |
24 | Richard Petty
|
2,817
|
0
|
268,035 |
25 | Jimmy Spencer
|
2,790
|
0
|
283,620 |
26 | Rick Wilson
|
2,723
|
0
|
241,375 |
27 | Chad Little
|
2,678
|
0
|
184,190 |
28 | Derrike Cope
|
2,516
|
0
|
419,380 |
29 | Dave Marcis
|
2,374
|
0
|
219,760 |
30 | Bobby Hillin, Jr.
|
2,317
|
0
|
251,645 |
31 | Kyle Petty
|
2,078
|
1
|
413,727 |
32 | Lake Speed
|
1,742
|
0
|
149,300 |
33 | Jimmy Means
|
1,562
|
0
|
111,210 |
34 | Mickey Gibbs
|
1,401
|
0
|
100,360 |
35 | Dick Trickle
|
1,258
|
0
|
129,125 |
36 | Stanley Smith
|
893
|
0
|
56,915 |
37 | Larry Pearson
|
848
|
0
|
56,570 |
38 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | 803
|
0
|
54,020 |
39 | Greg Sacks
|
791
|
0
|
84,215 |
40 | Buddy Baker | 552
|
0
|
58,060 |
41 | Jimmy Hensley
|
488
|
0
|
32,125 |
42 | Eddie Bierschwale
|
431
|
0
|
55,025 |
43 | Jim Sauter
|
423
|
0
|
47,395 |
44 | Kenny Wallace
|
412
|
0
|
58,325 |
45 | Jeff Purvis
|
399
|
0
|
42,910 |
46 | Phil Barkdoll
|
364
|
0
|
41,655 |
47 | Mike Chase
|
356
|
0
|
22,700 |
48 | J.D. McDuffie | 335
|
0
|
19,795 |
49 | Bill Sedgwick
|
324
|
0
|
15,150 |
50 | Randy LaJoie | 304
|
0
|
23,875 |
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