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The 1991 season saw Earnhardt win his fifth Winston Cup championship.

He scored just four wins, but won the championship by 195 points over Ricky Rudd.

One of his wins that year came at North Wilkesboro, in a race where Harry Gant had a chance to set a single-season record by winning his fifth consecutive race, breaking a record held by Earnhardt.

Late in the race Gant lost his brakes, which gave Earnhardt the chance he needed to make the pass for the win and maintain his record.