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The 1964 Old Dominion 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on September 24, 1964 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. Forty professional stock car racing drivers would become involved in an event that would become legendary. The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power any more. ==Summary== Fred Lorenzen defeated Richard Petty by ⅓ of a second in front of a live audience of 18,214 spectators; becoming the first recipient of the now-famous Martinsville Grandfather Clock.〔(''1964 Old Dominion 500'' ) at Racing-Reference.info〕〔(''From Sandstone To Sterling: The Top 10 Trophies In NASCAR'' ) at Front Stretch〕 In addition to six changes in the lead driver, there were also six caution flags given out for 28 laps.〔 The entire race took three hours and twenty-four minutes to go from green flag to the checkered flag. Top prize at the race was $4,715 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔 Doug Yates and Buddy Arrington both qualified for the race but failed to start in it.〔 NASCAR was authorized to hand out a grand total of $17,580 to each of the drivers who participated in this event ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(''1964 Old Dominion 500'' ) at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet〕 Even with his second-place finish, Petty cliched his first NASCAR championship after this race.〔 Bill Whitley was credited as the actual last-place driver after acquiring a transmission problem on lap 6; bringing home a paycheck of $150 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔 The majority of the entries belonged to the Ford Motor Company and all the drivers were born in the United States of America. Model years for each vehicle ranged from 1962 to 1964; complying with the NASCAR rules and regulations for that era.〔 Doug Wilson would retire from the NASCAR Cup Series after this race. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1964 Old Dominion 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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