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The ''1964 Volunteer 500'' was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on July 26, 1964 at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Buddy Baker won the Saturday qualifying race to earn 25th starting position, but was replaced by Jimmy Helms in the 500 lap feature. ==Summary== There was a racing grid of 36 drivers who were all born in the United States of America.〔 Fred Lorenzen defeated Richard Petty in front of 25,500 people in order to win the top prize of $4,185 USD ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔〔 Five lead changes were made and the caution flag was waved only once for 14 laps.〔〔 Darrell Bryant received the last place finish and a measly $275 paycheck ($ when adjusted for inflation) for a fuel pressure issue on lap 1 that forced him out of the race.〔〔 Petty would receive the pole position for his qualifying speed of while the average speed of the race would be .〔 Bristol was a flatter track during the 1960s and the banking was more shallow. Darrell Bryant and Doug Wilson would make their NASCAR debuts here.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1964 Volunteer 500 racing results )〕 Johnny Nave would exit the NASCAR Cup Series after this race.〔 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 anymore. 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 Volunteer 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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