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The ''1964 World 600'', the fifth running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that took place on May 24, 1964 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Despite protests from traditionalist NASCAR fans that racing in 1964 was the "Good Old Days," the form of racing found in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season is considered by modern race fans to be more interesting, safer and faster than the conditions that the stock car drivers faced in the mid-1960s. A lot of the safety concerns that haunted NASCAR in the early years didn't resolve themselves until the 1966 NASCAR Grand National Series season, making stock car competition an arduous event for drivers, team owners and their family members. ==Summary== This race took place in the daytime because the lights for nighttime racing were not installed until 1992 (for the 8th NASCAR All-Star Race in its "modern day" history). The race covered four hundred laps of a paved oval track spanning . It took four hours, forty-six minutes, and fourteen seconds for the race to go from the first green flag to the checkered flag.〔〔 Seven cautions were given out by NASCAR officials for forty-eight laps.〔 Notable speeds were: for the average speed and for the pole position speed.〔〔 There was a live attendance of exactly 66,311 racing fans.〔〔 Miss Linda Vaughn was selected to be Pontiac's representative at this event; she was an adolescent during that time. Jim Paschal defeated Richard Petty by more than four laps.〔 Other notable drivers included: Ralph Earnhardt, Roy Tyner, Fireball Roberts, Elmo Langley, and Buddy Baker.〔〔 The top two finishers were teammates at Petty Enterprises (now Richard Petty Motorsports).〔〔 Jim Paschal would receive $24,785 ($ when adjusted for inflation) in prize money after becoming the only driver to finish all 400 laps of the race.〔〔 Pete Stewart was rewarded with $600 ($ when adjusted for inflation) for finishing only one lap; resulting in a last place finish.〔〔 Billy Wade started in pole position while the winner started in 12th place.〔〔 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 World 600」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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