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The ''1971 Dixie 500'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on August 1, 1971, at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in the American community of Hampton, Georgia.〔(1971 Dixie 500 racing information ) at Racing Reference〕 Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. ==Summary== The entire 40-driver grid was filled with American-born males.〔 Elmo Langley received the last-place finish due to an engine issue on lap 36 of 328, while Richard Petty defeated Bobby Allison by 2 car lengths in front of 22500 live spectators.〔 Five cautions were given out for 48 laps; making the race last three hours and fifty-two minutes in length.〔 Buddy Baker qualified for the pole position with a speed of , while the average racing speed was .〔 Richard Petty's #43 vehicle was sponsored by Pepsi;〔 which eventually went on to sponsor drivers like Jeff Gordon. Coca-Cola even sponsored a rival driver;〔 bringing the "Cola Wars" to the NASCAR arena. Richard Petty officially became a millionaire after this race; bringing his career earnings to approximately $1,000,000 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔 Dick Poling would retire from the NASCAR Cup Series after finishing in 26th place during this race.〔(1971 Dixie 500 racing results ) at Race-Database〕 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. 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「1971 Dixie 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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