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The ''1971 Winston 500'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) race that took place on May 16, 1971, at Alabama International Motor Speedway (now Talladega Superspeedway) in Talladega, Alabama, USA.〔(''1971 Winston 500'' racing information ) at Racing Reference〕 George Altheide, Doc Faustina and David Sisco would make their NASCAR Winston Cup Series debuts in this race.〔(''1971 Winston 500'' ) racing information at Race Database〕 Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. ==Summary== Twenty-nine thousand people came to see Donnie Allison (racing for the Wood Brothers racing team) defeat his brother Bobby (racing for Holman-Moody) by six car lengths.〔 Both of these siblings were driving 1969 Mercury Cyclone vehicles.〔〔 The race took three hours and thirty-two minutes to successfully complete.〔〔 Seven cautions were handed out by NASCAR officials for forty-five laps.〔〔 Other finishers in the top ten included: Buddy Baker (driving for Petty Enterprises), Pete Hamilton, Fred Lorenzen, Jim Vandiver, James Hylton, Bill Dennis, Dave Marcis, and Larry Baumel.〔〔 After winning this race, Donnie would be seen as the underdog four years later at the 1975 Winston 500;〔(''Donnie First to Enter Winston 500'' ) at Google News Archive Search〕 he would finish in a lowly 42nd place out of 50 competitors on the starting grid.〔(Donnie Allison's finish at the ''1975 Winston 500'' ) at Racing Reference〕 Notable drivers that participated in the race included: Richard Petty, J.D. McDuffie (who died in a racing accident at the 1991 Watkins Glen race), Coo Coo Marlin (father of Sterling Marlin), Benny Parsons, Neil Castles, and Ron Keselowski (uncle of current NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski).〔〔 Various automotive and non-automotive sponsors would appear in this race like Pepsi and Purolator.〔 Bobby Isaac was hospitalized and could not compete in the race due to having problem with his kidney stones. The grand total of the entire prize purse was $145,040 ($ when adjusted for inflation); Donnie Allison received $31,140 for winning ($ when adjusted for inflation) while last-place finisher Bub Strickler got to bring home only $1,000 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(''1971 Winston 500'' ) racing information at FantasyRacingCheatSheet.com〕 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 Winston 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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