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The 1972 Winston 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that occurred on May 7, 1972, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama. Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. ==Summary== There were fifty drivers on the racing grid; 49 of them were born in the United States while Jackie Oliver was born in Great Britain. It took nearly three hours and forty-five minutes for 188 laps of racing to be resolved. There were nine cautions for a duration of 62 racing laps with 53 changes in the first-place position and David Pearson defeating Bobby Isaac by almost five seconds. More than 71000 people would see of racing action with speeds reaching up to .〔(Racing information for the ''1972 Winston 500'' ) at Racing-Reference〕 Bobby Isaac would receive the pole position for this race while driving at speeds up to during solo qualifying sessions. Many engines were destroyed in this race including the rear ends of stock car vehicles and an incident involving a windshield.〔 Last-place finisher Marty Robbins, who was also a country music star, was disqualified after 179 laps of racing due to not running a NASCAR-mandated restrictor plate during the event.〔(''Marty Robbins Talks'' ) at YouTube〕 Other notable drivers at this race were: Richard Petty, LeeRoy Yarbrough, Elmo Langley, Coo Coo Marlin, and Neil Castles. Darrell Waltrip would make his NASCAR debut in this race and finish up in 38th after starting in 25th place.〔 Clarence Lovell would also make his introduction to NASCAR during this race. The three most notable crew chiefs in this race were Dale Inman, Harry Hyde, and Leonard Wood. They would help create the winner, the runner-up, and the fifth-place finisher of this race.〔(''1972 Winston 500'' race information ) at Race-Database〕 James Hylton would lose his points lead to Richard Petty after this race.〔 The winner of the race would receive $23,745 in total winnings ($ when adjusted for inflation) while the last-place finisher went away with a meager $745 for a disqualification ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(''1972 Winston 500'' ) racing information at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet〕 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「1972 Winston 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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