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The 1976 Winston 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on May 2, 1976, at Alabama International Motor Speedway (now Talladega Superspeedway) in Talladega, Alabama. 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. ==Summary== Dave Marcis won the pole position for the race with a lap of . 40 cars started the race. Buddy Baker defeated Cale Yarborough by 35 seconds, in an average speed of . His record of winning three races in a row at Talladega would not be broken until 2002 when Dale Earnhardt, Jr. recorded his fourth consecutive victory at that track. There were 24 different leaders and three cautions for 14 laps. Attendance was 80,000.〔 Baker had qualified 12th, and two days before the race Bud Moore's team transported the engine for the team's 1976 Ford Torino back to their shop in Spartanburg, SC for examination. The engine was brought back to Talladega the day before the race. Through his second-place finish, Yarborough managed to take the lead in championship points over Benny Parsons; who finished in 26th place during this event.〔(''1976 Winston 500'' racing information ) at Race Database〕 Parsons was eliminated when Dick Brooks spun out of the lead group and was hit by David Pearson, Marcis, and Parsons.〔 Petty finished fourth after losing a lap when he stalled out his car on pit road. Prize winnings for this race varied from $25,285 for the winner ($ when considering inflation) all the way to $1,205 for last-place finisher Darrell Bryant ($ when considering inflation).〔(''1976 Winston 500'' ) racing information at Driver Averages〕 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「1976 Winston 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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