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The ''1977 Talladega 500'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on August 7, 1977, at Talladega Superspeedway in the American community of 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== Roger Penske withdrew his entry following fines to DiGard Racing, Bud Moore Engineering, the Junior Johnson team, the M.C. Anderson team, and Hoss Ellington's team; the fines came when NASCAR chief Bill Gazaway announced that an unnamed team was caught with an illegal fuel cell and an official watched members of the above-mentioned teams at garage pay phones calling for legal fuel cells. Hank Williams, Jr. served as the honorary starter of this race; joining a list of celebrities that came before and after him like Bart Starr and Will Ferrell. 188 laps were accomplished on a paved oval spanning ;〔 the race was completed in three hours and four minutes; the lead changed hands 49 times among ten drivers.〔 Donnie Allison (who would lead 92 laps overall) needed relief help after drinking a soda during a pitstop and falling ill soon after. Darrell Waltrip relieved Allison and defeated Cale Yarborough by less than a lap under the caution flag.〔〔〔 Notable speeds were: for the winner's speed and for the pole position qualifying speed.〔 Sixty-five thousand people would attend this live race from the opening ceremonies to the final yellow flag (which marked its official finish).〔 Most of the entries were manufactured by Chevrolet.〔〔 There were 39 male participants and one female participant (Ms. Janet Guthrie).〔〔〔 Unfortunately, Ms. Guthrie suffered an engine problem〔〔 on lap 61 and did not finish the race.〔 One of the most unusual facts of the race is that Marty Robbins (who was also a country music star) did not qualify in his own vehicle; Freddy Fryar did that for him. 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「1977 Talladega 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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