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The ''1978 Delaware 500'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) racing event that took place on September 17, 1978, at Dover Downs International Speedway (now Dover International Speedway) in the American community of Dover, Delaware. 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. ==Summary== Five hundred laps were completed on a paved oval track spanning .〔 The race took four hours, eleven minutes, and twenty seconds to complete.〔 Three cautions were given out by NASCAR for eighteen laps.〔 Thirty thousand stock car racing fans attended this live event.〔 Notable speeds were: for the average speed and for the pole position speed (accomplished by J.D. McDuffie).〔 Bobby Allison (sponsored by Norris Industries) defeated Cale Yarborough (sponsored by 1st National City Travelers Checks - which is now a part of Citibank) by 11½ seconds.〔 Other notable names in the event included: Darrell Waltrip (now a NASCAR on Fox broadcaster), Richard Childress (now the owner of Richard Childress Racing), Richard Petty, and J.D. McDuffie.〔 J.D. McDuffie established the pole position〔 while using tires manufactured by the McCreary Tire Company. This pole position start also got him a guaranteed ride in the first running of the Busch Clash (now the Sprint Unlimited); Buddy Baker would ultimately win that race on February 1979. The Busch Clash consisted of a racing event with a single twenty-lap (50-mile) green flag sprint with no pit stops required. Jabe Thomas would retire from NASCAR after this race. Bobby Allison would gain his 50th career Winston Cup Series victory from this race. Although McDuffie would never win a race with a Winston Cup Series vehicle, his best overall finish would come at the 1979 Sun-Drop Music City USA 420 in Nashvile, Tennessee.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 J.D. McDuffie information )〕 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「1978 Delaware 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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