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The 1978 Old Dominion 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) race that took place on September 24, 1978, at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. This race was the 28th to be held as a part of what is now known as the ''Tums Fast Relief 500''. 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== Five hundred laps were done on a paved oval track spanning for a grand total of .〔 The complete time of the race was three hours, nineteen minutes, and fifty-four seconds.〔 There were four cautions given out by the NASCAR officials for nineteen laps.〔 Cale Yarborough defeated Darrell Waltrip by three car lengths.〔 Notable speeds recorded in both the qualifying session and the race were: as the average speed and as the pole position speed.〔 Twenty thousand people attended this live race.〔 Chevrolet vehicles would dominate the starting grid of the event with multi-car teams dominating the lineup.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1978 Old Dominion 500 manufacturer/team information )〕 By the late 1970s, it had become prohibitively expensive for a single person to own a NASCAR team. A series of oil crises in addition to changing sponsorship needs started to bring in the age of the multi-car team and the slow decline of the independent owners. Harry Gant would led a NASCAR Cup Series race for the first time in his career. However, he would only run ninety laps before having to leave the race due to an engine problem.〔 This would cause him to be relegated to a 28th place finish and only $1,070 in prize winnings ($ when considering inflation).〔 Total winnings for this race were $101,430 ($ when considering inflation) and Cale Yarborough took the majority of the winnings with an easy $24,950 paycheck ($ when considering inflation). Satch Worley would retire from NASCAR after this race while Lennie Pond would never earn another pole position start after this race.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1978 Old Dominion 500 racing results (third reference) )〕 Herb Nab was Pond's chief mechanic for the sole qualifying run that managed to get him the pole position for the event along with an extremely rare silver trophy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 All About Crew Chief Herbert "Herb" Nab )〕 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 Old Dominion 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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