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The 1978 Talladega 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on August 6, 1978, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama.〔(''1978 Talladega 500'' ) at Racing Reference〕 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== Four cautions were waved for seventeen laps; making the race last almost three hours in length.〔 There were 67 different changes in the first-place position of the race.〔 James Hylton finished in last place due to a transmission issue on the first lap of this 188-lap race.〔 This race would lead to Lennie Pond's only NASCAR Cup Series win; he would defeat Donnie Allison by two car lengths in front of 60,000 live spectators.〔〔(''1978 Talladega 500'' ) racing information at Race Database〕 Because he would get fired at the end of 1978, Waddell Wilson kept changing the setup on the car without telling Lennie. He would end up sleeping in his car so that Waddell wouldn't be able to change the setup on his vehicle without him knowing about it. Pond still got fired from Ranier's team in the end; making Ranier an owner/driver again because Darrell Waltrip's contract with DiGard Motorsports was too strong to be broken with negotiations. There was only one foreigner in the 41-car lineup: Claude Ballot-Léna from Paris, France.〔 Cale Yarborough would earn the pole position with a speed of while the average speed of the race was .〔 It was considered to be a world's record in 1978.〔(Profile of ''Lenny Pond'' ) at Decades of Racing〕 However, Bill Elliott would break that record at the 1985 Winston 500 by driving an average of .〔(Bill Elliott's Record Breaking Run ) at Racing Reference〕 Female driver Janet Guthrie was also a part of the grid; finishing in 29th place due to a crash on lap 129.〔 Country music sensation and part-time NASCAR driver Marty Robbins would finish in 18th place in his 1978 Dodge Magnum vehicle.〔(Finishing position of ''Marty Robbins'' ) at MartyRobbins.net〕 Richard Petty would stop racing in Chrysler cars after this race. Only the 1984 Winston 500 would see more lead changes than this racing event. 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 Talladega 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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