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The ''1979 Talladega 500'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on August 5, 1979, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama. By the following season, 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== There were 41 American-born drivers on the starting grid; 21 of these vehicles failed to finish the race. Most of the problems in this three-hour event was blamed on the engines. After 188 laps of racing and five caution flags, Darrell Waltrip would defeat David Pearson by a minute and two seconds in front of a live crowd of eighty thousand stock car racing fans. Rookie driver Dale Earnhardt's injuries prevented him from participating in this event. There were a massive amount of changes in the race's first-place position; with Waltrip leading the final 55 laps to his victorious fate.〔(''1979 Talladega 500'' ) racing information at Racing-Reference〕 Speeds at this race reached for the actual event while Neil Bonnett would earn his pole position by plowing through the field in solo qualifying runs with a top speed of .〔 Kyle Petty would in ninth place in his inaugural race after starting in 18th place. Meanwhile, Bob Burcham and Al Holbert would make this race into their individual swan songs.〔(''1979 Talladega 500'' ) at Race-Database〕 The total prize purse at this event was $205,680 ($ when adjusted for inflation). While the winner would collect $32,325 of this purse ($ when adjusted for inflation), the last-place finisher would be stuck with a mere $1,050 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(''1979 Talladega 500'' ) race information at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet〕 Oldsmobile would rack up their 100th victory in the history of the NASCAR Cup Series; sealing the legendary status of this now-defunct automobile manufacturer within the circles of professional stock car racing. 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「1979 Talladega 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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