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The 1979 Texas 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) race that took place on June 3, 1979 at Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas. 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. Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. ==Summary== Two hundred laps took place on an oval track spanning .〔 Darrell Waltrip won the race; beating Bobby Allison by 60 seconds.〔 Waltrip's overall speed for the race was while Buddy Baker achieved the pole position for the race with a speed of .〔 Total winnings for this race were $161,250 ($ when considering inflation); Darrell would receive $21,750 of the total purse ($ when considering inflation).〔 Eleven thousand and five hundred fans would attend this live race with lasted more than two hours and thirty-three minutes.〔 Some of the more notable names to make an appearance here were: Dale Earnhardt, Richard Childress, Cale Yarborough, Terry Labonte, Richard Petty, and J. D. McDuffie.〔 While Jim Hurlbert and John Rezek would make their NASCAR Cup Series debut, Billy Hagan would make his grand exit after this race along with three other drivers. Bill Meazel would make his only NASCAR appearance during this event.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Notable events at the ''1979 Texas 400'' )〕 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 Texas 400」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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