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The ''1979 Winston Western 500'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on January 14, 1979, at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California. Buying a souvenir magazine at this race was relatively inexpensive for the era at $2 USD per copy ($ when adjusted for inflation). 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== This race would serve as Williamson's Cup Series debut. Tragically, he would lose his life in a racing accident the following year during the running of a Grand American series race. This race was the final caution-free race in NASCAR road course history; bringing the idea of a "perfect game" to an end. The final oval course race that went the entire distance without a single caution flag would be the 2002 EA Sports 500;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EA Sports 500 )〕 which was won by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. of Dale Earnhardt, Inc.. During the 1970s, Riverside International Raceway had its configurations modernized in order to create the fast-paced racing that the public started to demand for after engine technology picked up during the 1960s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Tracks of Yesterday - Riverside International Raceway )〕 NASCAR would develop a "fetish" for mile and a half tracks by the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season; with Sonoma and Watkins Glen serving as the sole road course tracks. There were 35 American-born male drivers on the grid; Terry Labonte received the last-place finish due to an engine issue on lap 7 out of 119.〔〔〔 Darrell Waltrip defeated David Pearson by 3.27 seconds in front of 68,000 live audience members.〔 Although there were no cautions in this "perfect game," there were still 13 lead changes and the race lasted two hours and fifty-three minutes.〔〔 While Pearson would clinch the pole position with an average speed of , the average speed of the race was .〔〔 The other drivers in the top ten were: Cale Yarborough, Bill Schmitt, Donnie Allison, Joe Millikan, Buddy Baker, Jim Thirkettle, Tim Williamson, and Harry Gant.〔〔〔 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 Winston Western 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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