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The ''1983 Talladega 500'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that occurred on July 31, 1983, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama. With ten laps remaining, a large variety of clouds started popping up in the sky and the wind became wild. The sky got blood red because of all the dirt being blown around. ==Summary== Forty skilled drivers made the grid; Trevor Boys was the only driver not to be born in the United States of America. The race lasted almost three hours for a duration of 188 laps. Dick Skillen was the last-place finisher due to a crash on the first lap with Travis Tiller, Tommy Gale, Billie Harvey, Grant Adcox, and Neil Bonnett. J.D. McDuffie was the lowest-finishing driver to actually finish the race; he was 44 laps behind the leaders. Richard Petty and his son Kyle managed to qualify for this racing event. 95,000 people would come to see rising stars like Bill Elliott, Terry Labonte, and Sterling Marlin perform.〔(''1983 Talladega 500'' ) racing information at Racing Reference〕 Bonnett was leading the race with 12 laps to go when he pitted for fuel only. The car stalled and it took long enough to get it re-fired that Earnhardt and Waltrip were able to get by. Cale Yarborough would qualify for the pole position with a top speed of . Dale Earnhardt would defeat Darrell Waltrip by four car lengths in this race; securing his last victory for an owner other than Richard Childress.〔 Harvey and Tiller would retire from NASCAR after this race.〔(''1983 Talladega 500'' ) results at Race-Database〕 Individual earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $46,950 ($ when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finisher's share of $1,450 ($ when adjusted for inflation). The total prize purse handed out to all of the qualifying drivers was $316,700 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(''1983 Talladega 500'' ) racing information at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet〕 Wind speeds for the area reached a maximum sustained speed of less than . Less than of rain was reported 24 hours prior to the race.〔 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「1983 Talladega 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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