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The 1984 Winston 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 6, 1984, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama. This racing event would become the peak of competitive racing for what is now known as Talladega Superspeedway.〔(''Talladega Superspeedway'' ) at the Encyclopedia of Alabama〕 People who drove to the race witnessed a visibility range of .〔 No precipitation was reported with 24 hours of the race; which made for a warm and dry track for the drivers on the starting grid.〔 Sea level pressure was approximately .〔 The weather report was taken from the Anniston Metropolitan Airport (now Anniston Regional Airport) in the nearby city of Anniston.〔 ==Summary== Forty cars competed in this 188-lap racing event; 39 of them were born in the United States while Trevor Boys was born in Canada.〔(''1984 Winston 500'' ) racing information at Racing Reference〕 The pole position was gained by Yarborough with a speed of ; one of the times where the qualifying speed exceeded the threshold.〔〔 Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. However, the average speed posted by the drivers in the race was .〔〔 Four cautions were given for 17 laps.〔〔 Chevrolet was the manufacturer for the majority of the grid.〔〔 Cale Yarborough managed to defeat Harry Gant by two car lengths after nearly three hours of racing in front of more than 110000 live audience members.〔〔 The first green flag was waved at 1:00 PM while the checkered flag ended the race at approximately 3:53 PM. 75 lead changes were made; the most ever in NASCAR Cup Series history.〔〔 It would defeat the long-established record set by the 1978 Talladega 500 for the number of leader changes that the race had. This record would eventually be broken at the 2010 Aaron's 499 and be tied at the 2011 Aaron's 499. Since NASCAR only covered the lead changes that occurred at the end of each lap, there were many more lead changes that weren't official recorded because they didn't last the whole lap.〔(''Lead, lead or get out of the way'' ) at All About Racin'〕 Jimmy Means suffered from an oil pressure problem on the sixth lap and ended up getting the last-place finish.〔〔 Bill Elliott, Terry Labonte, Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, and David Pearson all took turns being the leader of the race.〔〔 Phil Barkdoll would make his NASCAR debut in this race.〔(''1984 Winston 500'' ) racing information at Race Database〕 Until the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season, this race was considered to be the most competitive in NASCAR history. The usage of the Car of Tomorrow along with NASCAR's then-current ''Have at it, boys'' policy and the smaller restrictor plates made the Sprint Cup Series action even more competitive. 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「1984 Winston 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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