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The ''1987 Winston 500'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 3, 1987, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama, USA. Unrestricted high-speed races at Talladega Superspeedway ended after this event. While the summer race (Talladega 500) would be run with a smaller carburetor, restrictor plates would end up being compulsory by the end of the year. Had NASCAR kept the pre-1987 status quo into the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season and beyond, the vehicles would have been travelling through the straightaways at over . Lap times would have been slower for Bill Elliot and Davey Allison with the radial tires used in the present-day Cup Series compared to the bias-ply tires used in the late 1980s. Bill Elliot's 1987 Thunderbird is on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan while the fate of Davey Allison's vehicle is uncertain. ==Summary== There were supposed to be 188 laps in this event; but various caution flags caused this race to be delayed into the darkness, most notably a wreck on lap 22 when Bobby Allison suffered a blown engine. Debris from the malfunctioning engine cut a tire, causing the car to turn backwards, go airborne, and shear off several feet of the catch fence in front of the start/finish line. Speeds for this event were upwards of , a major factor in the severity of Allison's crash. Five spectators would be injured as a result of Allison's crash; two of them had to be treated in hospital while three were treated in the infield medical center and promptly released. The crash fortunately did not kill the flagman or any of the spectators in the crash. After the service crew had worked approximately 150 minutes to replace the face, the race resumed under the direct threat of darknees. Since Talladega didn't have lights installed on the track at that time, it had to end after 178 laps due to nightfall. There were 41 American-born drivers on the starting grid. More than one hundred thousand people would go and see Davey Allison defeat Terry Labonte by more than three-quarters of a second. Average speed of the race was lasting three hours and four minutes, excluding the red flag period. Carburetor restrictor plates - now fuel injection restrictor plates - became ''de rigueur'' at Talladega and Daytona races after this event; enforcing a status quo of vehicles not going as fast as their engines desire to the present day. Eighteen changes in the race's first-place position were made; with Bill Elliott and Davey Allison each surviving 30 laps in the lead. Chet Fillip was the last-place finisher due to a faulty engine situation that developed on the third lap. Bill Elliott would qualify for the pole position during the solo qualifying sessions with a top speed of . Ford and Chevrolet vehicles made up the majority of the participating manufacturers.〔 Ron Bouchard made his final entry into NASCAR Cup Series competition in this race while Ed Pimm made his introduction into professional stock car racing. Davey Allison would score his first victory in this 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「1987 Winston 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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