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The ''1988 Miller High Life 400'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on June 26, 1988, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. An unrelated race with the same sponsor was implemented on September 11, 1988 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. ==Summary== Rusty Wallace defeated Bill Elliott by a time of 0.28 seconds in front of an audience of 68,000.〔 Wallace's first victory out of the five that he would accumulate at Michigan International Speedway would be credited to conserving fuel and making as few bad decisions on pit road as possible.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Fuel mileage pays off for Wallace on superspeedway )〕 Four cautions were given for 15 laps while 13 lead changes were made.〔 The race took more than two hours and thirty-six minutes to complete.〔 Elliott qualified for the pole position with a speed of while the average race speed was .〔 Rick Wilson was the last-place finisher due to an engine issue on lap 2 of 200.〔 There was a 41-driver grid of American-born males.〔 Only 25 of these drivers managed to finish the race.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1988 Miller High Life 400 racing information (second reference) )〕 David Simko would retire from NASCAR Cup Series racing after this event; finishing 40th in the process. David Sosebee would also retire after this race; completing the race in 31st place. Jimmy Horton, Jay Sommers, J.D. McDuffie, and Connie Saylor would fail to qualify for this race.〔 Individual earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $64,100 ($ when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finisher's share of a meager $3,050 ($ when adjusted for inflation). The total prize purse for this racing event was advertised at $440,975 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 NASCAR race results for the ''1988 Miller High Life 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「1988 Miller High Life 400 (June)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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