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The ''1992 Champion Spark Plug 400'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that was held on August 16, 1992, at Michigan International Speedway in the American community of Brooklyn, Michigan. Harry Gant would set a record for being the oldest winner of a NASCAR Cup Series racing at 52 years and 219 days. Oldsmobile would get their final victory as an active manufacturer and would be sidelined in favor of Pontiac (who left NASCAR after 2003) and Dodge (who left NASCAR after 2012). Davey Allison would die within months of this race while his younger brother and Clifford would eventually be killed in a racing accident in 1992. Then-current IndyCar driver Lyn St. James was the grand marshal of the race who shouted "Gentlemen, start your engines!" ==Summary== Approximately 13% of this 200-lap race was run under a caution flag; each green flag lasted for an average of 30 laps. There were four accidents in this event; a total of nine different cars were involved in the wreckage. Greg Sacks was credited as the last-place finisher on the fourth lap due to three-car pileup that also took Jimmy Means out of the race and severely affected Bobby Hamilton. It took nearly two hours and fifty minutes to decide the race; Harry Gant would defeat an aging Darrell Waltrip by a distance of nearly five seconds.〔(Racing information for the ''1992 Champion Spark Plug 400'' ) at Racing Reference〕 Gant would never win a NASCAR Cup Series racing event again after this one.〔(Racing information for the ''1992 Champion Spark Plug 400'' ) at Race Database〕 The win turned out to be entirely based on fuel mileage; as Gant was barely running in the middle of the racing pack before somehow picking up speed and acquiring the first-place position. Alan Kulwicki earned the pole position for this race by driving up to during qualifying while the average race traffic speed would be a meager during the actual event. Seven drivers failed to qualify for the race; including Delma Cowart. All of the drivers in this event were born in the United States of America.〔 Michigan International Speedway has been a Ford dominated track starting in 1984, and a Mercury track before that from 1969-78. It was also a track that suited a smooth driver or a driver that could change his driving tactics for Michigan International Speedway. At the end of the event, only twelve drivers remained on the lead lap. Jeff McClure was the lowest finishing driver to complete the race; even though he was 33 laps behind the people on the lead lap.〔 Individual prize winnings for the driver varied from the winner's share of $71,545 ($ when considering inflation) to the last-place finishers' share of $7,140 ($ when considering inflation). The combined prize purse for this racing event was $641,610 ($ when considering inflation).〔(Race information for the ''1992 Champion Spark Plug 400'' ) at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet〕 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「1992 Champion Spark Plug 400」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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