| 词条 | 1978 NAPA National 500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 释义 |
| Type = CUST | Description = Race 27 of 30 in the 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | Race Name = NAPA National 500 | Details ref = [1] | Fulldate = {{Start date|1978|October|8}} | Year = 1978 | Race_No = 27 | Season_No = 30 | Image = Lowe's Motor Speedway.svg | Caption = Layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway | Official name = NAPA National 600 | Location = Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina | Course_mi = 1.500 | Course_km = 2.414 | Distance_laps = 334 | Distance_mi = 500 | Distance_km = 865 | Weather = Chilly with temperatures of {{convert|66|F|C}}; wind speeds of {{convert|12|mph|km/h}} | Avg = {{convert|141.846|mi/h}} | Pole_Driver = David Pearson | Pole_Team = Wood Brothers Racing | Pole_Time = | Most_Driver = Bobby Allison | Most_Team = Bud Moore Engineering | Most_laps = 108 | Car = 72 | First_Driver = Bobby Allison | First_Team = Bud Moore Engineering | Network = ABC | Announcers = Jim McKay Chris Economaki }} The 1978 NAPA National 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event held on October 8, 1978, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The #96 Ford was qualified and driven by Dale Earnhardt. Baxter Price only started the race to preserve Dale's status as a rookie for 1979. BackgroundCharlotte Motor Speedway was designed and built by Bruton Smith and partner and driver Curtis Turner in 1959. The first World 600 NASCAR race was held at the {{Convert|1.5|mi|km|abbr=on}} speedway on June 19, 1960. On December 8, 1961, the speedway filed bankruptcy notice. Judge J.B. Craven of US District Court for Western North Carolina reorganized it under Chapter 10 of the Bankruptcy Act; Judge Craven appointed Robert "Red" Robinson as the track's trustee until March 1962. At that point, a committee of major stockholders in the speedway was assembled, headed by A.C. Goines and furniture store owner Richard Howard. Goines, Howard, and Robinson worked to secure loans and other monies to keep the speedway afloat.[2] By April 1963 some $750,000 was paid to twenty secured creditors and the track emerged from bankruptcy; Judge Craven appointed Goines as speedway president and Howard as assistant general manager of the speedway, handling its day-to-day operations. By 1964 Howard become the track's general manager, and on June 1, 1967, the speedway's mortgage was paid in full; a public burning of the mortgage was held at the speedway two weeks later.[3] Smith departed from the speedway in 1962 to pursue other business interests, primarily in banking and auto dealerships from his new home of Rockford, IL. He became quite successful and began buying out shares of stock in the speedway. By 1974 Smith was more heavily involved in the speedway, to where Richard Howard by 1975 stated, "I haven't been running the speedway. It's being run from Illinois."[4] In 1975 Smith had become the majority stockholder, regaining control of its day-to-day operations. Smith hired H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler as general manager in October 1975, and on January 29, 1976, Richard Howard resigned as president and GM of the speedway. SummaryThe race was held on a dry circuit; with no precipitation recorded around the speedway.[5] 40 drivers competed in this 334-lap racing event in front of a live crowd of 80,000 ardent NASCAR followers. Bobby Fisher's problems with his stock car engine on lap 3 would make him the last-place finisher of the day. Butch Mock would become the lowest-finishing driver to complete the entire event; albeit 80 laps behind the competitors in the lead lap. In his fourth start, Terry Labonte manages to finish outside the top-10 for the first time, thanks to a blown engine on lap 293.[6] Bobby Allison would defeat Darrell Waltrip after nearly three hours and thirty-two minutes of racing; Allison swept the weekend as he also won the World Service Life 300 Sportsman race. The margin between the victor and the second-place finisher would be slightly more than half a minute. There were 40 changes in the lead position throughout the racing event; with Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough and Richard Petty dominating a fair amount of these laps. Dick Brooks would develop a problem with his fuel pump on lap 325; preventing him from achieving a "top five" finish.[6]The vehicles involved in this race would drive in speeds averaging around {{convert|141.826|mph|km/h}}. David Pearson would become the fan favorite for this event; due to his pole position-earning speed of {{convert|161.355|mph|km/h}} during qualifying. Ford and Chevrolet vehicles were used by the majority of the qualifying drivers. All drivers were born in the United States of America.[6] Individual race earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $40,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|40000|1978|r=0}}}} when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finisher's purse of $895 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|895|1978|r=0}}}} when adjusted for inflation). Total driver earnings handed out by NASCAR officials for this event was finalized at $259,980 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|259980|1978|r=0}}}} when adjusted for inflation).[7] Qualifying
Top ten finishers
Standings after the race
References1. ^Weather information for the 1978 NAPA National 500 at The Old Farmers' Almanac {{s-start}}{{succession box |2. ^Charlotte Observer timeline on Charlotte Motor Speedway {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102052807/http://www.thatsracin.com/2009/05/21/9571/the-beginning-1959-1969.html |date=November 2, 2013 }} 3. ^Benyo, Richard (1977) SUPERSPEEDWAY: The Story Of NASCAR Grand National Racing Mason/Charter {{ISBN|0-88405-391-1}} pp.71-6 4. ^Benyo, SUPERSPEEDWAY, p. 76 5. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.sercc.com/CharlotteNASCARClimatology.pdf | title = Charlotte NASCAR Climatology | publisher = SERCC | accessdate = 2018-09-12}} 6. ^1 2 3 4 5 1978 NAPA National 500 race information at Racing Reference 7. ^Winnings information for the 1978 NAPA National 500 at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet before = 1978 Wilkes 400 | after = 1978 American 500| title = NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season| years = 1978 | }}{{s-end}}{{s-start}}{{succession box |before = 1977 |after = 1979 |title = NAPA National 500 races |years = 1978 }}{{s-end}} 3 : 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1978 in sports in North Carolina|NASCAR races at Charlotte Motor Speedway |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。