Английская Википедия:1977 Music City USA 420

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The 1977 Music City USA 420 was a 420-lap race that took place on May 7, 1977, at Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee.

Background

Nashville Speedway was converted to a half-mile paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track. The speedway was lengthened between the 1969 and 1970 seasons. The corners were cut down from 35 degrees to their present 18 degrees in 1972.Шаблон:Citation needed

Race report

The race itself took two hours, fifty-one minutes, and forty seconds from the first green flag to the checkered flag.[1] Benny Parsons was the race winner with an average speed of Шаблон:Convert while the pole position winner Darrell Waltrip had a speed of Шаблон:Convert and finished the race in 3rd place.[1] Cale Yarborough led the race with most number of laps (275) and was the points leader after the race for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship.[1] However, Benny Parsons would defeat him by one second.[1]

Ricky Rudd made his fourth 4th career top-10 finish at this race.[2]

Twenty thousand people attended this race that had a total prize purse of $56,350 ($Шаблон:Inflation in current US dollars).[1] The winner would leave the event earning an incredible $9,565 ($Шаблон:Inflation in current US dollars) while the last-place finisher would walk away with a meager $255 in cash earnings ($Шаблон:Inflation in current US dollars).[3]

Other notable names among the drivers included Ricky Rudd, Coo Coo Marlin, Richard Petty, Elmo Langley, and Richard Childress.[1] Notable crew chiefs included Buddy Parrott, Jake Elder, Joey Arrington, Kirk Shelmerdine, and Dale Inman.[4]

Paul Dean Holt would retire from NASCAR after this race after competing in 85 races while Ralph Jones would make his introduction into NASCAR racing during this race.[5]

Qualifying

Grid[1] Шаблон:Tooltip Driver Manufacturer
1 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet
2 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet
3 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet
4 43 Richard Petty Dodge
5 12 Bobby Allison AMC Matador
6 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet
7 15 Buddy Baker Ford
8 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet
9 92 Skip Manning Chevrolet
10 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet
11 70 J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet
12 22 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet
13 81 Terry Ryan Chevrolet
14 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge
15 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet

Finishing order

Section reference:[1] Шаблон:Div col

  1. Benny Parsons (No. 72)
  2. Cale Yarborough (No. 11)
  3. Darrell Waltrip (No. 88)
  4. Dave Marcis (No. 2)
  5. Richard Petty (No. 43)
  6. Buddy Baker (No. 15)
  7. Bobby Allison (No. 12)
  8. Coo Coo Marlin (No. 14)
  9. Jimmy Means (No. 52)
  10. Ricky Rudd (No. 22)
  11. James Hylton (No. 48)
  12. Gary Myers (No. 4)
  13. Cecil Gordon (No. 24)
  14. D.K. Ulrich (No. 40)
  15. Buddy Arrington (No. 67)
  16. Rick Newsom (No. 20)
  17. Earl Brooks (No. 33)
  18. Ralph Jones (No. 98)
  19. David Sisco (No. 16)
  20. Ferrell Harris (No. 25)
  21. Skip Manning* (No. 96)
  22. Dick Brooks* (No. 64)
  23. Elmo Langley* (No. 45)
  24. J.D. McDuffie* (No. 70)
  25. Henley Gray* (No. 19)
  26. Richard Childress* (No. 3)
  27. Terry Ryan* (No. 81)
  28. Paul Dean Holt* (No. 39)
  29. Frank Warren* (No. 79)
  30. Dean Dalton* (No. 7)

Шаблон:Div col end * Driver failed to finish race

Timeline

Section reference:[1]

  • Start: Darrell Waltrip was leading the racing grid as the green flag was waved.
  • Lap 3: Benny Parsons took over the lead from Darrell Waltrip.
  • Lap 19: Dean Dalton fell out with engine failure.
  • Lap 30: Frank Warren fell out with engine failure.
  • Lap 47: Paul Dean Holt managed to overheat his vehicle.
  • Lap 86: Terry Ryan fell out with engine failure.
  • Lap 108: Cale Yarborough took over the lead from Benny Parsons.
  • Lap 133: Richard Childress fell out with engine failure.
  • Lap 154: Henley Gray managed to overheat his vehicle.
  • Lap 176: J.D. McDuffie fell out with engine failure.
  • Lap 182: Elmo Langley fell out with engine failure.
  • Lap 269: The ignition on Dick Brooks' vehicle stopped working properly.
  • Lap 313: The rear end of Skip Manning's vehicle came off in a manner that was unsafe for further racing.
  • Lap 383: Benny Parsons took over the lead from Cale Yarborough.
  • Finish: Benny Parsons was officially declared the winner of the event.

Standings after the race

Pos Driver Points[1] Differential
1 Файл:1rightarrow.png Cale Yarborough 1905 0
2 Файл:1rightarrow.png Richard Petty 1713 -192
3 Шаблон:Increase Benny Parsons 1677 -228
4 Шаблон:Decrease Darrell Waltrip 1672 -223
5 Шаблон:Increase Dave Marcis 1460 -445
6 Шаблон:Decrease Buddy Baker 1452 -453
7 Шаблон:Increase Cecil Gordon 1341 -564
8 Шаблон:Decrease Richard Childress 1321 -584
9 Шаблон:Increase James Hylton 1286 -619
10 Шаблон:Decrease Dick Brooks 1284 -621

References

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