1977 Talladega 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 19 of 30 in the 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
Layout of Talladega Superspeedway
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| Date | August 7, 1977 | ||
| Official name | Talladega 500 | ||
| Location | Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, Alabama | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.660 mi (4.280 km) |
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| Distance | 188 laps, 500.1 mi (804.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Hot with temperatures approaching 100.9 °F (38.3 °C); wind speeds up to 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 162.524 miles per hour (261.557 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 65,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | DeWitt Racing | ||
| Time | 49.698 seconds | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | |
| Laps | 92 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 1 | Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | CBS | ||
| Announcers |
Ken Squier Lee Petty |
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The 1977 Talladega 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on August 7, 1977, at Talladega Superspeedway in the American community of Talladega, Alabama.
By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore.
Talladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. The track is a Tri-oval and was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in the 1960s. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line - located just past the exit to pit road. The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. Talladega Superspeedway is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66 miles (4.28 km), and the track at its peak had a seating capacity of 175,000 spectators.
Roger Penske withdrew his entry following fines to DiGard Racing, Bud Moore Engineering, the Junior Johnson team, the M.C. Anderson team, and Hoss Ellington's team; the fines came when NASCAR chief Bill Gazaway announced that an unnamed team was caught with an illegal fuel cell and an official watched members of the above-mentioned teams at garage pay phones calling for legal fuel cells. Hank Williams, Jr. served as the honorary starter of this race; joining a list of celebrities that came before and after him like Bart Starr and Will Ferrell.
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