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Joe Fisher of local NBC affiliate WSMV-TV interviews Music
City 420 winner Cale Yarborough in Victory Lane. Miss
Winston Penny Barlow, of Martinsville, Virginia looks on.
Nashville
promoter Bill Donoho added $100 to Yarborough’s winnings in a
symbolic gesture to end a feud between the two.
“I’m gonna’ run right out and spend this
tonight before I leave
Nashville” said Yarbrough with a grin.
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Cale Yarborough led the
Music City 420 from start to finish and capture the victory by
a two lap margin over second place finisher Lennie Pond.
This was the second time the Timmonsville, SC native led a
race from flag to flag. Yarborough won the 1973
Southeastern 500 at Bristol while leading all 500 laps to win by
two laps over Richard Petty.
In a post-race interview,
Yarborough stated "It's really incredible for anyone to lead
every lap in a race in this league. But we have the best
team in stock car racing, despite what anybody says."
The event would be the first race
contested which utilized the redesigned pit road. NASCAR
instructed track owner Bill Donoho to implement the change after
numerous problems were encountered on the former ¼ mile interior
loop configuration.
This would be the final
Nashville start for local favorite Coo Coo Marlin from nearby
Columbia TN. Marlin competed in 16 events at the
Fairgrounds with two Top-Five and nine Top-Ten finishes.
He would end his Winston Cup career in 1980 at the Talladega
500.
This would be the final
Nashville appearance for Ed Negre. The Kelso, Washington
driver competed in 11 races at the Fairgrounds with a career
best finish of fifth in the 1973 Nashville 420.
Legendary crew chief Harry Hyde chats with
Cale Yarborough before the start of the Music City 420.
Hyde's Dodge, driven by Neil Bonnett, finished fifth. (Photo:
Fred Marchman) |
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Bobby Allison
holds his 11 year-old daughter Carrie before qualifying
for the 1978 Music City 420. (Photo: S.A.
Trakington The Tennessean) |
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Pit road prior to the
1978 Music City 420
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