The NASCAR Winston Cup Series was also plagued with top teams running big engines and finishing in third place to avoid inspection around the early-1980s.

[3] Bobby Allison was the final driver to win in a Mercury for the Ford Motor Company; he beat David Pearson by six car lengths.

[2] Phil Finney had a violent crash off turn 4 and inflicted terminal damage to his vehicle on lap 152.

[2] Also this was the era before Ernie Elliott figured out how to make the 351 Cleveland rev in the same high ranges that the Chevys were running without breaking valve springs.

[2] Out of the forty drivers in the grid, ten of them failed to finish the race due to car problems.