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

Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day.

[4] A total starting grid of 31 drivers competed for three and a half hours in this 500-lap racing competition.

An audience consisting of 36,500 live spectators eventually got to see Harry Gant defeat Butch Lindley by a distance of slightly more than a lap.

[5] The pole position earned was Terry Labonte with his amazing solo qualifying speed of 89.998 miles per hour (144.838 km/h); actual racing speeds for this event averaged around 75.073 miles per hour (120.818 km/h).