
May 2, 1976
Buddy Baker wins the Winston 500 in 2 hours, 56 minutes, 37 seconds, the first time any 500-mile race has been run in less than three hours.

May 3, 1987
Davey Allison gets his first NASCAR Winston Cup victory in the Winston 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway on the same day his father, Bobby, crashes spectacularly into the frontstretch fence.

May 5, 1985
Bill Elliott comes from two laps behind under green to win the Winston 500 at the Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. It's the second leg in what will become his successful effort to win the inaugural Winston Million bonus.

Did you know?
That Davey Allison was the first Winston Cup driver to win at Richmond after it was redesigned.

May 6, 1984
Cale Yarborough wins the Winston 500 at the Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, a 500-mile, 188-lap race that featured a NASCAR Winston Cup record 75 lead changes among 13 drivers.

May 7, 1972
Late Model Sportsman star Darrell Waltrip of Franklin, Tenn., makes his NASCAR Winston Cup debut by starting 25th and finishing 38th in the Winston 500 at the Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.

May 9, 1971
Benny Parsons, who will win the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup championship and 20 more races, gets his breakthrough NWCS victory at South Boston (Va.) Speedway.

Did you know?
Darrell Waltrip made his first Winston Cup start in a Mercury.

May 10, 1975
Darrell Waltrip, who will win three championships and 83 more races, gets his first career victory in a 420-lapper at the Nashville (Tenn.) Fairgrounds Raceway.

May 11, 1960
Cannonball Baker, the first NASCAR commissioner and a famous long-distance racer, dies at age 78.

Did you know?
That Dale Earnhardt won the first Winston Cup race held at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Did you know?
That Al Keller won the first road race in NASCAR history.

Did you know?
That Red Vogt Is officially credited with coining the name "NASCAR"?

May 12, 1962
Nelson Stacy wins NASCAR's last convertible race, the Rebel 300 at the Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.

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