Coors 420

Coors 420

NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Venue	Nashville International Raceway, Nashville, Tennessee
Corporate sponsor	Coors
First race	1959
Last race	1984
Distance	250.32 miles (402.9 km)
Laps	420
Previous names	Music City 200 (1959, 1964–1965) Music City USA 420 (1973[1]–1978, 1980) Sun-Drop Music City USA 420 (1979) Melling Tool 420 (1981) Cracker Barrel Country Store 420 (1982) Marty Robbins 420 (1983) Coors 420 (1984)

The Coors 420 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held at Nashville International Raceway.

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
					Laps	Miles (km)
1959	May 24	Rex White	Rex White	Chevrolet	200	100 (160.934)	1:24:30	71.006	Report
1960 – 1963	Not held
1964	June 14	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	200	100 (160.934)	1:18:26	76.498	Report
1965	June 3	Dick Hutcherson	Holman-Moody	Ford	200	100 (160.934)	1:24:03	71.386	Report
1966 – 1972	Not held
1973	May 12	Cale Yarborough	Richard Howard	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:34:48	98.419	Report
1974	May 11	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400*	238.4 (383.667)	3:06:31	82.24	Report
1975	May 10	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:39:45	94.107	Report
1976	May 8	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:57:43	84.512	Report
1977	May 7	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:51:40	87.49	Report
1978	June 3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:51:34	87.541	Report
1979	May 12	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:49:25	88.652	Report
1980	May 10	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:47:52	89.471	Report
1981	May 9	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:47:02	89.756	Report
1982	May 8	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:59:52	83.502	Report
1983	May 7	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	3:32:23	70.717	Report
1984	May 12	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:55:15	85.702	Report

• 1974: Race shortened due to energy crisis.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
4	Cale Yarborough	1973, 1976, 1978, 1979
	Darrell Waltrip	1975, 1982, 1983, 1984
3	Richard Petty	1964, 1974, 1980
2	Benny Parsons	1977, 1981

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
8	Chevrolet	1959, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984
2	Oldsmobile	1978, 1979
	Ford	1965, 1981

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator (s)
1983	TNN	Steve Evans	Brock Yates
1984	TBS	Ken Squier	Benny Parsons

References

• Racing-Reference.info - Nashville Speedway Race Results
• NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks

1. "The Tennesseean, Page 24 - at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. 1973-05-11. Retrieved 2016-03-22.