Pepsi 420

Pepsi 420

NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Venue	Nashville International Raceway
Location	Nashville, Tennessee
Corporate sponsor	Pepsi
First race	1958
Last race	1984
Distance	250.32 miles (402.9 km)
Laps	420
Previous names	Nashville 200 (1958) Nashville 300 (1959) Nashville 400 (1960, 1963–1969) Nashville 500 (1961–1962) Nashville 420 (1970–1978) Busch Nashville 420 (1979–1983) Pepsi 420 (1984)

The Pepsi 420 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held at Nashville International Raceway from 1958 to 1984.

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
					Laps	Miles (km)
1958	August 10	Joe Weatherly	Holman-Moody	Ford	200	100 (160.934)	1:41:14	59.269	Report
1959	August 9	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson	Chevrolet	300	150 (241.401)	2:22:05	63.343	Report
1960	August 7	Johnny Beauchamp	Dale Swanson	Chevrolet	333*	166.5 (267.955)	2:55:22	56.966	Report
1961	August 6	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty	Pontiac	403*	201.5 (324.282)	3:34:09	56.455	Report
1962	August 5	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	250 (402.336)	3:52:41	64.489	Report
1963	August 4	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	350*	175 (281.635)	2:54:38	60.126	Report
1964	August 2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	200 (321.868)	2:43:55	73.208	Report
1965	July 31	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	200 (321.868)	2:45:47	72.383	Report
1966	July 30	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	200 (321.868)	2:47:11	71.77	Report
1967	July 29	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	200 (321.868)	2:49:20	70.866	Report
1968	July 27	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	Ford	301*	150.5 (242.206)	2:03:44	72.98	Report
1969	July 26	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Ford	400	200 (321.868)	2:32:24	78.74	Report
1970	July 25	Bobby Isaac	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:50:47	87.943	Report
1971	July 24	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:47:30	89.667	Report
1972	August 27	Bobby Allison	Richard Howard	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:42:14	92.578	Report
1973	August 25	Buddy Baker	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:48:12	89.31	Report
1974	July 20	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	3:10:40	76.368	Report
1975	July 20	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:47:16	89.792	Report
1976	July 17	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:52:49	86.908	Report
1977	July 16	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	3:10:09	78.999	Report
1978	July 15	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:48:54	88.924	Report
1979	July 14	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:42:51	92.227	Report
1980	July 12	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund Racing	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:40:05	93.821	Report
1981	July 11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:48:47	90.052	Report
1982	July 10	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:53:35	86.524	Report
1983	July 16	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:55:12	85.726	Report
1984	July 14	Geoffrey Bodine	All-Star Racing	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	3:05:38	80.908	Report

• 1960, 1961, & 1968: Race shortened due to rain.
• 1963: Race shortened due to impending darkness.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
6	Richard Petty	1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971
4	Darrell Waltrip	1977, 1979, 1981, 1982
3	Jim Paschal	1961, 1962, 1963
	Cale Yarborough	1974, 1975, 1978
2	Dale Earnhardt	1980, 1983

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
10	Chevrolet	1959, 1960, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984
7	Plymouth	1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971
4	Ford	1958, 1968, 1969, 1983
2	Dodge	1970, 1973
	Buick	1981, 1982

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator (s)
1970	ABC	Jim McKay	Chris Economaki

References

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