• Bobby Allison ends a 67-race winless skid by winning the Daytona 500 in Bud Moore's Ford Thunderbird.

• David Pearson wins his 100th career Winston Cup race in the Carolina 500 at North Carolina Motor Speedway on March 5.

• Lennie Pond grabs first place in a thrilling last lap shoot-out to win the Talladega 500 on Aug. 6. Pond averages 174.700 mph for the 500 miles, a Winston Cup record.

• A number of Winston Cup drivers, team owners, dignitaries and news reporters accept invitations from President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalyn Carter to attend a dinner on the White House lawn on Sept. 13.

• The Junior Johnson crew sets an amazing record at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Oct. 8. Cale Yarborough blows the engine in his Oldsmobile on lap 206 of the 334-lap contest and the Johnson crew makes a complete engine change in 13 minutes. Yarborough gets back into the race and finishes 22nd, only 23 laps off the pace.

• Cale Yarborough becomes the first and only driver to win three consecutive Winston Cup championships.

• Yarborough wins 10 events en route to the season driving title.