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Pepsi 420
NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Venue	Fairgrounds Speedway
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)

Pepsi 420

Former NASCAR race

The Pepsi 420 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held at Fairgrounds Speedway from 1958 to 1984.

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Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report	Ref
Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Miles (km)	Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report	Ref
1958	August 10	72	Joe Weatherly	Holman-Moody	Ford	200	100 (160.934)	1:41:14	59.269	Report	^[1]
1959	August 9	77	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson	Chevrolet	300	150 (241.401)	2:22:05	63.343	Report	^[2]
1960	August 7	73	Johnny Beauchamp	Dale Swanson	Chevrolet	333*	166.5 (267.955)	2:55:22	56.966	Report	^[3]
1961	August 6	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty	Pontiac	403*	201.5 (324.282)	3:34:09	56.455	Report	^[4]
1962	August 5	42	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	250 (402.336)	3:52:41	64.489	Report	^[5]
1963	August 4	42	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	350*	175 (281.635)	2:54:38	60.126	Report	^[6]
1964	August 2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	200 (321.868)	2:43:55	73.208	Report	^[7]
1965	July 31	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	200 (321.868)	2:45:47	72.383	Report	^[8]
1966	July 30	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	200 (321.868)	2:47:11	71.77	Report	^[9]
1967	July 29	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	200 (321.868)	2:49:20	70.866	Report	^[10]
1968	July 27	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	Ford	301*	150.5 (242.206)	2:03:44	72.98	Report	^[11]
1969	July 26	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Ford	400	200 (321.868)	2:32:24	78.74	Report	^[12]
1970	July 25	71	Bobby Isaac	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:50:47	87.943	Report	^[13]
1971	July 24	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:47:30	89.667	Report	^[14]
1972	August 27	12	Bobby Allison	Richard Howard	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:42:14	92.578	Report	^[15]
1973	August 25	71	Buddy Baker	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:48:12	89.31	Report	^[16]
1974	July 20	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	3:10:40	76.368	Report	^[17]
1975	July 20	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:47:16	89.792	Report	^[18]
1976	July 17	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:52:49	86.908	Report	^[19]
1977	July 16	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	3:10:09	78.999	Report	^[20]
1978	July 15	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:48:54	88.924	Report	^[21]
1979	July 14	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:42:51	92.227	Report	^[22]
1980	July 12	2	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund Racing	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:40:05	93.821	Report	^[23]
1981	July 11	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:48:47	90.052	Report	^[24]
1982	July 10	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:53:35	86.524	Report	^[25]
1983	July 16	15	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	420	250.32 (402.85)	2:55:12	85.726	Report	^[26]
1984	July 14	5	Geoffrey Bodine	All-Star Racing	Chevrolet	420	250.32 (402.85)	3:05:38	80.908	Report	^[27]

# 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
3	Cale Yarborough	1974, 1975, 1978
2	Dale Earnhardt	1980, 1983

# 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
2	Buick	1981, 1982

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Pepsi 420

Past winners

Multiple winners (drivers)

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

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