Sharpie 500

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**Sharpie 500**

Venue	Bristol Motor Speedway
Corporate sponsor	Newell Rubbermaid
First race	1961
Distance	267 miles (429 km)
Number of laps	500
Previous names	Volunteer 500 (1961-1975) Volunteer 400 (1976-1977) Volunteer 500 (1978-1979) Busch Volunteer 500 (1980) Busch 500 (1981-1990) Bud 500 (1991-1993) Goody's 500 (1994-1995) Goody's Headache Powder 500 (1996-1999) goracing.com 500 (2000) Sharpie 500 (2001-2009)

The Sharpie 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. It is one of two Sprint Cup races held at Bristol, the other being the Food City 500, but it is by far the more popular of the two. Since 1978, the race has been held in late-August on a Saturday night, and is considered among the most difficult tickets to obtain in sports, with waiting lists for this event one of the longest in sports. The race has aired on ESPN since 2007. The spring race, the Food City 500, is a network television event on Fox. For 2010 the race will be sponsored by tool maker Irwin Industrial Tools and will be called the Irwin Tools Night Race.

[edit] Past winners

NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, the race winner has come from the USA.

Year	Date	Driver	Car Make	Winner's Prize (USD)	Distance (laps)	Average Speed (mph)
Volunteer 500
1961	July 29	Jack Smith	'61 Pontiac	$3,025	500	68.373
1962	April 29	Bobby Johns	'62 Pontiac	$4,405	500	73.397
1963	July 28	Fred Lorenzen	'63 Ford	$4,540	500	74.844
1964	July 26	Fred Lorenzen	'64 Ford	$4,185	500	78.044
1965	July 25	Ned Jarrett	'65 Ford	$4,315	500	61.826
1966	July 24	Paul Goldsmith	'66 Plymouth	$5,400	500	77.963
1967	July 23	Richard Petty	'67 Plymouth	$6,050	500	78.705
1968	July 21	David Pearson	'68 Ford	$5,175	500	76.31
1969	July 20	David Pearson	'69 Ford	$5,525	500	79.737
1970	July 19	Bobby Allison	'69 Dodge	$4,850	500	84.88
1971	July 11	Charlie Glotzbach	'71 Chevrolet	$5,675	500	101.074
1972	July 9	Bobby Allison	'72 Chevrolet	$8,400	500	92.735
1973	July 8	Benny Parsons	'73 Chevrolet	$6,800	500	91.342
1974	July 14	Cale Yarborough	'74 Chevrolet	$7,725	500	75.43
1975	November 2	Richard Petty	'74 Dodge	$7,560	500	97.016
Volunteer 400
1976	August 29	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet	$10,025	400	99.175
1977	August 28	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet	$12,100	400	79.726
Volunteer 500
1978	August 26 ^[1]	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile	$15,910	500	88.628
1979	August 25	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	$13,510	500	91.493
Busch Volunteer 500
1980	August 23	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet	$16,550	500	86.973
Busch 500
1981	August 22	Darrell Waltrip	Buick	$18,800	500	84.723
1982	August 28	Darrell Waltrip	Buick	$22,925	500	94.318
1983	August 27	Darrell Waltrip	Buick	$30,400	418 ^[2]	89.43
1984	August 25	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	$28,480	500	85.365
1985	August 24	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	$34,675	500	81.388
1986	August 23	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	$41,725	500	86.934
1987	August 22	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	$47,175	500	90.373
1988	August 27	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	$48,500	500	78.775
1989	August 26	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	$52,450	500	85.554
1990	August 25	Ernie Irvan	Chevrolet	$49,600	500	91.782
Bud 500
1991	August 24	Alan Kulwicki	Ford	$61,400	500	82.028
1992	August 29	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	$73,050	500	91.198
1993	August 28	Mark Martin	Ford	$80,125	500	88.172
Goody's 500
1994	August 27	Rusty Wallace	Ford	$53,015	500	91.363
1995	August 26	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	$66,940	500	81.979
Goody's Headache Powder 500
1996	August 24	Rusty Wallace	Ford	$77,090	500	91.267
1997	August 23	Dale Jarrett	Ford	$101,550	500	80.013
1998	August 22	Mark Martin	Ford	$85,315	500	86.949
1999	August 28	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	$89,880	500	91.276
goracing.com 500
2000	August 26	Rusty Wallace	Ford	$107,540	500	85.394
Sharpie 500
2001	August 25	Tony Stewart	Pontiac	$189,415	500	85.106
2002	August 24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	$245,543	500	77.097
2003	August 23	Kurt Busch	Ford	$237,565	500	77.421
2004	August 28	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Chevrolet	$322,443	500	88.538
2005	August 27	Matt Kenseth	Ford	$360,536	500	84.678
2006	August 26	Matt Kenseth	Ford	$336,516	500	90.025
2007	August 25	Carl Edwards	Ford	$297,050	500	89.006
2008	August 23	Carl Edwards	Ford	$344,625	500	91.581
2009	August 22	Kyle Busch	Toyota	$341,073	500	80.240