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The Yellawood 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. The 1000Bulbs.com 500 is also one of four races currently run with restrictor plates, the others being the Coke Zero Sugar 400, the Daytona 500, and the GEICO 500. Through 1996, the race was normally held in early August or late July. In 1997, it was moved, after overwhelming fans' requests, to early October due to the uncomfortably hot summer temperatures in the Alabama area.

In 1998, the name of the race was swapped with that of the spring race. The fall race became known as the Winston 500 for a few years in order to promote the Winston No Bull 5 program.

Past winners[]

Year Date No. Driver Team Sponsor Manufacturer Race distance Race time Average speed
(mph)
Report
Laps Miles (km)
1969 September 14 99 Richard Brickhouse Ray Nichels Crown Dodge Gadsden AL Dodge 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:15:07 153.778 Report
1970 August 23 40 Pete Hamilton Petty Enterprises 7-Up "The Uncola" Plymouth 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:09:17 158.517 Report
1971 August 22 12 Bobby Allison Holman-Moody Coca-Cola Mercury 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:25:38 145.945 Report
1972 August 6 48 James Hylton James Hylton Pop Kola Mercury 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:22:09 148.728 Report
1973 August 12 22 Dick Brooks Crawford Brothers Mickey Mouse/Crawford Enterprises Plymouth 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:26:17 145.454 Report
1974 August 11 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises STP Dodge 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:21:52 148.637 Report
1975 August 17 15 Buddy Baker Bud Moore Engineering Sunny King Ford 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:49:14 130.892 Report
1976 August 8 71 Dave Marcis Nord Krauskopf K&K Insurance Dodge 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:10:27 157.547 Report
1977 August 7 1 Donnie Allison* Ellington Racing Hawaiian Tropic Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:04:37 162.524 Report
1978 August 6 54 Lennie Pond Ranier-Lundy W.I.N. Inc. Oldsmobile 188 500.08 (804.8) 2:51:43 174.7 Report
1979 August 5 88 Darrell Waltrip DiGard Motorsports Gatorade Oldsmobile 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:06:06 161.229 Report
1980 August 3 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Purolator Mercury 188 500.08 (804.8) 2:59:47 166.894 Report
1981 August 2 47 Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm Team Race Hill Farm Team Buick 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:11:24 156.737 Report
1982 August 1 11 Darrell Waltrip Junior Johnson & Associates Mountain Dew Buick 188 500.08 (804.8) 2:58:26 168.157 Report
1983 July 31 15 Dale Earnhardt Bud Moore Engineering Wrangler Jeans Ford 188 500.08 (804.8) 2:55:52 170.611 Report
1984 July 29 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Wrangler Jeans Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:12:04 155.485 Report
1985 July 28 28 Cale Yarborough Ranier-Lundy Hardee's Ford 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:21:41 148.772 Report
1986 July 27 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Miller American Buick 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:17:59 151.522 Report
1987 July 26 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Coors Ford 188 500.08 (804.8) 2:55:10 171.293 Report
1988 July 31 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Folgers Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:14:12 154.505 Report
1989 July 30 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Budweiser Ford 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:10:41 157.354 Report
1990 July 29 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 2:52:01 174.43 Report
1991 July 28 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:23:35 147.383 Report
1992 July 26 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan-McClure Motorsports Kodak Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:05:11 176.309 Report
1993 July 25 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:15:01 153.858 Report
1994 July 24 27 Jimmy Spencer Junior Johnson & Associates McDonald's Ford 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:03:50 163.217 Report
1995 July 23 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan-McClure Motorsports Kodak Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 2:53:15 173.188 Report
1996 July 28 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports DuPont Chevrolet 129* 343.14 (552.23) 2:34:21 133.387 Report
1997 October 12 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:11:36 156.601 Report
1998 October 11 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:08:20 159.318 Report
1999 October 17 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing GM Goodwrench Plus Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:00:04 166.632 Report
2000 October 15 3 Dale Earnhardt* Richard Childress Racing GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:01:06 165.681 Report
2001 October 21 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Budweiser Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:02:45 164.185 Report
2002 October 6 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Budweiser Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 2:43:22 183.665 Report
2003 September 28 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:12:17 156.045 Report
2004 October 3 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Budweiser Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:11:12 156.929 Report
2005 October 2 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing UPS Ford 190* 505.4 (813.362) 3:30:51 143.818 Report
2006 October 8 25 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports GMAC Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:10:23 157.602 Report
2007 October 7 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:29:11 143.438 Report
2008 October 5 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Subway/The Home Depot Toyota 190* 505.4 (813.362) 3:36:10 140.281 Report
2009 November 1 26 Jamie McMurray Roush Fenway Racing Irwin Marathon Saw Blades Ford 191* 508.06 (817.643) 3:13:54 157.213 Report
2010 October 31 33 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing BB&T Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:03:23 163.618 Report
2011 October 23 33 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 100 Years Chevrolet 189* 502.74 (809.081) 3:29:14 143.404 Report
2012 October 7 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford EcoBoost/National Breast Cancer Foundation Ford 189* 502.74 (809.081) 2:56:12 171.194 Report
2013 October 20 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Cessna/Auburn University Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 2:47:49 178.795 Report
2014 October 19 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Redd's Wicked Apple Ale Ford 194* 516.04 (830.485) 3:13:09 160.302 Report
2015 October 25 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Shell/Pennzoil Ford 196* 521.36 (839.047) 3:06:56 167.311 Report
2016 October 23 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Shell/Pennzoil Mosaic Ford 192* 510.72 (821.924) 3:11:38 159.905 Report
2017 October 15 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Miller Lite/#Cheers2DaleJr Ford 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:47:52 131.677 Report
2018 October 14 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Smithfield Bacon For Life Ford 193* 513.38 (826.04) 3:20:24 153.707 Report
2019 October 13/14* 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske DentWizard Ford 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:39:35 136.644 Report
2020 October 4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing FedEx Express Toyota 200* 532 (856) 4:05:58 129.774 Report
2021 October 4* 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing McDonald's Toyota 117* 311.22 (500.859) 2:23:24 130.218 Report
2022 October 2 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:15:23 153.569 Report
2023 October 1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Pennzoil/Menards Ford 188 500.08 (804.8) 3:07:25 160.097 Report
2024 October 6 47 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. JTG-Daugherty Racing Kroger Health/Palmolive Chevrolet 195* 518.7 (834.767) 3:26:25 150.773 Report
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