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1971 Carolina 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 48
Sunday, March 14, 1971 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.4 miles)

Time of race: 4:12:55
Average Speed: 118.696 mph
Pole Speed: 133.892 mph

Cautions: 7 for 36 laps
Margin of Victory: under caution
Attendance: 33,000
Lead changes: 19

Glossary 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1971 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	43	Richard Petty	Southern Chrysler Plymouth (Petty Enterprises)	'71 Plymouth	492	17,315	running	198
2	3	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'71 Dodge	492	11,240	running	55
3	10	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	'71 Dodge	492	5,065	running	182
4	1	99	Fred Lorenzen	STP (Ray Nichels)	'71 Plymouth	488	3,815	crash	16
5	13	22	Dick Brooks	Golden Products (Mario Rossi)	'69 Dodge	488	1,875	running	0
6	16	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson	'69 Mercury	486	1,565	crash	22
7	27	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	'69 Dodge	474	1,340	running	0
8	8	55	Tiny Lund	John McConnell	'69 Dodge	471	1,415	running	0
9	11	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'69 Mercury	470	1,215	crash	0
10	14	90	Bill Dennis	Junie Donlavey	'69 Mercury	462	1,165	running	0
11	18	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'69 Ford	455	1,090	running	0
12	22	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'69 Plymouth	454	1,040	running	0
13	12	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury	446	1,090	running	0
14	31	88	J.D. McDuffie	Roger Lubinski	'69 Dodge	441	1,015	running	0
15	35	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'69 Ford	439	965	crash	0
16	25	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'69 Ford	438	940	running	0
17	28	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Plymouth	437	915	running	0
18	15	48	James Hylton	Mullins Ford (James Hylton)	'70 Mercury	436	965	suspension	0
19	40	75	Bobby Wawak	Bobby Wawak	'69 Dodge	436	865	crash	0
20	29	68	Larry Baumel	Bob's Auto Clinic (Allan Schlauer)	'69 Ford	413	840	running	0
21	32	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'70 Ford	384	815	overheating	0
22	34	56	E.J. Trivette	Gary Baird	'71 Chevrolet	368	790	running	0
23	18	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'69 Ford	366	840	running	0
24	6	6	Pete Hamilton	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	'71 Plymouth	339	1,115	radiator	7
25	9	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'69 Mercury	304	790	crash	0
26	17	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'69 Plymouth	301	790	engine	12
27	21	42	Ray Hendrick	Mallory Speed Ford (L.G. DeWitt)	'70 Ford	295	665	crash	0
28	30	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'69 Chevrolet	282	640	engine	0
29	37	63	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'69 Dodge	265	615	engine	0
30	5	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'69 Dodge	231	1,065	engine	0
31	7	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler	'69 Chevrolet	186	860	radiator	0
32	24	40	Marv Acton	Dick Brooks	'69 Plymouth	162	580	crash	0
33	23	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling (John Sears)	'69 Dodge	148	575	lug bolts	0
34	4	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'69 Dodge	132	1,145	engine	0
35	39	67	Dick May	Ron Ronacher	'69 Ford	98	565	suspension	0
36	20	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'69 Dodge	95	560	overheating	0
37	33	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'69 Ford	72	555	overheating	0
38	38	51	Dub Simpson	Bill Strong	'69 Chevrolet	28	550	transmission	0
39	36	44	James Sears	Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti)	'71 Ford	9	545	brakes	0
40	26	47	Raymond Williams	Bill Seifert	'70 Ford	5	540	crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fred Lorenzen	1	15	15
Bobby Isaac	16	28	13
Fred Lorenzen	29	29	1
G.C. Spencer	30	41	12
Richard Petty	42	98	57
Bobby Isaac	99	128	30
LeeRoy Yarbrough	129	130	2
Buddy Baker	131	215	85
LeeRoy Yarbrough	216	233	18
Buddy Baker	234	306	73
Pete Hamilton	307	313	7
Richard Petty	314	314	1
Buddy Baker	315	332	18
LeeRoy Yarbrough	333	334	2
Richard Petty	335	422	88
Buddy Baker	423	425	3
Bobby Isaac	426	437	12
Richard Petty	438	468	31
Buddy Baker	469	471	3
Richard Petty	472	492	21

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