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1971 Daytona 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 48
Sunday, February 14, 1971 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:27:40
Average speed: 144.462 mph
Pole speed: 182.744 mph

Cautions: 7 for 44 laps
Margin of victory: 10 sec
Attendance: 80000
Lead changes: 48

Glossary 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1971 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	5	43	Richard Petty	Southern Chrysler-Plymouth (Petty Enterprises)	'71 Plymouth	200	45450	running	69
2	6	11	Buddy Baker	Dodge by Petty (Petty Enterprises)	'71 Dodge	200	16100	running	16
3	1	21	A.J. Foyt	Teleprompter Cable TV / Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'69 Mercury	200	14500	running	36
4	4	17	David Pearson	Purolator Filters (Holman-Moody Racing)	'69 Mercury	199	4225	running	6
5	9	99	Fred Lorenzen	STP (Ray Nichels)	'71 Plymouth	199	3825	running	0
6	32	31	Jim Vandiver	Moss-Thornton (O.L. Nixon)	'69 Dodge	198	3475	running	0
7	8	22	Dick Brooks	Golden Products (Mario Rossi)	'69 Dodge	198	3125	running	5
8	24	20	Jim Hurtubise	Southland Auto Salvage (Jimmy McCain)	'70 Ford	197	2800	running	0
9	15	48	James Hylton	Mullins Ford (James Hylton)	'69 Ford	197	2600	running	4
10	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'71 Dodge	197	3950	running	37
11	14	7	Ramo Stott	Plymouth (Ramo Stott)	'71 Plymouth	195	2350	running	0
12	25	18	Joe Frasson	Mario Frasson Cement Co. (Joe Frasson)	'70 Dodge	194	2200	running	0
13	36	25	Pedro Rodriguez	Star City Body Shop (Don Robertson)	'70 Plymouth	194	1975	running	0
14	16	64	Elmo Langley	Woodfield Ford (Elmo Langley)	'69 Mercury	193	1850	running	0
15	34	04	Freddy Fryar	High Meadows Country & Golf Club (Buster Davis)	'69 Dodge	192	1800	running	0
16	27	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'69 Ford	191	1700	running	0
17	19	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury	187	1750	running	0
18	31	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'70 Dodge	187	1600	running	7
19	38	40	Marv Acton	Dick Brooks	'70 Plymouth	186	1550	running	0
20	26	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'69 Chevrolet	184	1500	running	0
21	20	03	Tommy Gale	Gale Trucking (Larry Jackson)	'69 Mercury	183	1475	running	0
22	29	68	Larry Baumel	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	'69 Ford	179	1525	running	0
23	28	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'69 Ford	179	1425	running	0
24	37	79	Frank Warren	Waynesboro Chrysler-Plymouth (Frank Warren)	'69 Plymouth	178	1400	running	0
25	17	2	Dave Marcis	Southside Dodge (Dave Marcis)	'69 Dodge	173	1375	engine	0
26	11	27	Donnie Allison	Banjo Matthews	'69 Mercury	170	1350	crash	10
27	10	90	Bill Dennis	Teleprompter Corp. (Junie Donlavey)	'69 Mercury	162	1525	clutch	0
28	3	6	Pete Hamilton	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	'71 Plymouth	157	2050	engine	6
29	21	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling (John Sears)	'69 Dodge	126	1275	engine	0
30	35	45	Bill Seifert	Garrett Motor Co. (Bill Seifert)	'70 Ford	111	1250	steering	0
31	40	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'69 Ford	93	1225	steering	0
32	22	44	Red Farmer	Custom Trim Products (Richard Giachetti)	'71 Ford	91	1200	engine	0
33	13	3	Cale Yarborough	Plymouth (Ray Fox)	'71 Plymouth	61	1375	engine	0
34	7	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson	'69 Mercury	45	1150	oil line	4
35	12	72	Benny Parsons	Montgomery Motors (L.G. DeWitt)	'69 Ford	39	1125	ignition	0
36	33	39	Friday Hassler	Chattanooga Valley Auto Parts / See Rock City (Friday Hassler)	'69 Chevrolet	38	1200	engine	0
37	30	06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture (Neil Castles)	'69 Dodge	24	1075	ignition	0
38	18	60	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Ford (Joe Nagle)	'69 Ford	9	1050	crash	0
39	23	55	Tiny Lund	Baughmann Hi-Speed / Pepsi (John McConnell)	'69 Dodge	7	1025	ignition	0
40	39	88	Ron Keselowski	Messina Trucking (Roger Lubinski)	'70 Dodge	1	1000	quit	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Jimmy Crawford	02		Crawford Brothers	Plymouth
	Ed Negre	8		Ed Negre	Dodge
	Pedro Rodriguez	14		Bill Ellis	Chevrolet
	Dub Simpson	16		Ken Spikes	Chevrolet
	Fritz Schultz	23		Don Robertson	Plymouth
	Earl Brooks	26		Earl Brooks	Ford
	Bill Hollar	28		Earl Brooks	Ford
	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing	Vic Ballard	Ford
	Wendell Scott	34		Wendell Scott	Ford
	Blackie Wangerin	38		Blackie Wangerin	Ford
	Ken Meisenhelder	41		Ken Meisenhelder	Chevrolet
	Roy Mayne	46		Tom Hunter	Chevrolet
	E.J. Trivette	56		Gary Baird	Chevrolet
	Robert Brown	58		Allan Brown	Chevrolet
	Vic Elford	59		Tom Pistone	Ford
	Charlie Roberts	63		Charlie Roberts	Dodge
	Dick May	67		Ron Ronacher	Ford
	J.D. McDuffie	70		J.D. McDuffie	Mercury
	Bill Shirey	74		Bill Shirey	Plymouth
	Dick Poling	78		Frank Warren	Dodge
	Joe Hines	80	H&R Racing, Inc.	Joe Hines	Chevrolet
	Bobby Mausgrover	84		Buster Davis	Dodge
	Butch Hirst	87		John Pemberton	Oldsmobile
	Leonard Blanchard	95		Leonard Blanchard	Ford
DC	Jabe Thomas	25		Don Robertson	Plymouth

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	9	9
	10	18	9	#60 accident turn 2
	19	45	27
	46	51	6	#98 stalled frontstretch
	52	65	14
	66	73	8	#79 oil turn 1
	74	86	13
	87	91	5	debris
	92	98	7
	99	101	3	#6,22 accident turn 1
	102	120	19
	121	127	7	debris
	128	164	37
	165	170	6	#6 oil frontstretch
	171	200	30
Percent of race run under caution: 22.0% Average green flag run: 19.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
A.J. Foyt	1	3	3
David Pearson	4	4	1
A.J. Foyt	5	6	2
Buddy Baker	7	8	2
Bobby Isaac	9	11	3
LeeRoy Yarbrough	12	15	4
James Hylton	16	19	4
Buddy Baker	20	20	1
Pete Hamilton	21	21	1
David Pearson	22	22	1
Pete Hamilton	23	23	1
Buddy Baker	24	24	1
David Pearson	25	25	1
Bobby Isaac	26	26	1
Buddy Baker	27	27	1
Bobby Isaac	28	34	7
Buddy Baker	35	35	1
Bobby Isaac	36	56	21
Pete Hamilton	57	58	2
Richard Petty	59	59	1
Dick Brooks	60	61	2
Richard Petty	62	63	2
Dick Brooks	64	64	1
Richard Petty	65	68	4
Bobby Allison	69	73	5
Pete Hamilton	74	74	1
David Pearson	75	75	1
Bobby Isaac	76	80	5
A.J. Foyt	81	91	11
Donnie Allison	92	93	2
David Pearson	94	95	2
Dick Brooks	96	96	1
Pete Hamilton	97	97	1
Dick Brooks	98	98	1
A.J. Foyt	99	102	4
Richard Petty	103	108	6
Bobby Allison	109	109	1
Richard Petty	110	122	13
Bobby Allison	123	123	1
A.J. Foyt	124	129	6
Richard Petty	130	151	22
A.J. Foyt	152	161	10
Donnie Allison	162	165	4
Buddy Baker	166	166	1
Donnie Allison	167	170	4
Buddy Baker	171	173	3
Richard Petty	174	175	2
Buddy Baker	176	181	6
Richard Petty	182	200	19