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1971 Talladega 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 37 of 48
Sunday, August 22, 1971 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.1 miles)

Time of race: 3:25:38
Average Speed: 145.945 mph
Pole Speed: 187.323 mph

Cautions: 5 for 43 laps
Margin of Victory: 2.1 sec
Attendance: 46,700
Lead changes: 54

Glossary 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1971 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
14	32	03	Tommy Gale	Larry Jackson	'69 Mercury	176	1,415	running	0
16	46	05	David Sisco	Charlie McGee	'70 Chevrolet	173	1,365	running	0
50	18	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'70 Dodge	1	515	ignition	0
42	34	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'69 Chevrolet	42	715	axle	0
12	25	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'70 Ford	178	1,465	running	0
36	7	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	'71 Dodge	95	865	engine	10
1	2	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Holman-Moody)	'69 Mercury	188	19,565	running	100
7	20	15	Don Tarr	Tom Pistone	'70 Ford	181	2,265	running	0
32	15	18	Joe Frasson	Mario Frasson Cement (Joe Frasson)	'70 Dodge	105	965	crash	0
43	42	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'69 Ford	39	740	engine	0
17	30	20	Bill Ward	Jimmy McCain	'70 Ford	173	1,340	running	0
41	1	21	Donnie Allison	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'69 Mercury	44	790	engine	22
38	12	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury	63	815	crash	0
9	31	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	179	1,865	running	0
20	50	26	Earl Brooks	Earl Brooks	'69 Ford	162	1,265	running	0
23	3	3	Charlie Glotzbach	Richard Howard	'71 Chevrolet	155	1,265	engine	5
22	23	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Ford	156	1,240	running	0
30	28	32	Marv Acton	Dick Brooks	'70 Plymouth	146	1,015	engine	0
37	9	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler	'70 Chevrolet	86	840	windshield	0
19	36	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling (John Sears)	'69 Dodge	163	1,290	running	0
2	5	43	Richard Petty	Pepsi (Petty Enterprises)	'71 Plymouth	188	10,040	running	15
6	11	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'69 Ford	181	2,515	running	0
13	38	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'69 Chevrolet	178	1,440	running	0
18	33	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'70 Ford	169	1,315	running	0
5	14	48	James Hylton	Madden Food Systems / Mullins Ford (James Hylton)	'69 Mercury	183	4,340	running	0
34	29	5	Dave Marcis	Doc Faustina	'70 Plymouth	101	915	crash	0
39	6	52	Rolf Stommelen	Holman-Moody	'69 Mercury	53	790	frame	0
33	44	53	Bobby Brack	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'69 Ford	105	965	crash	0
3	4	6	Pete Hamilton	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	'71 Plymouth	187	6,265	crash	36
44	10	60	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle)	'69 Mercury	33	665	oil leak	0
46	47	63	Johnny Barnes	Charlie Roberts	'69 Dodge	23	615	oil pan	0
11	13	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'69 Mercury	179	1,490	running	0
29	37	68	Larry Baumel	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	'69 Ford	148	1,040	axle	0
25	48	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'69 Ford	155	1,140	running	0
21	27	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'69 Mercury	161	1,240	running	0
47	21	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'69 Mercury	10	690	engine	0
35	17	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'69 Ford	97	890	engine	0
24	26	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'70 Ford	155	1,165	engine	0
15	14	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Dodge	175	1,390	running	0
28	40	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'69 Ford	151	1,065	running	0
27	43	84	Dick May	Ralph Davis	'69 Ford	153	1,115	running	0
45	35	86	Bobby Mausgrover	Neil Castles	'69 Dodge	27	640	engine	0
8	39	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	179	2,015	running	0
48	22	90	Bill Dennis	Junie Donlavey	'69 Mercury	10	615	engine	0
49	16	91	Richard D. Brown	Junior Fields	'71 Chevrolet	5	540	engine	0
10	19	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith	'69 Ford	179	1,775	running	0
40	24	93	Dub Simpson	Harold Furr	'71 Chevrolet	49	790	fuel line	0
31	45	94	Harry Gailey	George Elliott	'69 Ford	141	990	running	0
26	49	96	Wendell Scott	Tom Garn	'70 Chevrolet	153	1,115	running	0
4	8	99	Fred Lorenzen	STP (Ray Nichels)	'71 Plymouth	184	4,290	running	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	63	63
	64	77	14	rain
	78	95	18
	96	102	7	#96 oil turn 4
	103	109	7
	110	119	10	#5,18,53 accident turn 3
	120	155	36
	156	161	6	#3 blew engine
	162	168	7
	169	174	6	#77 blew engine
	175	188	14
Percent of race run under caution: 22.9% Average green flag run: 24.2 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Donnie Allison	1	4	4
Pete Hamilton	5	7	3
Donnie Allison	8	8	1
Buddy Baker	9	9	1
Bobby Allison	10	11	2
Buddy Baker	12	13	2
Bobby Allison	14	14	1
Buddy Baker	15	15	1
Donnie Allison	16	16	1
Bobby Allison	17	19	3
Donnie Allison	20	21	2
Buddy Baker	22	22	1
Donnie Allison	23	25	3
Buddy Baker	26	30	5
Donnie Allison	31	33	3
Charlie Glotzbach	34	34	1
Donnie Allison	35	38	4
Pete Hamilton	39	39	1
Richard Petty	40	40	1
Donnie Allison	41	44	4
Pete Hamilton	45	48	4
Richard Petty	49	51	3
Pete Hamilton	52	55	4
Charlie Glotzbach	56	57	2
Pete Hamilton	58	70	13
Charlie Glotzbach	71	71	1
Bobby Allison	72	86	15
Pete Hamilton	87	87	1
Richard Petty	88	88	1
Pete Hamilton	89	89	1
Bobby Allison	90	97	8
Richard Petty	98	98	1
Bobby Allison	99	104	6
Richard Petty	105	106	2
Pete Hamilton	107	108	2
Bobby Allison	109	116	8
Pete Hamilton	117	118	2
Richard Petty	119	120	2
Bobby Allison	121	125	5
Richard Petty	126	127	2
Bobby Allison	128	129	2
Pete Hamilton	130	130	1
Bobby Allison	131	133	3
Pete Hamilton	134	134	1
Bobby Allison	135	152	18
Charlie Glotzbach	153	153	1
Pete Hamilton	154	154	1
Bobby Allison	155	157	3
Richard Petty	158	158	1
Bobby Allison	159	175	17
Richard Petty	176	177	2
Pete Hamilton	178	178	1
Bobby Allison	179	179	1
Pete Hamilton	180	180	1
Bobby Allison	181	188	8

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