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1971 Southern 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 40 of 48
Monday, September 6, 1971 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.3 miles)

Time of race: 3:48:55
Average Speed: 131.398 mph
Pole Speed: 147.915 mph

Cautions: 5 for 32 laps
Margin of Victory: 1 lp 3 sec
Attendance: 70,000
Lead changes: 14

Glossary 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1971 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
27	27	32	Marv Acton	Dick Brooks	'70 Plymouth	187	790	hood pin	0
1	1	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Holman-Moody)	'69 Mercury	367	22,450	running	329
11	25	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'69 Ford	316	1,850	running	0
3	4	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	'71 Dodge	363	6,575	running	0
29	14	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Ford	167	755	engine	0
18	35	68	Larry Baumel	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	'69 Ford	267	895	running	0
39	39	66	Dick Brooks	Ferguson-Stephens (Ross Ferguson)	'71 Pontiac	8	650	overheating	0
13	32	26	Earl Brooks	Earl Brooks	'69 Ford	313	1,430	running	0
37	38	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'70 Dodge	41	680	suspension	0
26	19	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'70 Ford	194	720	rear end	0
22	21	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'69 Ford	217	770	engine	0
19	10	90	Bill Dennis	Junie Donlavey	'69 Mercury	264	845	battery	0
23	12	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	'70 Dodge	216	745	battery	0
24	3	3	Charlie Glotzbach	Richard Howard	'71 Chevrolet	214	785	crash	0
9	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury	337	2,150	running	0
12	30	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'69 Ford	315	1,575	running	0
30	2	6	Pete Hamilton	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	'71 Plymouth	156	800	overheating	0
33	16	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler	'70 Chevrolet	96	680	engine	0
6	9	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'69 Mercury	343	3,050	running	0
4	7	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'71 Dodge	361	4,625	running	25
34	24	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'69 Mercury	81	675	engine	0
5	5	99	Dave Marcis	Nichels-Goldsmith (Ray Nichels)	'71 Plymouth	355	3,600	running	0
36	29	86	Bobby Mausgrover	Neil Castles	'69 Dodge	44	715	suspension	0
25	23	84	Dick May	Ralph Davis	'69 Dodge	204	725	engine	0
10	37	40	Roy Mayne	D.K. Ulrich	'71 Ford	320	2,050	running	0
40	31	91	J.D. McDuffie	Junior Fields	'71 Chevrolet	2	645	steering	0
17	20	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'69 Ford	274	945	running	0
16	8	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'69 Mercury	276	1,545	engine	0
35	13	17	David Pearson	C.V. Enterprises (Ray Nichels)	'71 Pontiac	50	795	engine	0
2	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'71 Plymouth	366	10,050	running	13
7	18	42	Marty Robbins	Marty Robbins	'69 Dodge	339	2,550	running	0
20	40	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'69 Ford	242	820	running	0
8	22	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling (John Sears)	'69 Dodge	338	2,350	running	0
32	17	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'69 Ford	111	685	engine	0
28	33	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey	'69 Plymouth	170	710	engine	0
21	15	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'69 Plymouth	223	820	crash	0
38	26	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	13	655	engine	0
31	28	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Dodge	149	695	engine	0
14	34	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	313	1,350	running	0
15	36	13	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro	'69 Plymouth	303	1,200	running	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	14	14
	15	22	8	#25 oil on track
	23	120	98
	121	125	5	debris
	126	237	112
	238	243	6	#34 spun turn 4
	244	291	48
	292	300	9	#72 accident turn 4
	301	310	10
	311	314	4	#90 stalled on track
	315	367	53
Percent of race run under caution: 8.7% Average green flag run: 55.8 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	16	16
Bobby Isaac	17	40	24
Bobby Allison	41	89	49
Richard Petty	90	91	2
Bobby Allison	92	121	30
Bobby Isaac	122	122	1
Bobby Allison	123	155	33
Richard Petty	156	157	2
Bobby Allison	158	239	82
Richard Petty	240	240	1
Bobby Allison	241	293	53
Richard Petty	294	294	1
Bobby Allison	295	301	7
Richard Petty	302	308	7
Bobby Allison	309	367	59

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