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1971 American 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 44 of 48
October 24, 1971 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.4 miles)

Time of race: 4:24:43
Average Speed: 113.405 mph
Pole Speed: 135.167 mph

Cautions: 9 for 58 laps
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 25,000
Lead changes: 14

Glossary 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1971 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	5	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'71 Plymouth	492	17,120	running	189
2	2	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	'71 Dodge	492	9,745	running	209
3	4	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Holman-Moody)	'71 Mercury	488	6,320	running	1
4	7	6	Pete Hamilton	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	'71 Plymouth	487	4,195	running	16
5	6	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'71 Dodge	483	3,920	running	0
6	11	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'69 Mercury	482	2,570	running	0
7	27	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'69 Mercury	476	1,045	running	0
8	15	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	'70 Dodge	471	1,670	running	0
9	23	90	Bill Dennis	Junie Donlavey	'69 Mercury	471	1,445	running	0
10	13	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler	'70 Chevrolet	468	1,270	running	0
11	19	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury	464	1,070	running	0
12	26	55	Tiny Lund	Tiny Lund	'69 Mercury	461	1,045	running	0
13	21	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'69 Ford	459	1,020	running	0
14	25	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	457	995	running	0
15	40	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'69 Ford	453	970	running	0
16	28	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'69 Ford	446	945	running	0
17	31	91	Richard D. Brown	Junior Fields	'71 Chevrolet	445	1,020	running	0
18	37	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'69 Ford	440	895	running	0
19	34	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs	'69 Dodge	439	870	running	0
20	17	31	Stick Elliott	O.L. Nixon	'69 Dodge	435	895	running	0
21	36	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'69 Ford	421	820	running	0
22	38	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Ford	397	795	engine	0
23	22	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling (John Sears)	'69 Dodge	389	770	running	0
24	35	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'69 Mercury	342	745	suspension	0
25	30	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'69 Ford	333	720	oil leak	0
26	41	26	Earl Brooks	Earl Brooks	'69 Ford	297	670	suspension	0
27	39	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'69 Dodge	254	670	engine	0
28	9	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'69 Dodge	227	670	engine	0
29	32	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'69 Mercury	216	670	engine	0
30	24	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	174	595	crash	0
31	16	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'69 Plymouth	171	710	crash	0
32	20	53	Bobby Brack	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'69 Ford	170	580	crash	0
33	29	95	Paul Tyler	Paul Tyler	'69 Ford	163	575	crash	0
34	10	27	A.J. Foyt	Banjo Matthews	'71 Chevrolet	139	595	crash	0
35	18	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Plymouth	112	590	engine	0
36	8	99	David Pearson	Nichels-Goldsmith (Ray Nichels)	'71 Plymouth	92	585	crash	0
37	1	3	Charlie Glotzbach	Richard Howard	'71 Chevrolet	84	1,130	crash	77
38	12	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'69 Chevrolet	79	575	engine	0
39	3	21	Donnie Allison	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'69 Mercury	63	820	overheating	0
40	33	13	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro	'69 Plymouth	36	565	engine	0
41	14	60	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle)	'69 Mercury	13	545	engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Charlie Glotzbach	1	1	1
Buddy Baker	2	6	5
Charlie Glotzbach	7	82	76
Buddy Baker	83	83	1
Bobby Allison	84	84	1
Buddy Baker	85	86	2
Pete Hamilton	87	100	14
Buddy Baker	101	146	46
Pete Hamilton	147	148	2
Buddy Baker	149	233	85
Richard Petty	234	235	2
Buddy Baker	236	293	58
Richard Petty	294	337	44
Buddy Baker	338	349	12
Richard Petty	350	492	143

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