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1971 Texas 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 48 of 48
Sunday, December 12, 1971 at Texas World Speedway, College Station, TX
250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:28:20
Average Speed: 144 mph
Pole Speed: 170.83 mph

Cautions: 3 for 28 laps
Margin of Victory: 18 sec
Attendance: 18,600
Lead changes: 22

Glossary 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1971 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'71 Plymouth	250	13,395	running	111
2	4	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	'71 Dodge	250	6,805	running	52
3	5	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Holman-Moody)	'69 Mercury	248	5,125	running	75
4	1	6	Pete Hamilton	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	'71 Plymouth	245	3,865	running	12
5	8	90	Bill Dennis	Junie Donlavey	'69 Mercury	239	3,100	running	0
6	10	18	Joe Frasson	Mario Frasson Cement Co. (Joe Frasson)	'70 Dodge	238	2,540	running	0
7	15	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury	234	2,035	running	0
8	14	91	Richard D. Brown	Junior Fields	'71 Chevrolet	232	1,535	running	0
9	30	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'69 Ford	232	1,045	running	0
10	22	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	231	965	running	0
11	21	9	Ramo Stott	Ramo Stott	'70 Dodge	231	965	running	0
12	12	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	230	835	running	0
13	35	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Ford	219	765	running	0
14	32	26	Earl Brooks	Earl Brooks	'69 Ford	216	745	running	0
15	37	0	George Altheide	George Altheide	'70 Dodge	216	690	running	0
16	25	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'69 Ford	212	685	running	0
17	43	28	Bill Hollar	Earl Brooks	'69 Ford	212	680	running	0
18	33	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	211	675	running	0
19	44	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'69 Mercury	211	720	running	0
20	16	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'70 Dodge	209	665	running	0
21	49	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'69 Ford	209	660	running	0
22	39	63	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'69 Dodge	208	655	running	0
23	40	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'69 Ford	196	650	running	0
24	24	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling (John Sears)	'69 Dodge	194	685	fuel pump	0
25	20	42	Marty Robbins	Marty Robbins	'71 Dodge	174	640	engine	0
26	9	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler	'70 Chevrolet	164	665	valve	0
27	29	00	Ronnie Chumley	Vita-Fresh Orange Juice (R.B. Chumley)	'69 Mercury	155	630	engine	0
28	46	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey	'69 Plymouth	144	625	out of gas	0
29	47	81	Bob England	Bob England	'70 Chevrolet	133	620	vibration	0
30	31	5	Doc Faustina	Doc Faustina	'70 Plymouth	128	615	oil leak	0
31	38	55	Tiny Lund	Tiny Lund	'69 Mercury	118	610	engine	0
32	19	87	Jackie Oliver	James Mason	'69 Mercury	117	605	engine	0
33	18	53	H.B. Bailey	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'69 Ford	117	600	engine	0
34	28	01	Earle Canavan	Earle Canavan	'71 Plymouth	113	630	engine	0
35	41	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'69 Ford	111	665	lug bolt	0
36	13	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Dodge	98	605	valve	0
37	34	27	Jerry Barnett	Joe Barnett	'71 Dodge	86	580	crash	0
38	2	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Chevrolet	82	675	engine	0
39	23	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Ford	79	615	engine	0
40	11	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'69 Dodge	73	585	engine	0
41	27	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	69	560	oil pressure	0
42	26	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs	'69 Dodge	67	555	engine	0
43	36	37	Don Tarr	Don Tarr	'70 Dodge	59	550	lug bolt	0
44	42	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'69 Ford	34	545	engine	0
45	45	40	D.K. Ulrich	D.K. Ulrich	'71 Ford	26	540	clutch	0
46	17	96	Ray Elder	Fred Elder	'71 Dodge	24	535	engine	0
47	48	61	Jimmy Finger	B & B Racing (Don Bierschwale)	'69 Ford	18	530	engine	0
48	6	17	David Pearson	C.V. Enterprises (Ray Nichels)	'71 Pontiac	15	575	overheating	0
49	7	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'71 Dodge	1	1,020	engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Richard Petty	1	16	16
Buddy Baker	17	47	31
Pete Hamilton	48	51	4
Bobby Allison	52	52	1
Richard Petty	53	77	25
Bobby Allison	78	88	11
Richard Petty	89	95	7
Bobby Allison	96	99	4
Buddy Baker	100	100	1
Richard Petty	101	113	13
Buddy Baker	114	133	20
Bobby Allison	134	134	1
Richard Petty	135	135	1
Bobby Allison	136	139	4
Richard Petty	140	164	25
Bobby Allison	165	172	8
Pete Hamilton	173	180	8
Richard Petty	181	181	1
Bobby Allison	182	222	41
Richard Petty	223	225	3
Bobby Allison	226	230	5
Richard Petty	231	250	20

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