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1971 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 27 of 48
Sunday, July 4, 1971 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:28:12
Average Speed: 161.947 mph
Pole Speed: 183.228 mph

Cautions: 2 for 11 laps
Margin of Victory: 4 sec
Attendance: 63,000
Lead changes: 34

Glossary 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1971 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
6	5	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Holman-Moody)	'69 Mercury	159	1,600	running	6
5	1	21	Donnie Allison	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'69 Mercury	160	2,200	running	4
20	16	0	George Altheide	George Altheide	'70 Dodge	148	825	running	0
23	29	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'69 Ford	147	770	running	0
3	2	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	'71 Dodge	160	6,325	running	35
32	19	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Ford	85	685	engine	0
28	40	68	Larry Baumel	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	'69 Ford	116	720	running	0
12	32	53	Bobby Brack	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'69 Ford	151	990	running	0
39	27	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'70 Dodge	19	650	sway bar	0
26	38	86	Bill Champion	Neil Castles	'69 Dodge	141	740	running	0
22	35	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'69 Ford	147	780	running	0
11	9	90	Bill Dennis	10 Refuse Bodies (Junie Donlavey)	'69 Mercury	152	1,015	running	0
38	10	52	A.J. Foyt	Holman-Moody	'69 Mercury	33	655	quit	0
15	12	18	Joe Frasson	Carter Thermo King (Joe Frasson)	'70 Dodge	151	990	running	0
37	3	3	Charlie Glotzbach	Richard Howard	'71 Chevrolet	43	735	engine	1
17	18	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury	149	860	running	0
4	8	6	Pete Hamilton	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	'71 Plymouth	160	3,275	running	5
10	11	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler	'70 Chevrolet	154	1,175	running	4
9	20	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering / Marco Polo Park (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	155	1,150	running	0
1	21	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'71 Dodge	160	16,450	running	59
13	13	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	151	1,015	running	0
27	14	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'69 Mercury	120	755	overheating	0
7	6	99	Fred Lorenzen	STP (Ray Nichels)	'71 Plymouth	158	1,375	running	0
33	24	55	Tiny Lund	Tiny Lund	'69 Mercury	80	705	crash	0
34	31	2	Dave Marcis	Poole-Gable Motors (Dave Marcis)	'69 Dodge	70	675	ignition	0
31	36	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'69 Chevrolet	93	695	engine	0
16	39	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'69 Chevrolet	150	885	running	0
35	33	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'69 Mercury	49	670	transmission	0
36	17	91	Ed Negre	Junior Fields	'71 Chevrolet	44	665	battery	0
8	7	17	David Pearson	C.V. Enterprises (Ray Nichels)	'71 Plymouth	157	1,250	running	0
2	4	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'71 Plymouth	160	8,825	running	46
29	37	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'70 Ford	103	710	driveshaft	0
30	28	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling (John Sears)	'69 Dodge	94	705	engine	0
24	23	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'71 Ford	145	785	running	0
21	34	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith	'69 Ford	147	790	running	0
40	25	15	Don Tarr	Tom Pistone	'70 Ford	18	670	engine	0
18	26	25	Jabe Thomas	Star City Body Shop (Don Robertson)	'70 Plymouth	149	860	running	0
14	15	60	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle)	'69 Mercury	151	965	running	0
19	22	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Dodge	148	865	running	0
25	30	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	145	750	running	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Charlie Glotzbach	1	1	1
Buddy Baker	2	2	1
Donnie Allison	3	4	2
Buddy Baker	5	5	1
Donnie Allison	6	6	1
Bobby Allison	7	7	1
Buddy Baker	8	8	1
Bobby Allison	9	10	2
Buddy Baker	11	12	2
Bobby Allison	13	13	1
Buddy Baker	14	20	7
Donnie Allison	21	21	1
Buddy Baker	22	29	8
Bobby Allison	30	31	2
Buddy Baker	32	38	7
Friday Hassler	39	42	4
Richard Petty	43	61	19
Bobby Isaac	62	71	10
Richard Petty	72	72	1
Buddy Baker	73	74	2
Richard Petty	75	86	12
Buddy Baker	87	88	2
Pete Hamilton	89	91	3
Richard Petty	92	95	4
Bobby Isaac	96	96	1
Richard Petty	97	98	2
Bobby Isaac	99	102	4
Richard Petty	103	103	1
Buddy Baker	104	106	3
Bobby Isaac	107	125	19
Richard Petty	126	132	7
Buddy Baker	133	133	1
Pete Hamilton	134	135	2
Bobby Isaac	136	160	25

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