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1971 Albany-Saratoga 250 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 29 of 48 Wednesday, July 14, 1971 at Albany-Saratoga Speedway, Malta, NY 250 laps on a 0.362 mile paved track (90.500 miles) Time of race: 1:21:21 Average speed: 66.748 mph Pole speed: 74.896 mph Cautions: 2 for 10 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 7000 Lead changes: 7 Glossary    1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1971 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 43   Richard Petty Plymouth by Petty   (Petty Enterprises) '71 Plymouth 250 1500 running 181 2 4 2   Dave Marcis Dave Marcis '69 Dodge 248 900 running 59 3 6 70   J.D. McDuffie T.D. Welker Construction Co.   (J.D. McDuffie) '69 Mercury 244 500 running 5 4 9 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Ford 243 350 running 0 5 18 67   Elmo Langley Ron Ronacher '69 Ford 242 325 running 0 6 8 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '71 Ford 240 300 running 0 7 10 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '69 Ford 240 275 running 0 8 19 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '69 Mercury 240 270 running 0 9 26 88   Ron Keselowski Roger Lubinski '70 Dodge 239 265 running 0 10 25 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '69 Ford 239 260 running 0 11 23 77   Charlie Roberts Charlie Roberts '70 Ford 236 255 running 0 12 22 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '69 Ford 235 250 running 0 13 11 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford 233 245 running 0 14 13 74   Bill Shirey Bill Shirey '69 Plymouth 221 240 running 0 15 33 73   Jerry Churchill Jerry Churchill '69 Ford 216 235 running 0 16 29 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '70 Ford 207 230 rear end 0 17 28 41   Ken Meisenhelder Ken Meisenhelder '69 Chevrolet 191 225 ignition 0 18 15 23   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '69 Plymouth 189 220 vibration 0 19 31 28   Bill Hollar Earl Brooks '69 Ford 165 215 brakes 0 20 3 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Holman-Moody Racing) '69 Mercury 144 210 engine 0 21 7 39   Friday Hassler Friday Hassler '70 Chevrolet 130 205 vibration 0 22 14 68   Larry Baumel Auto Lad   (Allan Schlauer) '69 Ford 130 200 engine 0 23 27 64   Dick May Elmo Langley '69 Mercury 123 100 brakes 0 24 5 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '69 Plymouth 105 100 rear end 0 25 20 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '69 Dodge 97 100 axle 0 26 30 6   Ed Hessert Neil Castles '69 Dodge 94 100 suspension 0 27 2 91   Pete Hamilton Junior Fields '71 Chevrolet 82 100 transmission 5 28 17 96   Richard Childress Tom Garn '70 Chevrolet 75 100 transmission 0 29 21 86   Bobby Mausgrover Neil Castles '69 Dodge 53 100 brakes 0 30 16 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling   (John Sears) '69 Dodge 36 100 engine 0 31 12 62   Rene Charland Kaye Engineering   (John Keselowski) '69 Dodge 33 100 brakes 0 32 32 40   D.K. Ulrich D.K. Ulrich '70 Ford 27 100 flat tire 0 33 24 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '70 Dodge 13 100 transmission 0 34 34 25   James Cox Don Robertson '69 Plymouth 1 100 quit 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Richard Petty 1 58 58   J.D. McDuffie 59 63 5   Pete Hamilton 64 67 4   Dave Marcis 68 69 2   Pete Hamilton 70 70 1   Richard Petty 71 98 28   Dave Marcis 99 155 57   Richard Petty 156 250 95