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1971 Kingsport 300

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 20 of 48
Sunday, May 23, 1971 at Kingsport Speedway, Kingsport, TN
300 laps on a 0.337 mile paved track (101.100 miles)

Time of race: 1:32:35
Average speed: 63.242 mph
Pole speed: 75.167 mph

Cautions: 6 for 35 laps
Margin of victory: 5 laps +
Attendance: 3800
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1971 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'71 Dodge	300	1800	running	294
2	6	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	295	1100	running	0
3	3	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	293	800	running	0
4	9	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury	283	600	running	0
5	4	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'69 Ford	282	500	running	0
6	7	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'69 Ford	281	400	running	0
7	12	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Ford	280	390	running	0
8	11	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	277	380	running	0
9	17	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey	'69 Plymouth	274	370	running	0
10	16	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'70 Ford	260	360	running	0
11	25	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Dodge	259	350	running	0
12	10	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling (John Sears)	'69 Dodge	238	340	ignition	0
13	13	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'69 Ford	211	330	running	0
14	18	67	Dick May	Ron Ronacher	'69 Ford	200	320	transmission	0
15	21	41	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder	'69 Chevrolet	194	310	rear end	0
16	14	40	D.K. Ulrich	D.K. Ulrich	'70 Ford	186	300	crash	0
17	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'71 Plymouth	166	290	rear end	6
18	8	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'70 Dodge	138	280	brakes	0
19	22	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'70 Ford	138	270	quit	0
20	23	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'69 Ford	87	260	battery	0
21	15	26	Earl Brooks	Earl Brooks	'69 Ford	85	250	wiring	0
22	20	96	Richard Childress	Tom Garn	'71 Chevrolet	72	240	fire	0
23	5	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'70 Ford	46	230	overheating	0
24	19	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'69 Chevrolet	26	220	oil leak	0
25	24	28	Bill Hollar	Earl Brooks	'69 Ford	1	200	clutch	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Isaac	1	82	82
Richard Petty	83	88	6
Bobby Isaac	89	300	212