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1971 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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 (400.000 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: 63000 Lead changes: 34 Glossary    1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1971 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 21 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '71 Dodge 160 16450 running 59 2 4 43   Richard Petty Plymouth by Petty   (Petty Enterprises) '71 Plymouth 160 8825 running 46 3 2 11   Buddy Baker Dodge by Petty   (Petty Enterprises) '71 Dodge 160 6325 running 35 4 8 6   Pete Hamilton American Brakeblok   (Cotton Owens) '71 Plymouth 160 3275 running 5 5 1 21   Donnie Allison Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '69 Mercury 160 2200 running 4 6 5 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Holman-Moody Racing) '69 Mercury 159 1600 running 6 7 6 99   Fred Lorenzen STP   (Ray Nichels) '71 Plymouth 158 1375 running 0 8 7 17   David Pearson C.V. Enterprises   (Ray Nichels) '71 Plymouth 157 1250 running 0 9 20 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering / Marco Polo Park   (James Hylton) '71 Ford 155 1150 running 0 10 11 39   Friday Hassler Friday Hassler '70 Chevrolet 154 1175 running 4 11 9 90   Bill Dennis Tecorp 10 Refuse Bodies - Truck Equip. Corp.   (Junie Donlavey) '69 Mercury 152 1015 running 0 12 32 53   Bobby Brack Hopper-Crews   (J.C. Crews) '69 Ford 151 990 running 0 13 13 88   Ron Keselowski Roger Lubinski '70 Dodge 151 1015 running 0 14 15 60   Maynard Troyer Nagle Racers   (Joe Nagle) '69 Mercury 151 965 running 0 15 12 18   Joe Frasson Carter Thermo King   (Joe Frasson) '70 Dodge 151 990 running 0 16 39 46   Roy Mayne Tom Hunter '69 Chevrolet 150 885 running 0 17 18 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '69 Mercury 149 860 running 0 18 26 25   Jabe Thomas Star City Body Shop   (Don Robertson) '70 Plymouth 149 860 running 0 19 22 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '69 Dodge 148 865 running 0 20 16 0   George Altheide George Altheide '70 Dodge 148 825 running 0 21 34 92   Larry Smith Harley Smith '69 Ford 147 790 running 0 22 35 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton '69 Ford 147 780 running 0 23 29 76   Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '69 Ford 147 770 running 0 24 23 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '71 Ford 145 785 running 0 25 30 47   Raymond Williams Raymond Williams '71 Ford 145 750 running 0 26 38 86   Bill Champion Neil Castles '69 Dodge 141 740 running 0 27 14 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '69 Mercury 120 755 overheating 0 28 40 68   Larry Baumel Auto Lad   (Allan Schlauer) '69 Ford 116 720 running 0 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 31 36 07   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '69 Chevrolet 93 695 engine 0 32 19 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford 85 685 engine 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 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 37 3 3   Charlie Glotzbach Richard Howard '71 Chevrolet 43 735 engine 1 38 10 52   A.J. Foyt Holman-Moody Racing '69 Mercury 33 655 quit 0 39 27 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '70 Dodge 19 650 sway bar 0 40 25 15   Don Tarr Tom Pistone '70 Ford 18 670 engine 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 85 85     86 91 6   #55 accident frontstretch   92 96 5     97 101 5   #30 oil on track   102 160 59       Percent of race run under caution: 6.9%             Average green flag run: 49.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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