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1971 World 600

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 21 of 48
Sunday, May 30, 1971 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
400 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.000 miles)

Time of race: 4:16:20
Average speed: 140.422 mph
Pole speed: 157.788 mph

Cautions: 3 for 24 laps
Margin of victory: 33.9 sec
Attendance: 78000
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1971 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Holman-Moody Racing)	'69 Mercury	400	28400	running	303
2	13	21	Donnie Allison	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'69 Mercury	400	14900	running	0
3	6	6	Pete Hamilton	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	'71 Plymouth	399	10425	running	0
4	5	43	Richard Petty	Southern Chrysler Plymouth (Petty Enterprises)	'71 Plymouth	398	7175	running	0
5	4	99	Fred Lorenzen	STP (Ray Nichels)	'71 Plymouth	395	5600	running	0
6	8	11	Buddy Baker	Dodge (Petty Enterprises)	'71 Dodge	394	4125	running	2
7	15	72	Benny Parsons	Montgomery Motors (L.G. DeWitt)	'69 Mercury	392	3600	running	0
8	25	39	Friday Hassler	See Rock City (Friday Hassler)	'70 Chevrolet	391	3125	running	0
9	12	2	Dave Marcis	Roger Little's Dodge Country (Dave Marcis)	'69 Dodge	390	2550	running	7
10	7	22	Dick Brooks	Pistnlube (Mario Rossi)	'70 Dodge	390	2400	running	0
11	10	31	Jim Vandiver	Moss-Thornton (O.L. Nixon)	'70 Dodge	386	2175	running	0
12	11	14	Jim Paschal	Guddey Motors / North Wilkesboro Dragway (Bill Ellis)	'71 Chevrolet	386	2050	running	0
13	17	48	James Hylton	Mullins Ford (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	385	1975	running	1
14	16	90	Bill Dennis	Junie Donlavey	'69 Mercury	382	1925	running	0
15	19	42	Marty Robbins	Pistnlube / Marty Robbins (Marty Robbins)	'69 Dodge	376	1800	running	0
16	9	91	Speedy Thompson	Fox Turkey Farm (Junior Fields)	'71 Chevrolet	376	1800	running	0
17	18	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury	374	1700	running	0
18	37	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'70 Dodge	370	1675	running	0
19	27	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Ford	363	1625	running	0
20	39	04	Ed Negre	Buster Davis	'70 Plymouth	354	1525	running	0
21	30	5	Earl Brooks	Circus Circus (Doc Faustina)	'70 Plymouth	353	1485	running	0
22	24	92	Larry Smith	The Car Center (Harley Smith)	'69 Ford	352	1425	running	0
23	35	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Dodge	349	1375	running	0
24	32	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'69 Mercury	333	1325	running	0
25	26	93	Richard D. Brown	Harold Furr	'71 Chevrolet	330	1350	crash	0
26	34	07	Jabe Thomas	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'69 Chevrolet	292	1230	wheel bearing	0
27	21	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'69 Mercury	282	1195	clutch	0
28	1	3	Charlie Glotzbach	Kmart / Pistonlube (Richard Howard)	'71 Chevrolet	234	1735	crash	87
29	31	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'69 Ford	232	1125	vibration	0
30	28	88	Ron Keselowski	Messina Trucking (Roger Lubinski)	'70 Dodge	213	1115	suspension	0
31	33	47	Raymond Williams	Bill Seifert	'71 Ford	211	1055	engine	0
32	3	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'71 Dodge	160	1905	radiator	0
33	36	02	Dick Bown	Ober Logging (Mike Ober)	'70 Plymouth	110	1015	suspension	0
34	14	33	David Pearson	C.V. Enterprises (Ray Nichels)	'71 Pontiac	94	1055	oil leak	0
35	23	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	'70 Dodge	79	920	oil pan	0
36	20	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'69 Plymouth	60	860	engine	0
37	22	60	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle)	'69 Mercury	39	850	steering	0
38	40	55	Ben Arnold	Pepsi / Baughman (Tiny Lund)	'69 Mercury	33	790	oil line	0
39	38	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'70 Ford	17	795	engine	0
40	29	30	Walter Ballard	Hekimian's Foreign Car Shop (Vic Ballard)	'71 Ford	11	800	crash	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	George Altheide	0	National Care	George Altheide	Dodge
	Jabe Thomas	25		Don Robertson	Plymouth
	Earl Brooks	26		Earl Brooks	Ford
	Dub Simpson	51		Bill Strong	Chevrolet
	Bill Shirey	74		Bill Shirey	Plymouth
DC	Coo Coo Marlin	07	Cunningham-Kelley	H.B. Cunningham	Chevrolet
DC	Tiny Lund	55	Pepsi / Baughman	Tiny Lund	Mercury
WD	Ben Arnold	76		Ben Arnold	Ford
WD	Ray Elder	96	Hargis Engineering	Fred Elder	Dodge

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	14	14
	15	23	9	#30 engine turn 3; #47, 77 spun turn 3
	24	234	211
	235	242	8	#3 accident frontstretch
	243	358	116
	359	365	7	#93 accident backstretch
	366	400	35
Percent of race run under caution: 6.0% Average green flag run: 94.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	5	5
Charlie Glotzbach	6	16	11
Dave Marcis	17	23	7
James Hylton	24	24	1
Bobby Allison	25	76	52
Buddy Baker	77	78	2
Bobby Allison	79	91	13
Charlie Glotzbach	92	97	6
Bobby Allison	98	136	39
Charlie Glotzbach	137	174	38
Bobby Allison	175	194	20
Charlie Glotzbach	195	226	32
Bobby Allison	227	400	174