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1971 Nashville 420 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 32 of 48 Saturday, July 24, 1971 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN 420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles) Time of race: 2:47:30 Average speed: 89.667 mph Pole speed: 114.628 mph Cautions: 4 for 46 laps Margin of victory: 4 laps + Attendance: 10000 Lead changes: 2 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) '70 Plymouth 420 4325 running 400 27 2 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '70 Dodge 22 295 suspension 20 16 3 24   Cecil Gordon Casa Linda Motel   (Cecil Gordon) '69 Mercury 236 415 running 0 17 4 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '71 Ford 167 340 water pump 0 13 5 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton '69 Ford 329 590 engine 0 11 6 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '69 Ford 374 665 throttle 0 5 7 70   J.D. McDuffie Mercury Cyclone   (J.D. McDuffie) '69 Mercury 403 1025 running 0 9 8 76   Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '69 Ford 375 715 running 0 3 9 72   Benny Parsons Montgomery Motors   (L.G. DeWitt) '70 Mercury 416 1600 running 0 2 10 48   James Hylton Mullins Ford   (James Hylton) '70 Ford 416 2415 running 0 4 11 26   Earl Brooks Earl Brooks '69 Ford 411 1160 running 0 19 12 05   David Sisco DeLong Chevrolet   (Charlie McGee) '70 Chevrolet 141 265 crash 0 18 13 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '70 Ford 154 290 rear end 0 26 14 38   Wayne Smith Wayne Smith '69 Chevrolet 49 245 engine 0 23 15 58   Robert Brown Allan Brown '70 Chevrolet 73 250 suspension 0 22 16 74   Bill Shirey Bill Shirey '69 Plymouth 102 250 throttle 0 24 17 40   D.K. Ulrich D.K. Ulrich '70 Ford 60 250 flat tire 0 21 18 96   Richard Childress Tom Garn '70 Chevrolet 108 250 engine 0 7 19 23   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '69 Plymouth 385 765 running 0 12 20 41   Ken Meisenhelder Ken Meisenhelder '69 Chevrolet 359 640 running 0 14 21 73   Jerry Churchill Jerry Churchill '69 Ford 323 540 running 0 25 22 07   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '69 Chevrolet 51 250 crash 0 29 23 67   Dick May Ron Ronacher '69 Ford 5 215 suspension 0 15 24 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '69 Dodge 249 490 running 0 6 25 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford 398 815 running 0 20 26 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '69 Ford 121 250 engine 0 10 27 28   Bill Hollar Earl Brooks '69 Ford 375 690 running 0 28 28 25   Bill Seifert Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 9 240 quit 0 8 29 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '69 Ford 379 740 running 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Richard Petty 1 1 1   Bobby Allison 2 21 20   Richard Petty 22 420 399