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1971 Asheville 300

NASCAR Winston Cup race number 19 of 48
Friday, May 21, 1971 at New Asheville Speedway, Asheville, NC
300 laps on a 0.333 mile paved track (99.900 miles)

Time of race: 1:24:14
Average speed: 71.231 mph
Pole speed: 79.598 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 4 laps +
Attendance: 4500
Lead changes: 4

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
11	13	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling (John Sears)	'69 Dodge	74	255	quit	0
16	5	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'70 Dodge	1	230	quit	0
5	7	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'69 Ford	259	325	running	0
6	15	67	Dick May	Ron Ronacher	'69 Ford	155	300	quit	0
8	14	26	Earl Brooks	Earl Brooks	'69 Ford	124	270	quit	0
12	8	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'70 Ford	33	250	engine	0
13	11	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Ford	32	245	engine	0
14	6	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'69 Ford	15	240	ignition	0
15	16	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'69 Ford	9	235	brakes	0
17	4	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	1	225	quit	0
18	18	7	Dean Dalton	–	'69 Ford	0	220	did not start	0
2	2	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'69 Mercury	296	900	running	48
3	3	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury	284	500	running	0
7	17	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'69 Mercury	130	275	engine	0
1	1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'71 Plymouth	300	1500	running	252
4	10	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'69 Plymouth	281	350	running	0
9	12	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Plymouth	110	265	quit	0
10	9	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey	'69 Plymouth	79	260	quit	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Richard Petty	1	13	13
Elmo Langley	14	56	43
Richard Petty	57	200	144
Elmo Langley	201	205	5
Richard Petty	206	300	95