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1971 Space City 300 Previous race results / Next race results                         Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 25 of 48 Wednesday, June 23, 1971 at Meyer Speedway, Houston, TX 300 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 2:02:28 Average speed: 73.489 mph Pole speed: 78.226 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 9000 Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1971 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '71 Dodge 300 2200 running 253 2 14 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '70 Ford 298 1500 running 9 3 11 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford 292 1000 running 0 4 3 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '69 Mercury 290 700 running 0 5 5 36   Frank Warren H.B. Bailey '70 Pontiac 289 650 running 0 6 7 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '69 Mercury 286 550 running 0 7 2 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '71 Plymouth 279 475 running 38 8 10 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '69 Ford 270 450 running 0 9 8 77   Charlie Roberts Charlie Roberts '70 Ford 254 425 running 0 10 6 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '69 Mercury 249 400 running 0 11 4 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '69 Ford 239 370 running 0 12 12 00   Ronnie Chumley R.B. Chumley '69 Ford 136 360 transmission 0 13 9 14   Fred Hill – '69 Ford 116 350 rear end 0 14 13 3   Pete Arnold – '70 Ford 58 340 steering 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Richard Petty 1 4 4   Bobby Allison 5 8 4   Richard Petty 9 42 34   Bobby Allison 43 147 105   James Hylton 148 156 9   Bobby Allison 157 300 144