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1971 Nashville 420

Nashville Speedway · 1971 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	1	29	14	1	2	400	420	250.3

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	420	400	running	100
2	10	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	416		running	98
3	9	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	416		running	96
4	11	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	411		running	94
5	7	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	403		running	92
6	25	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Ford	398		running	90
7	19	23	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	385		running	88
8	29	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	379		running	86
9	8	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	375		running	84
10	27	28	Bill Hollar	Brooks Racing	Ford	375		running	82
11	6	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Ford	374		throttle	80
12	20	41	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder (Owner)	Chevrolet	359		running	78
13	5	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Ford	329		engine	76
14	21	73	Jerry Churchill	Churchill Motorsports	Ford	323		running	0
15	24	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	249		running	72
16	3	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	236		running	70
17	4	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	167		water pump	68
18	13	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	154		rear end	66
19	12	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	141		accident	64
20	26	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	121		engine	62
21	18	96	Richard Childress	Garn Racing	Chevrolet	108		valve	60
22	16	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	102		throttle	58
23	15	58	Robert Brown	Allan Brown (Owner)	Chevrolet	73		a-frame	56
24	17	40	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports	Ford	60		tire	54
25	22	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	51		accident	0
26	14	38	Wayne Smith	Wayne Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	49		engine	50
27	2	12	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	22	20	a-frame	0
28	28	25	Bill Seifert	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	9		quit	46
29	23	67	Dick May	Ron Ronacher (Owner)	Plymouth	5		sway bar	44

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Richard Petty	400	95.2%	P1
2	Bobby Allison	20	4.8%	P27

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