NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1971 - West Virginia 500 Race Results
Race Name - West Virginia 500Date - 8/8/1971Race Track - International Raceway ParkTrack Length (Miles) - 0.455 milesRace Length (Miles) - 228 milesPole Speed - 84.053 mphNumber of Cautions - 5Caution Laps - 38Average Race Speed - 83.805 mphLead Changes - 13Total Race Purse - $17,500Race Number - 35 | More Races from 1971 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 2 | Richard Petty | 43 | Petty Enterprises | 500 | 71 Plymout | 279 | $2,300 |
2 | 1 | Bobby Allison | 49 | CocaCola Rollins Leasing (Melvin Joseph) | 498 | 70 Mustang | 201 | $1,500 |
3 | 5 | James Hylton | 48 | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | 495 | 71 Ford | 0 | $950 |
4 | 6 | Tiny Lund | 55 | Ronnie Hopkins | 493 | 70 Camaro | 20 | $750 |
5 | 14 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Cecil Gordon | 482 | 69 Mercury | 0 | $650 |
6 | 4 | Jim Paschal | 14 | Cliff Stewart | 477 | 70 Javelin | 0 | $550 |
7 | 17 | Gary Myers | 41 | Norris Reed | 474 | 70 Mustang | 0 | $500 |
8 | 25 | Walter Ballard | 30 | Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) | 468 | 71 Ford | 0 | $490 |
9 | 11 | Bill Champion | 10 | Bill Champion | 468 | 70 Ford | 0 | $480 |
10 | 26 | Jabe Thomas | 25 | Don Robertson | 467 | 70 Plymout | 0 | $470 |
11 | 16 | Earl Brooks | 26 | Earl Brooks | 459 | 69 Ford | 0 | $460 |
12 | 28 | JD McDuffie | 70 | JD McDuffie | 452 | 69 Mercury | 0 | $450 |
13 | 27 | Wendell Scott | 34 | Wendell Scott | 432 | 69 Ford | 0 | $440 |
14 | 12 | David Ray Boggs | 86 | David Ray Boggs | 422 | 71 Firebir | 0 | $430 |
15 | 7 | Joe Dean Huss | 33 | Jack Balmer | 417 | 69 Camaro | 0 | $420 |
16 | 9 | Buck Baker | 87 | Buck Baker | 413 | 71 Firebir | 0 | $410 |
17 | 30 | Randy Hutchison | 2 | Warren Prout | 364 | 71 Camaro | 0 | $400 |
18 | 10 | Neil Castles | 6 | Neil Castles | 312 | 70 Dodge | 0 | $390 |
19 | 22 | Jimmy Vaughn | 7 | Jimmy Vaughn | 266 | 69 Camaro | 0 | $380 |
20 | 31 | John Sears | 4 | J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears) | 224 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $370 |
21 | 34 | Gordon Birkett | 50 | John Hodges | 220 | 69 Chevrol | 0 | $360 |
22 | 32 | Ed Negre | 8 | Ed Negre | 214 | 69 Ford | 0 | $350 |
23 | 15 | Wayne Andrews | 15 | Reid Shaw | 206 | 71 Mustang | 0 | $340 |
24 | 13 | Bill Seifert | 45 | Bill Seifert | 187 | 69 Ford | 0 | $330 |
25 | 3 | Elmo Langley | 64 | Elmo Langley | 141 | 71 Ford | 0 | $320 |
26 | 8 | Junior Spencer | 11 | James Rupe | 112 | 69 Camaro | 0 | $310 |
27 | 23 | Charlie Glotzbach | 3 | Richard Howard | 100 | 71 Chevrol | 0 | $300 |
28 | 20 | Pee Wee Wentz | 5 | Jerry Wentz | 100 | 69 Camaro | 0 | $300 |
29 | 29 | Raymond Williams | 47 | Raymond Williams | 48 | 71 Ford | 0 | $300 |
30 | 19 | Al Straub | 94 | Al Straub | 48 | 71 Mustang | 0 | $300 |
31 | 33 | Frank Warren | 79 | Frank Warren | 47 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $300 |
32 | 24 | Bill Shirey | 74 | Bill Shirey | 31 | 69 Plymout | 0 | $300 |
33 | 18 | Henley Gray | 19 | Henley Gray | 25 | 69 Ford | 0 | $300 |
34 | 21 | Paul Tyler | 78 | Keith Christensen | 11 | 69 Camaro | 0 | $300 |
35 | 35 | Jerry Churchill | 73 | Jerry Churchill | 1 | 69 Ford | 0 | $300 |