1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Kingsport 300 Race Results

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1971 - Kingsport 300 Race Results

Race Name - Kingsport 300
Date - 5/23/1971
Race Track - Kingsport Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.337 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 101 miles
Pole Speed - 75.167 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 35
Average Race Speed - 63.242 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $10,890
Race Number - 20

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	300	71 Dodge	294	$1,800
2	6	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	295	71 Ford	0	$1,100
3	3	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	293	71 Ford	0	$800
4	9	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	283	69 Mercury	0	$600
5	4	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	282	69 Ford	0	$500
6	7	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	281	69 Ford	0	$400
7	12	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	280	71 Ford	0	$390
8	11	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	277	70 Plymout	0	$380
9	17	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	274	69 Plymout	0	$370
10	16	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	260	70 Ford	0	$360
11	25	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	259	69 Dodge	0	$350
12	10	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears)	238	69 Dodge	0	$340
13	13	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	211	69 Ford	0	$330
14	18	Dick May	67	Ron Ronacher	200	69 Ford	0	$320
15	21	Ken Meisenhelder	41	Ken Meisenhelder	194	69 Chevrol	0	$310
16	14	DK Ulrich	40	DK Ulrich	186	70 Ford	0	$300
17	2	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	166	71 Plymout	6	$290
18	8	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	138	70 Dodge	0	$280
19	22	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	138	70 Ford	0	$270
20	23	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	87	69 Ford	0	$260
21	15	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	85	69 Ford	0	$250
22	20	Richard Childress	96	Tom Garn	72	71 Chevrol	0	$240
23	5	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	46	70 Ford	0	$230
24	19	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	26	69 Chevrol	0	$220
25	24	Bill Hollar	28	Earl Brooks	1	69 Ford	0	$200