1971 Maryville 200
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1971 Maryville 200
| Race details | |||
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| Race 13 of 48 in the 1971 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
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| Date | April 15, 1971 | ||
| Location | Smoky Mountain Raceway (Maryville, Tennessee) | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.520 mi (0.836 km) |
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| Distance | 200 laps, 104 mi (167.3 km) | ||
| Avg Speed | 88.697 miles per hour (142.744 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Friday Hassler | Friday Hassler | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | |
| Laps | 134 | ||
| Winner | |||
| 43 |
Richard Petty |
Petty Enterprises | |
| Television | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1971 Maryville 200 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that took place on April 15, 1971 at Smoky Mountain Raceway[1] in the American community of Maryville, Tennessee.[2][3]
Summary
Four thousand and two hundred fans would come out to see vehicles average a speed of 88.697 miles per hour (142.744 km/h) on a paved oval track.[2][3] Richard Petty would defeat Benny Parsons by a time of eight seconds.[2] Friday Hassler received the pole position[1] with a speed of 91.464 miles per hour (147.197 km/h) while qualifying on a speedway spanning 0.520 miles (0.837 km).[2] There was only one caution which lasted for three laps.[2][3] D. K. Ulrich would run his first Cup Series race here while E.J. Trivette would retire from NASCAR after this race. Smoky Mountain Raceway would close forever after this race due to the changes in the sport during the Winston Cup era that would modernize it. Abbreviation of the Cup Series schedule was the "order of the day" in the 1970s as the new sponsors wanted NASCAR to have a schedule that was structured closer to that of the National Football League.
Richard Petty would win $1000[1][3] from winning the 125th race in his NASCAR Cup Series career (which would be the equivalent to $5,738.7 in today's money).[2]
Finishing order
Richard Petty- Benny Parsons†
- Friday Hassler†
- Elmo Langley†
- Dick Brooks†
- James Hylton
- Charlie Glotzbach
- G.C. Spencer†
- Cecil Gordon
- Bill Champion
- Henley Gray
- Walter Ballard
- Jabe Thomas
- Frank Warren
- Dean Dalton
- Bill Hollar*
- Bill Seifert*
- J.D. McDuffie*†
- Earl Brooks*
- Dick May*
- Dave Marcis*
- Robert Brown*
- John Sears*†
- Wendell Scott*†
- E.J. Trivette*
- Neil Castles*
- Ed Negre*
- Bill Shirey*
- D. K. Ulrich*
- Jimmy Crawford*†
* Driver failed to finish race
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased
References
- ^ a b c "1971 Maryville 200 information (third reference)". Everything Stock Car. http://everythingstockcar.com/2053r-1971-maryville-200-nascar-race.html. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
- ^ a b c d e f "1971 Maryville 200 information". Racing Reference. http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1971-13/W. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ a b c d "1971 Maryville 200 information (second reference)". Ultimate Racing History. http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=9496. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
| Preceded by 1971 Columbia 200 |
Richard Petty's Career Wins 1960-1984 |
Succeeded by 1971 Gwyn Staley 400 |
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