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| 1971 Diamond State 250 | 
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| Held on May 2, 1971 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, DE | |
| 250 L, 250 M, 402.25 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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| 1 | 8 | 30 | Frank Brantley | '69 Chevy Camaro | 250 | 28 | running | ||
| 2 | 11 | 90 | Jimmy Lee Capps | '68 Chevy Camaro | 240 | running | |||
| 3 | 1 | 87 | Buck Baker | '71 Pontiac Firebird | 240 | 14 | running | ||
| 4 | 13 | 7 | Jimmy Vaughn | '69 Chevy Camaro | 239 | running | |||
| 5 | 18 | 54 | Bobby Fleming | '69 Chevy Camaro | 236 | clutch | |||
| 6 | 27 | 66 | Phil Kendrick | '68 Chevy Camaro | 234 | engine failure | |||
| 7 | 3 | 14 | Jim Paschal | '70 AMC Javelin | 222 | 180 | wrecked | ||
| 8 | 17 | 3 | Baxter Price | 69 Chevy Camaro | 222 | running | |||
| 9 | 26 | 74 | Al Straub | '71 Ford Mustang | 222 | running | |||
| 10 | 31 | 27 | Steve McWhite | '69 Chevy Camaro | 220 | running | |||
| 11 | 29 | 17 | Ernie Shaw | '68 Mustang | 209 | running | |||
| 12 | 20 | 29 | Ronnie Trout | '68 Cougar | 208 | running | |||
| 13 | 6 | 41 | Gary Myers | '70 Mustang | 190 | battery | |||
| 14 | 14 | 61 | Tommy Lechlider | '69 Camaro | 162 | clutch | |||
| 15 | 9 | 56 | E.J. Trivette | '68 Camaro | 160 | wrecked | |||
| 16 | 28 | 6 | Glenn Brewer | '69 Firebird | 150 | running | |||
| 17 | 5 | 92 | Sonny Hutchins | '71 Camaro | 145 | oil leak | |||
| 18 | 22 | 79 | Budd Olsen | '69 Camaro | 143 | wrecked | |||
| 19 | 16 | 39 | James Ramey | '69 Camaro | 107 | wrecked | |||
| 20 | 2 | 36 | H.B. Bailey | '71 Firebird | 84 | 28 | ignition | ||
| 21 | 10 | 86 | David Ray Boggs | '71 Firebird | 66 | cam shaft | |||
| 22 | 19 | 06 | Bob Williams | '70 Mustang | 64 | engine failure | |||
| 23 | 12 | 04 | C.B. Gwyn | '68 Cougar | 50 | clutch | |||
| 24 | 33 | 26 | Richard Childress | '69 Camaro | 33 | handling | |||
| 25 | 25 | 2 | Randy Hutchison | '69 Camaro | 31 | brakes | |||
| 26 | 30 | 0 | Stan Starr | '68 Camaro | 27 | technical | |||
| 27 | 7 | 42 | Don Daniel | '69 Camaro | 17 | engine failure | |||
| 28 | 4 | 15 | Wayne Andrews | '71 Mustang | 17 | wrecked | |||
| 29 | 21 | 55 | Tiny Lund | Pepsi | '71 Camaro | 16 | wrecked | ||
| 30 | 24 | 33 | Joe Dean Huss | '69 Camaro | 15 | wrecked | |||
| 31 | 15 | 52 | Billy Hagan | '68 Cougar | 15 | wrecked | |||
| 32 | 32 | 98 | Coy Blue | '69 Mustang | 13 | wrecked | |||
| 33 | 34 | 65 | Aubrey Cox | '70 Mustang | 10 | engine failure | |||
| 34 | 23 | 5 | Pee Wee Wentz | '69 Camaro | 8 | clutch |
| RACE DATA | |||||||||
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| A site statistician has marked the race results section "incomplete", meaning a full-field rundown of each position and corresponding driver is missing. If you have any new information to share, please contact us. | |||||||||
| Failed to Qualify: | |||||||||
| Time of Race: 2h:57:30 | |||||||||
| Fast Qualifier: Tiny Lund - 27.74 sec. | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 97.284 mph | |||||||||
| Cautions: 4 for 46 laps - not available | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: 3 among 4 drivers - Buck Baker: 1-14, H.B. Bailey: 15-42, Jim Paschal: 43-222, Frank Brantley: 223-250 |
