1971 Greenville 200

Race #12 of 48 in the 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1971 Greenville 200
*Held on April 10, 1971 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Greenville, SC*
200 L, 100 M, 161 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance	1970 Dodge	200	181	running	0
2	1	17	David Pearson	Purolator	1970 Ford	198	19	running	49
3	9	22	Dick Brooks	Mario Rossi	1969 Dodge	198	0	running	48
4	12	2	Dave Marcis	Wausau Dodge	1969 Dodge	198	0	running	47
5	3	72	Benny Parsons	Montgomery Motors	1969 Ford	198	0	running	46
6	14	48	James Hylton	Mullins Ford	1969 Ford	196	0	running	45
7	4	43	Richard Petty	Benson Chrysler & Plymouth	1970 Plymouth	196	0	running	44
8	21	39	Friday Hassler	See Rock City	1969 Chevrolet	195	0	running	43
9	8	06	Neil Castles	Castles Racing	1969 Dodge	195	0	running	42
10	24	20	Elmo Langley	Southland Auto Services	1970 Ford	193	0	running	41
11	13	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	1971 Ford	191	0	running	40
12	7	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	1969 Mercury	190	0	running	39
13	22	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	1971 Ford	184	0	running	38
14	19	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	1969 Plymouth	182	0	running	37
15	25	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	1969 Ford	178	0	running	36
16	26	68	Larry Baumel	Auto Lad	1969 Ford	177	0	running	35
17	23	49	Ed Negre	Spencer Racing	1969 Plymouth	103	0	vibration	34
18	15	38	Charlie Glotzbach	McCarthy Racing	1969 Dodge	85	0	overheating	0
19	18	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	1970 Ford	60	0	engine	32
20	5	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	1971 Dodge	56	0	oil leak	31
21	20	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	1969 Ford	56	0	oil leak	30
22	16	46	Roy Mayne	McCreary Chevrolet-Olds	1969 Chevrolet	26	0	engine	29
23	17	88	Frank Warren	Lubinski Racing	1970 Dodge	25	0	overheating	28
24	6	90	Bill Dennis	Danville Lincoln-Mercury	1969 Mercury	11	0	overheating	27
25	10	32	Marv Acton	Brooks Racing	1970 Plymouth	7	0	oil leak	0
26	11	47	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing	1970 Ford	4	0	fender	25
DID NOT QUALIFY
		4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling	1969 Dodge			DNQ
		44	LeeRoy Yarbrough					DNQ
		55	Tiny Lund	Lund Racing	1969 Dodge			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 1h:16:46
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: David Pearson - 21.803 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}\|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}\|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}\|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}\|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}\|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}\|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}\|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 2 laps
Average Speed: 78.159 mph
Cautions: 1 for 5 laps - Lap 10-14 (#46 spun turn 2)
Lead Changes: 1 among 2 drivers - David Pearson (1-19); Bobby Isaac (20-200)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
62 cars attempted this race, this was first flag to flag nascar broadcast on live TV. Bobby Isaac was a PE for this race and received no points. As late as the night before this race he wasn't planning to enter it until the team decided to give it a go and towed the car down the morning of the race to give it a try