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| 1971 Lanier 250 | 
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| Held on May 23, 1971 at Road Atlanta in Braselton, GA | |
| 100 L, 254 M, 408.8 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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| 1 | 55 | Tiny Lund | Pepsi | Chevy Camaro | 100 | 95 | running | ||
| 2 | 56 | Gene Felton | 1968 Chevy Camaro | 99 | 1 | running | |||
| 3 | 87 | Buck Baker | Pontiac Firebird | 99 | 4 | running | |||
| 4 | 78 | Bobby Allison | Mercury Cougar | 98 | 0 | running | |||
| 5 | 77 | Dick Smothers | Chevy Camaro | 97 | 0 | running | |||
| 6 | 88 | Tom Frazier | Camaro | 93 | running | ||||
| 7 | 32 | Richard Miser | Camaro | 92 | running | ||||
| 8 | 3 | Baxter Price | Camaro | 92 | running | ||||
| 9 | 90 | Jimmy Lee Capps | Camaro | 91 | running | ||||
| 10 | 04 | C.B. Gwyn | Cougar | 81 | running | ||||
| 11 | 30 | J.C. Saxon | Camaro | 89 | running | ||||
| 12 | 29 | Ron Trout | Cougar | 86 | clutch | ||||
| 13 | 43 | Harry Gailey | Mustang | 85 | running | ||||
| 14 | 39 | James Romey | Camaro | 89 | running | ||||
| 15 | 42 | Gene Parsons | Camaro | 73 | running | ||||
| 16 | 06 | Bob Williams | Mustang | 82 | running | ||||
| 17 | 15 | Wayne Andrews | Mustang | 64 | clutch | ||||
| 18 | 74 | Al Straub | Mustang | 75 | running | ||||
| 19 | 9 | Stan Starr, Jr. | Chevy II | 67 | clutch | ||||
| 20 | 38 | Paul Fleming | Fiat | 63 | running | ||||
| 21 | 19 | Bobby Brewer | Camaro | 70 | running | ||||
| 22 | 54 | Bobby Fleming | Camaro | 49 | engine failure | ||||
| 23 | 86 | David Ray Boggs | Firebird | 52 | running | ||||
| 24 | 17 | Ernie Shaw | Mustang | 34 | overheating | ||||
| 25 | 24 | Jimmy Vaughn | Camaro | 36 | running | ||||
| 26 | 4 | Jim Hailey | Camaro | 36 | running | ||||
| 27 | 6 | Glen Brewer | Firebird | 9 | oil leak | ||||
| 28 | 5 | Pee Wee Wentz | Camaro | 8 | oil leak | ||||
| 29 | 36 | H.B. Bailey | Firebird | 32 | engine failure | ||||
| 30 | 95 | Dick Brooks | Camaro | 28 | engine failure | ||||
| 31 | 61 | Tom Lechlider | Camaro | 5 | clutch | ||||
| 32 | 1 | Tommy Andrews | Camaro | 18 | overheating | ||||
| 33 | 98 | Coy Blue | Mustand | 3 | technical | ||||
| 34 | 18 | Joe Garrison | BMW | 1 | engine | ||||
| 35 | 92 | Pete Hamilton | Camaro | 2 | crash | ||||
| Jim Paschal | 1971 Javelin | 0 | engine |
| 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:57:33 | |||||||||
| Fast Qualifier: Jim Paschal - 01:38.40 sec. | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 85.497 mph | |||||||||
| Cautions: 3 for 9 laps - not available | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - 1st heat, Tiny Lund 1-8, Buck Baker 9-20, Tiny Lund 21-28, Buck Baker 29-30, Tiny Lund 26-50, 2nd heat, Tiny Lund 1-24, Gene Felton 25, Tiny Lund 26-50 | |||||||||
| STATISTICALLY SPEAKING | |||||||||
| * Race was run in two 125-mile heats. The finishing order was then determined "Monza Style" (combining the segment results)
There were 35 starters |
