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| 1971 Sunoco 260 | 
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| Held on June 19, 1971 at Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, NC | |
| 260 L, 94.38 M, 151.84 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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| 1 | 5 | 95 | Dick Brooks | 1969 Chevy Camaro | 260 | running | |||
| 2 | 2 | 16 | Bobby Isaac | 1970 AMC Javelin | 260 | running | |||
| 3 | 6 | 15 | Wayne Andrews | 1971 Ford Mustang | 260 | running | |||
| 4 | 1 | 55 | Tiny Lund | '69 Chevy Camaro | 258 | running | |||
| 5 | 13 | 7 | Jimmy Vaughn | '69 Chevy Camaro | 255 | running | |||
| 6 | 4 | 76 | Bob Williams | '70 Mustang | 254 | running | |||
| 7 | 19 | 11 | Dave Marcis | '69 Camaro | 253 | running | |||
| 8 | 15 | 88 | David Ray Boggs | '68 Camaro | 252 | running | |||
| 9 | 21 | 54 | Bobby Fleming | '69 Camaro | 251 | running | |||
| 10 | 16 | 3 | Baxter Price | '69 Camaro | 249 | running | |||
| 11 | 9 | 21 | Tommy Andrews | '69 Mustang | 246 | running | |||
| 12 | 14 | 98 | Coy Blue | '69 Mustang | 245 | running | |||
| 13 | 7 | 19 | Bobby Brewer | '69 Camaro | 241 | running | |||
| 14 | 22 | 9 | Stan Starr | '68 Camaro | 228 | running | |||
| 15 | 24 | 1 | Ernie Shaw | '68 Camaro | 219 | running | |||
| 16 | 18 | 29 | Randy Bannister | '68 Cougar | 200 | fuel pump | |||
| 17 | 17 | 74 | Al Straub | '71 Mustang | 123 | overheating | |||
| 18 | 23 | 4 | Jimmy Hailey | '69 Camaro | 115 | drive shaft | |||
| 19 | 8 | 87 | Buck Baker | '71 Firebird | 87 | oil pressure | |||
| 20 | 11 | 41 | Gary Myers | '70 Mustang | 76 | wrecked | |||
| 21 | 10 | 61 | Tommy Lechlider | '69 Camaro | 51 | wrecked | |||
| 22 | 3 | 14 | Jim Paschal | '70 Javeline | 17 | valve spring | |||
| 23 | 20 | 53 | Terry Flynn | '68 Mustang | 3 | distributor | |||
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Randy Hutchison | '69 Camaro | DNS | fuel pump |
| 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: 01:27:42 | |||||||||
| Fast Qualifier: Tiny Lund - 16.35 sec. | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 64.568 mph | |||||||||
| Cautions: 6 for 32 laps - not available | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - Tiny Lund 1, Jim Paschal 2-14, Tiny Lund 15-37, Dick Brooks 38-69, Buck Baker 70-86, Dick Brooks 87-102, Bobby Isaac 103-138, Tiny Lund 139-152, Bobby Isaac 153-203, Dick Brooks 204-260 | |||||||||
| STATISTICALLY SPEAKING | |||||||||
| There were 23 starters |
