Turn Four Racing 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season The 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series (today's Cup Series) season: 48 points races, 12 different winners, and Richard Petty won the most races, 21. The full schedule with every winner, and the season leaders.
Schedule and winners No. Date Race Track Winner Laps led by winner 1 January 10, 1971 Motor Trend 500 Riverside International Raceway Ray Elder 67 2 February 11, 1971 Daytona 500 Qualifier #1 Daytona Pete Hamilton 6 3 February 11, 1971 Daytona 500 Qualifier #2 Daytona David Pearson 16 4 February 14, 1971 Daytona 500 Daytona Richard Petty 69 5 February 28, 1971 Miller High Life 500 Ontario Motor Speedway A.J. Foyt 118 6 March 7, 1971 Richmond 500 Richmond Richard Petty 348 7 March 14, 1971 Carolina 500 Rockingham Richard Petty 198 8 March 21, 1971 Hickory 276 Hickory Motor Speedway Richard Petty 161 9 March 28, 1971 Southeastern 500 Bristol David Pearson 133 10 April 4, 1971 Atlanta 500 Atlanta A.J. Foyt 205 11 April 8, 1971 Columbia 200 Columbia Speedway Richard Petty 79 12 April 10, 1971 Greenville 200 Greenville-Pickens Speedway Bobby Isaac 181 13 April 15, 1971 Maryville 200 Smoky Mountain Raceway Richard Petty 134 14 April 18, 1971 Gwyn Staley 400 North Wilkesboro Richard Petty 186 15 April 25, 1971 Virginia 500 Martinsville Richard Petty 118 16 May 2, 1971 Rebel 400 Darlington Buddy Baker 27 17 May 9, 1971 Halifax County 100 South Boston Speedway Benny Parsons 42 18 May 16, 1971 Winston 500 Talladega Donnie Allison 63 19 May 21, 1971 Asheville 300 Asheville Speedway Richard Petty 252 20 May 23, 1971 Kingsport 300 Kingsport Speedway Bobby Isaac 294 21 May 30, 1971 World 600 Charlotte Bobby Allison 303 22 June 6, 1971 Mason-Dixon 500 Dover Bobby Allison 245 23 June 13, 1971 Motor State 400 Michigan Bobby Allison 62 24 June 20, 1971 Winston Golden State 400 Riverside International Raceway Bobby Allison 137 25 June 23, 1971 Space City 300 Meyer Speedway Bobby Allison 253 26 June 26, 1971 Pickens 200 Greenville-Pickens Speedway Richard Petty 89 27 July 4, 1971 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400 Daytona Bobby Isaac 59 28 July 11, 1971 Volunteer 500 Bristol Charlie Glotzbach 411 29 July 14, 1971 Albany-Saratoga 250 Albany-Saratoga Speedway Richard Petty 181 30 July 15, 1971 Islip 250 Islip Speedway Richard Petty 230 31 July 18, 1971 Northern 300 Trenton Speedway Richard Petty 128 32 July 24, 1971 Nashville 420 Nashville Speedway Richard Petty 400 33 August 1, 1971 Dixie 500 Atlanta Richard Petty 181 34 August 6, 1971 Myers Brothers 250 Bowman Gray Stadium Bobby Allison 138 35 August 8, 1971 West Virginia 500 International Raceway Park Richard Petty 279 36 August 15, 1971 Yankee 400 Michigan Bobby Allison 155 37 August 22, 1971 Talladega 500 Talladega Bobby Allison 100 38 August 27, 1971 Sandlapper 200 Columbia Speedway Richard Petty 110 39 August 28, 1971 Buddy Shuman 276 Hickory Motor Speedway Tiny Lund 124 40 September 6, 1971 Southern 500 Darlington Bobby Allison 329 41 September 26, 1971 Old Dominion 500 Martinsville Bobby Isaac 445 42 October 10, 1971 National 500 Charlotte Bobby Allison 70 43 October 17, 1971 Delaware 500 Dover Richard Petty 101 44 October 24, 1971 American 500 Rockingham Richard Petty 189 45 November 7, 1971 Georgia 500 Middle Georgia Raceway Bobby Allison 418 46 November 14, 1971 Capital City 500 Richmond Richard Petty 330 47 November 21, 1971 Wilkes 400 North Wilkesboro Tiny Lund 7 48 December 12, 1971 Texas 500 Texas World Speedway Richard Petty 111
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