NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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NASCAR's premier series has been known as the NASCAR Cup Series since 2020, previously known as the Monster Energy Cup Series. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the top top racing series of NASCAR. It holds 36 races over the season at tracks loacted in the United States. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1971 - Albany-Saratoga 250 Race Results
| Race Name - Albany-Saratoga 250Date - 7/14/1971Race Track - Albany-Saratoga SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.362 milesRace Length (Miles) - 91 milesPole Speed - 74.896 mphNumber of Cautions - 2Caution Laps - 10Average Race Speed - 66.748 mphLead Changes - 7Total Race Purse - $8,875Race Number - 29 | More Races from 1971 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 1 | Richard Petty | 43 | Petty Enterprises | 250 | 71 Plymout | 181 | $1,500 |
| 2 | 4 | Dave Marcis | 2 | Dave Marcis | 248 | 69 Dodge | 59 | $900 |
| 3 | 6 | JD McDuffie | 70 | JD McDuffie | 244 | 69 Mercury | 5 | $500 |
| 4 | 9 | James Hylton | 48 | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | 243 | 71 Ford | 0 | $350 |
| 5 | 18 | Elmo Langley | 67 | Ron Ronacher | 242 | 69 Ford | 0 | $325 |
| 6 | 8 | Bill Champion | 10 | Bill Champion | 240 | 71 Ford | 0 | $300 |
| 7 | 10 | Wendell Scott | 34 | Wendell Scott | 240 | 69 Ford | 0 | $275 |
| 8 | 19 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Cecil Gordon | 240 | 69 Mercury | 0 | $270 |
| 9 | 26 | Ron Keselowski | 88 | Roger Lubinski | 239 | 70 Dodge | 0 | $265 |
| 10 | 25 | Ed Negre | 8 | Ed Negre | 239 | 69 Ford | 0 | $260 |
| 11 | 23 | Charlie Roberts | 77 | Charlie Roberts | 236 | 70 Ford | 0 | $255 |
| 12 | 22 | Henley Gray | 19 | Henley Gray | 235 | 69 Ford | 0 | $250 |
| 13 | 11 | Walter Ballard | 30 | Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) | 233 | 71 Ford | 0 | $245 |
| 14 | 13 | Bill Shirey | 74 | Bill Shirey | 221 | 69 Plymout | 0 | $240 |
| 15 | 33 | Jerry Churchill | 73 | Jerry Churchill | 216 | 69 Ford | 0 | $235 |
| 16 | 29 | Bill Seifert | 45 | Bill Seifert | 207 | 70 Ford | 0 | $230 |
| 17 | 28 | Ken Meisenhelder | 41 | Ken Meisenhelder | 191 | 69 Chevrol | 0 | $225 |
| 18 | 15 | Jabe Thomas | 23 | Don Robertson | 189 | 69 Plymout | 0 | $220 |
| 19 | 31 | Bill Hollar | 28 | Earl Brooks | 165 | 69 Ford | 0 | $215 |
| 20 | 3 | Bobby Allison | 12 | CocaCola (HolmanMoody) | 144 | 69 Mercury | 0 | $210 |
| 21 | 7 | Friday Hassler | 39 | Friday Hassler | 130 | 70 Chevrol | 0 | $205 |
| 22 | 14 | Larry Baumel | 68 | Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer) | 130 | 69 Ford | 0 | $200 |
| 23 | 27 | Dick May | 64 | Elmo Langley | 123 | 69 Mercury | 0 | $100 |
| 24 | 5 | GC Spencer | 49 | GC Spencer | 105 | 69 Plymout | 0 | $100 |
| 25 | 20 | Frank Warren | 79 | Frank Warren | 97 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $100 |
| 26 | 30 | Ed Hessert | 6 | Neil Castles | 94 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $100 |
| 27 | 2 | Pete Hamilton | 91 | Junior Fields | 82 | 71 Chevrol | 5 | $100 |
| 28 | 17 | Richard Childress | 96 | Tom Garn | 75 | 70 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
| 29 | 21 | Bobby Mausgrover | 86 | Neil Castles | 53 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $100 |
| 30 | 16 | John Sears | 4 | J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears) | 36 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $100 |
| 31 | 12 | Rene Charland | 62 | Kaye Engineering (John Keselowski) | 33 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $100 |
| 32 | 32 | DK Ulrich | 40 | DK Ulrich | 27 | 70 Ford | 0 | $100 |
| 33 | 24 | Neil Castles | 6 | Neil Castles | 13 | 70 Dodge | 0 | $100 |
| 34 | 34 | James Cox | 25 | Don Robertson | 1 | 69 Plymout | 0 | $100 |
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