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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 - West Virginia 500 Race Results


Race Name - West Virginia 500
Date - 8/8/1971
Race Track - International Raceway Park
Track Length (Miles) - 0.455 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 228 miles
Pole Speed - 84.053 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 38
Average Race Speed - 83.805 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $17,500
Race Number - 35
 More Races from 1971
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 500 71 Plymout 279 $2,300
2 1 Bobby Allison 49 CocaCola Rollins Leasing (Melvin Joseph) 498 70 Mustang 201 $1,500
3 5 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 495 71 Ford 0 $950
4 6 Tiny Lund 55 Ronnie Hopkins 493 70 Camaro 20 $750
5 14 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 482 69 Mercury 0 $650
6 4 Jim Paschal 14 Cliff Stewart 477 70 Javelin 0 $550
7 17 Gary Myers 41 Norris Reed 474 70 Mustang 0 $500
8 25 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 468 71 Ford 0 $490
9 11 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 468 70 Ford 0 $480
10 26 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 467 70 Plymout 0 $470
11 16 Earl Brooks 26 Earl Brooks 459 69 Ford 0 $460
12 28 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 452 69 Mercury 0 $450
13 27 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 432 69 Ford 0 $440
14 12 David Ray Boggs 86 David Ray Boggs 422 71 Firebir 0 $430
15 7 Joe Dean Huss 33 Jack Balmer 417 69 Camaro 0 $420
16 9 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 413 71 Firebir 0 $410
17 30 Randy Hutchison 2 Warren Prout 364 71 Camaro 0 $400
18 10 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 312 70 Dodge 0 $390
19 22 Jimmy Vaughn 7 Jimmy Vaughn 266 69 Camaro 0 $380
20 31 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears) 224 69 Dodge 0 $370
21 34 Gordon Birkett 50 John Hodges 220 69 Chevrol 0 $360
22 32 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 214 69 Ford 0 $350
23 15 Wayne Andrews 15 Reid Shaw 206 71 Mustang 0 $340
24 13 Bill Seifert 45 Bill Seifert 187 69 Ford 0 $330
25 3 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 141 71 Ford 0 $320
26 8 Junior Spencer 11 James Rupe 112 69 Camaro 0 $310
27 23 Charlie Glotzbach 3 Richard Howard 100 71 Chevrol 0 $300
28 20 Pee Wee Wentz 5 Jerry Wentz 100 69 Camaro 0 $300
29 29 Raymond Williams 47 Raymond Williams 48 71 Ford 0 $300
30 19 Al Straub 94 Al Straub 48 71 Mustang 0 $300
31 33 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 47 69 Dodge 0 $300
32 24 Bill Shirey 74 Bill Shirey 31 69 Plymout 0 $300
33 18 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 25 69 Ford 0 $300
34 21 Paul Tyler 78 Keith Christensen 11 69 Camaro 0 $300
35 35 Jerry Churchill 73 Jerry Churchill 1 69 Ford 0 $300