1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Yankee 400 Race Results

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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.

The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. 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 - Yankee 400 Race Results

Race Name - Yankee 400
Date - 8/15/1971
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.04 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 402 miles
Pole Speed - 161.901 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 12
Average Race Speed - 149.86 mph
Lead Changes - 30
Total Race Purse - $62,500
Race Number - 36

More Races from 1971

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (HolmanMoody)	197	69 Mercury	155	$15,395
2	6	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	197	71 Plymout	30	$7,870
3	5	Buddy Baker	11	Petty Enterprises	196	71 Dodge	0	$4,700
4	10	Maynard Troyer	60	Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle)	193	69 Mercury	0	$2,870
5	16	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	192	70 Dodge	0	$2,020
6	7	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	190	69 Mercury	0	$1,495
7	14	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	189	70 Dodge	0	$1,320
8	26	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	188	69 Ford	0	$1,220
9	9	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	187	70 Plymout	0	$1,120
10	21	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	186	70 Dodge	0	$1,020
11	39	Tommy Gale	44	Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti)	185	70 Ford	0	$1,045
12	31	Marv Acton	32	Dick Brooks	184	70 Plymout	0	$1,020
13	35	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	184	69 Ford	0	$945
14	11	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	184	69 Dodge	0	$920
15	17	Bill Dennis	90	Junie Donlavey	184	69 Mercury	0	$995
16	18	Richard D Brown	91	Junior Fields	183	71 Chevrol	0	$895
17	37	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	183	71 Ford	0	$850
18	29	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	183	69 Mercury	0	$840
19	28	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	181	70 Ford	0	$825
20	33	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	181	71 Ford	0	$810
21	12	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	180	69 Mercury	0	$795
22	22	George Altheide	0	George Altheide	177	70 Dodge	0	$780
23	40	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	174	69 Ford	0	$765
24	26	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	174	69 Ford	0	$750
25	34	Bobby Mausgrover	86	Neil Castles	167	69 Dodge	0	$760
26	20	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	166	70 Ford	0	$720
27	4	Charlie Glotzbach	3	Richard Howard	129	71 Chevrol	5	$710
28	27	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	125	69 Ford	0	$700
29	38	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	110	69 Ford	0	$690
30	25	Johnny Halford	83		94	69 Plymout	0	$680
31	1	Pete Hamilton	6	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	87	71 Plymout	6	$785
32	36	Dick May	84	Ralph Davis	84	69 Dodge	0	$655
33	32	Coo Coo Marlin	7	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	76	69 Chevrol	0	$675
34	15	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears)	49	69 Dodge	0	$645
35	19	Dave Marcis	5	Doc Faustina	45	70 Plymout	0	$640
36	24	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	40	69 Ford	0	$635
37	23	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	38	69 Ford	0	$630
38	8	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	29	69 Mercury	0	$625
39	3	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	11	71 Dodge	1	$1,070
40	13	Friday Hassler	39	Friday Hassler	7	70 Chevrol	0	$615