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 - Asheville 300 Race Results
| Race Name - Asheville 300Date - 5/21/1971Race Track - New Asheville SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.333 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 79.598 mphNumber of Cautions - 0Caution Laps - 0Average Race Speed - 71.231 mphLead Changes - 4Total Race Purse - $6,625Race Number - 19 | More Races from 1971 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 1 | Richard Petty | 43 | Petty Enterprises | 300 | 71 Plymout | 252 | $1,500 |
| 2 | 2 | Elmo Langley | 64 | Elmo Langley | 296 | 69 Mercury | 48 | $900 |
| 3 | 3 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Cecil Gordon | 284 | 69 Mercury | 0 | $500 |
| 4 | 10 | Jabe Thomas | 25 | Don Robertson | 281 | 69 Plymout | 0 | $350 |
| 5 | 7 | Bill Champion | 10 | Bill Champion | 259 | 69 Ford | 0 | $325 |
| 6 | 15 | Dick May | 67 | Ron Ronacher | 155 | 69 Ford | 0 | $300 |
| 7 | 17 | JD McDuffie | 70 | JD McDuffie | 130 | 69 Mercury | 0 | $275 |
| 8 | 14 | Earl Brooks | 26 | Earl Brooks | 124 | 69 Ford | 0 | $270 |
| 9 | 12 | Frank Warren | 79 | Frank Warren | 110 | 69 Plymout | 0 | $265 |
| 10 | 9 | Bill Shirey | 74 | Bill Shirey | 79 | 69 Plymout | 0 | $260 |
| 11 | 13 | John Sears | 4 | J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears) | 74 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $255 |
| 12 | 8 | Benny Parsons | 72 | LG DeWitt | 33 | 70 Ford | 0 | $250 |
| 13 | 11 | Walter Ballard | 30 | Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) | 32 | 71 Ford | 0 | $245 |
| 14 | 6 | Wendell Scott | 34 | Wendell Scott | 15 | 69 Ford | 0 | $240 |
| 15 | 16 | Ed Negre | 8 | Ed Negre | 9 | 69 Ford | 0 | $235 |
| 16 | 5 | Neil Castles | 6 | Neil Castles | 1 | 70 Dodge | 0 | $230 |
| 17 | 4 | James Hylton | 48 | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | 1 | 71 Ford | 0 | $225 |
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