1971 Maryville 200

Auto race held at Smoky Mountain Raceway in 1971 February 2025 CUST Race 13 of 48 in the 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season Maryville 200 http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/TN/Maryville/1971-04-15 1971 Maryville 200 weather information The Old Farmers' Almanac 2012-06-12 1971 April 15 1971 13 48 Maryville 200 Smoky Mountain Raceway, Maryville, Tennessee Mild with temperatures of 70 F C; wind speeds of 13 mph km/h 0.520 0.836 200 104 167.3 88.697 mi/h Friday Hassler Friday Hassler Richard Petty Petty Enterprises 134 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises untelevised none The 1971 Maryville 200 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series event that took place on April 15, 1971, at Smoky Mountain Raceway http://everythingstockcar.com/2053r-1971-maryville-200-nascar-race.html 1971 Maryville 200 information (third reference) Everything Stock Car 2010-12-20 2011-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20110710205925/http://everythingstockcar.com/2053r-1971-maryville-200-nascar-race.html dead in Maryville, Tennessee. http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1971-13/W 1971 Maryville 200 information Racing Reference 2010-12-02 http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=9496 1971 Maryville 200 information (second reference) Ultimate Racing History 2010-12-29 Race report Four thousand and two hundred fans came out to see vehicles average a speed of 88.697 mi/h on a paved oval track. Richard Petty defeated Benny Parsons by a time of eight seconds; Parsons' second-place finish came a week after coming up short at Columbia. These were his second and third runner-up finishes in NASCAR, but he'd finally break through with his first career win a month later in South Boston. Friday Hassler received the pole position with a speed of 91.464 mi/h while qualifying on the 0.520 mi speedway. There was only one caution, which lasted for three laps. D. K. Ulrich ran his first Cup Series race here while E.J. Trivette retired from NASCAR after this race. Smoky Mountain Raceway closed forever after this race due to the changes in the sport during the Winston Cup era that aimed to modernize it. Abbreviation of the Cup Series schedule was the order of the day in the 1970s as the new sponsors wanted NASCAR to have a schedule that was structured closer to that of the National Football League. Richard Petty won $1,000 for winning the race, the 125th win in his NASCAR Cup Series career. Notable crew chiefs for this race included Dale Inman, Vic Ballard, Lee Gordon and Mario Rossi. https://www.racing-reference.info/entrylist/1971-13/W/C 1971 Maryville 200 crew chiefs Racing Reference 2018-08-12 The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore. Qualifying Grid No. Car number Driver Manufacturer 1 39 Friday Hassler '69 Chevrolet 2 43 Richard Petty '71 Plymouth 3 06 Neil Castles '70 Dodge 4 22 Dick Brooks '70 Dodge 5 72 Benny Parsons '70 Ford 6 48 James Hylton '70 Ford 7 64 Elmo Langley '70 Ford 8 49 G.C. Spencer '69 Plymouth 9 2 Dave Marcis '69 Dodge 10 38 Charlie Glotzbach '70 Dodge 11 10 Bill Champion '69 Ford 12 24 Cecil Gordon '69 Mercury 13 19 Henley Gray '69 Ford 14 30 Walter Ballard '71 Ford 15 8 Ed Negre '69 Ford 16 4 John Sears '69 Dodge 17 7 Dean Dalton '69 Ford 18 45 Bill Seifert '69 Ford 19 56 E.J. Trivette '71 Chevrolet 20 79 Frank Warren '69 Dodge 21 70 J.D. McDuffie '71 Chevrolet 22 26 Earl Brooks '69 Ford 23 58 Robert Brown '71 Chevrolet 24 34 Wendell Scott '69 Ford 25 67 Dick May '69 Ford 26 25 Jabe Thomas '70 Plymouth 27 28 Bill Hollar '69 Ford 28 74 Bill Shirey '69 Plymouth 29 41 D.K. Ulrich '70 Ford 30 02 Jimmy Crawford '69 Plymouth Finishing order Section reference: 30em 43-Richard Petty 72-Benny Parsons† 39-Friday Hassler† 64-Elmo Langley† 22-Dick Brooks† 48-James Hylton† 38-Charlie Glotzbach 49-G.C. Spencer† 24-Cecil Gordon† 10-Bill Champion† 19-Henley Gray 30-Walter Ballard 25-Jabe Thomas 79-Frank Warren 7-Dean Dalton 28-Bill Hollar*† 70-Bill Seifert* 26-J.D. McDuffie*† 26-Earl Brooks* 67-Dick May* 2-Dave Marcis* 58-Robert Brown* 4-John Sears*† 34-Wendell Scott*† 56-E.J. Trivette* 06-Neil Castles* 8-Ed Negre* 74-Bill Shirey* 41-D. K. Ulrich* 02-Jimmy Crawford*† * Driver failed to finish race † signifies that the driver is known to be deceased References 1971 Greenville 200 1971 Gwyn Staley 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season 1971 1971 Columbia 200 1971 Gwyn Staley 400 Richard Petty's Career Wins 1960-1984 Maryville 200 Maryville 200 Category:NASCAR races at Smoky Mountain Raceway