1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Season recap

1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

Section Title: Season recap
Table Section Text: None

Date	Event	Circuit	Winner	Broadcaster

January 10	Winston Western 500	Riverside International Raceway	Ray Elder	Untelevised

February 11	125 Mile Qualifying Races	Daytona International Speedway	Pete Hamilton	ABC

David Pearson

February 14	Daytona 500	Richard Petty

February 28	Miller High Life 500	Ontario Motor Speedway	A. J. Foyt	Untelevised

March 7	Richmond 500	Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway	Richard Petty

March 14	Carolina 500	North Carolina Speedway	Richard Petty

March 21	Hickory 276	Hickory Motor Speedway	Richard Petty

March 28	Southeastern 500	Bristol International Speedway	David Pearson

April 4	Atlanta 500	Atlanta International Raceway	A. J. Foyt	ABC

April 8	Columbia 200	Columbia Speedway	Richard Petty	Untelevised

April 10	Greenville 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway	Bobby Isaac	ABC

April 15	Maryville 200	Smoky Mountain Raceway	Richard Petty	Untelevised

April 18	Gwyn Staley 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Richard Petty

April 25	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway	Richard Petty

May 2	Rebel 400	Darlington Raceway	Buddy Baker	ABC

May 9	Halifax County 100	South Boston Speedway	Benny Parsons	Untelevised

May 16	Winston 500	Alabama International Motor Speedway	Donnie Allison	ABC

May 21	Asheville 300	New Asheville Speedway	Richard Petty	Untelevised

May 23	Kingsport 300	Kingsport Speedway	Bobby Isaac

May 30	World 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Bobby Allison

June 6	Mason-Dixon 500	Dover Downs International Speedway	Bobby Allison

June 13	Motor State 400	Michigan International Speedway	Bobby Allison

June 20	Golden State 400	Riverside International Raceway	Bobby Allison

June 23	Space City 300	Meyer Speedway	Bobby Allison

June 26	Pickens 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway	Richard Petty

July 4	Firecracker 400	Daytona International Speedway	Bobby Isaac	ABC

July 11	Volunteer 500	Bristol International Speedway	Charlie Glotzbach	Untelevised

July 14	Albany-Saratoga 250	Albany-Saratoga Speedway	Richard Petty

July 15	Islip 250	Islip Speedway	Richard Petty

July 18	Northern 300	Trenton Speedway	Richard Petty

July 24	Nashville 420	Nashville Speedway	Richard Petty

August 1	Dixie 500	Atlanta International Raceway	Richard Petty

August 6	Myers Brothers 250	Bowman Gray Stadium	Richard Petty (Combined race)	ABC

August 8	West Virginia 500	International Raceway Park, Ona, WV	Richard Petty	Untelevised

August 15	Yankee 400	Michigan International Speedway	Bobby Allison

August 22	Talladega 500	Alabama International Motor Speedway	Bobby Allison

August 27	Sandlapper 200	Columbia Speedway	Richard Petty

August 28	Buddy Shuman 276	Hickory Motor Speedway	Elmo Langley (combined race)

September 6	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway	Bobby Allison	ABC

September 26	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway	Bobby Isaac	Untelevised

October 10	National 500	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Bobby Allison	ABC

October 17	Delaware 500	Dover Downs International Speedway	Richard Petty	Untelevised

October 24	American 500	North Carolina Speedway	Richard Petty

November 7	Georgia 500	Middle Georgia Raceway	Bobby Allison

November 14	Capital City 500	Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway	Richard Petty

November 21	Wilkes 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Charlie Glotzbach (Combined race)

December 12	Texas 500	Texas World Speedway	Richard Petty

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The Winston 500 was run on May 16 at Alabama International Motor Speedway.

final_sentence: The Winston 500 was run on May 16 at Alabama International Motor Speedway.