1971 in NASCAR - 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Races, 1971 Daytona 500, 1971 Nascar1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Races, 1971 Daytona 500, 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1971 NASCAR Winston West Series Winston Cup Series, 1971 NASCAR Winston West Series (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1971 Nascar Winston Cup Races, 1971 Daytona 500, 1971 Nascar Winston Cup Series, 1971 Nascar Winston West Series, 1971 Islip 250, 1971 Motor Trend 500, 1971 Miller High Life 500, 1971 Yankee 400. Excerpt: The 1971 Daytona 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series event held on February 14, 1971 at the Daytona International Speedway spanning 500 miles (800 km) on a paved oval track. All of the racing action commenced during daytime hours and ended prior to dusk since there was no lighting available until at least the 1998 season. It was considered to be the first Daytona 500 in the Winston Cup era of NASCAR. At that time, Richard Petty (the winner of the race and the eventual winner of the 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship) was becoming one of the most winningest veterans on the NASCAR circuit. The winner's purse for the 1971 Daytona 500 was considered to be $45,450 in American dollars ($244,148.56 when inflation is taken into effect). Even the last place finisher received $1,000 ($5,371.81 with inflation) in take-home pay. Richard Petty would go on to win four more Daytona 500 races after this one (1973, 1974, 1979, and 1981). There were seven cautions involving forty-four laps of yellow flag racing and zero laps of red flag racing. Attendance for the 1971 Daytona 500 reached 80,000 spectators; outnumbering the maximum attendance possible at Soldier Field by 18,500 people. Expansion in the next eighteen years would bring attendance up to 180,000 people (even when considering the increased television and Internet coverage that today's NASCAR Sprint Cup races experience). ABC's Wide World of Sports televised the race during an era where televised NASCAR programming was restricted due to its mostly regional appeal with citizens of the sou... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23394225