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tcoley · 09-02-2016, 03:47 PM

1971 Capital City 400
Richmond Fairgrounds Speedway
Race 27 of 29

Shannon Faulkner pulled Cole Timmons' Spring Richmond pole-sitting car out of the back of the shop, and did just what Timmons did back in the Spring, earned his first career pole!

"This car has been sitting in the shop since we moved a few months ago. We've been so busy gettin' all the other cars up to speed, and everything in place." Faulkner explained to the press after Saturday's qualifying session. "Cole did a real nice job with this car, we just may save it as the Richmond only car. It drives itself here."

Faulkner beat out title contender Richard Petty by 5 thousandths of a second for Sunday's top starting position. Petty will roll off second, and will look to have a strong finish has he did here in the Spring where he led 54 laps en route to a second place finish.

Bobby Allison qualified third alongside point leader, David Pearson. Allison will need to finish the year out very strong if he wishes to chase Pearson down for the Winston Cup Championship. Pearson is coming off his second win of the season last week, and currently has a 5 point advantage over Bobby Isaac. Speaking of Isaac, he qualified 6th, filling row 3 with Cale Yarborough. Isaac won here in the Spring, and looks to do the same Sunday to keep his championship hopes alive.

Fourth place in the points, Neil Castles once again struggled in qualifying, he'll start 27th in the 35 car field. He still has an outside chance at the championship, but starting 27th at the bullring in Richmond, doesn't help by any means.

Spoiler

Up next is the final short-track race of the season at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, for the Wilkes 400!
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tcoley · 09-02-2016, 04:42 PM

1971 Wilkes 400
North Wilkesboro Speedway
Race 28 of 29

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Note the date, the race was postponed until 10/31/71 due to rain

Championship dreams shattered, new rivalries ignite!

Shannon Faulkner earned his second career pole in as many weeks, by edging out David Pearson for the top spot in Friday's qualifying trials. Pearson just needs to escape the last short-track race of the season with a point lead of 159 or greater to be crowned the first ever Winston Cup Champion! Currently, "The Fox" has a 40 point lead on his closest competitor, Bobby Isaac, and 106 over Richard Petty. Bobby Allison and Neil Castles still have outside shots, 187 and 198 back, with Cale Yarborough, Donnie Allison and A.J. Foyt's title aspirations holding on by the skin of their teeth, 229, 298 and 312 points back respectively.

Spoiler

On the start, Richard Petty, who started third right behind pole-sitter Faulkner, got into Faulkner's bumper as they entered the third turn on lap 1, letting second place David Pearson, charge to the lead! The battle between the desperate Petty and Faulkner wasn't over though, as the two drivers showed their displeasure with each other on track, eventually leading to both of them crashing out on lap 52. They would finish 41st and 42nd, the final two positions in the field, neither of them ever leading a single lap. For Petty, his Winston Cup Championship dreams were shattered! For Faulkner, his Plymouth was destroyed, and his shot at a second career victory.

Donnie Allison was able to take his third victory of the season, but it wouldn't help his championship hopes, as David Pearson finished second, all but securing his 1971 Winston Cup Championship. Pearson just about locked it up, he leaves North Wilkesboro with a 158 point lead over Bobby Isaac. The only way for Isaac to win the championship is for Pearson to finish last next week at Texas World Speedway, and Isaac would need to win the race and lead the most laps! At that point, they would tie for the championship, with the tie-breaker being wins. If all that happen, Isaac would have 6 wins on the season, and Pearson would finish with 3.

Results:
1-Donnie led 56 laps earning his 3rd win and 9th top 5.
2-Pearson led 89 laps and all but locked up the championship.
3-Cale Yarborough charged from a disappointing qualifying effort of 33rd to lead the most laps in the race, 105. Now up to 4th.
4-Benny Parson led 40 on his way to his 8th top 5.
5-Leeroy Yarbrough led 2 laps and earned his 5th top 5.
6-Pete Hamilton finished as the first car 1 lap down.
7-Bobby Allison led 20 laps, and now sits 3rd.
8-Glotzbach earned his 12th top 10.
9-Buddy Baker with 2 solid top 10 finishes on short tracks to end the season? Could he be a threat in 1972?
10-#18 Joe Frasson was 3 laps down, but earned his second top 10 of the season.
11-Dave Marcis still sits 9th.
21-Mario Andretti is looking forward to the off-season to re-evaluate his Holman Moody team.
28-A.J. Foyt's team was on the edge with their setup, it didn't work.
35-#03 Eddie Yarboro led 85 laps, and has proven to be a short-track Ace.
37-Bobby Isaac saw his championship dreams fade as his motor blew up after leading 2 laps.
41-Faulkner and Petty, 42nd, had a heated exchange on-track and in the garage area after crashing out.

Next Week: The 1971 Season Finale at the Texas World Speedway!
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tcoley · 09-08-2016, 03:28 PM

1971 Texas 500
Texas World Speedway
Winston Cup Finale

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Last winner, is a New Winner!

Bobby Isaac fell short in his hunt for the 1971 Winston Cup Championship, but it wasn't for a lack of effort! In order to come home as this year's champion, Isaac would need to lead the most laps and win the race, he almost did both. Bobby led a race-high, 81 laps, but came home second to first-time winner in 1971, Leeroy Yarbrough!

Shannon Faulkner put his #91 Plymouth on the pole for the third race in a row, and he would start alongside new rival Richard Petty. Faulkner would out-pace Petty early, jumping out to the lead with Isaac in tow.

David Pearson would lock up the championship on lap 4 when the first caution of the race flew for a crash involving, Bobby Allison, Cecil Gordon and Buddy Baker, all of which would be done for the day. (The only way Pearson could lose the championship was to finish last, and have Isaac win and lead the most laps.) On lap 54, Pearson's team-mate, Mario Andretti fell out of the race with a blown motor. This slightly worried Pearson's team, as they had the same setup as Andretti, but they had already wrapped up the title! Fred Lorenzen followed Mario to the garage on lap 98. Another caution, the second and final yellow of the race flew on lap 103, when Tommy Gale blew a tire in front of a group of cars, one of those being David Pearson. Pearson, Wendell Scott, Ed Howland, and Gale would all be done for the day as a result of the crash. It didn't matter much to Pearson, he had won the season-long war!

Spoiler

Congratulations to the 1971 Winston Cup Champion!

j2thec · 09-17-2016, 09:20 AM

Hey man, just stumbled unto this thread, and I have to say this is insanely awesome. I've thought a lot about doing something similar but just never had the time to do it, can't wait for '72!

tcoley · 09-19-2016, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by j2thec


	Hey man, just stumbled unto this thread, and I have to say this is insanely awesome. I've thought a lot about doing something similar but just never had the time to do it, can't wait for '72!

Thanks for taking a look and liking it! I've got all the way through 1994 simulated, so I have years of writing to get done! I actually started simulating the races in 2010, so I've got records upon records to work with!

1972 write-ups should begin this week!

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tcoley · 09-22-2016, 12:57 PM

1971 Winston Cup Awards and Statistics

The 1971 season featured a total of 10,073 laps for 11,883 miles over 29 races, with 15 different winners getting to victory lane!

Winston Cup Champion: David Pearson
Winston Cup Rookie of the Year: Shannon Faulkner
Manufacture's Champion: Plymouth
League leader in wins: Tie, Bobby Isaac & Richard Petty each with 5
League leader in poles: 5, Cale Yarborough
Winston Cup top 5 lap leaders:
1. Richard Petty 1,627
2. Cale Yarborough 1,447
3. David Pearson 1,341
4. Bobby Isaac 1,133
5. Shannon Faulkner 747

Most top 5 finishes: 14, Bobby Isaac
Most top 10 finishes: 18, David Pearson
Most laps completed: 9,481 Neil Castles (94.1%)
Most miles completed: 10,961 Neil Castles (92.2%)

Race Statistics:
Closest finish: 0.07 seconds, Michigan 400 (20), Donnie Allison beat rookie Shannon Faulkner to the finish.
Largest margin of victory: Tie, 1 lap, Charlotte 500 (24) Bobby Isaac over David Pearson, and Dover 500 (25) Richard Petty over Bobby Allison.
Fastest average speed: 172.567 mph Texas World 500 (29) Leeroy Yarbrough
Slowest average speed: 62.242 mph Richmond 500 (4) Bobby Isaac
Fastest pole: 189.294 mph Daytona 400 (16), Richard Petty
Slowest pole: 82.646 mph Richmond 400 (27), Shannon Faulkner
Most lead changes: 119 Michigan 400 (20)
Most different leaders: 20 Alabama 500 (11)
Most cars running at finish: 35 Daytona 400 (16)
Most cautions: 27 Richmond 500 (4)
Most DNFs: 20 World 600 (12) Elmo Langley

Crown Jewel Event Winners:
Daytona 500 - Bill Champion*
Ontario 500 - Cale Yarborough
World 600 - Elmo Langley*
Alabama 500 - Donnie Allison
Southern 500 - Benny Parsons
Texas World 500 - Leeroy Yarbrough
Champion - David Pearson
Bonus: N/A

*denotes first career victory

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tcoley · 09-23-2016, 11:18 AM

1972 Winston Cup Schedule

The 1972 Winston Cup schedule was released today, the eve of Christmas 1971. Much to the surprise of nobody, the schedule pretty much mirrors the successful inaugural Winston Cup schedule.

The 1972 version matches '71 with 29 races, at all the same tracks, and once again features six Crown Jewel events; Daytona 500 (1), Ontario 500 (3), World 600 (12), Talladega 500 (21), the Southern 500 (22), and Texas World 500 (29). Those races were won by six different drivers in 1971. This year, Winston is putting an extra one-million dollars on the line for any driver that can win 4 of the 6 events! A MILLION dollars, in 1972! That's more than the champion's take home.

1-Daytona 500* @ Daytona International Speedway
2-Winston Western 500 @ Riverside International Raceway
3-Miller High Life 500* @ Ontario Motor Speedway
4-Richmond 400 @ Richmond Fairgrounds Speedway
5-Carolina 500 @ North Carolina Motor Speedway
6-Southeastern 500 @ Bristol International Speedway
7-Atlanta 500 @ Atlanta International Raceway
8-Gwyn Staley 400 @ North Wilkesboro Speedway
9-Virginia 500 @ Martinsville Speedway
10-Rebel 400 @ Darlington Raceway
11-Winston 500 @ Alabama International Motor Speedway
12-World 600* @ Charlotte Motor Speedway
13-Mason-Dixon 500 @ Dover Downs International Speedway
14-Motor State 400 @ Michigan International Speedway
15-Golden State 400 @ Riverside International Raceway
16-Firecracker 400 @ Daytona International Speedway
17-Volunteer 500 @ Bristol International Speedway
18-Nashville 420 @ Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway
19-Dixie 500 @ Atlanta International Raceway
20-Yankee 400 @ Michigan International Speedway
21-Talladega 500* @ Alabama International Motor Speedway
22-Southern 500* @ Darlington Raceway
23-Old Dominion 500 @ Martinsville Speedway
24-National 500 @ Charlotte Motor Speedway
25-Delaware 500 @ Dover Downs International Speedway
26-American 500 @ North Carolina Motor Speedway
27-Capital City 500 @ Richmond Fairgrounds Speedway
28-Wilkes 400 @ North Wilkesboro Speedway
29-Texas World 500* @ Texas World Speedway

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tcoley · 09-23-2016, 04:29 PM

January 1st, 1972

The shop was still abuzz a week after RJ Reynolds announced the Winston Million was in effect for this season, and the team knew that they had to work harder than ever to put themselves into position to capitalize.

A Million Bucks!

That's all Boyd and Bryan could talk about. They'd share what they could do with a Million Bucks, each trying to outdo the other. Most of the time, it was racing related; build a larger shop, bring in more people, get their own cars. They were all dreams, dreams that one day could come true...

In walked their father, a smoke hanging from between his lips as he was looking over a stack of papers, more specifically, race results and qualifying times from the previous season. He glanced at his crew and set the stack of papers on the workbench. His crew were all chatting it up about what they'd do with that million dollars. He puffed on his cigarette, none of them had even noticed that he came in. He listened for a moment, not letting that million dollars get in his head, he cocked one eyebrow up, smashed what was left of his cigarette out in his full ashtray on the bench, and interrupted the conversation...

"How many races did we win last year?" He asked the entire crew. They all looked surprised, they hadn't heard him come in.

"We won at..." Boyd started before he was cut off.

"Bristol. I know where we won. We won one race, one race." His father's tone grew louder, "One race fellas! You need to win at least 4 of the top 6 races of the season to get that million." He looked around at his crew again, and started shaking his head. "Do you see Bristol on that list?" He asked them, "No, that means, 6 tracks we haven't won at! Six races where somebody else was better, six tracks that we need to improve at." He stopped for a moment at looked around at the team that they had assembled. "We aren't going to improve by talking about improving, or getting distracted by that million dollars. Do you guys think that Petty, Yarborough and Pearson are sitting around talkin' about that million, or are they making their cars better?" Some of his crew were sheepishly looking at the floor, not wanting to look him in the eye. "We must get better, we must be better, faster, and sustain that speed. I look around at you guys, this is a very strong crew, you were all brought into this deal for a couple reasons. To win races, and challenge for championships. If we do those two things, we may just end up with that million." He looked around, all of them had lifted their heads, and were looking the man in his eye. They felt the appreciation and respect he had for them. They wanted to win, and they wanted to win with him!

"But," he looked around again, "we don't get better by talking about it," he cracked a smile, "so get your *sses to work!" With that, the crews split off into their groups, and went back to work. Shannon grabbed his stack of papers, walked over to his desk in the corner of the shop and lit another smoke.

Shannon separated out the last couple super speedway race and qualifying results, and looked them over. "Petty," he said to himself as he started to shake his head again and could feel his pulse raise. "He's won the last two poles on the big tracks. If his race luck turns around, he's the one to lookout for."

The two of them had become bitter rivals towards the end of last season as they had wrecked together on more than one occasion. Whether it was aggressive driving, or pure dumb luck, they were magnets for each other over the second half of 1971. Some say that it was the rivalry that took Petty out of the championship hunt. Was he concentrating more on being Plymouth's top guy, and this new Shannon Faulkner was butting in on his lime-light, instead of concentrating on what he needed to do to win the Winston Cup? We may never know, but one thing's for sure, David Pearson didn't mind.

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View Poll Results: Who will win the 1971 Winston Cup Championship?
Cale Yarborough, point leader after 14 of 29 races	0	0%
David Pearson, currently 2nd after 14 of 29 races (-6)	0	0%
Richard Petty, currently 3rd after 14 of 29 races (-11)	1	100.00%
Neil Castles, currently 4th after 14 of 29 races (-82)	0	0%
Bobby Isaac, currently 5th after 14 of 29 races (-130)	0	0%
Bobby Allison, currently 6th after 14 of 29 races (-156)	0	0%
A.J. Foyt, currently 7th after 14 of 29 races (-220)	0	0%
Benny Parsons, currently 8th after 14 of 29 races (-250)	0	0%
Dick Brooks, currently tied for 9th after 14 of 29 races (-304)	0	0%
Dave Marcis, currently tied for 9th after 14 of 29 races (-304)	0	0%
Buddy Baker, currently 11th after 14 of 29 races (-336)	0	0%
Donnie Allison, currently 12th after 14 of 29 races (-337)	0	0%
Charlie Glotzbach, currently 13th after 14 of 29 races (-362)	0	0%
Somebody Else	0	0%
Voters: 1. You may not vote on this poll

09-02-2016, 03:47 PM	#49
tcoley Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Madison, WI	Re: Rewriting NASCAR's Modern History, 1971 and Beyond 1971 Capital City 400 Richmond Fairgrounds Speedway Race 27 of 29 Shannon Faulkner pulled Cole Timmons' Spring Richmond pole-sitting car out of the back of the shop, and did just what Timmons did back in the Spring, earned his first career pole! "This car has been sitting in the shop since we moved a few months ago. We've been so busy gettin' all the other cars up to speed, and everything in place." Faulkner explained to the press after Saturday's qualifying session. "Cole did a real nice job with this car, we just may save it as the Richmond only car. It drives itself here." Faulkner beat out title contender Richard Petty by 5 thousandths of a second for Sunday's top starting position. Petty will roll off second, and will look to have a strong finish has he did here in the Spring where he led 54 laps en route to a second place finish. Bobby Allison qualified third alongside point leader, David Pearson. Allison will need to finish the year out very strong if he wishes to chase Pearson down for the Winston Cup Championship. Pearson is coming off his second win of the season last week, and currently has a 5 point advantage over Bobby Isaac. Speaking of Isaac, he qualified 6th, filling row 3 with Cale Yarborough. Isaac won here in the Spring, and looks to do the same Sunday to keep his championship hopes alive. Fourth place in the points, Neil Castles once again struggled in qualifying, he'll start 27th in the 35 car field. He still has an outside chance at the championship, but starting 27th at the bullring in Richmond, doesn't help by any means. Spoiler Shannon Faulkner would lead a race-high 116 of 400 laps Sunday in the Capital City 400, but pit strategy would bite the pole-sitter, relegating the team to a 13th place finish. Instead, it was "The Fox" taking his second win in a row, making it number 3 on the season! Pearson was able to stretch his point lead to 40 over Bobby Isaac, and is now 106 points ahead of Petty going into the final 2 events of the season! Bobby Isaac finished 5th, but never led any laps, as only 4 drivers would lead, with only 5 lead changes, which all happen during pit-stops under caution. There were 11 cautions for 50 laps. Richard Petty finished a disappointing 9th, also not leading any laps. Bobby Allison kept his championship dreams alive by finishing second, and leading 106 laps. Results: 1-Pearson led 79 laps, winning his second race in as many weeks. 2-Bobby Allison led 106 laps, now 4th in points on strength of his 15th top 10 of 1971. 3-Donnie Allison moved into 7th in points, and matches his brother with 15 top 10's. 4-Cale Yarborough looked back in form this week, leading 99 laps and earning his 10th top 5 of the season. 5-Isaac earned his series-leading 13th top 5. 6-Buddy Baker, yep, you read that right. Buddy came from 19th, and was said to have Faulkner's boys in his pit all night Saturday changing the set up on the car. 7-Dave Marcis earned his 13th top 10 of the season. 8-Leeroy Yarbrough earned his 12th top 10 of the season, as is attempting to hunt down Marcis and Benny Parsons to finish in the final top ten in the points. 9-Petty captured his 15th top 10 as well, but lost points, now 106 behind Pearson. 10-Parsons came home with his 12th top 10. 11-Andretti had a good short-track run, but sits 16th. 12-Neil Castles could only improve 15 positions from his starting spot. Finishes outside the top 10 will not get you a championship in a tight points battle. 13-Faulkner led 116 laps from his first career pole, but had the wrong pit strategy. 16-Charlie Glotzbach was the last finisher on the lead lap. 23-Pete Hamilton was involved in a more than his share of the 11 caution flags, and finished 2 laps off the pace. 34-A.J. Foyt had his motor expire on lap 303, dropping him to 8th in points, 312 behind Pearson, almost eliminating him from the championship picture. At this point, with 2 races remaining, any driver that is more than 316 points out of the lead, has been eliminated from title contender-ship. Drives 9th and below, have been eliminated. Those drivers are: Dave Marcis Benny Parsons Leeroy Yarbrough Dick Brooks James Hylton Charlie Glotzbach Buddy Baker Mario Andretti Pete Hamilton Those drivers will have to wait until 1972 to compete for the coveted Winston Cup Championship! Up next is the final short-track race of the season at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, for the Wilkes 400! ______________________________________

09-02-2016, 04:42 PM	#50
tcoley Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Madison, WI	Re: Rewriting NASCAR's Modern History, 1971 and Beyond 1971 Wilkes 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway Race 28 of 29 1971 wilkes 400.jpg Note the date, the race was postponed until 10/31/71 due to rain Championship dreams shattered, new rivalries ignite! Shannon Faulkner earned his second career pole in as many weeks, by edging out David Pearson for the top spot in Friday's qualifying trials. Pearson just needs to escape the last short-track race of the season with a point lead of 159 or greater to be crowned the first ever Winston Cup Champion! Currently, "The Fox" has a 40 point lead on his closest competitor, Bobby Isaac, and 106 over Richard Petty. Bobby Allison and Neil Castles still have outside shots, 187 and 198 back, with Cale Yarborough, Donnie Allison and A.J. Foyt's title aspirations holding on by the skin of their teeth, 229, 298 and 312 points back respectively. Spoiler On the start, Richard Petty, who started third right behind pole-sitter Faulkner, got into Faulkner's bumper as they entered the third turn on lap 1, letting second place David Pearson, charge to the lead! The battle between the desperate Petty and Faulkner wasn't over though, as the two drivers showed their displeasure with each other on track, eventually leading to both of them crashing out on lap 52. They would finish 41st and 42nd, the final two positions in the field, neither of them ever leading a single lap. For Petty, his Winston Cup Championship dreams were shattered! For Faulkner, his Plymouth was destroyed, and his shot at a second career victory. Donnie Allison was able to take his third victory of the season, but it wouldn't help his championship hopes, as David Pearson finished second, all but securing his 1971 Winston Cup Championship. Pearson just about locked it up, he leaves North Wilkesboro with a 158 point lead over Bobby Isaac. The only way for Isaac to win the championship is for Pearson to finish last next week at Texas World Speedway, and Isaac would need to win the race and lead the most laps! At that point, they would tie for the championship, with the tie-breaker being wins. If all that happen, Isaac would have 6 wins on the season, and Pearson would finish with 3. Results: 1-Donnie led 56 laps earning his 3rd win and 9th top 5. 2-Pearson led 89 laps and all but locked up the championship. 3-Cale Yarborough charged from a disappointing qualifying effort of 33rd to lead the most laps in the race, 105. Now up to 4th. 4-Benny Parson led 40 on his way to his 8th top 5. 5-Leeroy Yarbrough led 2 laps and earned his 5th top 5. 6-Pete Hamilton finished as the first car 1 lap down. 7-Bobby Allison led 20 laps, and now sits 3rd. 8-Glotzbach earned his 12th top 10. 9-Buddy Baker with 2 solid top 10 finishes on short tracks to end the season? Could he be a threat in 1972? 10-#18 Joe Frasson was 3 laps down, but earned his second top 10 of the season. 11-Dave Marcis still sits 9th. 21-Mario Andretti is looking forward to the off-season to re-evaluate his Holman Moody team. 28-A.J. Foyt's team was on the edge with their setup, it didn't work. 35-#03 Eddie Yarboro led 85 laps, and has proven to be a short-track Ace. 37-Bobby Isaac saw his championship dreams fade as his motor blew up after leading 2 laps. 41-Faulkner and Petty, 42nd, had a heated exchange on-track and in the garage area after crashing out. Next Week: The 1971 Season Finale at the Texas World Speedway! ______________________________________

09-08-2016, 03:28 PM	#51
tcoley Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Madison, WI	Re: Rewriting NASCAR's Modern History, 1971 and Beyond 1971 Texas 500 Texas World Speedway Winston Cup Finale 1971 TWS.jpg Last winner, is a New Winner! Bobby Isaac fell short in his hunt for the 1971 Winston Cup Championship, but it wasn't for a lack of effort! In order to come home as this year's champion, Isaac would need to lead the most laps and win the race, he almost did both. Bobby led a race-high, 81 laps, but came home second to first-time winner in 1971, Leeroy Yarbrough! Shannon Faulkner put his #91 Plymouth on the pole for the third race in a row, and he would start alongside new rival Richard Petty. Faulkner would out-pace Petty early, jumping out to the lead with Isaac in tow. David Pearson would lock up the championship on lap 4 when the first caution of the race flew for a crash involving, Bobby Allison, Cecil Gordon and Buddy Baker, all of which would be done for the day. (The only way Pearson could lose the championship was to finish last, and have Isaac win and lead the most laps.) On lap 54, Pearson's team-mate, Mario Andretti fell out of the race with a blown motor. This slightly worried Pearson's team, as they had the same setup as Andretti, but they had already wrapped up the title! Fred Lorenzen followed Mario to the garage on lap 98. Another caution, the second and final yellow of the race flew on lap 103, when Tommy Gale blew a tire in front of a group of cars, one of those being David Pearson. Pearson, Wendell Scott, Ed Howland, and Gale would all be done for the day as a result of the crash. It didn't matter much to Pearson, he had won the season-long war! Spoiler The race restarted on lap 112, and went green the rest of the way, to lap 250! Fuel mileage came in to play later on in the race, as Leeroy's Mercury was able to stretch fuel just a bit longer each run than most of the field. Leeroy would battle Bobby Isaac the second half of the race, trading the lead, along with A.J. Foyt, Pete Hamilton, Dave Marcis and Dick Brooks the lead was exchanged 73 times! But in the end Leeroy held off one final charge from Isaac, and beat him to the line by less than 2 tenths of a second! Results: 1-Leeroy Yarbrough led 28 laps en route to earning his first victory of 1971. This put him into a tie for 10th in points with Benny Parsons. Benny will get the credit for 10th, as the tie-breakers go to wins, both with 1, then to top 5's, which Benny had 2 more than Leeroy. 2-Isaac led the most laps, 81, and earned his 14th (series leading) top 5 of 1971, and finished 2nd in the championship. 3-Dick Brooks led 4 laps, getting his 5th top 5 of the season. 4-Marcis led 24 laps and finished 8th in the standings. 5-Charlie Glotzbach led 1 lap, and got his 3rd top 5 of the season. 6-Richard Brickhouse earned his 4th top 10 of the season. 7-Foyt led 61 laps in his home-state race, but finished 2 laps down, but solidified his top 10 in the standings, 9th. 8-Bill Champion book-ended the season with good runs, a Daytona 500 victory, and his 3rd top 10 of the season at TWS. 9-Faulkner led 28 laps from his third straight pole, first 3 of his career, but finished 2 laps down. Faulkner should be a threat next season! 10-Benny Parsons earned his 14th top 10, and finished 10th in the standings. Notables: 17-Donnie Allison gained just enough points to tie with his Brother, Bobby, for 6th in points. Donnie gets the nod, as he had 3 wins compared to Bobby's 1 victory. 18-Hamilton led 11 laps before getting off pit sequence and finished 5 laps down. 19-Petty never led, and was a bit off all day, ending his season in 3rd place. 23-Neil Castles, a late season championship contender saw his title hopes fade as we neared the end of the season, finishing 5th. 28-Cale Yarborough received damage in one of the 2 accidents of the day, and was off pace, finishing 8 laps down to the leaders. 36-"The Fox" locked up the championship with a crash on lap 103. 38-Andretti led 2 laps before he lost a motor. 39-Baker only completed 6 laps at one of his favorite tracks. 41-Bobby Allison crashed on lap 4, ending his season. Congratulations to the 1971 Winston Cup Champion!

09-17-2016, 09:20 AM	#52
j2thec Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cincinnati, OH	Re: Rewriting NASCAR's Modern History, 1971 and Beyond Hey man, just stumbled unto this thread, and I have to say this is insanely awesome. I've thought a lot about doing something similar but just never had the time to do it, can't wait for '72! tcoley likes this.

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09-22-2016, 12:57 PM	#54
tcoley Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Madison, WI	Re: Rewriting NASCAR's Modern History, 1971 and Beyond 1971 Winston Cup Awards and Statistics The 1971 season featured a total of 10,073 laps for 11,883 miles over 29 races, with 15 different winners getting to victory lane! Winston Cup Champion: David Pearson Winston Cup Rookie of the Year: Shannon Faulkner Manufacture's Champion: Plymouth League leader in wins: Tie, Bobby Isaac & Richard Petty each with 5 League leader in poles: 5, Cale Yarborough Winston Cup top 5 lap leaders: 1. Richard Petty 1,627 2. Cale Yarborough 1,447 3. David Pearson 1,341 4. Bobby Isaac 1,133 5. Shannon Faulkner 747 Most top 5 finishes: 14, Bobby Isaac Most top 10 finishes: 18, David Pearson Most laps completed: 9,481 Neil Castles (94.1%) Most miles completed: 10,961 Neil Castles (92.2%) Race Statistics: Closest finish: 0.07 seconds, Michigan 400 (20), Donnie Allison beat rookie Shannon Faulkner to the finish. Largest margin of victory: Tie, 1 lap, Charlotte 500 (24) Bobby Isaac over David Pearson, and Dover 500 (25) Richard Petty over Bobby Allison. Fastest average speed: 172.567 mph Texas World 500 (29) Leeroy Yarbrough Slowest average speed: 62.242 mph Richmond 500 (4) Bobby Isaac Fastest pole: 189.294 mph Daytona 400 (16), Richard Petty Slowest pole: 82.646 mph Richmond 400 (27), Shannon Faulkner Most lead changes: 119 Michigan 400 (20) Most different leaders: 20 Alabama 500 (11) Most cars running at finish: 35 Daytona 400 (16) Most cautions: 27 Richmond 500 (4) Most DNFs: 20 World 600 (12) Elmo Langley Crown Jewel Event Winners: Daytona 500 - Bill Champion* Ontario 500 - Cale Yarborough World 600 - Elmo Langley* Alabama 500 - Donnie Allison Southern 500 - Benny Parsons Texas World 500 - Leeroy Yarbrough Champion - David Pearson Bonus: N/A *denotes first career victory _____________________________________

09-23-2016, 11:18 AM	#55
tcoley Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Madison, WI	Re: Rewriting NASCAR's Modern History, 1971 and Beyond 1972 Winston Cup Schedule The 1972 Winston Cup schedule was released today, the eve of Christmas 1971. Much to the surprise of nobody, the schedule pretty much mirrors the successful inaugural Winston Cup schedule. The 1972 version matches '71 with 29 races, at all the same tracks, and once again features six Crown Jewel events; Daytona 500 (1), Ontario 500 (3), World 600 (12), Talladega 500 (21), the Southern 500 (22), and Texas World 500 (29). Those races were won by six different drivers in 1971. This year, Winston is putting an extra one-million dollars on the line for any driver that can win 4 of the 6 events! A MILLION dollars, in 1972! That's more than the champion's take home. 1-Daytona 500* @ Daytona International Speedway 2-Winston Western 500 @ Riverside International Raceway 3-Miller High Life 500* @ Ontario Motor Speedway 4-Richmond 400 @ Richmond Fairgrounds Speedway 5-Carolina 500 @ North Carolina Motor Speedway 6-Southeastern 500 @ Bristol International Speedway 7-Atlanta 500 @ Atlanta International Raceway 8-Gwyn Staley 400 @ North Wilkesboro Speedway 9-Virginia 500 @ Martinsville Speedway 10-Rebel 400 @ Darlington Raceway 11-Winston 500 @ Alabama International Motor Speedway 12-World 600* @ Charlotte Motor Speedway 13-Mason-Dixon 500 @ Dover Downs International Speedway 14-Motor State 400 @ Michigan International Speedway 15-Golden State 400 @ Riverside International Raceway 16-Firecracker 400 @ Daytona International Speedway 17-Volunteer 500 @ Bristol International Speedway 18-Nashville 420 @ Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway 19-Dixie 500 @ Atlanta International Raceway 20-Yankee 400 @ Michigan International Speedway 21-Talladega 500* @ Alabama International Motor Speedway 22-Southern 500* @ Darlington Raceway 23-Old Dominion 500 @ Martinsville Speedway 24-National 500 @ Charlotte Motor Speedway 25-Delaware 500 @ Dover Downs International Speedway 26-American 500 @ North Carolina Motor Speedway 27-Capital City 500 @ Richmond Fairgrounds Speedway 28-Wilkes 400 @ North Wilkesboro Speedway 29-Texas World 500* @ Texas World Speedway ______________________________________

09-23-2016, 04:29 PM	#56
tcoley Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Madison, WI	Re: Rewriting NASCAR's Modern History, 1971 and Beyond January 1st, 1972 The shop was still abuzz a week after RJ Reynolds announced the Winston Million was in effect for this season, and the team knew that they had to work harder than ever to put themselves into position to capitalize. A Million Bucks! That's all Boyd and Bryan could talk about. They'd share what they could do with a Million Bucks, each trying to outdo the other. Most of the time, it was racing related; build a larger shop, bring in more people, get their own cars. They were all dreams, dreams that one day could come true... In walked their father, a smoke hanging from between his lips as he was looking over a stack of papers, more specifically, race results and qualifying times from the previous season. He glanced at his crew and set the stack of papers on the workbench. His crew were all chatting it up about what they'd do with that million dollars. He puffed on his cigarette, none of them had even noticed that he came in. He listened for a moment, not letting that million dollars get in his head, he cocked one eyebrow up, smashed what was left of his cigarette out in his full ashtray on the bench, and interrupted the conversation... "How many races did we win last year?" He asked the entire crew. They all looked surprised, they hadn't heard him come in. "We won at..." Boyd started before he was cut off. "Bristol. I know where we won. We won one race, one race." His father's tone grew louder, "One race fellas! You need to win at least 4 of the top 6 races of the season to get that million." He looked around at his crew again, and started shaking his head. "Do you see Bristol on that list?" He asked them, "No, that means, 6 tracks we haven't won at! Six races where somebody else was better, six tracks that we need to improve at." He stopped for a moment at looked around at the team that they had assembled. "We aren't going to improve by talking about improving, or getting distracted by that million dollars. Do you guys think that Petty, Yarborough and Pearson are sitting around talkin' about that million, or are they making their cars better?" Some of his crew were sheepishly looking at the floor, not wanting to look him in the eye. "We must get better, we must be better, faster, and sustain that speed. I look around at you guys, this is a very strong crew, you were all brought into this deal for a couple reasons. To win races, and challenge for championships. If we do those two things, we may just end up with that million." He looked around, all of them had lifted their heads, and were looking the man in his eye. They felt the appreciation and respect he had for them. They wanted to win, and they wanted to win with him! "But," he looked around again, "we don't get better by talking about it," he cracked a smile, "so get your sses to work!"* With that, the crews split off into their groups, and went back to work. Shannon grabbed his stack of papers, walked over to his desk in the corner of the shop and lit another smoke. Shannon separated out the last couple super speedway race and qualifying results, and looked them over. "Petty," he said to himself as he started to shake his head again and could feel his pulse raise. "He's won the last two poles on the big tracks. If his race luck turns around, he's the one to lookout for." The two of them had become bitter rivals towards the end of last season as they had wrecked together on more than one occasion. Whether it was aggressive driving, or pure dumb luck, they were magnets for each other over the second half of 1971. Some say that it was the rivalry that took Petty out of the championship hunt. Was he concentrating more on being Plymouth's top guy, and this new Shannon Faulkner was butting in on his lime-light, instead of concentrating on what he needed to do to win the Winston Cup? We may never know, but one thing's for sure, David Pearson didn't mind. ______________________________________ Last edited by tcoley; 09-27-2016 at 03:01 PM.

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