The 1971 Space City 300 is a NASCAR

NASCAR

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 Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on June 23, 1971 at Meyer Speedway in the American

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 community of Houston

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, Texas

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Summary

Bobby Allison

Bobby Allison

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 defeated James Hylton

James Hylton

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 by at least two laps after two hours and two minutes of racing 300 laps on a paved track). The entire track was consider to span a distance of 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) for a grand total of 150 miles (241.4 km). There were no cautions given out by NASCAR; making this a perfect race alongside the 1959 Daytona 500

1959 Daytona 500

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 and the 1969 Motor Trend 500

1969 Motor Trend 500

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. Nine thousand people would watch an 11-car grid of American-born drivers perform speeds of up to 73.489 miles per hour (118.3 km/h). Pete Arnold would make his only start here and record the race's last-place finish due to a steering

Steering

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 issue on lap 58. Fred Hill would make his only NASCAR Cup Series start here; ending his day with a rear end

Rear End

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 issue on lap 116.

Finishing order

1. Bobby Allison (sponsored by Coca-Cola
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   )
2. James Hylton
3. Walter Ballard
   Walter Ballard
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4. Elmo Langley
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5. Frank Warren
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6. Cecil Gordon
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7. Richard Petty
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8. Henley Gray
   Henley Gray
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9. Charlie Roberts
   Charlie Roberts
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10. J.D. McDuffie
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11. Ed Negre
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12. Ronnie Chumley
13. Fred Hill
14. Pete Arnold