1971 Sandlapper 200

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Race::1971 Sandlapper 200 @ Track::Columbia Speedway on August 27, 1971 Note: Grand American Drivers Denoted in Gold Rows

Fin St # Driver Make Laps Led Status 1 1 43 Richard Petty Plymouth 200 110 running 2 3 55 Tiny Lund Camaro 200 64 running 3 4 14 Jim Paschal Javelin 200 15 running 4 6 48 James Hylton Ford 197 0 running 5 21 25 Jabe Thomas Plymouth 196 0 running 6 5 15 Wayne Andrews Mustang 196 0 running 7 10 64 Elmo Langley Ford 194 0 running 8 14 30 Walter Ballard Ford 193 0 running 9 11 2 Randy Hutchison Camaro 193 0 running 10 23 41 Ken Meisenhelder Chevrolet 190 0 running 11 18 10 Bill Champion Ford 189 0 running 12 12 34 Wendell Scott Ford 186 0 running 13 9 24 Cecil Gordon Mercury 182 0 running 14 13 4 John Sears Dodge 179 0 running 15 30 73 Bill Seifert Ford 179 0 running 16 7 74 Bill Shirey Plymouth 178 0 running 17 8 87 Buck Baker Firebird 165 0 running 18 15 7 Jimmy Vaughn Camaro 162 0 crash 19 24 70 J.D. McDuffie Mercury 159 0 crash 20 20 79 Frank Warren Plymouth 152 0 steering 21 25 8 Ed Negre Ford 143 0 ignition 22 19 17 Ernie Shaw Mustang 109 0 clutch 23 26 40 D.K. Ulrich Ford 68 0 brakes 24 2 36 H.B. Bailey Firebird 55 11 crash 25 29 86 Bobby Mausgrover Dodge 51 0 hub 26 17 26 Earl Brooks Ford 21 0 overheating 27 28 96 Richard Childress Chevrolet 17 0 overheating 28 16 19 Henley Gray Ford 12 0 engine 29 27 32 Marv Acton Plymouth 11 0 ignition 30 22 62 Ron Keselowski Dodge 0 0 crash

The 1971 Sandlapper 200 was a Grand National (now Sprint Cup) - Grand American combination event held at Columbia Speedway on August 27, 1971. Eventual season champ Richard Petty led 110 of the 200 laps in route to a dominating ten-carlength victory on Tiny Lund. Stats