| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 28 of 48 in the 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
 Layout of Bristol Motor Speedway | |||
| Date | July 11, 1971 | ||
| Official name | Volunteer 500 | ||
| Location | Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 0.533 mi (0.857 km) | ||
| Distance | 500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Very hot with temperatures of 87.1 °F (30.6 °C); wind speed of 18.1 miles per hour (29.1 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 101.074 miles per hour (162.663 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 20,500[2] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Petty Enterprises | ||
| Time | 18.346 seconds | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Charlie Glotzbach | Howard & Egerton Racing | |
| Laps | 411 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 17 | Charlie Glotzbach | Howard & Egerton Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1971 Volunteer 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on July 11, 1971, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.
The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore.
- ^ Weather information for the 1971 Volunteer 500 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
- ^ 1971 Volunteer 500at Racing Reference. Accessed 2012-03-02. 2012-03-07.