| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 21 of 48 in the 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
 Official poster for the 1971 World 600 | |||
| Date | May 30, 1971 | ||
| Official name | World 600 | ||
| Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.500 mi (2.410 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 600 mi (965 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures of 66 °F (19 °C); wind speeds up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 140.422 miles per hour (225.987 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 78,000[2] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Richard Howard | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Bobby Allison | Holman Moody | |
| Laps | 303 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 12 | Bobby Allison | Holman Moody | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1971 World 600, the 12th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 30, 1971, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. It marked the return of Chevrolet to NASCAR.[3]
Chevrolet would go on to dominate NASCAR during the subsequent decades.[3]
- ^ Weather information for the 1971 World 600 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
rrwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b An unheralded World 600 that boosted two NASCAR icons at Scene Daily