1971 Nashville 420
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Date
July 24, 1971
Official name
Nashville 420
Location
Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville, Tennessee
Course
Permanent racing facility
| Race details[1][2][3][4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 32 of 48 in the 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
 | |||
| Date | July 24, 1971 | ||
| Official name | Nashville 420 | ||
| Location | Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville, Tennessee | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 0.596 miles (0.959 km) | ||
| Distance | 420 laps, 250.3 mi (402.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Warm with temperatures of 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds of 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 89.667 miles per hour (144.305 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Petty Enterprises | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | |
| Laps | 400 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1971 Nashville 420 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series event that took place on July 24, 1971, at Nashville Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee.
Nashville Speedway was converted to a half-mile paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track. The speedway was lengthened between the 1969 and 1970 seasons. The corners were cut down from 35 degrees to their present 18 degrees in 1972.[citation needed]