Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Asheville 300

New Asheville Speedway

May 21st, 1971

Race #19 of the 1971 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 300
  • Drivers Entered: 17
  • Makes
    • Dodge (2)
    • Ford (8)
    • Mercury (3)
    • Plymouth (4)
  • Last New Asheville Speedway race (Asheville 300)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
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Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
06 Neil Castles Dodge Neil Castles Neil Castles
10 Bill Champion Ford Bill Champion Bill Champion
24 Cecil Gordon Mercury Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon
25 Jabe Thomas Plymouth Don Robertson Don Robertson
26 Earl Brooks Ford Earl Brooks Earl Brooks
30 Walter Ballard Ford Ballard Racing Vic Ballard
34 Wendell Scott Ford Wendell Scott Wendell Scott
4 John Sears Dodge John Sears John Sears
43 Richard Petty Plymouth Petty Enterprises Petty Enterprises
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Ford Hylton Engineering James Hylton
64 Elmo Langley Mercury Elmo Langley Elmo Langley
67 Dick May Ford Ron Ronacher Ron Ronacher
70 JD McDuffie Mercury J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie
72 Benny Parsons Ford L.G. DeWitt L.G. DeWitt
74 Bill Shirey Plymouth Bill Shirey Bill Shirey
79 Frank Warren Plymouth Frank Warren Frank Warren
8 Ed Negre Ford Ed Negre Ed Negre