The ninth race of the inaugural "Winston Cup" season was the Southeastern 500 at Bristol International Raceway. David Pearson won the pole with his now-independent Holman Moody team. Rival Richard Petty timed second in his pre-STP, all-Petty blue Plymouth. Petty arrived at Bristol on a hot streak of 3 consecutive wins at Richmond, Rockingham and Hickory.
Though Bobby Allison and James Hylton led a significant chunk of laps, the race was controlled by the career rivals of the Silver Fox and The King.
As the photo caption says below, #17 outlasted #43 that day. Pearson earned his 60th career win - and his last with Holman Moody. Petty missed an opportunity to earn what could have been 201 wins in the history books.
Read on for more:
http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2015/03/march-28-1971-rivals-battle-at-bristol.html
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updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
