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The 1971 Islip 250 was a ''NASCAR Winston Cup Series'' (now Sprint Cup Series) race that occurred on July 15, 1971, at Islip Speedway in the American community of Islip, New York. Two black racers were involved in this race (Wendell Scott and George Wiltshire). ==Summary== Two hundred and fifty green flag laps were done on a paved oval track spanning . However, the race was shortened by twenty laps to 230 laps due to an error with the scoring system.〔 At the time, Islip Speedway had a scoring system that looked like a Rolodex card system that would flip down cards with minutes (with numbers from 00 to 99) and seconds (with numbers from 00 to 59) on them.〔 This would give the time elapsed in the race with some manual output; similar to the scoring system used at the very first Daytona 500 because electronic scoring would be decades away from being reality. The first column would count the number of minutes elapsed with the second column would count the number of second elapsed. It would be rare to see a race last for more than ninety-nine minutes and fifty-nine seconds (approximately 1.6 hours) until NASCAR started lengthening their races in the 1970s. 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. The time of the race was fifty-five minutes and seventeen seconds.〔 Speeds were considered to be for the average and for the pole.〔 Richard Petty managed to defeat Friday Hassler by outlapping him twice.〔 Frog Fagan was the lone Canadian in the race making his final start in a Cup Series vehicle.〔 Coca-Cola was one of the top sponsors involved in the race.〔 Fagan would race for a single lap before quitting in Neil Castles' #06 Dodge vehicle.〔 In addition to leading the race, Richard Petty led all 230 laps of the race.〔 The track was shorter than even Martinsville Speedway; seven drivers chose to quit the race because they could see the leader even before the green flag.〔 Benny Listman would do his only NASCAR Cup Series race here.〔 Four automobile manufacturers were predominant during this race: Ford, Dodge, Plymouth and Mercury. The winner would receive a prize bounty of $1,500 ($ when adjusted for inflation) while the last place finisher would receive a paltry $10 ($ when adjusted for inflation) prize bounty.〔 Total winnings for this track would be $8,685 ($ when adjusted for inflation). This would be the final race for this track; the track would later be demolished to become a cookie factory. All races shorter than 250 miles would be axed by the NASCAR organization; just a part of the sport's modernization process. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1971 Islip 250」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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