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The ''1971 Space City 300'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on June 23, 1971, at Meyer Speedway in Houston, Texas. While Houston was considered to be one of the epicenters of stock car racing during the 1950s and 1960s, the local passion for the motorsport died out starting in the 1970s.〔(''Lone stars highlight '71 race at Texas track'' ) at NASCAR.com〕 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 any more. ==Summary== Coca-Cola-sponsored Bobby Allison defeated James Hylton by at least two laps after two hours and two minutes of racing 300 laps on a paved track).〔 The entire track was considered to span a distance of for a grand total of .〔 There were no cautions given out by NASCAR; making this a perfect race〔 alongside the 1959 Daytona 500, the 1969 Motor Trend 500, the 1971 Asheville 300 and the 2002 EA Sports 500; which became the final oval course race that had gone the entire distance without a single caution flag.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EA Sports 500 )〕 Nine thousand people would watch a 14-car grid of American-born drivers perform speeds of up to .〔 Pete Arnold would make his only start here and record the race's last-place finish due to a steering issue on lap 58.〔 Fred Hill would make his only NASCAR Cup Series start here; ending his day with a rear end issue on lap 116.〔 Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. This event would become Meyer Speedway's only NASCAR Cup Series racing event; with the description of being the newest racing track that is "no longer under the schedule." There would be less than 15 cars in the entire racing event; a rarity during the early 1970s. After this race, there would be at least 20 cars that qualified each and every time. The winner would receive $2,200 in winnings ($ when adjusted for inflation) while the last-place finisher would walk away with $340 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(1971 Space City 300 racing information ) at Race-Database〕 Most of the teams that raced at Meyer Speedway went straight back to the Southeastern United States due to the meager prize money given out at this racing event (that took place in the Southwestern United States). 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 Space City 300」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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