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NASCAR makes major change to all-time wins list, ending 53-year controversy

For over half a century, controversy and debate surrounded a NASCAR Cup Series race at Bowman Gray Stadium on August 6, 1971.

It was one of six races that year featuring a mixed field with Cup cars and the smaller Grand American cars. Bobby Allison chose to drove a Grand American '70 Ford Mustang that day and ended up beating all of the Cup stars, leading 138 of 200 laps with Richard 'The King' Petty a few seconds behind in second place.

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