1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Motor Trend 500 Race Results

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1971 - Motor Trend 500 Race Results

Race Name - Motor Trend 500
Date - 1/10/1971
Race Track - Riverside International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.62 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 107.084 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 9
Average Race Speed - 100.78 mph
Lead Changes - 10
Total Race Purse - $84,055
Race Number - 1

More Races from 1971

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	3	Ray Elder	96	Fred Elder	191	70 Dodge	67	$18,715
2	2	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Bobby Allison)	191	70 Dodge	42	$9,215
3	7	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	189	69 Ford	0	$6,390
4	4	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	189	71 Dodge	0	$4,540
5	5	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	185	70 Ford	0	$2,915
6	9	Friday Hassler	39	Friday Hassler	184	69 Chevrol	0	$2,040
7	10	Kevin Terris	32	Dean Barnicle	184	70 Plymout	0	$1,785
8	22	Carl Joiner	26	Dean Thorne	169	69 Chevrol	0	$1,615
9	17	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	169	69 Ford	0	$1,640
10	13	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	167	69 Ford	0	$1,415
11	29	GT Tallas	23	GT Tallas	157	69 Ford	0	$1,315
12	8	Hershel McGriff	4	Beryl Jackson	156	70 Plymout	0	$1,290
13	40	Bob England	18	Bob England	155	70 Chevrol	0	$1,240
14	27	Dick Kranzler	4	Dick Kranzler	143	70 Chevrol	0	$1,215
15	34	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	140	69 Mercury	0	$1,190
16	6	Dick Bown	2	Mike Ober	133	70 Plymout	0	$1,215
17	19	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	130	69 Mercury	0	$1,190
18	31	Jack McCoy	7	Ernie Conn	126	70 Dodge	0	$1,235
19	26	Ron Gautsche	82	Ron Gautsche	118	69 Ford	0	$1,125
20	1	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	107	70 Plymout	62	$1,515
21	15	John Soares Jr	8	John Soares Jr	101	70 Plymout	0	$1,105
22	30	Frank James	0	Jim Calder	97	69 Chevrol	0	$1,095
23	33	Ron Grable	5		77	70 Ford	0	$1,160
24	14	Dick Guldstrand	44	James Good	76	68 Chevrol	0	$1,075
25	11	Jimmy Insolo	38	Marvin Rowley	75	69 Chevrol	0	$1,065
26	12	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	58	69 Ford	0	$1,055
27	24	Bob Kauf	95	Wrought Iron Co Ernies Chevron (Paul Stockwell)	56	69 Chevrol	0	$1,045
28	25	Paul Dorrity	15	Glen Dorrity	50	71 Chevrol	0	$1,035
29	23	Jerry Oliver	6	Coz Concilla	47	70 Oldsmob	0	$1,025
30	37	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	40	69 Plymout	0	$1,015
31	38	Mike Kittlekow	107		38	69 Chevrol	0	$1,015
32	32	Ray Johnstone	77	Ray Johnstone	36	69 Plymout	0	$1,095
33	18	Don Noel	88	NoelLewin	27	70 Ford	0	$1,090
34	39	Glenn Francis	33	Bill Andersen	27	70 Chevrol	0	$1,015
35	16	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	25	70 Ford	20	$1,165
36	20	Joe Clark	83		21	69 Chevrol	0	$1,065
37	35	Harry Schilling	148	Thomas Hynes	18	69 Dodge	0	$1,065
38	36	Roy Collins	177		7	69 Dodge	0	$1,040
39	28	Ivan Baldwin	7	Ivan Baldwin	2	69 Chevrol	0	$1,015
40	21	Pat Fay	99		1	71 Ford	0	$1,015