1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Dixie 500 Race Results

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1971 - Dixie 500 Race Results

Race Name - Dixie 500
Date - 8/1/1971
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 155.796 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 48
Average Race Speed - 129.06 mph
Lead Changes - 27
Total Race Purse - $80,255
Race Number - 33

More Races from 1971

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	3	Richard Petty	43	Pepsi (Petty Enterprises)	328	71 Plymout	181	$20,220
2	5	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (HolmanMoody)	328	69 Mercury	54	$9,530
3	18	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	319	69 Mercury	0	$6,225
4	2	Charlie Glotzbach	3	Richard Howard	318	71 Chevrol	0	$4,525
5	20	Friday Hassler	39	Friday Hassler	317	70 Chevrol	0	$3,375
6	6	Donnie Allison	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	316	69 Mercury	0	$3,025
7	26	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	313	70 Dodge	0	$2,800
8	12	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	312	69 Dodge	0	$2,525
9	15	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	312	70 Ford	0	$2,275
10	24	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	312	70 Ford	0	$2,000
11	23	Richard D Brown	91	Junior Fields	309	71 Chevrol	0	$1,750
12	19	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	309	69 Mercury	0	$1,525
13	17	Marty Robbins	42	Marty Robbins	309	69 Dodge	0	$1,350
14	27	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	306	70 Plymout	0	$1,200
15	10	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	304	71 Ford	0	$1,125
16	32	Bobby Brack	53	HopperCrews (JC Crews)	302	69 Ford	0	$1,000
17	38	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	299	69 Mercury	0	$900
18	21	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	295	71 Ford	0	$800
19	13	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	294	69 Ford	0	$725
20	39	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	293	69 Ford	0	$650
21	40	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	290	69 Ford	0	$600
22	35	Dick May	5	Doc Faustina	268	70 Plymout	0	$590
23	37	Earl Brooks	46	Tom Hunter	264	69 Chevrol	0	$585
24	4	Pete Hamilton	6	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	249	71 Plymout	16	$745
25	1	Buddy Baker	11	Petty Enterprises	231	71 Dodge	77	$1,960
26	33	Dick Poling	62	Kaye Engineering (John Keselowski)	226	69 Dodge	0	$570
27	16	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	164	69 Plymout	0	$665
28	28	Paul Tyler	95	Paul Tyler	149	69 Mercury	0	$560
29	29	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears)	136	69 Dodge	0	$555
30	25	Bill Dennis	90	Junie Donlavey	131	69 Mercury	0	$550
31	14	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	92	70 Dodge	0	$570
32	30	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	90	70 Ford	0	$540
33	7	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	86	71 Dodge	0	$560
34	22	Coo Coo Marlin	7	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	82	69 Chevrol	0	$530
35	11	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	66	70 Dodge	0	$550
36	36	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	62	69 Ford	0	$520
37	31	Dub Simpson	93	Harold Furr	60	71 Chevrol	0	$515
38	34	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	40	71 Ford	0	$510
39	8	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	38	69 Dodge	0	$530
40	9	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	36	69 Mercury	0	$525