NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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NASCAR's premier series has been known as the NASCAR Cup Series since 2020, previously known as the Monster Energy Cup Series. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the top top racing series of NASCAR. It holds 36 races over the season at tracks loacted in the United States. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1971 - Miller High Life 500 Race Results
| Race Name - Miller High Life 500Date - 2/28/1971Race Track - Ontario Motor SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 2.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 500 milesPole Speed - 151.711 mphNumber of Cautions - 5Caution Laps - 21Average Race Speed - 134.16 mphLead Changes - 28Total Race Purse - $180,200Race Number - 5 | More Races from 1971 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 1 | AJ Foyt | 21 | Teleprompter Cable TVFoulger FordPurolator (Wood Brothers) | 200 | 69 Mercury | 118 | $51,850 |
| 2 | 6 | Buddy Baker | 11 | Petty Enterprises | 200 | 71 Dodge | 5 | $15,325 |
| 3 | 3 | Richard Petty | 43 | Plymouth By Petty (Petty Enterprises) | 200 | 71 Plymout | 13 | $12,825 |
| 4 | 2 | Bobby Isaac | 71 | K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | 199 | 71 Dodge | 17 | $9,325 |
| 5 | 21 | Dick Brooks | 22 | Mario Rossi | 198 | 70 Dodge | 0 | $5,025 |
| 6 | 22 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | 98 | Junior Johnson | 197 | 69 Mercury | 0 | $4,100 |
| 7 | 7 | Ray Elder | 96 | Fred Elder | 196 | 70 Dodge | 0 | $3,650 |
| 8 | 10 | Tiny Lund | 55 | John McConnell | 194 | 69 Dodge | 4 | $2,680 |
| 9 | 8 | Benny Parsons | 72 | LG DeWitt | 194 | 69 Mercury | 0 | $2,625 |
| 10 | 12 | James Hylton | 48 | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | 194 | 69 Mercury | 0 | $2,250 |
| 11 | 14 | Elmo Langley | 64 | Woodfield Ford (Elmo Langley) | 191 | 69 Mercury | 0 | $2,175 |
| 12 | 46 | Marv Acton | 40 | Dick Brooks | 190 | 70 Plymout | 0 | $2,100 |
| 13 | 23 | Jack McCoy | 7 | Ernie Conn | 190 | 71 Dodge | 0 | $2,085 |
| 14 | 18 | Bill Seifert | 45 | Bill Seifert | 187 | 69 Ford | 0 | $2,000 |
| 15 | 28 | Carl Joiner | 28 | Dean Thorne | 185 | 69 Chevrol | 0 | $1,950 |
| 16 | 9 | Friday Hassler | 39 | Friday Hassler | 185 | 69 Chevrol | 0 | $1,975 |
| 17 | 33 | Jimmy Insolo | 38 | Marvin Rowley | 183 | 69 Chevrol | 0 | $1,875 |
| 18 | 19 | Jabe Thomas | 25 | Don Robertson | 179 | 70 Plymout | 0 | $1,875 |
| 19 | 16 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Cecil Gordon | 179 | 69 Ford | 0 | $1,850 |
| 20 | 44 | Bobby Wawak | 75 | Bobby Wawak | 179 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $1,800 |
| 21 | 38 | Frank James | 0 | Jim Calder | 177 | 69 Chevrol | 0 | $1,775 |
| 22 | 50 | Ron Hornaday | 5 | 177 | 70 Ford | 0 | $1,750 | |
| 23 | 30 | Earl Brooks | 26 | Earl Brooks | 176 | 69 Ford | 0 | $1,750 |
| 24 | 49 | Dick Guldstrand | 44 | James Good | 175 | 69 Chevrol | 0 | $1,700 |
| 25 | 45 | Harry Schilling | 14 | Thomas Hynes | 173 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $1,675 |
| 26 | 40 | Ivan Baldwin | 87 | Ivan Baldwin | 172 | 69 Chevrol | 0 | $1,650 |
| 27 | 15 | Dick Bown | 2 | Ober Logging (Mike Ober) | 169 | 70 Plymout | 0 | $1,650 |
| 28 | 13 | Hershel McGriff | 41 | Robert Koehler | 163 | 70 Plymout | 1 | $1,775 |
| 29 | 34 | Henley Gray | 19 | Henley Gray | 151 | 69 Ford | 0 | $1,575 |
| 30 | 5 | Fred Lorenzen | 99 | STP (Ray Nichels) | 142 | 71 Plymout | 42 | $8,050 |
| 31 | 4 | Pete Hamilton | 6 | American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens) | 117 | 71 Plymout | 0 | $1,800 |
| 32 | 47 | Pat Fay | 90 | 111 | 71 Ford | 0 | $1,500 | |
| 33 | 20 | Ray Johnstone | 77 | Ray Johnstone | 96 | 69 Plymout | 0 | $1,500 |
| 34 | 36 | Marty Kinerk | 83 | 91 | 69 Chevrol | 0 | $1,450 | |
| 35 | 42 | JD McDuffie | 70 | JD McDuffie | 91 | 69 Mercury | 0 | $1,475 |
| 36 | 25 | Jim McElreath | 76 | 88 | 70 Dodge | 0 | $1,440 | |
| 37 | 48 | Johnny Steele | 27 | Johnny Steele | 79 | 69 Ford | 0 | $1,375 |
| 38 | 26 | John Soares Jr | 8 | John Soares Jr | 78 | 70 Plymout | 0 | $1,385 |
| 39 | 41 | Bobby Allison | 12 | CocaCola (Bobby Allison) | 76 | 70 Dodge | 0 | $1,400 |
| 40 | 27 | Red Farmer | 46 | Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti) | 73 | 69 Ford | 0 | $1,325 |
| 41 | 51 | Bob England | 81 | Bob England | 63 | 70 Chevrol | 0 | $1,275 |
| 42 | 32 | Kevin Terris | 32 | Dean Barnicle | 41 | 70 Plymout | 0 | $1,260 |
| 43 | 31 | Bill Champion | 63 | Charlie Roberts | 41 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $1,250 |
| 44 | 24 | Don Noel | 88 | Don Noel | 38 | 70 Ford | 0 | $1,250 |
| 45 | 37 | GT Tallas | 23 | GT Tallas | 32 | 69 Ford | 0 | $1,175 |
| 46 | 35 | Bill Osborne | 9 | 24 | 71 Ford | 0 | $1,150 | |
| 47 | 11 | Pedro Rodriguez | 20 | Jimmy McCain | 18 | 70 Ford | 0 | $1,175 |
| 48 | 29 | Dick Kranzler | 4 | Dick Kranzler | 13 | 70 Chevrol | 0 | $1,125 |
| 49 | 39 | Ron Gautsche | 82 | Ron Gautsche | 10 | 69 Ford | 0 | $1,075 |
| 50 | 17 | Frank Warren | 79 | Frank Warren | 4 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $1,075 |
| 51 | 43 | Dean Dalton | 17 | Dean Dalton | 2 | 69 Ford | 0 | $1,050 |
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