1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Carolina 500 Race Results

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1971 - Carolina 500 Race Results

Race Name - Carolina 500
Date - 3/14/1971
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 133.892 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 36
Average Race Speed - 118.69 mph
Lead Changes - 19
Total Race Purse - $70,335
Race Number - 7

More Races from 1971

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	492	71 Plymout	198	$17,315
2	3	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	492	71 Dodge	55	$11,240
3	10	Buddy Baker	11	Petty Enterprises	492	71 Dodge	182	$5,065
4	1	Fred Lorenzen	99	STP (Ray Nichels)	488	71 Plymout	16	$3,815
5	13	Dick Brooks	22	Mario Rossi	488	69 Dodge	0	$1,875
6	16	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	486	69 Mercury	22	$1,565
7	27	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	474	69 Dodge	0	$1,340
8	8	Tiny Lund	55	John McConnell	471	69 Dodge	0	$1,415
9	11	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	470	69 Mercury	0	$1,215
10	14	Bill Dennis	90	Junie Donlavey	462	69 Mercury	0	$1,165
11	18	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	455	69 Ford	0	$1,090
12	22	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	454	69 Plymout	0	$1,040
13	12	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	446	69 Mercury	0	$1,090
14	31	JD McDuffie	88	Roger Lubinski	441	69 Dodge	0	$1,015
15	35	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	439	69 Ford	0	$965
16	25	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	438	69 Ford	0	$940
17	28	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	437	69 Plymout	0	$915
18	15	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	436	70 Mercury	0	$965
19	40	Bobby Wawak	75	Bobby Wawak	436	69 Dodge	0	$865
20	29	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	413	69 Ford	0	$840
21	32	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	384	70 Ford	0	$815
22	34	EJ Trivette	56	Gary Baird	368	71 Chevrol	0	$790
23	18	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	366	69 Ford	0	$840
24	6	Pete Hamilton	6	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	339	71 Plymout	7	$1,115
25	9	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	304	69 Mercury	0	$790
26	17	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	301	69 Plymout	12	$790
27	21	Ray Hendrick	42	Mallory Speed Ford (LG DeWitt)	295	70 Ford	0	$665
28	30	Roy Mayne	46	Tom Hunter	282	69 Chevrol	0	$640
29	37	Charlie Roberts	63	Charlie Roberts	265	69 Dodge	0	$615
30	5	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Bobby Allison)	231	69 Dodge	0	$1,065
31	7	Friday Hassler	39	Friday Hassler	186	69 Chevrol	0	$860
32	24	Marv Acton	40	Dick Brooks	162	69 Plymout	0	$580
33	23	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears)	148	69 Dodge	0	$575
34	4	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	132	69 Dodge	0	$1,145
35	39	Dick May	67	Ron Ronacher	98	69 Ford	0	$565
36	20	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	95	69 Dodge	0	$560
37	33	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	72	69 Ford	0	$555
38	38	Dub Simpson	51	Bill Strong	28	69 Chevrol	0	$550
39	36	James Sears	44	Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti)	9	71 Ford	0	$545
40	26	Raymond Williams	47	Bill Seifert	5	70 Ford	0	$540