1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Atlanta 500 Race Results

NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race

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.

The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. 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 - Atlanta 500 Race Results

Race Name - Atlanta 500
Date - 4/4/1971
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 155.152 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 31
Average Race Speed - 131.37 mph
Lead Changes - 23
Total Race Purse - $90,600
Race Number - 10

More Races from 1971

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	AJ Foyt	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	328	69 Mercury	205	$19,200
2	3	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	328	71 Plymout	59	$10,700
3	16	Pete Hamilton	6	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	327	71 Plymout	14	$6,975
4	6	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	327	70 Ford	36	$4,490
5	2	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	327	71 Dodge	1	$3,500
6	4	Buddy Baker	11	Petty Enterprises	325	71 Dodge	0	$3,000
7	12	Charlie Glotzbach	38	John McCarthy	319	70 Dodge	0	$2,500
8	11	Jim Vandiver	31	OL Nixon	319	70 Dodge	0	$2,000
9	22	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	315	69 Ford	0	$1,750
10	15	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Bobby Allison)	315	71 Dodge	0	$1,600
11	9	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	315	69 Dodge	0	$1,550
12	20	Friday Hassler	39	Friday Hassler	313	69 Chevrol	0	$1,500
13	14	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	313	70 Dodge	0	$1,450
14	31	Dick Brooks	22	Mario Rossi	310	70 Dodge	0	$1,400
15	26	Coo Coo Marlin	7	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	310	69 Chevrol	0	$1,350
16	25	Roy Mayne	46	Tom Hunter	310	69 Chevrol	0	$1,300
17	10	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	307	69 Mercury	0	$1,275
18	13	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	307	69 Mercury	0	$1,250
19	28	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	306	70 Dodge	0	$1,225
20	35	Maynard Troyer	60	Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle)	306	69 Ford	0	$1,200
21	21	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	306	69 Dodge	0	$1,180
22	32	Tommy Gale	3	Larry Jackson	303	69 Mercury	0	$1,165
23	36	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	294	69 Ford	0	$1,150
24	37	Rod Eulenfeld	53	HopperCrews (JC Crews)	293	69 Ford	0	$1,135
25	39	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	288	71 Chevrol	0	$1,120
26	29	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	288	69 Ford	0	$1,105
27	24	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	251	69 Ford	0	$1,090
28	8	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45	Bill Seifert	246	70 Ford	0	$1,080
29	7	Cale Yarborough	3	Ray Fox	245	71 Plymout	13	$1,070
30	34	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	194	69 Ford	0	$1,060
31	18	Bill Dennis	90	Junie Donlavey	185	69 Mercury	0	$1,050
32	40	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears)	139	69 Dodge	0	$1,040
33	30	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	111	70 Plymout	0	$1,035
34	27	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	97	70 Dodge	0	$1,030
35	5	Fred Lorenzen	99	STP (Ray Nichels)	85	71 Plymout	0	$1,025
36	19	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	80	69 Ford	0	$1,020
37	23	Earl Brooks	49	GC Spencer	67	69 Plymout	0	$1,015
38	17	Jim Hurtubise	20	Jimmy McCain	44	70 Ford	0	$1,010
39	33	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	44	71 Ford	0	$1,005
40	38	Dub Simpson	16	Bill Strong	7	69 Chevrol	0	$1,000