1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - American 500 Race Results

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1971 - American 500 Race Results

Race Name - American 500
Date - 10/24/1971
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 135.167 mph
Number of Cautions - 9
Caution Laps - 58
Average Race Speed - 113.4 mph
Lead Changes - 14
Total Race Purse - $73,420
Race Number - 44

More Races from 1971

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	5	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	492	71 Plymout	189	$17,120
2	2	Buddy Baker	11	Petty Enterprises	492	71 Dodge	209	$9,745
3	4	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (HolmanMoody)	488	71 Mercury	1	$6,320
4	7	Pete Hamilton	6	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	487	71 Plymout	16	$4,195
5	6	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	483	71 Dodge	0	$3,920
6	11	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	482	69 Mercury	0	$2,570
7	27	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	476	69 Mercury	0	$1,045
8	15	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	471	70 Dodge	0	$1,670
9	23	Bill Dennis	90	Junie Donlavey	471	69 Mercury	0	$1,445
10	13	Friday Hassler	39	Friday Hassler	468	70 Chevrol	0	$1,270
11	19	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	464	69 Mercury	0	$1,070
12	26	Tiny Lund	55	Tiny Lund	461	69 Mercury	0	$1,045
13	21	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	459	69 Ford	0	$1,020
14	25	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	457	71 Ford	0	$995
15	40	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	453	69 Ford	0	$970
16	28	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	446	69 Ford	0	$945
17	31	Richard D Brown	91	Junior Fields	445	71 Chevrol	0	$1,020
18	37	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	440	69 Ford	0	$895
19	34	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	439	69 Dodge	0	$870
20	17	Stick Elliott	31	OL Nixon	435	69 Dodge	0	$895
21	36	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	421	69 Ford	0	$820
22	38	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	397	71 Ford	0	$795
23	22	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears)	389	69 Dodge	0	$770
24	35	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	342	69 Mercury	0	$745
25	30	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	333	69 Ford	0	$720
26	41	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	297	69 Ford	0	$670
27	39	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	254	69 Dodge	0	$670
28	9	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	227	69 Dodge	0	$670
29	32	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	216	69 Mercury	0	$670
30	24	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	174	70 Plymout	0	$595
31	16	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	171	69 Plymout	0	$710
32	20	Bobby Brack	53	HopperCrews (JC Crews)	170	69 Ford	0	$580
33	29	Paul Tyler	95	Paul Tyler	163	69 Ford	0	$575
34	10	AJ Foyt	27	Banjo Matthews	139	71 Chevrol	0	$595
35	18	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	112	69 Plymout	0	$590
36	8	David Pearson	99	NichelsGoldsmith (Ray Nichels)	92	71 Plymout	0	$585
37	1	Charlie Glotzbach	3	Richard Howard	84	71 Chevrol	77	$1,130
38	12	Coo Coo Marlin	7	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	79	69 Chevrol	0	$575
39	3	Donnie Allison	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	63	69 Mercury	0	$820
40	33	Eddie Yarboro	13	Eddie Yarboro	36	69 Plymout	0	$565
41	14	Maynard Troyer	60	Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle)	13	69 Mercury	0	$545