1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Virginia 500 Race Results

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1971 - Virginia 500 Race Results

Race Name - Virginia 500
Date - 4/25/1971
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.525 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 263 miles
Pole Speed - 82.529 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 3
Average Race Speed - 77.707 mph
Lead Changes - 10
Total Race Purse - $27,300
Race Number - 15

More Races from 1971

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	3	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	500	71 Plymout	118	$5,075
2	5	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	500	71 Ford	14	$2,550
3	2	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	492	71 Dodge	0	$2,350
4	8	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	486	69 Dodge	0	$1,525
5	15	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	483	70 Ford	0	$1,225
6	4	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Bobby Allison)	482	71 Dodge	0	$1,050
7	16	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	471	69 Mercury	0	$925
8	27	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	470	70 Dodge	0	$850
9	20	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	466	70 Dodge	0	$825
10	28	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	465	71 Ford	0	$750
11	26	Roy Mayne	46	Tom Hunter	460	69 Chevrol	0	$725
12	18	Elmo Langley	20	Clyde Lynn	449	70 Ford	0	$725
13	21	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	444	69 Ford	0	$675
14	19	Bill Dennis	7	Dean Dalton	434	69 Ford	0	$675
15	1	Donnie Allison	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	413	71 Mercury	367	$775
16	7	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	367	70 Ford	0	$625
17	25	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	362	69 Ford	0	$575
18	17	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	337	70 Plymout	0	$575
19	23	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	330	69 Mercury	0	$525
20	6	Fred Lorenzen	99	STP (Ray Nichels)	329	71 Plymout	1	$525
21	24	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears)	164	69 Dodge	0	$475
22	30	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	146	69 Ford	0	$450
23	11	Dick Brooks	22	Mario Rossi	133	70 Dodge	0	$450
24	12	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	111	71 Ford	0	$425
25	22	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	99	71 Ford	0	$375
26	14	Dub Simpson	51	Bill Strong	92	69 Chevrol	0	$375
27	9	Earl Brooks	64	Earl Brooks	67	69 Ford	0	$350
28	29	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	37	69 Plymout	0	$300
29	10	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	18	69 Plymout	0	$300
30	13	Ed Negre	49	GC Spencer	0	69 Plymout	0	$275