1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Daytona 500 Race Results

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1971 - Daytona 500 Race Results

Race Name - Daytona 500
Date - 2/14/1971
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 182.744 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 44
Average Race Speed - 144.46 mph
Lead Changes - 48
Total Race Purse - $144,400
Race Number - 4

More Races from 1971

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	5	Richard Petty	43	Southern ChryslerPlymouth (Petty Enterprises)	200	71 Plymout	69	$45,450
2	6	Buddy Baker	11	Dodge by Petty (Petty Enterprises)	200	71 Dodge	16	$16,100
3	1	AJ Foyt	21	Teleprompter Cable TV Purolator (Wood Brothers)	200	69 Mercury	36	$14,500
4	4	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	199	69 Mercury	6	$4,225
5	9	Fred Lorenzen	99	STP (Ray Nichels)	199	71 Plymout	0	$3,825
6	32	Jim Vandiver	31	MossThornton (OL Nixon)	198	69 Dodge	0	$3,475
7	8	Dick Brooks	22	Golden Products (Mario Rossi)	198	69 Dodge	5	$3,125
8	24	Jim Hurtubise	20	Southland Auto Salvage (Jimmy McCain)	197	70 Ford	0	$2,800
9	15	James Hylton	48	Mullins Ford (James Hylton)	197	69 Ford	4	$2,600
10	2	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	197	71 Dodge	37	$3,950
11	14	Ramo Stott	7	Plymouth (Ramo Stott)	195	71 Plymout	0	$2,350
12	25	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	194	70 Dodge	0	$2,200
13	36	Pedro Rodriguez	25	Don Robertson	194	70 Plymout	0	$1,975
14	16	Elmo Langley	64	Woodfield Ford (Elmo Langley)	193	69 Mercury	0	$1,850
15	34	Freddy Fryar	4	High Meadows Country Golf Club (Buster Davis)	192	69 Dodge	0	$1,800
16	27	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	191	69 Ford	0	$1,700
17	19	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	187	69 Mercury	0	$1,750
18	31	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Bobby Allison)	187	70 Dodge	7	$1,600
19	38	Marv Acton	40	Dick Brooks	186	70 Plymout	0	$1,550
20	26	Coo Coo Marlin	7	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	184	69 Chevrol	0	$1,500
21	20	Tommy Gale	3	Gale Trucking (Larry Jackson)	183	69 Mercury	0	$1,475
22	29	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	179	69 Ford	0	$1,525
23	28	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	179	69 Ford	0	$1,425
24	37	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	178	69 Plymout	0	$1,400
25	17	Dave Marcis	2	Southside Dodge (Dave Marcis)	173	69 Dodge	0	$1,375
26	11	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	170	69 Mercury	10	$1,350
27	10	Bill Dennis	90	Teleprompter Corp (Junie Donlavey)	162	69 Mercury	0	$1,525
28	3	Pete Hamilton	6	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	157	71 Plymout	6	$2,050
29	21	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears)	126	69 Dodge	0	$1,275
30	35	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	111	70 Ford	0	$1,250
31	40	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	93	69 Ford	0	$1,225
32	22	Red Farmer	44	Custom Trim Products (Richard Giachetti)	91	71 Ford	0	$1,200
33	13	Cale Yarborough	3	Woolco (Ray Fox)	61	71 Plymout	0	$1,375
34	7	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	45	69 Mercury	4	$1,150
35	12	Benny Parsons	72	Montgomery Motors (LG DeWitt)	39	69 Ford	0	$1,125
36	33	Friday Hassler	39	Chattahoochee Valley Auto PartsSee Rock City (Friday Hassler)	38	69 Chevrol	0	$1,200
37	30	Neil Castles	6	Howard Furniture (Neil Castles)	24	69 Dodge	0	$1,075
38	18	Maynard Troyer	60	Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle)	9	69 Ford	0	$1,050
39	23	Tiny Lund	55	Baughmann HiSpeed (John McConnell)	7	69 Dodge	0	$1,025
40	39	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	1	70 Dodge	0	$1,000