1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Delaware 500 Race Results

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1971 - Delaware 500 Race Results

Race Name - Delaware 500
Date - 10/17/1971
Race Track - Dover Downs International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 132.811 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 9
Average Race Speed - 123.25 mph
Lead Changes - 3
Total Race Purse - $59,965
Race Number - 43

More Races from 1971

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	500	71 Plymout	101	$14,570
2	3	Charlie Glotzbach	98	Richard Howard	499	71 Chevrol	5	$7,945
3	2	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	499	71 Dodge	0	$4,970
4	1	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (HolmanMoody)	498	69 Mercury	394	$2,695
5	12	Bill Dennis	90	Junie Donlavey	483	69 Mercury	0	$1,595
6	10	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	480	69 Dodge	0	$1,295
7	6	Richard D Brown	91	Junior Fields	477	71 Chevrol	0	$1,195
8	17	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	476	69 Mercury	0	$1,095
9	18	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	473	71 Ford	0	$1,070
10	7	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	466	69 Mercury	0	$1,045
11	9	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	465	69 Mercury	0	$1,020
12	11	Paul Tyler	95	Paul Tyler	464	69 Ford	0	$995
13	14	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	460	69 Dodge	0	$970
14	26	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	459	71 Ford	0	$945
15	19	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	458	69 Ford	0	$920
16	29	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	442	69 Ford	0	$895
17	39	John Soares Jr	8	John Soares Jr	440	69 Dodge	0	$870
18	16	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	436	70 Plymout	0	$860
19	35	Dick May	40	DK Ulrich	436	71 Ford	0	$855
20	28	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	392	69 Ford	0	$845
21	38	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears)	374	69 Dodge	0	$835
22	20	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	369	69 Dodge	0	$810
23	36	Tommy Gale	3	Larry Jackson	319	69 Mercury	0	$785
24	37	Ken Meisenhelder	41	Ken Meisenhelder	297	69 Chevrol	0	$760
25	33	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	280	69 Plymout	0	$735
26	31	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	266	69 Mercury	0	$710
27	15	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	266	69 Ford	0	$685
28	5	Maynard Troyer	60	Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle)	266	69 Mercury	0	$695
29	22	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	229	69 Mercury	0	$705
30	25	Richard Childress	5	Doc Faustina	180	70 Plymout	0	$645
31	21	Fred Lorenzen	99	STP (Ray Nichels)	115	71 Plymout	0	$705
32	27	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	115	69 Ford	0	$620
33	8	Friday Hassler	39	Friday Hassler	114	70 Chevrol	0	$610
34	23	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	102	69 Plymout	0	$625
35	30	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	91	69 Ford	0	$590
36	40	James Cox	23	Don Robertson	87	69 Plymout	0	$580
37	13	Charlie Roberts	1	Charlie Roberts	68	69 Ford	0	$570
38	34	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	62	69 Ford	0	$560
39	24	Dub Simpson	51	Bill Strong	26	69 Chevrol	0	$550
40	32	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	10	69 Ford	0	$540