1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Capital City 500 Race Results

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1971 - Capital City 500 Race Results

Race Name - Capital City 500
Date - 11/14/1971
Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.542 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 271 miles
Pole Speed - mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 24
Average Race Speed - 80.025 mph
Lead Changes - 9
Total Race Purse - $22,440
Race Number - 46

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	11	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	500	71 Plymout	330	$4,450
2	10	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (HolmanMoody)	499	71 Ford	105	$2,585
3	3	Pete Hamilton	6	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	490	71 Plymout	0	$1,750
4	2	Charlie Glotzbach	98	Richard Howard	487	71 Chevrol	19	$1,175
5	12	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	480	71 Ford	0	$965
6	5	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	480	70 Dodge	0	$650
7	19	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	476	69 Ford	0	$575
8	16	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears)	472	69 Dodge	0	$550
9	14	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	471	69 Mercury	0	$560
10	4	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	457	69 Dodge	0	$550
11	8	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	445	71 Ford	0	$515
12	29	Eddie Yarboro	13	Eddie Yarboro	442	69 Plymout	0	$505
13	25	James Cox	23	Don Robertson	442	69 Plymout	0	$495
14	1	Bill Dennis	90	Junie Donlavey	440	69 Mercury	46	$985
15	21	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	435	69 Ford	0	$475
16	15	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	433	70 Plymout	0	$450
17	17	Bill Hollar	28	Earl Brooks	416	69 Ford	0	$445
18	20	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	415	69 Ford	0	$440
19	9	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	384	71 Chevrol	0	$435
20	26	Richard Childress	96	Tom Garn	359	70 Chevrol	0	$425
21	28	Phil Finney	80	Phil Finney	357	69 Chevrol	0	$400
22	27	DK Ulrich	40	DK Ulrich	314	71 Ford	0	$390
23	18	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	309	69 Ford	0	$380
24	22	Bobby Mausgrover	86	Neil Castles	282	69 Dodge	0	$370
25	13	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	253	71 Ford	0	$385
26	7	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	188	69 Ford	0	$350
27	23	Bill Shirey	62	Kaye Engineering (John Keselowski)	118	69 Dodge	0	$325
28	24	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	103	69 Ford	0	$300
29	6	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	59	71 Ford	0	$285
30	30	Gordon Birkett	50	John Hodges	43	69 Chevrol	0	$275