1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Richmond 500 Race Results

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1971 - Richmond 500 Race Results

Race Name - Richmond 500
Date - 3/7/1971
Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.542 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 271 miles
Pole Speed - 87.178 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 18
Average Race Speed - 79.836 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $22,305
Race Number - 6

More Races from 1971

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	30	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	500	70 Plymout	348	$4,425
2	3	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	498	70 Dodge	108	$2,850
3	28	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	492	69 Ford	0	$1,525
4	29	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Bobby Allison)	491	69 Dodge	36	$1,125
5	1	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	490	69 Dodge	8	$1,075
6	9	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	480	69 Mercury	0	$625
7	11	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	479	69 Dodge	0	$575
8	4	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	472	69 Ford	0	$600
9	14	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	466	69 Ford	0	$535
10	27	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	463	70 Ford	0	$525
11	8	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	461	69 Ford	0	$515
12	5	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	460	69 Plymout	0	$530
13	23	Al Grinnan	50		459	69 Chevrol	0	$495
14	6	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears)	454	69 Dodge	0	$485
15	24	EJ Trivette	56	Gary Baird	445	71 Chevrol	0	$475
16	21	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	443	69 Plymout	0	$450
17	25	Eddie Yarboro	13	Eddie Yarboro	430	69 Dodge	0	$445
18	15	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	396	69 Ford	0	$440
19	16	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	371	69 Ford	0	$435
20	19	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	210	69 Buick	0	$425
21	13	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	174	69 Ford	0	$395
22	12	Dub Simpson	51	Bill Strong	158	69 Chevrol	0	$385
23	7	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	133	69 Ford	0	$375
24	18	Bill Hollar	28	Earl Brooks	52	69 Ford	0	$365
25	26	Dick May	67	Ron Ronacher	47	69 Ford	0	$355
26	17	Joe Phipps	65	Joe Phipps	44	69 Chevrol	0	$355
27	2	Bill Dennis	90	Junie Donlavey	35	69 Mercury	0	$455
28	20	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	35	69 Plymout	0	$355
29	10	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	5	69 Dodge	0	$355
30	22	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	2	71 Plymout	0	$355