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1971 - Carolina 500 Race Results


Race Name - Carolina 500
Date - 3/14/1971
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 133.892 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 36
Average Race Speed - 118.69 mph
Lead Changes - 19
Total Race Purse - $70,335
Race Number - 7
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 492 71 Plymout 198 $17,315
2 3 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 492 71 Dodge 55 $11,240
3 10 Buddy Baker 11 Petty Enterprises 492 71 Dodge 182 $5,065
4 1 Fred Lorenzen 99 STP (Ray Nichels) 488 71 Plymout 16 $3,815
5 13 Dick Brooks 22 Mario Rossi 488 69 Dodge 0 $1,875
6 16 LeeRoy Yarbrough 98 Junior Johnson 486 69 Mercury 22 $1,565
7 27 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 474 69 Dodge 0 $1,340
8 8 Tiny Lund 55 John McConnell 471 69 Dodge 0 $1,415
9 11 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 470 69 Mercury 0 $1,215
10 14 Bill Dennis 90 Junie Donlavey 462 69 Mercury 0 $1,165
11 18 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 455 69 Ford 0 $1,090
12 22 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 454 69 Plymout 0 $1,040
13 12 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 446 69 Mercury 0 $1,090
14 31 JD McDuffie 88 Roger Lubinski 441 69 Dodge 0 $1,015
15 35 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 439 69 Ford 0 $965
16 25 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 438 69 Ford 0 $940
17 28 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 437 69 Plymout 0 $915
18 15 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 436 70 Mercury 0 $965
19 40 Bobby Wawak 75 Bobby Wawak 436 69 Dodge 0 $865
20 29 Larry Baumel 68 Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer) 413 69 Ford 0 $840
21 32 Bill Seifert 45 Bill Seifert 384 70 Ford 0 $815
22 34 EJ Trivette 56 Gary Baird 368 71 Chevrol 0 $790
23 18 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 366 69 Ford 0 $840
24 6 Pete Hamilton 6 American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens) 339 71 Plymout 7 $1,115
25 9 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 304 69 Mercury 0 $790
26 17 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 301 69 Plymout 12 $790
27 21 Ray Hendrick 42 Mallory Speed Ford (LG DeWitt) 295 70 Ford 0 $665
28 30 Roy Mayne 46 Tom Hunter 282 69 Chevrol 0 $640
29 37 Charlie Roberts 63 Charlie Roberts 265 69 Dodge 0 $615
30 5 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Bobby Allison) 231 69 Dodge 0 $1,065
31 7 Friday Hassler 39 Friday Hassler 186 69 Chevrol 0 $860
32 24 Marv Acton 40 Dick Brooks 162 69 Plymout 0 $580
33 23 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears) 148 69 Dodge 0 $575
34 4 Dave Marcis 2 Dave Marcis 132 69 Dodge 0 $1,145
35 39 Dick May 67 Ron Ronacher 98 69 Ford 0 $565
36 20 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 95 69 Dodge 0 $560
37 33 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 72 69 Ford 0 $555
38 38 Dub Simpson 51 Bill Strong 28 69 Chevrol 0 $550
39 36 James Sears 44 Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti) 9 71 Ford 0 $545
40 26 Raymond Williams 47 Bill Seifert 5 70 Ford 0 $540