1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Volunteer 500 Race Results

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1971 - Volunteer 500 Race Results

Race Name - Volunteer 500
Date - 7/11/1971
Race Track - Bristol International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.533 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 267 miles
Pole Speed - 104.589 mph
Number of Cautions - 0
Caution Laps - 0
Average Race Speed - 101.07 mph
Lead Changes - 7
Total Race Purse - $26,970
Race Number - 28

More Races from 1971

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Charlie Glotzbach	3	Richard Howard	500	71 Chevrol	411	$5,675
2	3	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (HolmanMoody)	497	70 Ford	46	$3,450
3	1	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	494	71 Plymout	43	$2,575
4	10	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	477	69 Mercury	0	$1,200
5	8	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	473	70 Ford	0	$1,025
6	12	Elmo Langley	67	Ron Ronacher	465	69 Ford	0	$865
7	15	Frank Warren	77	Charlie Roberts	464	71 Ford	0	$800
8	9	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	454	71 Ford	0	$675
9	18	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	450	69 Mercury	0	$625
10	30	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	445	70 Plymout	0	$600
11	15	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	445	71 Ford	0	$580
12	24	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	432	69 Ford	0	$550
13	29	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears)	420	69 Dodge	0	$540
14	7	Coo Coo Marlin	7	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	369	69 Chevrol	0	$530
15	13	Bill Dennis	32	Dick Brooks	328	69 Plymout	0	$545
16	18	Don Tarr	37	Don Tarr	238	71 Dodge	0	$510
17	5	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	262	70 Dodge	0	$525
18	26	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	168	69 Ford	0	$490
19	23	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	167	69 Ford	0	$480
20	16	Ken Meisenhelder	41	Ken Meisenhelder	131	69 Chevrol	0	$470
21	11	Friday Hassler	39	Friday Hassler	104	70 Chevrol	0	$520
22	25	Paul Tyler	95	Paul Tyler	70	69 Mercury	0	$450
23	17	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	63	71 Ford	0	$440
24	6	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	59	69 Plymout	0	$430
25	27	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	40	69 Ford	0	$420
26	28	Wayne Smith	38	Wayne Smith	18	69 Chevrol	0	$415
27	22	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	18	71 Ford	0	$405
28	4	Richard D Brown	91	Junior Fields	12	71 Chevrol	0	$420
29	20	Dick May	64	Elmo Langley	6	71 Ford	0	$385
30	21	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	5	69 Plymout	0	$375