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1971 - West Virginia 500 Race Results


Race Name - West Virginia 500
Date - 8/8/1971
Race Track - International Raceway Park
Track Length (Miles) - 0.455 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 228 miles
Pole Speed - 84.053 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 38
Average Race Speed - 83.805 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $17,500
Race Number - 35
More Races from 1971
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 500 71 Plymout 279 $2,300
2 1 Bobby Allison 49 CocaCola Rollins Leasing (Melvin Joseph) 498 70 Mustang 201 $1,500
3 5 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 495 71 Ford 0 $950
4 6 Tiny Lund 55 Ronnie Hopkins 493 70 Camaro 20 $750
5 14 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 482 69 Mercury 0 $650
6 4 Jim Paschal 14 Cliff Stewart 477 70 Javelin 0 $550
7 17 Gary Myers 41 Norris Reed 474 70 Mustang 0 $500
8 25 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 468 71 Ford 0 $490
9 11 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 468 70 Ford 0 $480
10 26 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 467 70 Plymout 0 $470
11 16 Earl Brooks 26 Earl Brooks 459 69 Ford 0 $460
12 28 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 452 69 Mercury 0 $450
13 27 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 432 69 Ford 0 $440
14 12 David Ray Boggs 86 David Ray Boggs 422 71 Firebir 0 $430
15 7 Joe Dean Huss 33 Jack Balmer 417 69 Camaro 0 $420
16 9 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 413 71 Firebir 0 $410
17 30 Randy Hutchison 2 Warren Prout 364 71 Camaro 0 $400
18 10 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 312 70 Dodge 0 $390
19 22 Jimmy Vaughn 7 Jimmy Vaughn 266 69 Camaro 0 $380
20 31 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears) 224 69 Dodge 0 $370
21 34 Gordon Birkett 50 John Hodges 220 69 Chevrol 0 $360
22 32 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 214 69 Ford 0 $350
23 15 Wayne Andrews 15 Reid Shaw 206 71 Mustang 0 $340
24 13 Bill Seifert 45 Bill Seifert 187 69 Ford 0 $330
25 3 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 141 71 Ford 0 $320
26 8 Junior Spencer 11 James Rupe 112 69 Camaro 0 $310
27 23 Charlie Glotzbach 3 Richard Howard 100 71 Chevrol 0 $300
28 20 Pee Wee Wentz 5 Jerry Wentz 100 69 Camaro 0 $300
29 29 Raymond Williams 47 Raymond Williams 48 71 Ford 0 $300
30 19 Al Straub 94 Al Straub 48 71 Mustang 0 $300
31 33 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 47 69 Dodge 0 $300
32 24 Bill Shirey 74 Bill Shirey 31 69 Plymout 0 $300
33 18 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 25 69 Ford 0 $300
34 21 Paul Tyler 78 Keith Christensen 11 69 Camaro 0 $300
35 35 Jerry Churchill 73 Jerry Churchill 1 69 Ford 0 $300