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1971 - Southern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/6/1971
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.366 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 147.915 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 32
Average Race Speed - 131.39 mph
Lead Changes - 14
Total Race Purse - $86,400
Race Number - 40
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (HolmanMoody) 367 69 Mercury 329 $22,450
2 6 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 366 71 Plymout 13 $10,050
3 4 Buddy Baker 11 Petty Enterprises 363 71 Dodge 0 $6,575
4 7 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 361 71 Dodge 25 $4,625
5 5 Dave Marcis 99 NichelsGoldsmith (Ray Nichels) 355 71 Plymout 0 $3,600
6 9 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 343 69 Mercury 0 $3,050
7 18 Marty Robbins 42 Marty Robbins 339 69 Dodge 0 $2,550
8 22 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears) 338 69 Dodge 0 $2,350
9 11 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 337 69 Mercury 0 $2,150
10 37 Roy Mayne 40 DK Ulrich 320 71 Ford 0 $2,050
11 25 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 316 69 Ford 0 $1,850
12 30 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 315 69 Ford 0 $1,575
13 32 Earl Brooks 26 Earl Brooks 313 69 Ford 0 $1,430
14 34 Raymond Williams 47 Raymond Williams 313 71 Ford 0 $1,350
15 36 Eddie Yarboro 13 Eddie Yarboro 303 69 Plymout 0 $1,200
16 8 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 276 69 Mercury 0 $1,545
17 20 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 274 69 Ford 0 $945
18 35 Larry Baumel 68 Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer) 267 69 Ford 0 $895
19 10 Bill Dennis 90 Junie Donlavey 264 69 Mercury 0 $845
20 40 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 242 69 Ford 0 $820
21 15 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 223 69 Plymout 0 $820
22 21 Dean Dalton 7 Dean Dalton 217 69 Ford 0 $770
23 12 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 216 70 Dodge 0 $745
24 3 Charlie Glotzbach 3 Richard Howard 214 71 Chevrol 0 $785
25 23 Dick May 84 Ralph Davis 204 69 Dodge 0 $725
26 19 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 194 70 Ford 0 $720
27 27 Marv Acton 32 Dick Brooks 187 70 Plymout 0 $790
28 33 Bill Shirey 74 Bill Shirey 170 69 Plymout 0 $710
29 14 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 167 71 Ford 0 $755
30 2 Pete Hamilton 6 American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens) 156 71 Plymout 0 $800
31 28 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 149 69 Dodge 0 $695
32 17 Bill Seifert 45 Bill Seifert 111 69 Ford 0 $685
33 16 Friday Hassler 39 Friday Hassler 96 70 Chevrol 0 $680
34 24 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 81 69 Mercury 0 $675
35 13 David Pearson 17 CV Enterprises (Ray Nichels) 50 71 Pontiac 0 $795
36 29 Bobby Mausgrover 86 Neil Castles 44 69 Dodge 0 $715
37 38 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 41 70 Dodge 0 $680
38 26 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 13 70 Plymout 0 $655
39 39 Dick Brooks 66 FergusonStephens (Ross Ferguson) 8 71 Pontiac 0 $650
40 31 JD McDuffie 91 Junior Fields 2 71 Chevrol 0 $645