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1971 - National 500 Race Results


Race Name - National 500
Date - 10/10/1971
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 357 miles
Pole Speed - 157.085 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 37
Average Race Speed - 126.14 mph
Lead Changes - 10
Total Race Purse - $83,259
Race Number - 42
 More Races from 1971
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (HolmanMoody) 238 69 Mercury 70 $18,450
2 8 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 238 71 Dodge 22 $10,525
3 4 Donnie Allison 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 238 69 Mercury 0 $6,050
4 5 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 238 71 Plymout 9 $4,025
5 1 Charlie Glotzbach 3 Richard Howard 238 71 Chevrol 119 $2,975
6 2 Buddy Baker 11 Petty Enterprises 237 71 Dodge 18 $2,000
7 6 Pete Hamilton 6 American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens) 234 71 Plymout 0 $1,650
8 14 Friday Hassler 39 Friday Hassler 233 70 Chevrol 0 $1,575
9 9 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 231 69 Mercury 0 $1,500
10 11 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 226 69 Mercury 0 $1,500
11 21 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 225 70 Dodge 0 $1,385
12 28 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 225 70 Plymout 0 $1,360
13 24 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 225 69 Dodge 0 $1,335
14 31 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 225 69 Mercury 0 $1,300
15 12 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 225 69 Mercury 0 $1,300
16 42 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 224 70 Mercury 0 $1,324
17 20 Bill Seifert 45 Bill Seifert 224 71 Mercury 0 $1,219
18 36 David Ray Boggs 57 David Ray Boggs 224 69 Dodge 0 $1,184
19 16 Ed Negre 91 Junior Fields 223 71 Chevrol 0 $1,173
20 30 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 223 71 Ford 0 $1,148
21 39 Earl Brooks 26 Earl Brooks 222 69 Ford 0 $1,097
22 27 JD McDuffie 47 Raymond Williams 222 71 Ford 0 $1,117
23 29 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 221 69 Ford 0 $1,091
24 32 Bobby Brack 53 HopperCrews (JC Crews) 218 69 Ford 0 $1,073
25 19 Larry Smith 92 Harley Smith 218 69 Ford 0 $1,068
26 40 Johnny Halford 83 214 69 Plymout 0 $1,039
27 22 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 213 70 Ford 0 $1,033
28 35 Cale Yarborough 87 James Mason 209 69 Mercury 0 $1,054
29 37 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears) 206 69 Dodge 0 $981
30 23 AJ Foyt 27 Banjo Matthews 184 71 Chevrol 0 $974
31 26 Stick Elliott 31 OL Nixon 163 69 Dodge 0 $923
32 10 Dave Marcis 99 NichelsGoldsmith (Ray Nichels) 152 71 Plymout 0 $907
33 33 Earle Canavan 1 Earle Canavan 120 71 Plymout 0 $865
34 7 LeeRoy Yarbrough 98 Thomas Bros Country Ham (Richard Howard) 120 71 Chevrol 0 $865
35 18 Maynard Troyer 60 Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle) 115 69 Mercury 0 $840
36 17 Neil Castles 49 GC Spencer 114 69 Plymout 0 $834
37 15 Marty Robbins 42 Marty Robbins 97 69 Dodge 0 $812
38 41 Tiny Lund 55 Tiny Lund 95 69 Mercury 0 $770
39 38 Dick Brooks 66 FergusonStephens (Ross Ferguson) 76 71 Ford 0 $796
40 13 Bill Dennis 90 Junie Donlavey 73 69 Mercury 0 $788
41 25 Wendell Scott 7 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 64 69 Chevrol 0 $714
42 34 Jim Vandiver 5 Doc Faustina 10 70 Plymout 0 $640