1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Southeastern 500 Race Results

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1971 - Southeastern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southeastern 500
Date - 3/28/1971
Race Track - Bristol International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.533 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 267 miles
Pole Speed - 105.525 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 45
Average Race Speed - 91.704 mph
Lead Changes - 9
Total Race Purse - $27,125
Race Number - 9

More Races from 1971

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	500	71 Ford	133	$6,120
2	2	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	500	71 Plymout	233	$3,570
3	7	Dick Brooks	22	Mario Rossi	489	70 Dodge	2	$2,245
4	3	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Bobby Allison)	487	71 Dodge	78	$1,320
5	4	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	485	70 Ford	0	$1,045
6	8	Friday Hassler	39	Friday Hassler	483	69 Chevrol	0	$845
7	5	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	469	69 Mercury	0	$795
8	18	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	448	70 Plymout	0	$670
9	16	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	443	69 Ford	0	$620
10	30	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	439	70 Dodge	0	$595
11	10	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	413	69 Dodge	0	$580
12	25	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	398	69 Plymout	0	$545
13	17	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears)	367	69 Dodge	0	$535
14	11	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	366	69 Mercury	0	$525
15	24	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	340	69 Ford	0	$515
16	28	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	267	69 Ford	0	$505
17	19	Paul Tyler	95	Paul Tyler	248	69 Ford	0	$495
18	26	Robert Brown	58	Allan Brown	228	71 Chevrol	0	$485
19	9	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	180	70 Ford	54	$500
20	21	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	152	70 Ford	0	$465
21	29	Dick May	67	Ron Ronacher	130	69 Ford	0	$455
22	15	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	111	69 Ford	0	$445
23	14	Ed Negre	7	Dean Dalton	106	69 Ford	0	$435
24	20	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	92	69 Ford	0	$425
25	22	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	60	71 Ford	0	$415
26	13	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	58	69 Plymout	0	$410
27	6	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	47	69 Plymout	0	$425
28	12	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	32	70 Dodge	0	$390
29	23	Ken Meisenhelder	41	Ken Meisenhelder	32	69 Chevrol	0	$380
30	27	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	18	71 Chevrol	0	$370