1971 American 500 Results | NASCAR

Race: American 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 44 of 48
Date: October 24, 1971
Track: Rockingham Speedway

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American 500 Race Information

Winner	Richard Petty	Car	No. 43 Plymouth
Team / Owner	Petty Enterprises	Winner Start	5th
Started First	Charlie Glotzbach	Most Laps Led	Buddy Baker (209)
Race Distance	500.364 miles (492 laps)	Track Length	1.017 miles
Track Type	Paved oval	Starters	41
Different Leaders	5	Lead-Lap Finishers	2
Points Leader After Race	Richard Petty	Season Race	44 of 48

American 500 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points
1	5	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	492	189	running	150
2	2	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	492	209	running	147
3	4	12	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	488	1	running	144
4	7	6	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	487	16	running	141
5	6	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	483	0	running	138
6	11	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	482	0	running	135
7	27	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	476	0	running	132
8	15	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	471	0	running	129
9	23	90	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	471	0	running	126
10	13	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)	Chevrolet	468	0	running	123
11	19	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	464	0	running	120
12	26	55	Tiny Lund	Lund Racing	Mercury	461	0	running	0
13	21	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	459	0	running	114
14	25	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	457	0	running	111
15	40	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	453	0	running	108
16	28	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Ford	446	0	running	105
17	31	91	Richard D. Brown	Junior Fields (Owner)	Chevrolet	445	0	running	102
18	37	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	440	0	running	99
19	34	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	439	0	running	96
20	17	31	Stick Elliott	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	435	0	running	0
21	36	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	421	0	running	90
22	38	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Ford	397	0	oil pressure	87
23	22	4	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	389	0	running	84
24	35	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	342	0	a-frame	81
25	30	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	333	0	oil leak	78
26	41	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	297	0	ball joint	75
27	39	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	254	0	valve	72
28	9	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	227	0	engine	69
29	32	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	216	0	engine	66
30	24	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	174	0	accident	63
31	16	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	171	0	accident	60
32	20	53	Bobby Brack	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Ford	170	0	accident	57
33	29	95	Paul Tyler	Paul Tyler (Owner)	Ford	163	0	accident	0
34	10	27	A.J. Foyt	Matthews Racing	Chevrolet	139	0	accident	0
35	18	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	112	0	engine	48
36	8	99	David Pearson	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	92	0	accident	0
37	1	3	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	84	77	accident	42
38	12	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	79	0	engine	39
39	3	21	Donnie Allison	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	63	0	overheating	0
40	33	13	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	36	0	engine	33
41	14	60	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Mercury	13	0	engine	30

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