1971 National 500 Results | NASCAR

Race: National 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 42 of 48
Date: October 10, 1971
Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway

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National 500 Race Information

Winner	Bobby Allison	Car	No. 12 Mercury
Team / Owner	Holman Moody	Winner Start	3rd
Started First	Charlie Glotzbach	Most Laps Led	Charlie Glotzbach (119)
Race Distance	357 miles (238 laps)	Track Length	1.5 miles
Track Type	Paved oval	Starters	42
Different Leaders	5	Lead-Lap Finishers	5
Points Leader After Race	Richard Petty	Season Race	42 of 48

National 500 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points
1	3	12	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	238	70	running	150
2	8	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	238	22	running	147
3	4	21	Donnie Allison	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	238	0	running	144
4	5	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	238	9	running	141
5	1	3	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	238	119	running	138
6	2	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	237	18	running	135
7	6	6	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	234	0	running	132
8	14	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)	Chevrolet	233	0	running	129
9	9	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	231	0	running	126
10	11	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	226	0	running	123
11	21	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	225	0	running	120
12	28	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	225	0	running	117
13	24	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	225	0	running	114
14	31	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	225	0	running	111
15	12	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	225	0	running	108
16	42	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	224	0	running	105
17	20	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Mercury	224	0	running	102
18	36	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	224	0	running	99
19	16	91	Ed Negre	Junior Fields (Owner)	Chevrolet	223	0	running	96
20	30	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Ford	223	0	running	93
21	39	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	222	0	running	90
22	27	47	J.D. McDuffie	Williams Racing	Ford	222	0	running	87
23	29	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	221	0	running	84
24	32	53	Bobby Brack	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Ford	218	0	running	81
25	19	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	218	0	running	78
26	40	83	Johnny Halford	—	Plymouth	214	0	running	75
27	22	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	213	0	running	72
28	35	87	Cale Yarborough	James Mason (Owner)	Mercury	209	0	overheating	0
29	37	4	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	206	0	running	66
30	23	27	A.J. Foyt	Matthews Racing	Chevrolet	184	0	steering	0
31	26	31	Stick Elliott	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	163	0	drive shaft	0
32	10	99	Dave Marcis	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	152	0	steering	57
33	33	01	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	145	0	wheel bearing	54
34	7	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	120	0	accident	0
35	18	60	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Mercury	115	0	valve	48
36	17	49	Neil Castles	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	114	0	lugs	45
37	15	42	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	97	0	steering	42
38	41	55	Tiny Lund	Lund Racing	Mercury	95	0	alternator	0
39	38	66	Dick Brooks	Ferguson-Stephens	Pontiac	76	0	running	0
40	13	90	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	73	0	drive shaft	33
41	25	07	Wendell Scott	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	64	0	wheel bearing	30
42	34	5	Jim Vandiver	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	10	0	accident	0

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