1971 Winston 500 Results | NASCAR

Race: Winston 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 18 of 48
Date: May 16, 1971
Track: Talladega Superspeedway

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Winston 500 Race Information

Winner	Donnie Allison	Car	No. 21 Mercury
Team / Owner	Wood Brothers Racing	Winner Start	1st
Started First	Donnie Allison	Most Laps Led	Bobby Allison (73)
Race Distance	500.08 miles (188 laps)	Track Length	2.66 miles
Track Type	Paved oval	Starters	50
Different Leaders	4	Lead-Lap Finishers	3
Points Leader After Race	Richard Petty	Season Race	18 of 48

Winston 500 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points
1	1	21	Donnie Allison	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	188	62	running	150
2	3	12	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	188	73	running	0
3	7	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	188	15	running	144
4	6	6	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	187	0	running	141
5	4	99	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	187	0	running	138
6	27	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	186	0	running	135
7	10	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	185	0	running	132
8	9	90	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	183	0	running	129
9	2	71	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	181	38	engine	126
10	32	68	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)	Ford	178	0	running	123
11	36	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	178	0	running	120
12	22	2	Bill Seifert	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	177	0	running	117
13	13	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	176	0	running	114
14	20	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	175	0	running	111
15	38	4	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	174	0	running	108
16	17	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)	Chevrolet	174	0	running	105
17	15	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	173	0	running	102
18	44	5	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	170	0	running	99
19	47	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	170	0	running	96
20	39	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Ford	169	0	running	93
21	16	60	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Mercury	167	0	running	90
22	24	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Ford	167	0	running	87
23	31	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	166	0	running	84
24	42	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Ford	165	0	running	81
25	49	77	Charlie Roberts	—	Ford	160	0	running	78
26	46	32	Kevin Terris	Team SABCO	Plymouth	150	0	overheating	0
27	43	0	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	135	0	oil pressure	0
28	26	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	133	0	spindle	69
29	29	20	Bill Ward	Jimmy McCain (Owner)	Ford	108	0	engine	0
30	11	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	97	0	oil pan	63
31	37	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	85	0	pulley	60
32	48	63	Roy Mulligan	Roberts Racing	Dodge	83	0	engine	0
33	18	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	81	0	fuel line	54
34	33	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	68	0	valve	51
35	34	36	Jimmy Crawford	—	Dodge	66	0	engine	48
36	50	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	58	0	engine	45
37	14	03	Tommy Gale	Larry Jackson (Owner)	Mercury	53	0	engine	42
38	5	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	42	0	accident	39
39	35	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	39	0	rocker arm	36
40	45	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	35	0	valve	33
41	19	47	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing	Ford	31	0	overheating	30
42	12	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	25	0	valve	27
43	8	33	David Pearson	Nichels Engineering	Pontiac	19	0	engine	0
44	21	93	Richard D. Brown	Harold Furr (Owner)	Chevrolet	17	0	rocker arm	21
45	28	95	Paul Tyler	Paul Tyler (Owner)	Mercury	15	0	overheating	18
46	41	45	Dub Simpson	Seifert Racing	Ford	11	0	oil pressure	0
47	23	86	Bobby Mausgrover	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	9	0	transmission	12
48	30	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	6	0	engine	9
49	40	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	4	0	distributor	6
50	25	35	Bub Strickler	Bub Strickler (Owner)	Ford	1	0	piston	3

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