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1971 Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1971 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
A.J. Foyt	1	40	26	2	6	205	328	499.2

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	21	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	328	205	running	0
2	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	328	59	running	147
3	16	6	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	327	14	running	144
4	6	17	David Pearson	Holman Moody	Ford	327	36	running	0
5	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	327	1	running	138
6	4	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	325		running	135
7	12	38	Charlie Glotzbach	John McCarthy (Owner)	Dodge	319		running	0
8	11	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	318		running	129
9	22	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	317		running	126
10	15	12	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	315		running	123
11	9	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	315		running	120
12	20	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)	Chevrolet	313		running	117
13	14	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	313		running	114
14	31	22	Dick Brooks	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	311		running	111
15	25	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	310		running	108
16	26	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	309		running	105
17	10	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	307		running	102
18	13	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	307		running	99
19	28	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	306		running	96
20	35	60	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Mercury	306		running	93
21	21	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	306		running	90
22	32	03	Tommy Gale	Larry Jackson (Owner)	Mercury	303		running	87
23	36	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Ford	294		running	84
24	37	53	Rod Eulenfeld	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Ford	293		running	81
25	39	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	288		running	78
26	29	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	288		running	75
27	24	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	251		clutch	72
28	8	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Ford	246		overheating	0
29	7	3	Cale Yarborough	Fox Racing	Plymouth	245	13	accident	0
30	34	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	194		overheating	63
31	18	90	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	185		overheating	60
32	40	4	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	139		transmission	57
33	30	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	111		engine	54
34	27	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	97		engine	51
35	5	99	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	95		ignition	48
36	19	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Ford	80		engine	45
37	23	49	Earl Brooks	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	67		drive shaft	42
38	17	20	Jim Hurtubise	Jimmy McCain (Owner)	Ford	44		fuel pump	39
39	33	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Ford	44		transmission	36
40	38	16	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing	Chevrolet	7		quit	0

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	A.J. Foyt	205	62.5%	P1
2	Richard Petty	59	18.0%	P2
3	David Pearson	36	11.0%	P4
4	Pete Hamilton	14	4.3%	P3
5	Cale Yarborough	13	4.0%	P29
6	Bobby Isaac	1	0.3%	P5

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