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1971 Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway · 1971 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	3	30	13	2	4	118	500	262.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	118	running	100
2	5	17	David Pearson	Holman Moody	Ford	500	14	running	98
3	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	492		out of fuel	96
4	8	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	486		running	94
5	15	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	483		running	92
6	4	12	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	482		running	90
7	16	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	471		running	88
8	27	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	470		running	86
9	20	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	466		running	84
10	28	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	465		running	82
11	26	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	460		running	80
12	18	20	Elmo Langley	Negre Racing	Ford	449		running	78
13	21	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	444		running	76
14	19	7	Bill Dennis	Dalton Racing	Ford	434		running	74
15	1	21	Donnie Allison	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	413	367	engine	72
16	7	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Ford	367		oil pressure	70
17	25	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	362		valve	0
18	17	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	337		engine	66
19	23	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	330		clutch	64
20	6	99	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	329	1	overheating	62
21	24	4	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	164		ignition	60
22	30	68	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)	Ford	146		transmission	58
23	11	22	Dick Brooks	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	133		oil pressure	56
24	12	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	111		oil pressure	54
25	22	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Ford	99		clutch	52
26	14	51	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing	Chevrolet	92		rear end	0
27	9	64	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	67		rear end	48
28	29	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	37		engine	46
29	10	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	18		engine	44
30	13	49	Ed Negre	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	0		transmission	42

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Donnie Allison	367	73.4%	P15
2	Richard Petty	118	23.6%	P1
3	David Pearson	14	2.8%	P2
4	Fred Lorenzen	1	0.2%	P20

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