1971 West Vriginia 500

West Virginia International Speedway · 1971 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	2	35	14	1	3	313	500	227.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	313	running	50
2	1	49	Bobby Allison	Melvin Joseph (Owner)	Ford	498	167	running	0
3	5	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	495		running	49
4	6	55	Tiny Lund	Ronnie Hopkins (Owner)	Chevrolet	493	20	running	49
5	14	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	482		running	48
6	4	14	Jim Paschal	Cliff Stewart Racing	GMC	477		engine	48
7	17	41	Gary Myers	Norris Reed (Owner)	Ford	474		running	47
8	25	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Ford	468		running	47
9	11	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	468		running	46
10	26	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	467		running	45
11	16	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	459		running	44
12	28	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	452		running	43
13	27	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	432		running	43
14	12	86	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Pontiac	422		running	46
15	7	33	Joe Dean Huss	Jack Balmer (Owner)	Chevrolet	417		running	45
16	9	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Pontiac	413		engine	44
17	30	2	Randy Hutchison	Warren Prout (Owner)	Chevrolet	364		accident	43
18	10	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	312		oil pressure	42
19	22	7	Jimmy Vaughn	Jimmy Vaughn (Owner)	Chevrolet	266		oil leak	42
20	31	4	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	224		ignition	41
21	34	50	Gordon Birkett	John Hodges (Owner)	Chevrolet	220		accident	40
22	32	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Ford	214		carburetor	39
23	15	15	Wayne Andrews	Reid Shaw (Owner)	Ford	206		overheating	41
24	13	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	187		driver sick	38
25	3	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	141		alternator	37
26	8	11	Junior Spencer	James Rupe (Owner)	Chevrolet	112		ignition	40
27	23	3	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	100		overheating	0
28	20	5	Pee Wee Wentz	Wentz Racing	Chevrolet	100		oil pressure	38
29	29	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	48		overheating	36
30	19	94	Al Straub	Al Straub (Owner)	Ford	48		overheating	37
31	33	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	47		overheating	35
32	24	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	31		quit	34
33	18	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	25		a-frame	33
34	21	78	Paul Tyler	Keith Christensen (Owner)	Chevrolet	11		oil pressure	0
35	35	73	Jerry Churchill	Churchill Motorsports	Ford	1		quit	32

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Richard Petty	313	62.6%	P1
2	Bobby Allison	167	33.4%	P2
3	Tiny Lund	20	4.0%	P4

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