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1971 Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway · 1971 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	5	40	24	3	11	69	200	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	5	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	200	69	running	150
2	6	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	16	running	147
3	1	21	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	36	running	0
4	4	17	David Pearson	Holman Moody	Mercury	199	6	running	141
5	9	99	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	199		running	138
6	32	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	198		running	135
7	8	22	Dick Brooks	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	198	5	running	132
8	24	20	Jim Hurtubise	Jimmy McCain (Owner)	Ford	197		running	0
9	15	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	197	4	running	126
10	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	197	37	running	123
11	14	7	Ramo Stott	Ramo Stott (Owner)	Plymouth	195		running	120
12	25	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	194		running	117
13	36	25	Pedro Rodriguez	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	194		running	114
14	16	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	193		running	111
15	34	04	Freddy Fryar	Buster Davis (Owner)	Dodge	192		running	0
16	27	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	191		running	105
17	19	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	187		running	102
18	31	12	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	187	7	running	99
19	38	40	Marv Acton	Team SABCO	Plymouth	186		running	96
20	26	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Mercury	184		running	93
21	20	03	Tommy Gale	Larry Jackson (Owner)	Chevrolet	183		running	90
22	29	68	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)	Ford	179		running	87
23	28	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	179		running	84
24	37	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	178		running	81
25	17	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	173		engine	78
26	11	27	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing	Mercury	170	10	accident	0
27	10	90	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	162		clutch	72
28	3	6	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	157	6	engine	69
29	21	4	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	126		oil pressure	66
30	35	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	111		steering	63
31	40	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	93		steering	60
32	22	44	Red Farmer	Giachetti Brothers	Ford	91		rocker arm	0
33	13	3	Cale Yarborough	Fox Racing	Plymouth	61		fuel pressure	0
34	7	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	45	4	oil line	51
35	12	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Ford	39		ignition	48
36	33	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)	Chevrolet	38		rocker arm	45
37	30	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	24		ignition	42
38	18	60	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Ford	9		accident	39
39	23	55	Tiny Lund	John McConnell (Owner)	Dodge	7		ignition	0
40	39	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	1		clutch	33

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Richard Petty	69	34.5%	P1
2	Bobby Isaac	37	18.5%	P10
3	A.J. Foyt	36	18.0%	P3
4	Buddy Baker	16	8.0%	P2
5	Donnie Allison	10	5.0%	P26
6	Bobby Allison	7	3.5%	P18
7	David Pearson	6	3.0%	P4
8	Pete Hamilton	6	3.0%	P28
9	Dick Brooks	5	2.5%	P7
10	James Hylton	4	2.0%	P9
11	LeeRoy Yarbrough	4	2.0%	P34

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