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1971 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1971 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bobby Allison	1	40	18	1	3	329	367	501.3

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	12	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	367	329	running	150
2	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	366	13	running	147
3	4	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	363		running	144
4	7	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	361	25	running	0
5	5	99	Dave Marcis	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	355		running	138
6	9	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	343		running	135
7	18	42	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	339		running	0
8	22	4	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	338		running	129
9	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	337		running	126
10	37	40	Roy Mayne	Jasper Motorsports	Ford	320		running	123
11	25	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	316		running	120
12	30	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	315		running	117
13	32	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	313		running	114
14	34	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	313		running	111
15	36	13	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	303		running	108
16	8	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	276		engine	105
17	20	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Ford	274		running	102
18	35	68	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)	Ford	267		running	99
19	10	90	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	264		battery	96
20	40	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	242		running	93
21	15	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	223		accident	90
22	21	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Ford	217		engine	87
23	12	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	216		battery	84
24	3	3	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	214		accident	0
25	23	84	Dick May	Ralph Davis (Owner)	Dodge	204		engine	78
26	19	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	194		rear end	75
27	27	32	Marv Acton	Team SABCO	Plymouth	187		did not finish	72
28	33	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	170		engine	69
29	14	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Ford	167		engine	66
30	2	6	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	156		overheating	63
31	28	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	149		oil pressure	60
32	17	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	111		engine	57
33	16	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)	Chevrolet	96		rocker arm	54
34	24	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	81		engine	51
35	13	17	David Pearson	Nichels Engineering	Pontiac	50		head gasket	0
36	29	86	Bobby Mausgrover	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	44		suspension	45
37	38	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	41		a-frame	42
38	26	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	13		engine	39
39	39	66	Dick Brooks	Ferguson-Stephens	Pontiac	8		overheating	0
40	31	91	J.D. McDuffie	Junior Fields (Owner)	Chevrolet	2		steering	33

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	329	89.6%	P1
2	Bobby Isaac	25	6.8%	P4
3	Richard Petty	13	3.5%	P2

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