1971 Delaware 500

Dover International Speedway · 1971 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	4	40	19	1	3	101	500	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	101	running	150
2	3	98	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	499	4	running	0
3	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	499		running	144
4	1	12	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	498	395	running	141
5	12	90	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	483		running	138
6	10	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	480		running	135
7	6	91	Richard D. Brown	Junior Fields (Owner)	Chevrolet	477		running	132
8	17	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	476		running	129
9	18	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Ford	473		running	126
10	7	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	466		running	123
11	9	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	465		running	120
12	11	95	Paul Tyler	Paul Tyler (Owner)	Ford	464		running	117
13	14	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	460		running	114
14	26	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	459		running	111
15	19	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Ford	458		running	108
16	29	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	442		running	105
17	39	08	John Soares Jr.	John Soares Jr. (Owner)	Dodge	440		running	0
18	16	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	436		fuel pump	99
19	35	40	Dick May	Jasper Motorsports	Ford	436		running	96
20	28	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	392		clutch	93
21	38	4	John Sears	John Soares Jr. (Owner)	Dodge	374		running	90
22	20	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	369		alternator	87
23	36	03	Tommy Gale	Larry Jackson (Owner)	Mercury	319		oil pressure	84
24	37	41	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder (Owner)	Chevrolet	297		rear end	81
25	33	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	280		oil pressure	78
26	31	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	266		overheating	75
27	15	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	266		steering	72
28	5	60	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Mercury	266		wheel bearing	69
29	22	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	229		oil pressure	66
30	25	5	Richard Childress	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	180		steering	63
31	21	99	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	115		engine	60
32	27	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	115		oil pan	57
33	8	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)	Chevrolet	114		rocker arm	54
34	23	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	102		axle	51
35	30	68	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)	Ford	91		overheating	48
36	40	23	James Cox	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	87		valve	0
37	13	1	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	68		accident	42
38	34	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	62		frame	39
39	24	51	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing	Chevrolet	26		oil pan	36
40	32	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Ford	10		oil leak	33

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	395	79.0%	P4
2	Richard Petty	101	20.2%	P1
3	Charlie Glotzbach	4	0.8%	P2

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