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1971 American 500

Rockingham Speedway · 1971 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	5	41	22	2	5	189	492	500.4

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	5	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	492	189	running	150
2	2	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	492	209	running	147
3	4	12	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	488	1	running	144
4	7	6	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	487	16	running	141
5	6	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	483		running	138
6	11	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	482		running	135
7	27	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	476		running	132
8	15	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	471		running	129
9	23	90	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	471		running	126
10	13	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)	Chevrolet	468		running	123
11	19	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	464		running	120
12	26	55	Tiny Lund	Lund Racing	Mercury	461		running	0
13	21	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	459		running	114
14	25	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	457		running	111
15	40	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	453		running	108
16	28	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Ford	446		running	105
17	31	91	Richard D. Brown	Junior Fields (Owner)	Chevrolet	445		running	102
18	37	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	440		running	99
19	34	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	439		running	96
20	17	31	Stick Elliott	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	435		running	0
21	36	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	421		running	90
22	38	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Ford	397		oil pressure	87
23	22	4	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	389		running	84
24	35	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	342		a-frame	81
25	30	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	333		oil leak	78
26	41	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	297		ball joint	75
27	39	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	254		valve	72
28	9	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	227		engine	69
29	32	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	216		engine	66
30	24	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	174		accident	63
31	16	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	171		accident	60
32	20	53	Bobby Brack	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Ford	170		accident	57
33	29	95	Paul Tyler	Paul Tyler (Owner)	Ford	163		accident	0
34	10	27	A.J. Foyt	Matthews Racing	Chevrolet	139		accident	0
35	18	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	112		engine	48
36	8	99	David Pearson	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	92		accident	0
37	1	3	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	84	77	accident	42
38	12	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	79		engine	39
39	3	21	Donnie Allison	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	63		overheating	0
40	33	13	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	36		engine	33
41	14	60	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Mercury	13		engine	30

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Buddy Baker	209	42.5%	P2
2	Richard Petty	189	38.4%	P1
3	Charlie Glotzbach	77	15.7%	P37
4	Pete Hamilton	16	3.3%	P4
5	Bobby Allison	1	0.2%	P3

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