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1971 Texas 500

Texas World Speedway · 1971 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	3	49	23	2	4	111	250	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	250	111	running	150
2	4	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	250	52	running	147
3	5	12	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	248	75	running	144
4	1	6	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	245	12	running	141
5	8	90	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	239		running	138
6	10	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	238		running	135
7	15	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	234		running	132
8	14	91	Richard D. Brown	Junior Fields (Owner)	Chevrolet	232		running	129
9	30	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	232		running	126
10	22	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	231		running	123
11	21	9	Ramo Stott	Ramo Stott (Owner)	Dodge	231		running	0
12	12	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	230		running	117
13	35	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	219		running	114
14	32	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	216		running	111
15	37	0	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	216		running	108
16	25	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	212		running	105
17	43	28	Bill Hollar	Brooks Racing	Ford	212		running	102
18	33	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	211		running	99
19	44	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	211		running	96
20	16	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	209		running	93
21	49	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	209		running	90
22	39	63	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Dodge	208		running	87
23	40	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	196		running	84
24	24	4	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	194		fuel pump	81
25	20	42	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	175		engine	78
26	9	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)	Chevrolet	164		valve	75
27	29	00	Ronnie Chumley	R.B. Chumley (Owner)	Mercury	155		rod	72
28	46	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	144		out of fuel	69
29	47	81	Bob England	Bob England (Owner)	Chevrolet	133		vibration	66
30	31	5	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	128		oil leak	63
31	38	55	Tiny Lund	Lund Racing	Mercury	118		engine	0
32	19	87	Jackie Oliver	James Mason (Owner)	Mercury	117		head gasket	0
33	18	53	H.B. Bailey	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Ford	117		engine	0
34	28	01	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	113		head gasket	51
35	41	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Ford	111		lugs	48
36	13	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	98		valve	45
37	34	27	Jerry Barnett		Dodge	86		accident	42
38	2	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	82		rocker arm	39
39	23	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Ford	79		engine	36
40	11	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	73		head gasket	33
41	27	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	69		oil pressure	30
42	26	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	67		engine	27
43	36	37	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)	Dodge	59		lugs	24
44	42	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Ford	34		piston	21
45	45	40	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports	Ford	26		clutch	18
46	17	96	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	24		engine	15
47	48	61	Jimmy Finger	B & B Racing	Ford	18		piston	12
48	6	17	David Pearson	Nichels Engineering	Pontiac	15		overheating	0
49	7	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	1		engine	6

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Richard Petty	111	44.4%	P1
2	Bobby Allison	75	30.0%	P3
3	Buddy Baker	52	20.8%	P2
4	Pete Hamilton	12	4.8%	P4

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