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1971 Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway · 1971 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	2	40	16	3	7	198	492	500.4

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	492	198	running	150
2	3	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	492	55	running	147
3	10	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	492	182	running	144
4	1	99	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	488	16	accident	141
5	13	22	Dick Brooks	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	488		running	138
6	16	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	486	22	accident	0
7	27	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	474		running	132
8	8	55	Tiny Lund	John McConnell (Owner)	Dodge	471		running	0
9	11	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	470		accident	126
10	14	90	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	462		running	123
11	19	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	455		running	120
12	22	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	454		running	117
13	12	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	446		running	114
14	31	88	J.D. McDuffie	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	441		running	111
15	35	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	439		accident	108
16	25	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Ford	438		running	105
17	28	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	437		running	102
18	15	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	436		ball joint	99
19	40	75	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Dodge	436		accident	0
20	29	68	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)	Ford	413		running	93
21	32	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	384		overheating	90
22	34	56	E.J. Trivette	Gary Baird (Owner)	Chevrolet	368		running	87
23	18	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	366		running	84
24	6	6	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	339	7	radiator	81
25	9	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	304		accident	78
26	17	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	301	12	engine	75
27	21	42	Ray Hendrick	DeWitt Racing	Ford	295		accident	0
28	30	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	282		rocker arm	69
29	37	63	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Dodge	265		engine	66
30	5	12	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	231		rocker arm	63
31	7	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)	Chevrolet	186		radiator	60
32	24	40	Marv Acton	Team SABCO	Plymouth	162		accident	57
33	23	4	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	148		lugs	54
34	4	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	132		engine	51
35	39	67	Dick May	Ron Ronacher (Owner)	Ford	98		sway bar	48
36	20	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	95		overheating	45
37	33	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	72		overheating	42
38	38	51	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing	Chevrolet	28		transmission	0
39	36	44	James Sears	Giachetti Brothers	Ford	9		brakes	0
40	26	47	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing	Ford	5		accident	33

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Richard Petty	198	40.2%	P1
2	Buddy Baker	182	37.0%	P3
3	Bobby Isaac	55	11.2%	P2
4	LeeRoy Yarbrough	22	4.5%	P6
5	Fred Lorenzen	16	3.3%	P4
6	G.C. Spencer	12	2.4%	P26
7	Pete Hamilton	7	1.4%	P24

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