1971 Daytona Twin 125 Qualifier #1

Race 2 of 48

Daytona
50 laps
Time of race: 0:42:51
Average speed of winner: 175.029 mph
Margin of victory: 3 feet
Lead changes: 9 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lap leaders: Foyt 1-23, Hamilton 24-26, Foyt 27, Hamilton 28-29, Foyt 30-31, Petty 32-36, D. Allison 37, Lorenzen 38-42, Foyt 43-49, Hamilton 50

Race notes: Last win for Pete Hamilton. Debut for Marv Acton and Robert Brown. Finale for Leonard Blanchard, Joe Hines, and Butch Hirst. Only start for Fritz Schultz. James Hylton took the points lead from Ray Elder.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Pete Hamilton	6		'71 Plymouth	Owens	Owens		50	3	6	running	1300	0
2	1	A.J. Foyt	21	Purolator	'69 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		50	4	33	running	800	0
3	3	Richard Petty	43		'71 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		50	1	5	running	550	0
4	5	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98		'69 Mercury	Johnson	Nab		50	0	0	running	500	0
5	4	Fred Lorenzen	99	STP Oil Treatment	'71 Plymouth	Nichels-Goldsmith			50	1	5	running	450	0
6	6	Donnie Allison	27		'69 Mercury	Banjo Matthews			50	1	1	running	400	0
7	16	Cale Yarborough	3		'71 Plymouth	Ray Fox	Ray Fox		49	0	0	running	345	0
8	10	James Hylton	48		'69 Ford	Hylton			48	0	0	running	335	0
9	7	Dave Marcis	2		'69 Dodge	Marcis			48	0	0	running	325	0
10	17	Cecil Gordon	24		'69 Mercury	Cecil Gordon			47	0	0	running	310	0
11	22	John Sears	4		'69 Dodge	Sears			47	0	0	running	300	0
12	20	Tiny Lund	55		'69 Dodge	John McConnell			47	0	0	running	290	0
13	12	Joe Frasson	18		'70 Dodge	Frasson			47	0	0	running	280	0
14	13	Bill Champion	10		'69 Ford	Bill Champion			47	0	0	running	270	0
15	21	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad	'69 Ford				47	0	0	running	260	0
16	23	Leonard Blanchard	95		'71 Ford	Leonard Blanchard			46	0	0	running	255	0
17	19	Friday Hassler	39		'69 Chevrolet	Hassler			46	0	0	running	245	0
18	11	Marv Acton	40		'70 Plymouth	Dick Brooks			46	0	0	running	235	0
19	9	Frank Warren	79		'69 Plymouth	Frank Warren			46	0	0	running	225	0
20	14	Vic Elford	59		'71 Ford	Pistone			46	0	0	running	220	0
21	24	Charlie Roberts	63		'69 Dodge	Charlie Roberts			46	0	0	running	215	0
22	18	Ron Keselowski	88		'70 Dodge	Lubinski			45	0	0	accident	210	0
23	27	Fritz Schultz	23		'70 Plymouth	Don Robertson			45	0	0	running	205	0
24	30	Robert Brown	58		'71 Chevrolet	Allan Brown			44	0	0	running	200	0
25	26	Earl Brooks	26		'69 Ford	Earl Brooks			42	0	0	running	0	0
26	33	Dick May	67		'69 Ford	Ronacher			41	0	0	running	0	0
27	15	Bill Shirey	74		'69 Plymouth	Shirey			41	0	0	running	0	0
28	25	Bobby Mausgrover	84		'69 Dodge	Bob Davis			39	0	0	running	0	0
29	29	Dick Poling	78		'69 Dodge	Frank Warren			21	0	0	clutch	0	0
30	32	Pedro Rodríguez	14		'71 Chevrolet	Bill Ellis			16	0	0	engine	0	0
31	8	Bill Seifert	45		'70 Ford	Seifert			7	0	0	engine	0	0
32	28	Butch Hirst	87	Universal Air Lift	'69 Oldsmobile				2	0	0	drive shaft	0	0
33	31	Joe Hines	80		'69 Chevrolet	Joe Hines			1	0	0	engine	0	0