1971 National 500

Race 42 of 48

Charlotte
238 laps
Time of race: 2:49:38
Average speed of winner: 126.140 mph
Margin of victory: 5 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 37 laps
Lap leaders: Glotzbach 1-11, Baker 12-23, Glotzbach 24-63, Baker 64-69, Glotzbach 70-125, Petty 126-134, Glotzbach 135, Isaac 136-157, B. Allison 158-165, Glotzbach 166-176, B. Allison 177-238

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'69 Mercury	Holman-Moody			238	2	70	running	18450	0
2	8	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'71 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		238	1	22	running	10525	0
3	4	Donnie Allison	21	Purolator	'69 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		238	0	0	running	6050	0
4	5	Richard Petty	43		'71 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		238	1	9	running	4025	0
5	1	Charlie Glotzbach	3		'71 Chevrolet	Howard		157.085	238	5	119	running	2975	0
6	2	Buddy Baker	11		'71 Dodge	Petty			237	2	18	running	2000	0
7	6	Pete Hamilton	6		'71 Plymouth	Owens	Owens		234	0	0	running	1650	0
8	14	Friday Hassler	39		'70 Chevrolet	Hassler			233	0	0	running	1575	0
9	9	James Hylton	48		'69 Mercury	Hylton			231	0	0	running	1500	0
10	11	Benny Parsons	72		'69 Mercury	L.G. DeWitt			226	0	0	running	1500	0
11	21	Joe Frasson	18		'70 Dodge	Frasson			225	0	0	running	1385	0
12	28	Jabe Thomas	25		'70 Plymouth	Don Robertson			225	0	0	running	1360	0
13	24	Frank Warren	79		'69 Dodge	Frank Warren			225	0	0	running	1335	0
14	31	Elmo Langley	64		'69 Mercury	Langley			225	0	0	running	1300	0
15	12	Cecil Gordon	24		'69 Mercury	Cecil Gordon			225	0	0	running	1300	0
16	42	Bill Champion	10		'70 Mercury	Bill Champion			224	0	0	running	1324	0
17	20	Bill Seifert	45		'71 Mercury	Seifert			224	0	0	running	1219	0
18	36	David Ray Boggs	57		'69 Dodge	Boggs			224	0	0	running	1184	0
19	16	Ed Negre	91		'71 Chevrolet	Junior Fields			223	0	0	running	1173	0
20	30	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Ford	Vic Ballard			223	0	0	running	1148	0
21	39	Earl Brooks	26		'69 Ford	Earl Brooks			222	0	0	running	1097	0
22	27	J.D. McDuffie	47		'71 Ford	Raymond Williams			222	0	0	running	1117	0
23	29	Ben Arnold	76		'69 Ford	Ben Arnold			221	0	0	running	1091	0
24	32	Bobby Brack	53		'69 Ford	Hopper-Crews			218	0	0	running	1073	0
25	19	Larry Smith	92		'69 Ford	Harley Smith			218	0	0	running	1068	0
26	40	Johnny Halford	83		'69 Plymouth				214	0	0	running	1039	0
27	22	Henley Gray	19		'70 Ford	Henley Gray			213	0	0	running	1033	0
28	35	Cale Yarborough	87		'69 Mercury				209	0	0	heating	1054	0
29	37	John Sears	4		'69 Dodge	Sears			206	0	0	running	981	0
30	23	A.J. Foyt	27		'71 Chevrolet	Banjo Matthews		158.492	184	0	0	steering	974	0
31	26	Stick Elliott	31		'69 Dodge	O.L. Nixon			163	0	0	drive shaft	923	0
32	10	Dave Marcis	99		'71 Plymouth	Nichels-Goldsmith			152	0	0	steering	907	0
33	33	Earle Canavan	01		'71 Plymouth	Canavan			120	0	0	accident	865	0
34	7	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98		'71 Chevrolet	Howard			120	0	0	accident	865	0
35	18	Maynard Troyer	60	Nagle Racers	'69 Mercury	Nagle			115	0	0	engine	840	0
36	17	Neil Castles	49		'69 Plymouth	G.C. Spencer			114	0	0	lug bolt	834	0
37	15	Marty Robbins	42		'69 Dodge	Robbins			97	0	0	steering	812	0
38	41	Tiny Lund	55		'69 Mercury				95	0	0	alternator	770	0
39	38	Dick Brooks	66		'71 Pontiac	Ferguson-Stephens			76	0	0	running	796	0
40	13	Bill Dennis	90		'69 Mercury	Donlavey			73	0	0	drive shaft	788	0
41	25	Wendell Scott	07		'69 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			64	0	0	wheel bearing	714	0
42	34	Jim Vandiver	5		'70 Plymouth	Faustina			10	0	0	accident	640	0