1971 Miller High Life 500

Race 5 of 48

Ontario
200 laps
Time of race: 3:43:36
Average speed of winner: 134.168 mph
Margin of victory: 8.5 sec.
Lead changes: 28 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 21 laps
Lap leaders: Foyt pole, Petty 1, Foyt 2-7, Isaac 8-17, Lund 18-21, Baker 22, Lorenzen 23-24, Foyt 25-29, Lorenzen 30-43, Foyt 44-68, McGriff 69, Baker 70, Foyt 71-73, Isaac 74-80, Lorenzen 81-93, Foyt 94-98, Lorenzen 99, Foyt 100, Lorenzen 101, Foyt 102, Lorenzen 103-110, Foyt 111-139, Lorenzen 140-142, Petty 143-144, Baker 145, Foyt 146-174, Petty 175-184, Baker 185-186, Foyt 187-200

Race notes: Debut for Dean Dalton and Bill Osborne. Finale for Marty Kinerk, Jim McElreath, Pedro Rodríguez, and Johnny Steele. Bobby Isaac took the points lead from James Hylton.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	A.J. Foyt	21	Purolator	'69 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	151.711	200	10	118	running	51850	0
2	6	Buddy Baker	11		'71 Dodge	Petty			200	4	5	running	15325	0
3	3	Richard Petty	43		'71 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		200	3	13	running	12825	0
4	2	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'71 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		199	2	17	running	9325	0
5	21	Dick Brooks	22		'70 Dodge	Rossi	Rossi		198	0	0	running	5025	0
6	22	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98		'69 Mercury	Johnson	Nab		197	0	0	running	4100	0
7	7	Ray Elder	96		'70 Dodge	Elder			196	0	0	running	3650	0
8	10	Tiny Lund	55		'69 Dodge	John McConnell			194	1	4	running	2680	0
9	8	Benny Parsons	72		'69 Mercury	L.G. DeWitt			194	0	0	running	2625	0
10	12	James Hylton	48		'69 Mercury	Hylton			194	0	0	running	2250	0
11	14	Elmo Langley	64		'69 Mercury	Langley			191	0	0	running	2175	0
12	46	Marv Acton	40		'70 Plymouth	Dick Brooks			190	0	0	running	2100	0
13	23	Jack McCoy	7		'71 Dodge	Conn			190	0	0	running	2085	0
14	18	Bill Seifert	45		'69 Ford	Seifert			187	0	0	running	2000	0
15	28	Carl Joiner	28		'69 Chevrolet	Dean Thorne			185	0	0	running	1950	0
16	9	Friday Hassler	39		'69 Chevrolet	Hassler			185	0	0	running	1975	0
17	33	Jimmy Insolo	38		'69 Chevrolet				183	0	0	running	1875	0
18	19	Jabe Thomas	25		'70 Plymouth	Don Robertson			179	0	0	running	1875	0
19	16	Cecil Gordon	24		'69 Ford	Cecil Gordon			179	0	0	running	1850	0
20	44	Bobby Wawak	75		'69 Dodge	Wawak			179	0	0	running	1800	0
21	38	Frank James	0		'69 Chevrolet	Calder			177	0	0	running	1775	0
22	50	Ron Hornaday	5		'70 Ford				177	0	0	running	1750	0
23	30	Earl Brooks	26		'69 Ford	Earl Brooks			176	0	0	running	1750	0
24	49	Dick Guldstrand	44		'69 Chevrolet				175	0	0	running	1700	0
25	45	Harry Schilling	14		'69 Dodge				173	0	0	running	1675	0
26	40	Ivan Baldwin	87		'69 Chevrolet				172	0	0	running	1650	0
27	15	Dick Bown	2		'70 Plymouth	Ober			169	0	0	engine	1650	0
28	13	Hershel McGriff	41		'70 Plymouth	Koehler			163	1	1	running	1775	0
29	34	Henley Gray	19		'69 Ford	Henley Gray			151	0	0	engine	1575	0
30	5	Fred Lorenzen	99	STP Oil Treatment	'71 Plymouth	Nichels-Goldsmith			142	7	42	engine	8050	0
31	4	Pete Hamilton	6		'71 Plymouth	Owens	Owens		117	0	0	engine	1800	0
32	47	Pat Fay	90		'71 Ford				111	0	0	flagged	1500	0
33	20	Ray Johnstone	77		'69 Plymouth				96	0	0	ignition	1500	0
34	36	Marty Kinerk	83		'69 Chevrolet				91	0	0	heating	1450	0
35	42	J.D. McDuffie	70		'69 Mercury	McDuffie			91	0	0	engine	1475	0
36	25	Jim McElreath	76		'70 Dodge				88	0	0	rear end	1440	0
37	48	Johnny Steele	27		'69 Ford				79	0	0	engine	1375	0
38	26	John Soares, Jr.	8		'70 Plymouth	Soares Jr.			78	0	0	engine	1385	0
39	41	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'70 Dodge	Allison			76	0	0	ignition	1400	0
40	27	Red Farmer	46		'69 Ford				73	0	0	clutch	1325	0
41	51	Bob England	81		'70 Chevrolet	England			63	0	0	rear end	1275	0
42	32	Kevin Terris	32		'70 Plymouth	Barnicle			41	0	0	engine	1260	0
43	31	Bill Champion	63		'69 Dodge				41	0	0	engine	1250	0
44	24	Don Noel	88		'70 Ford				38	0	0	engine	1250	0
45	37	G.T. Tallas	23		'69 Ford	Tallas			32	0	0	heating	1175	0
46	35	Bill Osborne	9		'71 Ford				24	0	0	engine	1150	0
47	11	Pedro Rodríguez	20		'70 Ford	McCain			18	0	0	electrical	1175	0
48	29	Dick Kranzler	4		'70 Chevrolet	Kranzler			13	0	0	heating	1125	0
49	39	Ron Gautsche	82		'69 Ford	Gautsche			10	0	0	engine	1075	0
50	17	Frank Warren	79		'69 Dodge	Frank Warren			4	0	0	engine	1075	0
51	43	Dean Dalton	17		'69 Ford	Dean Dalton			2	0	0	flagged	1050	0