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1971 Atlanta 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 10 of 48
April 4, 1971 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.2 miles)

Time of race: 3:42:16
Average Speed: 131.375 mph
Pole Speed: 155.152 mph

Cautions: 4 for 31 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.8 sec
Attendance: 52,000
Lead changes: 23

Glossary 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1971 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	21	A.J. Foyt	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'69 Mercury	328	19,200	running	205
2	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'71 Plymouth	328	10,700	running	59
3	16	6	Pete Hamilton	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	'71 Plymouth	327	6,975	running	14
4	6	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	'70 Ford	327	4,490	running	36
5	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'71 Dodge	327	3,500	running	1
6	4	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	'71 Dodge	325	3,000	running	0
7	12	38	Charlie Glotzbach	John McCarthy	'70 Dodge	319	2,500	running	0
8	11	31	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	'70 Dodge	319	2,000	running	0
9	22	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'69 Ford	315	1,750	running	0
10	15	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'71 Dodge	315	1,600	running	0
11	9	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'69 Dodge	315	1,550	running	0
12	20	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler	'69 Chevrolet	313	1,500	running	0
13	14	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	'70 Dodge	313	1,450	running	0
14	31	22	Dick Brooks	Mario Rossi	'70 Dodge	310	1,400	running	0
15	26	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'69 Chevrolet	310	1,350	running	0
16	25	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'69 Chevrolet	310	1,300	running	0
17	10	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury	307	1,275	running	0
18	13	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'69 Mercury	307	1,250	running	0
19	28	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	306	1,225	running	0
20	35	60	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle)	'69 Ford	306	1,200	fuel pump	0
21	21	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Dodge	306	1,180	running	0
22	32	03	Tommy Gale	Larry Jackson	'69 Mercury	303	1,165	running	0
23	36	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'69 Ford	294	1,150	running	0
24	37	53	Rod Eulenfeld	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'69 Ford	293	1,135	running	0
25	39	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'71 Chevrolet	288	1,120	running	0
26	29	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'69 Ford	288	1,105	running	0
27	24	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'69 Ford	251	1,090	clutch	0
28	8	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Bill Seifert	'70 Ford	246	1,080	overheating	0
29	7	3	Cale Yarborough	Ray Fox	'71 Plymouth	245	1,070	crash	13
30	34	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'69 Ford	194	1,060	overheating	0
31	18	90	Bill Dennis	Junie Donlavey	'69 Mercury	185	1,050	overheating	0
32	40	4	John Sears	John Sears	'69 Dodge	139	1,040	transmission	0
33	30	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	111	1,035	engine	0
34	27	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'70 Dodge	97	1,030	engine	0
35	5	99	Fred Lorenzen	STP (Ray Nichels)	'71 Plymouth	85	1,025	ignition	0
36	19	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'69 Ford	80	1,020	engine	0
37	23	49	Earl Brooks	G.C. Spencer	'69 Plymouth	67	1,015	engine	0
38	17	20	Jim Hurtubise	Jimmy McCain	'70 Ford	44	1,010	fuel pump	0
39	33	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Ford	44	1,005	transmission	0
40	38	16	Dub Simpson	Bill Strong	'69 Chevrolet	7	1,000	quit	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
A.J. Foyt	1	36	36
Richard Petty	37	51	15
Pete Hamilton	52	52	1
Richard Petty	53	53	1
David Pearson	54	60	7
Cale Yarborough	61	64	4
David Pearson	65	71	7
Cale Yarborough	72	72	1
Pete Hamilton	73	85	13
Richard Petty	86	105	20
Bobby Isaac	106	106	1
Cale Yarborough	107	107	1
David Pearson	108	120	13
A.J. Foyt	121	165	45
Richard Petty	166	168	3
Cale Yarborough	169	175	7
A.J. Foyt	176	222	47
Richard Petty	223	230	8
David Pearson	231	239	9
A.J. Foyt	240	248	9
Richard Petty	249	249	1
A.J. Foyt	250	304	55
Richard Petty	305	315	11
A.J. Foyt	316	328	13

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