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1971 Dixie 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 33 of 48
Sunday, August 1, 1971 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.2 miles)

Time of race: 3:52:05
Average Speed: 129.061 mph
Pole Speed: 155.796 mph

Cautions: 5 for 48 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 cl
Attendance: 22,500
Lead changes: 27

Glossary 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1971 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	43	Richard Petty	Pepsi (Petty Enterprises)	'71 Plymouth	328	20,220	running	181
25	1	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	'71 Dodge	231	1,960	engine	77
2	5	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Holman-Moody)	'69 Mercury	328	9,530	running	54
24	4	6	Pete Hamilton	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	'71 Plymouth	249	745	engine	16
3	18	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'69 Mercury	319	6,225	running	0
4	2	3	Charlie Glotzbach	Mendenhall Chevrolet (Richard Howard)	'71 Chevrolet	318	4,525	running	0
5	20	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler	'70 Chevrolet	317	3,375	running	0
6	6	21	Donnie Allison	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'69 Mercury	316	3,025	running	0
7	26	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	313	2,800	running	0
8	12	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Dodge	312	2,525	running	0
9	15	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'70 Ford	312	2,275	running	0
10	24	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'70 Ford	312	2,000	running	0
11	23	91	Richard D. Brown	Junior Fields	'71 Chevrolet	309	1,750	running	0
12	19	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury	309	1,525	running	0
13	17	42	Marty Robbins	Coca-Cola (Marty Robbins)	'69 Dodge	309	1,350	running	0
14	27	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	306	1,200	running	0
15	10	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'71 Ford	304	1,125	running	0
16	32	53	Bobby Brack	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'69 Ford	302	1,000	engine	0
17	38	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'69 Mercury	299	900	running	0
18	21	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Ford	295	800	running	0
19	13	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'69 Ford	294	725	running	0
20	39	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'69 Ford	293	650	running	0
21	40	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'69 Ford	290	600	running	0
22	35	5	Dick May	Doc Faustina	'70 Plymouth	268	590	running	0
23	37	46	Earl Brooks	Tom Hunter	'69 Chevrolet	264	585	engine	0
26	33	62	Dick Poling	Kaye Engineering (John Keselowski)	'69 Dodge	226	570	running	0
27	16	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'69 Plymouth	164	665	wheel	0
28	28	95	Paul Tyler	Paul Tyler	'69 Mercury	149	560	engine	0
29	29	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling (John Sears)	'69 Dodge	136	555	lug bolt	0
30	25	90	Bill Dennis	Junie Donlavey	'69 Mercury	131	550	vibration	0
31	14	06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture (Neil Castles)	'70 Dodge	92	570	suspension	0
32	30	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'70 Ford	90	540	engine	0
33	7	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'71 Dodge	86	560	oil cooler	0
34	22	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'69 Chevrolet	82	530	engine	0
35	11	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	'70 Dodge	66	550	wheel	0
36	36	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'69 Ford	62	520	transmission	0
37	31	93	Dub Simpson	Harold Furr	'71 Chevrolet	60	515	engine	0
38	34	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	40	510	transmission	0
39	8	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'69 Dodge	38	530	suspension	0
40	9	64	Elmo Langley	Woodfield Ford (Elmo Langley)	'69 Mercury	36	525	engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buddy Baker	1	25	25
Richard Petty	26	39	14
Buddy Baker	40	40	1
Pete Hamilton	41	41	1
Buddy Baker	42	42	1
Bobby Allison	43	58	16
Buddy Baker	59	69	11
Richard Petty	70	70	1
Buddy Baker	71	75	5
Bobby Allison	76	77	2
Buddy Baker	78	79	2
Richard Petty	80	84	5
Pete Hamilton	85	92	8
Richard Petty	93	139	47
Bobby Allison	140	149	10
Richard Petty	150	169	20
Buddy Baker	170	170	1
Richard Petty	171	171	1
Bobby Allison	172	176	5
Richard Petty	177	189	13
Buddy Baker	190	218	29
Richard Petty	219	226	8
Buddy Baker	227	228	2
Pete Hamilton	229	235	7
Bobby Allison	236	247	12
Richard Petty	248	288	41
Bobby Allison	289	297	9
Richard Petty	298	328	31

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