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1971 Daytona 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 48 Sunday, February 14, 1971 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:27:40 Average speed: 144.462 mph Pole speed: 182.744 mph Cautions: 7 for 44 laps Margin of victory: 10 sec Attendance: 80000 Lead changes: 48 Glossary    1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1971 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 5 43   Richard Petty Southern Chrysler-Plymouth   (Petty Enterprises) '71 Plymouth 200 45450 running 69 2 6 11   Buddy Baker Dodge by Petty   (Petty Enterprises) '71 Dodge 200 16100 running 16 3 1 21   A.J. Foyt Teleprompter Cable TV / Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '69 Mercury 200 14500 running 36 4 4 17   David Pearson Purolator Filters   (Holman-Moody Racing) '69 Mercury 199 4225 running 6 5 9 99   Fred Lorenzen STP   (Ray Nichels) '71 Plymouth 199 3825 running 0 6 32 31   Jim Vandiver Moss-Thornton   (O.L. Nixon) '69 Dodge 198 3475 running 0 7 8 22   Dick Brooks Golden Products   (Mario Rossi) '69 Dodge 198 3125 running 5 8 24 20   Jim Hurtubise Southland Auto Salvage   (Jimmy McCain) '70 Ford 197 2800 running 0 9 15 48   James Hylton Mullins Ford   (James Hylton) '69 Ford 197 2600 running 4 10 2 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '71 Dodge 197 3950 running 37 11 14 7   Ramo Stott Plymouth   (Ramo Stott) '71 Plymouth 195 2350 running 0 12 25 18   Joe Frasson Mario Frasson Cement Co.   (Joe Frasson) '70 Dodge 194 2200 running 0 13 36 25   Pedro Rodriguez Star City Body Shop   (Don Robertson) '70 Plymouth 194 1975 running 0 14 16 64   Elmo Langley Woodfield Ford   (Elmo Langley) '69 Mercury 193 1850 running 0 15 34 04   Freddy Fryar High Meadows Country & Golf Club   (Buster Davis) '69 Dodge 192 1800 running 0 16 27 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '69 Ford 191 1700 running 0 17 19 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '69 Mercury 187 1750 running 0 18 31 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '70 Dodge 187 1600 running 7 19 38 40   Marv Acton Dick Brooks '70 Plymouth 186 1550 running 0 20 26 07   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '69 Chevrolet 184 1500 running 0 21 20 03   Tommy Gale Gale Trucking   (Larry Jackson) '69 Mercury 183 1475 running 0 22 29 68   Larry Baumel Auto Lad   (Allan Schlauer) '69 Ford 179 1525 running 0 23 28 76   Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '69 Ford 179 1425 running 0 24 37 79   Frank Warren Waynesboro Chrysler-Plymouth   (Frank Warren) '69 Plymouth 178 1400 running 0 25 17 2   Dave Marcis Southside Dodge   (Dave Marcis) '69 Dodge 173 1375 engine 0 26 11 27   Donnie Allison Banjo Matthews '69 Mercury 170 1350 crash 10 27 10 90   Bill Dennis Teleprompter Corp.   (Junie Donlavey) '69 Mercury 162 1525 clutch 0 28 3 6   Pete Hamilton American Brakeblok   (Cotton Owens) '71 Plymouth 157 2050 engine 6 29 21 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling   (John Sears) '69 Dodge 126 1275 engine 0 30 35 45   Bill Seifert Garrett Motor Co.   (Bill Seifert) '70 Ford 111 1250 steering 0 31 40 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '69 Ford 93 1225 steering 0 32 22 44   Red Farmer Custom Trim Products   (Richard Giachetti) '71 Ford 91 1200 engine 0 33 13 3   Cale Yarborough Plymouth   (Ray Fox) '71 Plymouth 61 1375 engine 0 34 7 98   LeeRoy Yarbrough Junior Johnson '69 Mercury 45 1150 oil line 4 35 12 72   Benny Parsons Montgomery Motors   (L.G. DeWitt) '69 Ford 39 1125 ignition 0 36 33 39   Friday Hassler Chattanooga Valley Auto Parts / See Rock City   (Friday Hassler) '69 Chevrolet 38 1200 engine 0 37 30 06   Neil Castles Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '69 Dodge 24 1075 ignition 0 38 18 60   Maynard Troyer Nagle Ford   (Joe Nagle) '69 Ford 9 1050 crash 0 39 23 55   Tiny Lund Baughmann Hi-Speed / Pepsi   (John McConnell) '69 Dodge 7 1025 ignition 0 40 39 88   Ron Keselowski Messina Trucking   (Roger Lubinski) '70 Dodge 1 1000 quit 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Jimmy Crawford 02 Crawford Brothers Plymouth Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre Dodge Pedro Rodriguez 14 Bill Ellis Chevrolet Dub Simpson 16 Ken Spikes Chevrolet Fritz Schultz 23 Don Robertson Plymouth Earl Brooks 26 Earl Brooks Ford Bill Hollar 28 Earl Brooks Ford Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing Vic Ballard Ford Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott Ford Blackie Wangerin 38 Blackie Wangerin Ford Ken Meisenhelder 41 Ken Meisenhelder Chevrolet Roy Mayne 46 Tom Hunter Chevrolet E.J. Trivette 56 Gary Baird Chevrolet Robert Brown 58 Allan Brown Chevrolet Vic Elford 59 Tom Pistone Ford Charlie Roberts 63 Charlie Roberts Dodge Dick May 67 Ron Ronacher Ford J.D. McDuffie 70 J.D. McDuffie Mercury Bill Shirey 74 Bill Shirey Plymouth Dick Poling 78 Frank Warren Dodge Joe Hines 80 H&R Racing, Inc. Joe Hines Chevrolet Bobby Mausgrover 84 Buster Davis Dodge Butch Hirst 87 John Pemberton Oldsmobile Leonard Blanchard 95 Leonard Blanchard Ford DC Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson Plymouth Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 9 9     10 18 9   #60 accident turn 2   19 45 27     46 51 6   #98 stalled frontstretch   52 65 14     66 73 8   #79 oil turn 1   74 86 13     87 91 5   debris   92 98 7     99 101 3   #6,22 accident turn 1   102 120 19     121 127 7   debris   128 164 37     165 170 6   #6 oil frontstretch   171 200 30       Percent of race run under caution: 22.0%             Average green flag run: 19.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   A.J. Foyt 1 3 3   David Pearson 4 4 1   A.J. Foyt 5 6 2   Buddy Baker 7 8 2   Bobby Isaac 9 11 3   LeeRoy Yarbrough 12 15 4   James Hylton 16 19 4   Buddy Baker 20 20 1   Pete Hamilton 21 21 1   David Pearson 22 22 1   Pete Hamilton 23 23 1   Buddy Baker 24 24 1   David Pearson 25 25 1   Bobby Isaac 26 26 1   Buddy Baker 27 27 1   Bobby Isaac 28 34 7   Buddy Baker 35 35 1   Bobby Isaac 36 56 21   Pete Hamilton 57 58 2   Richard Petty 59 59 1   Dick Brooks 60 61 2   Richard Petty 62 63 2   Dick Brooks 64 64 1   Richard Petty 65 68 4   Bobby Allison 69 73 5   Pete Hamilton 74 74 1   David Pearson 75 75 1   Bobby Isaac 76 80 5   A.J. Foyt 81 91 11   Donnie Allison 92 93 2   David Pearson 94 95 2   Dick Brooks 96 96 1   Pete Hamilton 97 97 1   Dick Brooks 98 98 1   A.J. Foyt 99 102 4   Richard Petty 103 108 6   Bobby Allison 109 109 1   Richard Petty 110 122 13   Bobby Allison 123 123 1   A.J. Foyt 124 129 6   Richard Petty 130 151 22   A.J. Foyt 152 161 10   Donnie Allison 162 165 4   Buddy Baker 166 166 1   Donnie Allison 167 170 4   Buddy Baker 171 173 3   Richard Petty 174 175 2   Buddy Baker 176 181 6   Richard Petty 182 200 19