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1971 Southeastern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 9 of 48 Sunday, March 28, 1971 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:52:23 Average speed: 91.704 mph Pole speed: 105.525 mph Cautions: 5 for 45 laps Margin of victory: 4 sec Attendance: 25000 Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1971 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 17   David Pearson Purolator Special   (Holman-Moody Racing) '71 Ford 500 6120 running 133 2 2 43   Richard Petty Southern Chrysler Plymouth   (Petty Enterprises) '71 Plymouth 500 3570 running 233 3 7 22   Dick Brooks Golden Products   (Mario Rossi) '70 Dodge 489 2245 running 2 4 3 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '71 Dodge 487 1320 running 78 5 4 72   Benny Parsons L.G. DeWitt '70 Ford 485 1045 running 0 6 8 39   Friday Hassler Friday Hassler '69 Chevrolet 483 845 running 0 7 5 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '69 Mercury 469 795 running 0 8 18 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 448 670 running 0 9 16 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '69 Ford 443 620 running 0 10 30 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '70 Dodge 439 595 running 0 11 10 2   Dave Marcis Dave Marcis '69 Dodge 413 580 overheating 0 12 25 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '69 Plymouth 398 545 running 0 13 17 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling   (John Sears) '69 Dodge 367 535 transmission 0 14 11 24   Cecil Gordon Casa Linda Motel   (Cecil Gordon) '69 Mercury 366 525 engine 0 15 24 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '69 Ford 340 515 engine 0 16 28 26   Earl Brooks Earl Brooks '69 Ford 267 505 transmission 0 17 19 95   Paul Tyler Paul Tyler '69 Ford 248 495 rear end 0 18 26 58   Robert Brown Allan Brown '71 Chevrolet 228 485 oil leak 0 19 9 48   James Hylton Mullins Ford / Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '70 Ford 180 500 crash 54 20 21 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '70 Ford 152 465 ignition 0 21 29 67   Dick May Ron Ronacher '69 Ford 130 455 oil leak 0 22 15 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '69 Ford 111 445 crash 0 23 14 7   Ed Negre Dean Dalton '69 Ford 106 435 crash 0 24 20 68   Larry Baumel Auto Lad   (Allan Schlauer) '69 Ford 92 425 engine 0 25 22 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford 60 415 overheating 0 26 13 74   Bill Shirey Bill Shirey '69 Plymouth 58 410 engine 0 27 6 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '69 Plymouth 47 425 crash 0 28 12 88   Ron Keselowski Roger Lubinski '70 Dodge 32 390 ignition 0 29 23 41   Ken Meisenhelder Ken Meisenhelder '69 Chevrolet 32 380 overheating 0 30 27 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '71 Chevrolet 18 370 oil line 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre Ford Eddie Yarboro 13 Eddie Yarboro Plymouth Paul Dean Holt 23 Noel Wicker Ford Bill Hollar 28 Earl Brooks Ford Raymond Bostic 52 James Cottrell Ford Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 48 48   Bobby Allison 49 69 21   James Hylton 70 70 1   Bobby Allison 71 127 57   James Hylton 128 180 53   Dick Brooks 181 182 2   Richard Petty 183 331 149   David Pearson 332 336 5   Richard Petty 337 420 84   David Pearson 421 500 80