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1971 World 600 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 21 of 48 Sunday, May 30, 1971 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 400 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.000 miles) Time of race: 4:16:20 Average speed: 140.422 mph Pole speed: 157.788 mph Cautions: 3 for 24 laps Margin of victory: 33.9 sec Attendance: 78000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1971 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Holman-Moody Racing) '69 Mercury 400 28400 running 303 2 13 21   Donnie Allison Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '69 Mercury 400 14900 running 0 3 6 6   Pete Hamilton American Brakeblok   (Cotton Owens) '71 Plymouth 399 10425 running 0 4 5 43   Richard Petty Southern Chrysler Plymouth   (Petty Enterprises) '71 Plymouth 398 7175 running 0 5 4 99   Fred Lorenzen STP   (Ray Nichels) '71 Plymouth 395 5600 running 0 6 8 11   Buddy Baker Dodge   (Petty Enterprises) '71 Dodge 394 4125 running 2 7 15 72   Benny Parsons Montgomery Motors   (L.G. DeWitt) '69 Mercury 392 3600 running 0 8 25 39   Friday Hassler See Rock City   (Friday Hassler) '70 Chevrolet 391 3125 running 0 9 12 2   Dave Marcis Roger Little's Dodge Country   (Dave Marcis) '69 Dodge 390 2550 running 7 10 7 22   Dick Brooks Pistnlube   (Mario Rossi) '70 Dodge 390 2400 running 0 11 10 31   Jim Vandiver Moss-Thornton   (O.L. Nixon) '70 Dodge 386 2175 running 0 12 11 14   Jim Paschal Guddey Motors / North Wilkesboro Dragway   (Bill Ellis) '71 Chevrolet 386 2050 running 0 13 17 48   James Hylton Mullins Ford   (James Hylton) '71 Ford 385 1975 running 1 14 16 90   Bill Dennis Junie Donlavey '69 Mercury 382 1925 running 0 15 19 42   Marty Robbins Pistnlube / Marty Robbins   (Marty Robbins) '69 Dodge 376 1800 running 0 16 9 91   Speedy Thompson Fox Turkey Farm   (Junior Fields) '71 Chevrolet 376 1800 running 0 17 18 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '69 Mercury 374 1700 running 0 18 37 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '70 Dodge 370 1675 running 0 19 27 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '71 Ford 363 1625 running 0 20 39 04   Ed Negre Buster Davis '70 Plymouth 354 1525 running 0 21 30 5   Earl Brooks Circus Circus   (Doc Faustina) '70 Plymouth 353 1485 running 0 22 24 92   Larry Smith The Car Center   (Harley Smith) '69 Ford 352 1425 running 0 23 35 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '69 Dodge 349 1375 running 0 24 32 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '69 Mercury 333 1325 running 0 25 26 93   Richard D. Brown Harold Furr '71 Chevrolet 330 1350 crash 0 26 34 07   Jabe Thomas Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '69 Chevrolet 292 1230 wheel bearing 0 27 21 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '69 Mercury 282 1195 clutch 0 28 1 3   Charlie Glotzbach Kmart / Pistonlube   (Richard Howard) '71 Chevrolet 234 1735 crash 87 29 31 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '69 Ford 232 1125 vibration 0 30 28 88   Ron Keselowski Messina Trucking   (Roger Lubinski) '70 Dodge 213 1115 suspension 0 31 33 47   Raymond Williams Bill Seifert '71 Ford 211 1055 engine 0 32 3 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '71 Dodge 160 1905 radiator 0 33 36 02   Dick Bown Ober Logging   (Mike Ober) '70 Plymouth 110 1015 suspension 0 34 14 33   David Pearson C.V. Enterprises   (Ray Nichels) '71 Pontiac 94 1055 oil leak 0 35 23 18   Joe Frasson Joe Frasson '70 Dodge 79 920 oil pan 0 36 20 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '69 Plymouth 60 860 engine 0 37 22 60   Maynard Troyer Nagle Racers   (Joe Nagle) '69 Mercury 39 850 steering 0 38 40 55   Ben Arnold Pepsi / Baughman   (Tiny Lund) '69 Mercury 33 790 oil line 0 39 38 77   Charlie Roberts Charlie Roberts '70 Ford 17 795 engine 0 40 29 30   Walter Ballard Hekimian's Foreign Car Shop   (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford 11 800 crash 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car George Altheide 0 National Care George Altheide Dodge Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson Plymouth Earl Brooks 26 Earl Brooks Ford Dub Simpson 51 Bill Strong Chevrolet Bill Shirey 74 Bill Shirey Plymouth DC Coo Coo Marlin 07 Cunningham-Kelley H.B. Cunningham Chevrolet DC Tiny Lund 55 Pepsi / Baughman Tiny Lund Mercury WD Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold Ford WD Ray Elder 96 Hargis Engineering Fred Elder Dodge Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 14 14     15 23 9   #30 engine turn 3; #47, 77 spun turn 3   24 234 211     235 242 8   #3 accident frontstretch   243 358 116     359 365 7   #93 accident backstretch   366 400 35       Percent of race run under caution: 6.0%             Average green flag run: 94.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 5 5   Charlie Glotzbach 6 16 11   Dave Marcis 17 23 7   James Hylton 24 24 1   Bobby Allison 25 76 52   Buddy Baker 77 78 2   Bobby Allison 79 91 13   Charlie Glotzbach 92 97 6   Bobby Allison 98 136 39   Charlie Glotzbach 137 174 38   Bobby Allison 175 194 20   Charlie Glotzbach 195 226 32   Bobby Allison 227 400 174