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1971 West Virginia 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 35 of 48 Sunday, August 8, 1971 at International Raceway Park, Ona, WV 500 laps on a 0.455 mile paved track (227.500 miles) Time of race: 2:57:50 Average speed: 83.805 mph Pole speed: 84.053 mph Cautions: 5 for 38 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 10000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1971 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 43   Richard Petty Southern Chrysler Plymouth   (Petty Enterprises) '70 Plymouth 500 2300 running 279 2 1 49   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola / Rollins Leasing   (Melvin Joseph) '70 Mustang 498 1500 running 201 3 5 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Ford 495 950 running 0 4 6 55   Tiny Lund Pepsi   (Ronnie Hopkins) '69 Camaro 493 750 running 20 5 14 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '69 Mercury 482 650 running 0 6 4 14   Jim Paschal Cliff Stewart '70 Javelin 477 550 engine 0 7 17 41   Gary Myers Norris Reed '70 Mustang 474 500 running 0 8 25 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford 468 490 running 0 9 11 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '70 Ford 468 480 running 0 10 26 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 467 470 running 0 11 16 26   Earl Brooks Earl Brooks '69 Ford 459 460 running 0 12 28 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '69 Mercury 452 450 running 0 13 27 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '69 Ford 432 440 running 0 14 12 86   David Ray Boggs David Ray Boggs '71 Firebird 422 430 running 0 15 7 33   Joe Dean Huss Jack Balmer '69 Camaro 417 420 running 0 16 9 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '71 Firebird 413 410 engine 0 17 30 2   Randy Hutchison Warren Prout '71 Camaro 364 400 crash 0 18 10 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '70 Dodge 312 390 engine 0 19 22 7   Jimmy Vaughn Jimmy Vaughn '69 Camaro 266 380 oil leak 0 20 31 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling   (John Sears) '69 Dodge 224 370 ignition 0 21 34 50   Gordon Birkett John Hodges '69 Chevrolet 220 360 crash 0 22 32 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '69 Ford 214 350 carburetor 0 23 15 15   Wayne Andrews Reid Shaw '71 Mustang 206 340 overheating 0 24 13 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '69 Ford 187 330 driver ill 0 25 3 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '71 Ford 141 320 ignition 0 26 8 11   Junior Spencer James Rupe '69 Camaro 112 310 ignition 0 27 23 3   Charlie Glotzbach Richard Howard '71 Chevrolet 100 300 overheating 0 28 20 5   Pee Wee Wentz Jerry Wentz '69 Camaro 100 300 engine 0 29 29 47   Raymond Williams Raymond Williams '71 Ford 48 300 overheating 0 30 19 94   Al Straub Al Straub '71 Mustang 48 300 overheating 0 31 33 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '69 Dodge 47 300 overheating 0 32 24 74   Bill Shirey Bill Shirey '69 Plymouth 31 300 quit 0 33 18 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '69 Ford 25 300 suspension 0 34 21 78   Paul Tyler Keith Christensen '69 Camaro 11 300 engine 0 35 35 73   Jerry Churchill Jerry Churchill '69 Ford 1 300 quit 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 29 29   Richard Petty 30 52 23   Bobby Allison 53 54 2   Tiny Lund 55 74 20   Bobby Allison 75 147 73   Richard Petty 148 233 86   Bobby Allison 234 297 64   Richard Petty 298 299 2   Bobby Allison 300 315 16   Richard Petty 316 348 33   Bobby Allison 349 361 13   Richard Petty 362 419 58   Bobby Allison 420 423 4   Richard Petty 424 500 77