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1971 Daytona 500 Qualifier #1 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Winston Cup race number 2 of 48 Thursday, February 11, 1971 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 50 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (125.000 miles) Time of race: 0:42:51 Average speed: 175.029 mph Pole speed: 182.744 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: 3 feet Attendance: 20000 Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1971 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 6   Pete Hamilton American Brakeblok   (Cotton Owens) '71 Plymouth 50 1300 running 6 2 1 21   A.J. Foyt Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '69 Mercury 50 800 running 33 3 3 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '71 Plymouth 50 550 running 5 4 5 98   LeeRoy Yarbrough Junior Johnson '69 Mercury 50 500 running 0 5 4 99   Fred Lorenzen STP   (Ray Nichels) '71 Plymouth 50 450 running 5 6 6 27   Donnie Allison Banjo Matthews '69 Mercury 50 400 running 1 7 16 3   Cale Yarborough Woolco   (Ray Fox) '71 Plymouth 49 345 running 0 8 10 48   James Hylton Mullins Ford   (James Hylton) '69 Ford 48 335 running 0 9 7 2   Dave Marcis Dave Marcis '69 Dodge 48 325 running 0 10 17 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '69 Mercury 47 310 running 0 11 22 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling   (John Sears) '69 Dodge 47 300 running 0 12 20 55   Tiny Lund John McConnell '69 Dodge 47 290 running 0 13 12 18   Joe Frasson Joe Frasson '70 Dodge 47 280 running 0 14 13 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '69 Ford 47 270 running 0 15 21 68   Larry Baumel Auto Lad   (Allan Schlauer) '69 Ford 47 260 running 0 16 23 95   Leonard Blanchard Leonard Blanchard '71 Ford 46 255 running 0 17 19 39   Friday Hassler Friday Hassler '69 Chevrolet 46 245 running 0 18 11 40   Marv Acton Dick Brooks '70 Plymouth 46 235 running 0 19 9 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '69 Plymouth 46 225 running 0 20 14 59   Vic Elford Tom Pistone '71 Ford 46 220 running 0 21 24 63   Charlie Roberts Strickland Garage   (Charlie Roberts) '69 Dodge 46 215 running 0 22 18 88   Ron Keselowski Roger Lubinski '70 Dodge 45 210 crash 0 23 27 23   Fritz Schultz Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 45 205 running 0 24 30 58   Robert Brown Allan Brown '71 Chevrolet 44 200 running 0 25 26 26   Earl Brooks Earl Brooks '69 Ford 42   running 0 26 33 67   Dick May Ron Ronacher '69 Ford 41   running 0 27 15 74   Bill Shirey Bill Shirey '69 Plymouth 41   running 0 28 25 84   Bobby Mausgrover Buster Davis '69 Dodge 39   running 0 29 29 78   Dick Poling Frank Warren '69 Dodge 21   clutch 0 30 32 14   Pedro Rodriguez Bill Ellis '71 Chevrolet 16   engine 0 31 8 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '70 Ford 7   engine 0 32 28 87   Butch Hirst Universal Air Lift   (John Pemberton) '69 Oldsmobile 2   driveshaft 0 33 31 80   Joe Hines H&R Racing, Inc.   (Joe Hines) '69 Chevrolet 1   engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   A.J. Foyt 1 23 23   Pete Hamilton 24 26 3   A.J. Foyt 27 27 1   Pete Hamilton 28 29 2   A.J. Foyt 30 31 2   Richard Petty 32 36 5   Donnie Allison 37 37 1   Fred Lorenzen 38 42 5   A.J. Foyt 43 49 7   Pete Hamilton 50 50 1