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1971 Miller High Life 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 5 of 48
Sunday, February 28, 1971 at Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:43:36
Average speed: 134.168 mph
Pole speed: 151.711 mph

Cautions: 5 for 21 laps
Margin of victory: 8.5 sec
Attendance: 78810
Lead changes: 28

Glossary 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1971 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	21	A.J. Foyt	Teleprompter Cable TV/Foulger Ford/Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'69 Mercury	200	51850	running	118
2	6	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises (Petty Enterprises)	'71 Dodge	200	15325	running	5
3	3	43	Richard Petty	Plymouth by Petty (Petty Enterprises)	'71 Plymouth	200	12825	running	13
4	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'71 Dodge	199	9325	running	17
5	21	22	Dick Brooks	Mario Rossi	'70 Dodge	198	5025	running	0
6	22	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson	'69 Mercury	197	4100	running	0
7	7	96	Ray Elder	Hargis Engineering (Fred Elder)	'70 Dodge	196	3650	running	0
8	10	55	Tiny Lund	Baughman Manufacturing Co. (John McConnell)	'69 Dodge	194	2680	running	4
9	8	72	Benny Parsons	Montgomery Motors (L.G. DeWitt)	'69 Mercury	194	2625	running	0
10	12	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering / Mullin's (James Hylton)	'69 Mercury	194	2250	running	0
11	14	64	Elmo Langley	Woodfield Ford (Elmo Langley)	'69 Mercury	191	2175	running	0
12	46	40	Marv Acton	Dick Brooks	'70 Plymouth	190	2100	running	0
13	23	7	Jack McCoy	Noble Auto Parts (Ernie Conn)	'71 Dodge	190	2085	running	0
14	18	45	Bill Seifert	Garrett Ford (Bill Seifert)	'69 Ford	187	2000	running	0
15	28	28	Carl Joiner	Dean Thorne	'69 Chevrolet	185	1950	running	0
16	9	39	Friday Hassler	Rock City (Friday Hassler)	'69 Chevrolet	185	1975	running	0
17	33	38	Jimmy Insolo	Bill Martin's Union 76 (Marvin Rowley)	'69 Chevrolet	183	1875	running	0
18	19	25	Jabe Thomas	Star City Body Shop (Don Robertson)	'70 Plymouth	179	1875	running	0
19	16	24	Cecil Gordon	Casa-Linda Sahara Motels (Cecil Gordon)	'69 Ford	179	1850	running	0
20	44	75	Bobby Wawak	Bobby Wawak	'69 Dodge	179	1800	running	0
21	38	0	Frank James	Varner Brothers (Jim Calder)	'69 Chevrolet	177	1775	running	0
22	50	5	Ron Hornaday	Del Smith	'70 Ford	177	1750	running	0
23	30	26	Earl Brooks	Earl Brooks	'69 Ford	176	1750	running	0
24	49	44	Dick Guldstrand	Grande Marque (James Good)	'69 Chevrolet	175	1700	running	0
25	45	14	Harry Schilling	Thomas Hynes	'69 Dodge	173	1675	running	0
26	40	87	Ivan Baldwin	Ivan Baldwin	'69 Chevrolet	172	1650	running	0
27	15	2	Dick Bown	Ober Logging (Mike Ober)	'70 Plymouth	169	1650	engine	0
28	13	41	Hershel McGriff	Robert Koehler	'70 Plymouth	163	1775	running	1
29	34	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'69 Ford	151	1575	engine	0
30	5	99	Fred Lorenzen	STP (Ray Nichels)	'71 Plymouth	142	8050	engine	42
31	4	6	Pete Hamilton	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	'71 Plymouth	117	1800	engine	0
32	47	90	Pat Fay	El Rancho Garage (Martin Fay)	'71 Ford	111	1500	flagged	0
33	20	77	Ray Johnstone	Air Land Express (Ray Johnstone)	'69 Plymouth	96	1500	ignition	0
34	36	83	Marty Kinerk	Sandy Sardin	'69 Chevrolet	91	1450	overheating	0
35	42	70	J.D. McDuffie	T.D. Welker Construction Co. (J.D. McDuffie)	'69 Mercury	91	1475	engine	0
36	25	76	Jim McElreath	Jack McCoy	'70 Dodge	88	1440	rear end	0
37	48	27	Johnny Steele	Dwayne Belt (Johnny Steele)	'69 Ford	79	1375	engine	0
38	26	8	John Soares, Jr.	John Soares, Jr.	'70 Plymouth	78	1385	engine	0
39	41	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'71 Dodge	76	1400	ignition	0
40	27	46	Red Farmer	Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti)	'69 Ford	73	1325	clutch	0
41	51	81	Bob England	Bob England	'70 Chevrolet	63	1275	rear end	0
42	32	32	Kevin Terris	Black & Decker (Dean Barnicle)	'70 Plymouth	41	1260	engine	0
43	31	63	Bill Champion	Strickland's Garage (Charlie Roberts)	'69 Dodge	41	1250	engine	0
44	24	88	Don Noel	Don Noel	'70 Ford	38	1250	engine	0
45	37	23	G.T. Tallas	G.T. Tallas	'69 Ford	32	1175	overheating	0
46	35	9	Bill Osborne	Rialto Tool Co. (Paul Burchard)	'71 Ford	24	1150	engine	0
47	11	20	Pedro Rodriguez	Southland Auto Salvage Auction (Jimmy McCain)	'70 Ford	18	1175	electrical	0
48	29	4	Dick Kranzler	Goodyear Tire Center (Dick Kranzler)	'70 Chevrolet	13	1125	overheating	0
49	39	82	Ron Gautsche	Tognotti's Speed Shops (Ron Gautsche)	'69 Ford	10	1075	engine	0
50	17	79	Frank Warren	Prince Chrysler-Plymouth (Frank Warren)	'69 Dodge	4	1075	engine	0
51	43	17	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'69 Ford	2	1050	flagged	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
52	Jack Roberts	20	Wynn's Oil Co.	Jack Roberts	Chevrolet
53	John W. Anderson	57	Wynn's Oil Co. / Sierra Tire	Don Guy	Chevrolet
54	Ben Arnold	76		Ben Arnold	Ford
55	Sam Rose	09	NCB Hill Auto Wreckers	Sam Rose	Mercury
56	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing	Vic Ballard	Ford
57	Jerry Barnett	55		Joe Barnett	Chevrolet
58	D.K. Ulrich	40	May Co.	D.K. Ulrich	Ford
59	Earle Wagner	01		Billy Moyer	Plymouth
60	Art Pollard	94	Claude Short Dodge	Roger Parr	Dodge
61	Harold Pagon	36	Custom Trim Motors	Richard Giachetti	Ford
62	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad	Allan Schlauer	Ford
63	Leonard Blanchard	95		Leonard Blanchard	Ford
64	Frank Burnett	43W	Crown Motors / Burnett's Drive-In	Paul Jenkins	Plymouth
65	Scotty Cain	1	Chapman-Magnolia Shell Service	Bob Clough	Ford
66	Neil Castles	06		Neil Castles	Dodge
67	Markey James	31	McLaren's Automotive	Tony Oddo	Chevrolet
68	Vic Irvan	5		Del Smith	Ford
69	Paul Tyler	95		Paul Tyler	Mercury
70	Tru Cheek	62	Pitstop Automotive	Jess Gillard / Wayne England	Chevrolet
71	Marion Collins	78	Oildale Tire	Pete Collins	Dodge
72	Chris Connery	11W		Chester Pupienski	Chevrolet
73	Jim Danielson	64W	Danielson Distributors	Jim Danielson	Ford
74	Jack DeWitt	17W		Jack Stancil / Jim Seeley	Ford
75	Paul Dorrity	15	Joe Mackie's Star-Winners Inn	Glen Dorrity	Chevrolet
76	Vallie Engelauf	65		Jim Mayeda	Chevrolet
77	Doc Faustina	5	Maximum Performance Eng.	Doc Faustina	Plymouth
78	Glenn Francis	33	A-Jacks Rental / Isky Cams	Bill Andersen	Chevrolet
79	Les Loeser	40W	Pacific Roofing	Les Loeser, Sr.	Ford
80	Ed Negre	8	Pyramid Motors	Ed Negre	Ford
81	Bill Champion	10		Bill Champion	Ford

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Richard Petty	1	1	1
A.J. Foyt	2	7	6
Bobby Isaac	8	17	10
Tiny Lund	18	21	4
Buddy Baker	22	22	1
Fred Lorenzen	23	24	2
A.J. Foyt	25	29	5
Fred Lorenzen	30	43	14
A.J. Foyt	44	68	25
Hershel McGriff	69	69	1
Buddy Baker	70	70	1
A.J. Foyt	71	73	3
Bobby Isaac	74	80	7
Fred Lorenzen	81	93	13
A.J. Foyt	94	98	5
Fred Lorenzen	99	99	1
A.J. Foyt	100	100	1
Fred Lorenzen	101	101	1
A.J. Foyt	102	102	1
Fred Lorenzen	103	110	8
A.J. Foyt	111	139	29
Fred Lorenzen	140	142	3
Richard Petty	143	144	2
Buddy Baker	145	145	1
A.J. Foyt	146	174	29
Richard Petty	175	184	10
Buddy Baker	185	186	2
A.J. Foyt	187	200	14