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1971 Miller High Life 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post 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

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 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 Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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