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1971 Rafaela Indy 300 Heat 1 Previous race results Next race results                     Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 1 of 12 Sunday, February 28, 1971 at Autodromo Ingeniero Juan R. Bascolo, Rafaela, Argentina 53 laps on a 2.874 mile paved track (152.322 miles) Time of race: 0:54:47 Average speed: 166.909 mph Pole speed: 173.19 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1971 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1971 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 1   Al Unser Johnny Lightning 500   (Vel Miletich) Colt / Ford 53   running 25 300 2 1 12   Lloyd Ruby Gene White Firestone   (Gene White) Mongoose / Ford 53   running 24 240 3 4 4   Mike Mosley G.C. Murphy   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Ford 52   running 4 210 4 2 42   Swede Savage Olsonite   (Oscar Olson) Eagle / Offy 52   running 0 180 5 8 41   Roger McCluskey Vanfreight Daffodil   (Grant King) King / Offy 52   running 0 150 6 6 15   Joe Leonard Vel's Parnelli Jones Ford   (Vel Miletich) Colt / Ford 52   running 0 120 7 13 17   Johnny Rutherford Vollstedt Enterprises   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 52   running 0 90 8 7 21   Cale Yarborough Gene White Firestone   (Gene White) Mongoose / Ford 51   running 0 75 9 11 7   Gordon Johncock Vollstedt Enterprises   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Ford 51   running 0 60 10 10 94   Bentley Warren Tassi Vatis Finley / Offy 51   running 0 45 11 9 16   Gary Bettenhausen Thermo King   (Don Gerhardt) Gerhardt / Offy 50   running 0 30 12 17 44   Carlos Pairetti Fiecha Coca-Cola   (Dick Simon) Vollstedt / Ford 50   running 0   13 12 10   Dick Simon TraveLodge Sleeper   (Dick Simon) Lola / Ford 49   running 0   14 15 29   Jim Malloy MVS Inc. Cecil / Ford 48   running 0   15 27 77   Salt Walther Walther's   (George Walther) Morris / Ford 47   running 0   16 26 100   John Mahler Mahler Eagle 100   (John Mahler) Eagle / Chevy 47   running 0   17 14 28   Bill Simpson Wynn's Kwik Kool   (Bill Simpson) Eagle / Offy 46   running 0   18 19 39   Don Brown Seymour Enterprises   (Louis Seymour) Gerhardt / Chevy 46   running 0   19 20 50   Dave Strickland Barney Navarro Navarro / Rambler 45   running 0   20 23 61   Max Dudley Dudley Boat & Trailer   (Max Dudley) Gerhardt / Chevy 44   running 0   21 21 34   Tom Bigelow Midwest Manufacturing Dura-Pot   (Carl Gehlhausen) Huffaker / Chevy 43   running 0   22 25 54   Rick Muther Jack Adams Aircraft   (Jack Adams) Glen Bryant / Pratt & Whitney 40   engine 0   23 24 47   Larry Cannon Autotron Photoelectric   (Richard Blacker) Philipp-Porter / Chevy 21   oil pressure 0   24 16 43   Dennis Zimmerman Fiore Racing Enterprises   (Frank Fiore) Vollstedt / Offy 21   magneto 0   25 22 55   Ludwig Heimrath Heimrath Porsche   (Ludwig Heimrath) Eisert / Chevy 8   oil leak 0   26 18 51   Dee Jones Minnesota Serendipity   (Pat O'Reilly) Watson / Ford 4   oil leak 0   27 5 2   Bobby Unser Olsonite   (Oscar Olson) Eagle / Offy 3   piston 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Lloyd Ruby 1 4 4   Al Unser 5 7 3   Lloyd Ruby 8 12 5   Al Unser 13 22 10   Lloyd Ruby 23 37 15   Mike Mosley 38 41 4   Al Unser 42 53 12