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1971 Talladega 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Winston Cup race number 37 of 48 Sunday, August 22, 1971 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:25:38 Average speed: 145.945 mph Pole speed: 187.323 mph Cautions: 5 for 43 laps Margin of victory: 2.1 sec Attendance: 46700 Lead changes: 54 Glossary    1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1971 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Holman-Moody Racing) '69 Mercury 188 19565 running 100 2 5 43   Richard Petty Pepsi   (Petty Enterprises) '71 Plymouth 188 10040 running 15 3 4 6   Pete Hamilton American Brakeblok   (Cotton Owens) '71 Plymouth 187 6265 crash 36 4 8 99   Fred Lorenzen STP   (Ray Nichels) '71 Plymouth 184 4290 running 0 5 41 48   James Hylton Madden Food Systems / Mullins Ford   (James Hylton) '69 Mercury 183 4340 running 0 6 11 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '69 Ford 181 2515 running 0 7 20 15   Don Tarr Tom Pistone '70 Ford 181 2265 running 0 8 39 88   Ron Keselowski Roger Lubinski '70 Dodge 179 2015 running 0 9 31 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 179 1865 running 0 10 19 92   Larry Smith Harley Smith '69 Ford 179 1775 running 0 11 13 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '69 Mercury 179 1490 running 0 12 25 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '70 Ford 178 1465 running 0 13 38 46   Roy Mayne Tom Hunter '69 Chevrolet 178 1440 running 0 14 32 03   Tommy Gale Larry Jackson '69 Mercury 176 1415 running 0 15 14 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '69 Dodge 175 1390 running 0 16 46 05   David Sisco Charlie McGee '70 Chevrolet 173 1365 running 0 17 30 20   Bill Ward Jimmy McCain '70 Ford 173 1340 running 0 18 33 47   Raymond Williams Raymond Williams '70 Ford 169 1315 running 0 19 36 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling   (John Sears) '69 Dodge 163 1290 running 0 20 50 26   Earl Brooks Earl Brooks '69 Ford 162 1265 running 0 21 27 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '69 Mercury 161 1240 running 0 22 23 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford 156 1240 running 0 23 3 3   Charlie Glotzbach Richard Howard '71 Chevrolet 155 1265 engine 5 24 26 77   Charlie Roberts Charlie Roberts '70 Ford 155 1165 engine 0 25 48 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton '69 Ford 155 1140 running 0 26 49 96   Wendell Scott Tom Garn '70 Chevrolet 153 1115 running 0 27 43 84   Dick May Ralph Davis '69 Ford 153 1115 running 0 28 40 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '69 Ford 151 1065 running 0 29 37 68   Larry Baumel Auto Lad   (Allan Schlauer) '69 Ford 148 1040 axle 0 30 28 32   Marv Acton Dick Brooks '70 Plymouth 146 1015 engine 0 31 45 94   Harry Gailey George Elliott '69 Ford 141 990 running 0 32 15 18   Joe Frasson Mario Frasson Cement Co.   (Joe Frasson) '70 Dodge 105 965 crash 0 33 44 53   Bobby Brack Hopper-Crews   (J.C. Crews) '69 Ford 105 965 crash 0 34 29 5   Dave Marcis Doc Faustina '70 Plymouth 101 915 crash 0 35 17 76   Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '69 Ford 97 890 engine 0 36 7 11   Buddy Baker Petty Enterprises '71 Dodge 95 865 engine 10 37 9 39   Friday Hassler Friday Hassler '70 Chevrolet 86 840 windshield 0 38 12 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '69 Mercury 63 815 crash 0 39 6 52   Rolf Stommelen Holman-Moody Racing '69 Mercury 53 790 frame 0 40 24 93   Dub Simpson Harold Furr '71 Chevrolet 49 790 fuel line 0 41 1 21   Donnie Allison Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '69 Mercury 44 790 engine 22 42 34 07   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '69 Chevrolet 42 715 axle 0 43 42 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '69 Ford 39 740 engine 0 44 10 60   Maynard Troyer Nagle Racers   (Joe Nagle) '69 Mercury 33 665 oil leak 0 45 35 86   Bobby Mausgrover Neil Castles '69 Dodge 27 640 engine 0 46 47 63   Johnny Barnes Charlie Roberts '69 Dodge 23 615 oil pan 0 47 21 72   Benny Parsons L.G. DeWitt '69 Mercury 10 690 engine 0 48 22 90   Bill Dennis Junie Donlavey '69 Mercury 10 615 engine 0 49 16 91   Richard D. Brown Junior Fields '71 Chevrolet 5 540 engine 0 50 18 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '70 Dodge 1 515 ignition 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car George Altheide 0 Dodge Eddie Yarboro 13 Plymouth David Pearson 17 Pontiac Bill Hollar 28 Ford Wendell Scott 34 Ford D.K. Ulrich 40 Ford Ken Meisenhelder 41 Ken Meisenhelder Chevrolet Dick Poling 62 Dodge Jerry Churchill 73 Jerry Churchill Ford Bill Shirey 74 Plymouth Bobby Wawak 75 Dodge Johnny Halford 83 Plymouth Dave Marcis 87 Mercury Paul Tyler 95 Paul Tyler Mercury Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 63 63     64 77 14   rain   78 95 18     96 102 7   #96 oil turn 4   103 109 7     110 119 10   #5,18,53 accident turn 3   120 155 36     156 161 6   #3 engine   162 168 7     169 174 6   #77 engine   175 188 14       Percent of race run under caution: 22.9%             Average green flag run: 24.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Donnie Allison 1 4 4   Pete Hamilton 5 7 3   Donnie Allison 8 8 1   Buddy Baker 9 9 1   Bobby Allison 10 11 2   Buddy Baker 12 13 2   Bobby Allison 14 14 1   Buddy Baker 15 15 1   Donnie Allison 16 16 1   Bobby Allison 17 19 3   Donnie Allison 20 21 2   Buddy Baker 22 22 1   Donnie Allison 23 25 3   Buddy Baker 26 30 5   Donnie Allison 31 33 3   Charlie Glotzbach 34 34 1   Donnie Allison 35 38 4   Pete Hamilton 39 39 1   Richard Petty 40 40 1   Donnie Allison 41 44 4   Pete Hamilton 45 48 4   Richard Petty 49 51 3   Pete Hamilton 52 55 4   Charlie Glotzbach 56 57 2   Pete Hamilton 58 70 13   Charlie Glotzbach 71 71 1   Bobby Allison 72 86 15   Pete Hamilton 87 87 1   Richard Petty 88 88 1   Pete Hamilton 89 89 1   Bobby Allison 90 97 8   Richard Petty 98 98 1   Bobby Allison 99 104 6   Richard Petty 105 106 2   Pete Hamilton 107 108 2   Bobby Allison 109 116 8   Pete Hamilton 117 118 2   Richard Petty 119 120 2   Bobby Allison 121 125 5   Richard Petty 126 127 2   Bobby Allison 128 129 2   Pete Hamilton 130 130 1   Bobby Allison 131 133 3   Pete Hamilton 134 134 1   Bobby Allison 135 152 18   Charlie Glotzbach 153 153 1   Pete Hamilton 154 154 1   Bobby Allison 155 157 3   Richard Petty 158 158 1   Bobby Allison 159 175 17   Richard Petty 176 177 2   Pete Hamilton 178 178 1   Bobby Allison 179 179 1   Pete Hamilton 180 180 1   Bobby Allison 181 188 8