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1971 Texas 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 48 of 48 Sunday, December 12, 1971 at Texas World Speedway, College Station, TX 250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:28:20 Average speed: 144 mph Pole speed: 170.83 mph Cautions: 3 for 28 laps Margin of victory: 18 sec Attendance: 18600 Lead changes: 22 Glossary    1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1971 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 43   Richard Petty Plymouth by Petty   (Petty Enterprises) '71 Plymouth 250 13395 running 111 2 4 11   Buddy Baker Petty Enterprises '71 Dodge 250 6805 running 52 3 5 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Holman-Moody Racing) '69 Mercury 248 5125 running 75 4 1 6   Pete Hamilton American Brakeblok   (Cotton Owens) '71 Plymouth 245 3865 running 12 5 8 90   Bill Dennis Junie Donlavey '69 Mercury 239 3100 running 0 6 10 18   Joe Frasson Mario Frasson Cement Co.   (Joe Frasson) '70 Dodge 238 2540 running 0 7 15 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '69 Mercury 234 2035 running 0 8 14 91   Richard D. Brown Junior Fields '71 Chevrolet 232 1535 running 0 9 30 76   Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '69 Ford 232 1045 running 0 10 22 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 231 965 running 0 11 21 9   Ramo Stott Ramo Stott '70 Dodge 231 965 running 0 12 12 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Ford 230 835 running 0 13 35 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '71 Ford 219 765 running 0 14 32 26   Earl Brooks Earl Brooks '69 Ford 216 745 running 0 15 37 0   George Altheide George Altheide '70 Dodge 216 690 running 0 16 25 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '69 Ford 212 685 running 0 17 43 28   Bill Hollar Earl Brooks '69 Ford 212 680 running 0 18 33 47   Raymond Williams Raymond Williams '71 Ford 211 675 running 0 19 44 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '69 Mercury 211 720 running 0 20 16 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '70 Dodge 209 665 running 0 21 49 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '69 Ford 209 660 running 0 22 39 63   Charlie Roberts Charlie Roberts '69 Dodge 208 655 running 0 23 40 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '69 Ford 196 650 running 0 24 24 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling   (John Sears) '69 Dodge 194 685 fuel pump 0 25 20 42   Marty Robbins Marty Robbins '71 Dodge 174 640 engine 0 26 9 39   Friday Hassler See Rock City   (Friday Hassler) '70 Chevrolet 164 665 valve 0 27 29 00   Ronnie Chumley Vita-Fresh Orange Juice   (R.B. Chumley) '69 Mercury 155 630 engine 0 28 46 74   Bill Shirey Bill Shirey '69 Plymouth 144 625 out of gas 0 29 47 81   Bob England Bob England '70 Chevrolet 133 620 vibration 0 30 31 5   Doc Faustina Doc Faustina '70 Plymouth 128 615 oil leak 0 31 38 55   Tiny Lund Tiny Lund '69 Mercury 118 610 engine 0 32 19 87   Jackie Oliver James Mason '69 Mercury 117 605 engine 0 33 18 53   H.B. Bailey Hopper-Crews   (J.C. Crews) '69 Ford 117 600 engine 0 34 28 01   Earle Canavan Earle Canavan '71 Plymouth 113 630 engine 0 35 41 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton '69 Ford 111 665 lug bolt 0 36 13 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '69 Dodge 98 605 valve 0 37 34 27   Jerry Barnett Ernie Conn '71 Dodge 86 580 crash 0 38 2 72   Benny Parsons A.J. Foyt Chevrolet   (L.G. DeWitt) '71 Chevrolet 82 675 engine 0 39 23 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford 79 615 engine 0 40 11 2   Dave Marcis Dave Marcis '69 Dodge 73 585 engine 0 41 27 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '71 Ford 69 560 oil pressure 0 42 26 57   David Ray Boggs David Ray Boggs '69 Dodge 67 555 engine 0 43 36 37   Don Tarr Don Tarr '70 Dodge 59 550 lug bolt 0 44 42 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '69 Ford 34 545 engine 0 45 45 40   D.K. Ulrich D.K. Ulrich '71 Ford 26 540 clutch 0 46 17 96   Ray Elder Fred Elder '71 Dodge 24 535 engine 0 47 48 61   Jimmy Finger B & B Racing   (Don Bierschwale) '69 Ford 18 530 engine 0 48 6 17   David Pearson C.V. Enterprises   (Ray Nichels) '71 Pontiac 15 575 overheating 0 49 7 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '71 Dodge 1 1020 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car DC Jack McCoy 27 Ernie Conn Dodge DC Red Farmer 53 Hopper-Crews J.C. Crews Ford WD A.J. Foyt WD Roger McCluskey WD Jim McElreath WD Lloyd Ruby WD Johnny Rutherford Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Richard Petty 1 16 16   Buddy Baker 17 47 31   Pete Hamilton 48 51 4   Bobby Allison 52 52 1   Richard Petty 53 77 25   Bobby Allison 78 88 11   Richard Petty 89 95 7   Bobby Allison 96 99 4   Buddy Baker 100 100 1   Richard Petty 101 113 13   Buddy Baker 114 133 20   Bobby Allison 134 134 1   Richard Petty 135 135 1   Bobby Allison 136 139 4   Richard Petty 140 164 25   Bobby Allison 165 172 8   Pete Hamilton 173 180 8   Richard Petty 181 181 1   Bobby Allison 182 222 41   Richard Petty 223 225 3   Bobby Allison 226 230 5   Richard Petty 231 250 20