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1971 Motor Trend 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 48 Sunday, January 10, 1971 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 191 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (500.420 miles) Time of race: 4:57:55 Average speed: 100.783 mph Pole speed: 107.084 mph Cautions: 1 for 9 laps Margin of victory: 10.5 sec Attendance: 23000 Lead changes: 10 Glossary    1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1971 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 96   Ray Elder Hargis Engineer's Special   (Fred Elder) '70 Dodge 191 18715 running 67 2 2 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '70 Dodge 191 9215 running 42 3 7 72   Benny Parsons Montgomery Motors   (L.G. DeWitt) '69 Ford 189 6390 running 0 4 4 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '70 Dodge 189 4540 running 0 5 5 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '70 Ford 185 2915 running 0 6 9 39   Friday Hassler See Rock City   (Friday Hassler) '69 Chevrolet 184 2040 running 0 7 10 32   Kevin Terris Black & Decker   (Dean Barnicle) '70 Plymouth 184 1785 running 0 8 22 26   Carl Joiner Dean Thorne '69 Chevrolet 169 1615 running 0 9 17 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '69 Ford 169 1640 running 0 10 13 24   Cecil Gordon Casa Linda Motel   (Cecil Gordon) '69 Ford 167 1415 running 0 11 29 23   G.T. Tallas G.T. Tallas '69 Ford 157 1315 engine 0 12 8 04   Hershel McGriff Beryl Jackson '70 Plymouth 156 1290 ignition 0 13 40 18   Bob England Bob England '70 Chevrolet 155 1240 engine 0 14 27 4   Dick Kranzler Dick Kranzler '70 Chevrolet 143 1215 running 0 15 34 70   J.D. McDuffie Mercury Cyclone   (J.D. McDuffie) '69 Mercury 140 1190 engine 0 16 6 02   Dick Bown Ober Logging   (Mike Ober) '70 Plymouth 133 1215 steering 0 17 19 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '69 Mercury 130 1190 engine 0 18 31 7   Jack McCoy Chuck Sargent   (Ernie Conn) '70 Dodge 126 1235 engine 0 19 26 82   Ron Gautsche Tognotti's Speed Shops   (Ron Gautsche) '69 Ford 118 1125 lug bolt 0 20 1 43   Richard Petty Plymouth by Petty   (Petty Enterprises) '70 Plymouth 107 1515 engine 62 21 15 08   John Soares, Jr. Plymouth   (John Soares, Jr.) '70 Plymouth 101 1105 engine 0 22 30 00   Frank James Varner Bros. / CJ Racing   (Jim Calder) '69 Chevrolet 97 1095 transmission 0 23 33 5   Ron Grable Del Smith '70 Ford 77 1160 engine 0 24 14 44   Dick Guldstrand Grande Marque   (James Good) '68 Chevrolet 76 1075 a frame 0 25 11 38   Jimmy Insolo Bill Martin's Union 76   (Marvin Rowley) '69 Chevrolet 75 1065 engine 0 26 12 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '69 Ford 58 1055 transmission 0 27 24 95   Bob Kauf Wrought Iron Co. / Ernie's Chevron   (Paul Stockwell) '69 Chevrolet 56 1045 transmission 0 28 25 15   Paul Dorrity Joe Mackie's Star-Winners Inn   (Glen Dorrity) '71 Chevrolet 50 1035 engine 0 29 23 6   Jerry Oliver Concord Olds   (Cos Cancilla) '70 Oldsmobile 47 1025 engine 0 30 37 79   Frank Warren Prince Chrysler Plymouth   (Frank Warren) '69 Plymouth 40 1015 transmission 0 31 38 107   Mike Pittlekow – '69 Chevrolet 38 1015 clutch 0 32 32 77   Ray Johnstone Smokey's Wheels   (Ray Johnstone) '69 Plymouth 36 1095 crash 0 33 18 88   Don Noel Cambria Spring Co.   (Noel-Lewin) '70 Ford 27 1090 engine 0 34 39 33   Glenn Francis Bill Andersen '70 Chevrolet 27 1015 engine 0 35 16 17   David Pearson Purolator   (Holman-Moody Racing) '70 Ford 25 1165 engine 20 36 20 83   Joe Clark Russ Whiteside '69 Chevrolet 21 1065 transmission 0 37 35 148   Harry Schilling Thomas Hynes '69 Dodge 18 1065 engine 0 38 36 177   Roy Collins Oildale Tire '69 Dodge 7 1040 engine 0 39 28 07   Ivan Baldwin Ivan Baldwin '69 Chevrolet 2 1015 engine 0 40 21 99   Pat Fay Martin Fay '71 Ford 1 1015 engine 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 82 82     83 91 9   debris turn 9   92 191 100       Percent of race run under caution: 4.7%             Average green flag run: 91.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Richard Petty 1 3 3   Bobby Allison 4 4 1   David Pearson 5 24 20   Richard Petty 25 83 59   Ray Elder 84 106 23   Bobby Allison 107 119 13   Ray Elder 120 135 16   Bobby Allison 136 149 14   Ray Elder 150 165 16   Bobby Allison 166 179 14   Ray Elder 180 191 12