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1971 Daytona 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 48
Sunday, February 14, 1971 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:27:40
Average Speed: 144.462 mph
Pole Speed: 182.744 mph

Cautions: 7 for 44 laps
Margin of Victory: 10 sec
Attendance: 80,000
Lead changes: 48

Glossary 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1971 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
27	10	90	Bill Dennis	Teleprompter Corp. (Junie Donlavey)	'69 Mercury	162	1,525	clutch	0
26	11	27	Donnie Allison	Banjo Matthews	'69 Mercury	170	1,350	crash	10
38	18	60	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Ford (Joe Nagle)	'69 Ford	9	1,050	crash	0
25	17	2	Dave Marcis	Southside Dodge (Dave Marcis)	'69 Dodge	173	1,375	engine	0
28	3	6	Pete Hamilton	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	'71 Plymouth	157	2,050	engine	6
29	21	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling (John Sears)	'69 Dodge	126	1,275	engine	0
32	22	44	Red Farmer	Custom Trim Products (Richard Giachetti)	'71 Ford	91	1,200	engine	0
33	13	3	Cale Yarborough	Plymouth (Ray Fox)	'71 Plymouth	61	1,375	engine	0
36	33	39	Friday Hassler	Chattahoochee Valley Auto Parts/See Rock City (Friday Hassler)	'69 Chevrolet	38	1,200	engine	0
35	12	72	Benny Parsons	Montgomery Motors (L.G. DeWitt)	'69 Ford	39	1,125	ignition	0
37	30	06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture (Neil Castles)	'69 Dodge	24	1,075	ignition	0
39	23	55	Tiny Lund	Baughmann Hi-Speed / Pepsi (John McConnell)	'69 Dodge	7	1,025	ignition	0
34	7	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson	'69 Mercury	45	1,150	oil line	4
40	39	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	1	1,000	quit	0
1	5	43	Richard Petty	Southern Chrysler-Plymouth (Petty Enterprises)	'71 Plymouth	200	45,450	running	69
2	6	11	Buddy Baker	Dodge by Petty (Petty Enterprises)	'71 Dodge	200	16,100	running	16
3	1	21	A.J. Foyt	Teleprompter Cable TV / Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'69 Mercury	200	14,500	running	36
4	4	17	David Pearson	Purolator Filters (Holman-Moody)	'69 Mercury	199	4,225	running	6
5	9	99	Fred Lorenzen	STP (Ray Nichels)	'71 Plymouth	199	3,825	running	0
6	32	31	Jim Vandiver	Moss-Thornton (O.L. Nixon)	'69 Dodge	198	3,475	running	0
7	8	22	Dick Brooks	Golden Products (Mario Rossi)	'69 Dodge	198	3,125	running	5
8	24	20	Jim Hurtubise	Southland Auto Salvage (Jimmy McCain)	'70 Ford	197	2,800	running	0
9	15	48	James Hylton	Mullins Ford (James Hylton)	'69 Ford	197	2,600	running	4
10	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'71 Dodge	197	3,950	running	37
11	14	7	Ramo Stott	Plymouth (Ramo Stott)	'71 Plymouth	195	2,350	running	0
12	25	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	'70 Dodge	194	2,200	running	0
13	36	25	Pedro Rodriguez	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	194	1,975	running	0
14	16	64	Elmo Langley	Woodfield Ford (Elmo Langley)	'69 Mercury	193	1,850	running	0
15	34	04	Freddy Fryar	High Meadows Country & Golf Club (Buster Davis)	'69 Dodge	192	1,800	running	0
16	27	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'69 Ford	191	1,700	running	0
17	19	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury	187	1,750	running	0
18	31	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'70 Dodge	187	1,600	running	7
19	38	40	Marv Acton	Dick Brooks	'70 Plymouth	186	1,550	running	0
20	26	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'69 Chevrolet	184	1,500	running	0
21	20	03	Tommy Gale	Gale Trucking (Larry Jackson)	'69 Mercury	183	1,475	running	0
22	29	68	Larry Baumel	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	'69 Ford	179	1,525	running	0
23	28	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'69 Ford	179	1,425	running	0
24	37	79	Frank Warren	Waynesboro Chrysler-Plymouth (Frank Warren)	'69 Plymouth	178	1,400	running	0
30	35	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'70 Ford	111	1,250	steering	0
31	40	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'69 Ford	93	1,225	steering	0

Failed to qualify: Ed Negre (#8), Robert Brown (#58), Vic Elford (#59), Charlie Roberts (#63), Dick May (#67), J.D. McDuffie (#70), Bill Shirey (#74), Dick Poling (#78), Joe Hines (#80), Bobby Mausgrover (#84), Butch Hirst (#87), E.J. Trivette (#56), Roy Mayne (#46), Jimmy Crawford (#02), Pedro Rodriguez (#14), Dub Simpson (#16), Fritz Schultz (#23), Earl Brooks (#26), Bill Hollar (#28), Walter Ballard (#30), Wendell Scott (#34), Blackie Wangerin (#38), Ken Meisenhelder (#41), Leonard Blanchard (#95)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
A.J. Foyt	1	3	3
David Pearson	4	4	1
A.J. Foyt	5	6	2
Buddy Baker	7	8	2
Bobby Isaac	9	11	3
LeeRoy Yarbrough	12	15	4
James Hylton	16	19	4
Buddy Baker	20	20	1
Pete Hamilton	21	21	1
David Pearson	22	22	1
Pete Hamilton	23	23	1
Buddy Baker	24	24	1
David Pearson	25	25	1
Bobby Isaac	26	26	1
Buddy Baker	27	27	1
Bobby Isaac	28	34	7
Buddy Baker	35	35	1
Bobby Isaac	36	56	21
Pete Hamilton	57	58	2
Richard Petty	59	59	1
Dick Brooks	60	61	2
Richard Petty	62	63	2
Dick Brooks	64	64	1
Richard Petty	65	68	4
Bobby Allison	69	73	5
Pete Hamilton	74	74	1
David Pearson	75	75	1
Bobby Isaac	76	80	5
A.J. Foyt	81	91	11
Donnie Allison	92	93	2
David Pearson	94	95	2
Dick Brooks	96	96	1
Pete Hamilton	97	97	1
Dick Brooks	98	98	1
A.J. Foyt	99	102	4
Richard Petty	103	108	6
Bobby Allison	109	109	1
Richard Petty	110	122	13
Bobby Allison	123	123	1
A.J. Foyt	124	129	6
Richard Petty	130	151	22
A.J. Foyt	152	161	10
Donnie Allison	162	165	4
Buddy Baker	166	166	1
Donnie Allison	167	170	4
Buddy Baker	171	173	3
Richard Petty	174	175	2
Buddy Baker	176	181	6
Richard Petty	182	200	19

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