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1971 - Atlanta 500 Race Results


Race Name - Atlanta 500
Date - 4/4/1971
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 155.152 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 31
Average Race Speed - 131.37 mph
Lead Changes - 23
Total Race Purse - $90,600
Race Number - 10
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 AJ Foyt 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 328 69 Mercury 205 $19,200
2 3 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 328 71 Plymout 59 $10,700
3 16 Pete Hamilton 6 American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens) 327 71 Plymout 14 $6,975
4 6 David Pearson 17 HolmanMoody 327 70 Ford 36 $4,490
5 2 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 327 71 Dodge 1 $3,500
6 4 Buddy Baker 11 Petty Enterprises 325 71 Dodge 0 $3,000
7 12 Charlie Glotzbach 38 John McCarthy 319 70 Dodge 0 $2,500
8 11 Jim Vandiver 31 OL Nixon 319 70 Dodge 0 $2,000
9 22 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 315 69 Ford 0 $1,750
10 15 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Bobby Allison) 315 71 Dodge 0 $1,600
11 9 Dave Marcis 2 Dave Marcis 315 69 Dodge 0 $1,550
12 20 Friday Hassler 39 Friday Hassler 313 69 Chevrol 0 $1,500
13 14 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 313 70 Dodge 0 $1,450
14 31 Dick Brooks 22 Mario Rossi 310 70 Dodge 0 $1,400
15 26 Coo Coo Marlin 7 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 310 69 Chevrol 0 $1,350
16 25 Roy Mayne 46 Tom Hunter 310 69 Chevrol 0 $1,300
17 10 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 307 69 Mercury 0 $1,275
18 13 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 307 69 Mercury 0 $1,250
19 28 Ron Keselowski 88 Roger Lubinski 306 70 Dodge 0 $1,225
20 35 Maynard Troyer 60 Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle) 306 69 Ford 0 $1,200
21 21 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 306 69 Dodge 0 $1,180
22 32 Tommy Gale 3 Larry Jackson 303 69 Mercury 0 $1,165
23 36 Dean Dalton 7 Dean Dalton 294 69 Ford 0 $1,150
24 37 Rod Eulenfeld 53 HopperCrews (JC Crews) 293 69 Ford 0 $1,135
25 39 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 288 71 Chevrol 0 $1,120
26 29 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 288 69 Ford 0 $1,105
27 24 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 251 69 Ford 0 $1,090
28 8 LeeRoy Yarbrough 45 Bill Seifert 246 70 Ford 0 $1,080
29 7 Cale Yarborough 3 Ray Fox 245 71 Plymout 13 $1,070
30 34 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 194 69 Ford 0 $1,060
31 18 Bill Dennis 90 Junie Donlavey 185 69 Mercury 0 $1,050
32 40 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears) 139 69 Dodge 0 $1,040
33 30 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 111 70 Plymout 0 $1,035
34 27 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 97 70 Dodge 0 $1,030
35 5 Fred Lorenzen 99 STP (Ray Nichels) 85 71 Plymout 0 $1,025
36 19 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 80 69 Ford 0 $1,020
37 23 Earl Brooks 49 GC Spencer 67 69 Plymout 0 $1,015
38 17 Jim Hurtubise 20 Jimmy McCain 44 70 Ford 0 $1,010
39 33 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 44 71 Ford 0 $1,005
40 38 Dub Simpson 16 Bill Strong 7 69 Chevrol 0 $1,000