1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Motor State 400 Race Results

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1971 - Motor State 400 Race Results

Race Name - Motor State 400
Date - 6/13/1971
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.04 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 402 miles
Pole Speed - 161.19 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 13
Average Race Speed - 149.56 mph
Lead Changes - 32
Total Race Purse - $61,345
Race Number - 23

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (HolmanMoody)	197	69 Mercury	62	$14,945
2	4	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	197	71 Dodge	25	$7,620
3	3	Pete Hamilton	6	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	197	71 Plymout	14	$4,920
4	2	Donnie Allison	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	197	69 Mercury	93	$2,945
5	5	Buddy Baker	11	Dodge by Petty (Petty Enterprises)	195	71 Dodge	0	$1,945
6	7	Richard Petty	43	Plymouth by Petty (Petty Enterprises)	194	71 Plymout	0	$1,495
7	6	Fred Lorenzen	99	STP (Ray Nichels)	193	71 Plymout	3	$1,320
8	10	Dick Brooks	22	Mario Rossi	193	70 Dodge	0	$1,220
9	9	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	191	69 Dodge	0	$1,120
10	14	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	189	70 Dodge	0	$1,020
11	18	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	188	69 Ford	0	$1,020
12	22	James Hylton	48	Mullins Ford (James Hylton)	188	69 Mercury	0	$970
13	13	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	188	70 Dodge	0	$945
14	28	Ron Grana	5	CJ Grana	187	70 Chevrol	0	$920
15	25	Joe Frasson	18	Mario Frasson Cement Co (Joe Frasson)	185	70 Dodge	0	$895
16	21	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	185	70 Plymout	0	$870
17	24	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	185	71 Ford	0	$850
18	39	Tommy Gale	3	Larry Jackson	185	69 Mercury	0	$840
19	12	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	184	69 Mercury	0	$825
20	36	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	183	69 Ford	0	$810
21	26	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	180	69 Ford	0	$795
22	35	Elmo Langley	64	Woodfield Ford (Elmo Langley)	179	69 Mercury	0	$780
23	40	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	174	69 Ford	0	$765
24	20	George Altheide	0	National Care (George Altheide)	164	70 Dodge	0	$750
25	38	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	156	69 Mercury	0	$735
26	30	Paul Tyler	95	Paul Tyler	128	69 Mercury	0	$720
27	32	Coo Coo Marlin	7	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	122	69 Chevrol	0	$760
28	11	Benny Parsons	72	Montgomery Motors (LG DeWitt)	121	70 Mercury	0	$700
29	31	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	118	69 Dodge	0	$690
30	15	Maynard Troyer	60	Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle)	85	69 Mercury	0	$680
31	33	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	79	71 Ford	0	$685
32	8	Friday Hassler	39	Friday Hassler	76	70 Chevrol	0	$655
33	19	David Pearson	33	CV Enterprises (Ray Nichels)	68	71 Pontiac	0	$650
34	17	Bill Dennis	90	Junie Donlavey	65	69 Mercury	0	$695
35	23	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	42	71 Ford	0	$640
36	34	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears)	28	69 Dodge	0	$660
37	29	Bobby Mausgrover	86	Neil Castles	17	69 Dodge	0	$630
38	37	Bill Seifert	45	Garrett Ford (Bill Seifert)	16	70 Ford	0	$625
39	16	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	1	70 Ford	0	$620
40	27	Dick May	67	Ron Ronacher	0	69 Ford	0	$615