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1971 - Yankee 400 Race Results


Race Name - Yankee 400
Date - 8/15/1971
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.04 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 402 miles
Pole Speed - 161.901 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 12
Average Race Speed - 149.86 mph
Lead Changes - 30
Total Race Purse - $62,500
Race Number - 36
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (HolmanMoody) 197 69 Mercury 155 $15,395
2 6 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 197 71 Plymout 30 $7,870
3 5 Buddy Baker 11 Petty Enterprises 196 71 Dodge 0 $4,700
4 10 Maynard Troyer 60 Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle) 193 69 Mercury 0 $2,870
5 16 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 192 70 Dodge 0 $2,020
6 7 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 190 69 Mercury 0 $1,495
7 14 Ron Keselowski 88 Roger Lubinski 189 70 Dodge 0 $1,320
8 26 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 188 69 Ford 0 $1,220
9 9 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 187 70 Plymout 0 $1,120
10 21 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 186 70 Dodge 0 $1,020
11 39 Tommy Gale 44 Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti) 185 70 Ford 0 $1,045
12 31 Marv Acton 32 Dick Brooks 184 70 Plymout 0 $1,020
13 35 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 184 69 Ford 0 $945
14 11 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 184 69 Dodge 0 $920
15 17 Bill Dennis 90 Junie Donlavey 184 69 Mercury 0 $995
16 18 Richard D Brown 91 Junior Fields 183 71 Chevrol 0 $895
17 37 Raymond Williams 47 Raymond Williams 183 71 Ford 0 $850
18 29 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 183 69 Mercury 0 $840
19 28 Charlie Roberts 77 Charlie Roberts 181 70 Ford 0 $825
20 33 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 181 71 Ford 0 $810
21 12 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 180 69 Mercury 0 $795
22 22 George Altheide 0 George Altheide 177 70 Dodge 0 $780
23 40 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 174 69 Ford 0 $765
24 26 Earl Brooks 26 Earl Brooks 174 69 Ford 0 $750
25 34 Bobby Mausgrover 86 Neil Castles 167 69 Dodge 0 $760
26 20 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 166 70 Ford 0 $720
27 4 Charlie Glotzbach 3 Richard Howard 129 71 Chevrol 5 $710
28 27 Dean Dalton 7 Dean Dalton 125 69 Ford 0 $700
29 38 Bill Seifert 45 Bill Seifert 110 69 Ford 0 $690
30 25 Johnny Halford 83 94 69 Plymout 0 $680
31 1 Pete Hamilton 6 American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens) 87 71 Plymout 6 $785
32 36 Dick May 84 Ralph Davis 84 69 Dodge 0 $655
33 32 Coo Coo Marlin 7 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 76 69 Chevrol 0 $675
34 15 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears) 49 69 Dodge 0 $645
35 19 Dave Marcis 5 Doc Faustina 45 70 Plymout 0 $640
36 24 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 40 69 Ford 0 $635
37 23 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 38 69 Ford 0 $630
38 8 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 29 69 Mercury 0 $625
39 3 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 11 71 Dodge 1 $1,070
40 13 Friday Hassler 39 Friday Hassler 7 70 Chevrol 0 $615