1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Texas 500 Race Results

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1971 - Texas 500 Race Results

Race Name - Texas 500
Date - 12/12/1971
Race Track - Texas World Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 170.83 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 28
Average Race Speed - 144 mph
Lead Changes - 22
Total Race Purse - $65,860
Race Number - 48

More Races from 1971

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	3	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	250	71 Plymout	111	$13,395
2	4	Buddy Baker	11	Petty Enterprises	250	71 Dodge	52	$6,805
3	5	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (HolmanMoody)	248	71 Mercury	75	$5,125
4	1	Pete Hamilton	6	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	245	71 Plymout	12	$3,865
5	8	Bill Dennis	90	Junie Donlavey	239	69 Mercury	0	$3,100
6	10	Joe Frasson	18	Mario Frasson Cement Co (Joe Frasson)	238	70 Dodge	0	$2,540
7	15	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	234	69 Mercury	0	$2,035
8	14	Richard D Brown	91	Junior Fields	232	71 Chevrol	0	$1,535
9	30	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	232	69 Ford	0	$1,045
10	22	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	231	70 Plymout	0	$965
11	21	Ramo Stott	9	Ramo Stott	231	70 Dodge	0	$965
12	12	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	230	71 Ford	0	$835
13	35	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	219	71 Ford	0	$765
14	32	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	216	69 Ford	0	$745
15	37	George Altheide	0	George Altheide	216	70 Dodge	0	$690
16	25	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	212	69 Ford	0	$685
17	43	Bill Hollar	28	Earl Brooks	212	69 Ford	0	$680
18	33	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	211	71 Ford	0	$675
19	44	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	211	69 Mercury	0	$720
20	16	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	209	70 Dodge	0	$665
21	49	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	209	69 Ford	0	$660
22	39	Charlie Roberts	63	Charlie Roberts	208	69 Dodge	0	$655
23	40	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	196	69 Ford	0	$650
24	24	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Cooling (John Sears)	194	69 Dodge	0	$685
25	20	Marty Robbins	42	Marty Robbins	174	71 Dodge	0	$640
26	9	Friday Hassler	39	Friday Hassler	164	70 Chevrol	0	$665
27	29	Ronnie Chumley	0	VitaFresh Orange Juice (RB Chumley)	155	69 Mercury	0	$630
28	46	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	144	69 Plymout	0	$625
29	47	Bob England	81	Bob England	133	70 Chevrol	0	$620
30	31	Doc Faustina	5	Doc Faustina	128	70 Plymout	0	$615
31	38	Tiny Lund	55	Tiny Lund	118	69 Mercury	0	$610
32	19	Jackie Oliver	87	James Mason	117	69 Mercury	0	$605
33	18	HB Bailey	53	HopperCrews (JC Crews)	117	69 Ford	0	$600
34	28	Earle Canavan	1	Earle Canavan	113	71 Plymout	0	$630
35	41	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	111	69 Ford	0	$665
36	13	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	98	69 Dodge	0	$605
37	34	Jerry Barnett	27	Joe Barnett	86	71 Dodge	0	$580
38	2	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	82	71 Chevrol	0	$675
39	23	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	79	71 Ford	0	$615
40	11	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	73	69 Dodge	0	$585
41	27	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	69	71 Ford	0	$560
42	26	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	67	69 Dodge	0	$555
43	36	Don Tarr	37	Don Tarr	59	70 Dodge	0	$550
44	42	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	34	69 Ford	0	$545
45	45	DK Ulrich	40	DK Ulrich	26	71 Ford	0	$540
46	17	Ray Elder	96	Fred Elder	24	71 Dodge	0	$535
47	48	Jimmy Finger	61	B B Racing (Don Bierschwale)	18	69 Ford	0	$530
48	6	David Pearson	17	CV Enterprises (Ray Nichels)	15	71 Pontiac	0	$575
49	7	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	1	71 Dodge	0	$1,020