1971 Atlanta 500

Race 10 of 48

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:42:16
Average speed of winner: 131.375 mph
Margin of victory: 1.8 sec.
Lead changes: 23 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 31 laps
Lap leaders: Foyt 1-36, Petty 37-51, Hamilton 52, Petty 53, Pearson 54-60, Yarborough 61-64, Pearson 65-71, Yarborough 72, Hamilton 73-85, Petty 86-105, Isaac 106, Yarborough 107, Pearson 108-120, Foyt 121-165, Petty 166-168, Yarborough 169-175, Foyt 176-222, Petty 223-230, Pearson 231-239, Foyt 240-248, Petty 249, Foyt 250-304, Petty 305-315, Foyt 316-328

Race notes: Finale for Rod Eulenfeld.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	A.J. Foyt	21	Purolator	'69 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	155.152	328	6	205	running	19200	0
2	3	Richard Petty	43		'71 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		328	7	59	running	10700	0
3	16	Pete Hamilton	6		'71 Plymouth	Owens	Owens		327	2	14	running	6975	0
4	6	David Pearson	17	Purolator	'70 Ford	Holman-Moody			327	4	36	running	4490	0
5	2	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'71 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		327	1	1	running	3500	0
6	4	Buddy Baker	11		'71 Dodge	Petty			325	0	0	running	3000	0
7	12	Charlie Glotzbach	38		'70 Dodge	McCarthy			319	0	0	running	2500	0
8	11	Jim Vandiver	31		'70 Dodge	O.L. Nixon			319	0	0	running	2000	0
9	22	James Hylton	48		'69 Ford	Hylton			315	0	0	running	1750	0
10	15	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'71 Dodge	Allison			315	0	0	running	1600	0
11	9	Dave Marcis	2		'69 Dodge	Marcis			315	0	0	running	1550	0
12	20	Friday Hassler	39		'69 Chevrolet	Hassler			313	0	0	running	1500	0
13	14	Joe Frasson	18		'70 Dodge	Frasson			313	0	0	running	1450	0
14	31	Dick Brooks	22		'70 Dodge	Rossi	Rossi		310	0	0	running	1400	0
15	26	Coo Coo Marlin	07		'69 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			310	0	0	running	1350	0
16	25	Roy Mayne	46		'69 Chevrolet	Tom Hunter			310	0	0	running	1300	0
17	10	Cecil Gordon	24		'69 Mercury	Cecil Gordon			307	0	0	running	1275	0
18	13	Elmo Langley	64		'69 Mercury	Langley			307	0	0	running	1250	0
19	28	Ron Keselowski	88		'70 Dodge	Lubinski			306	0	0	running	1225	0
20	35	Maynard Troyer	60	Nagle Racers	'69 Ford	Nagle			306	0	0	fuel pump	1200	0
21	21	Frank Warren	79		'69 Dodge	Frank Warren			306	0	0	running	1180	0
22	32	Tommy Gale	03		'69 Mercury	Larry Jackson			303	0	0	running	1165	0
23	36	Dean Dalton	7		'69 Ford	Dean Dalton			294	0	0	running	1150	0
24	37	Rod Eulenfeld	53		'69 Ford	Hopper-Crews			293	0	0	running	1135	0
25	39	J.D. McDuffie	70		'71 Chevrolet	McDuffie			288	0	0	running	1120	0
26	29	Ben Arnold	76		'69 Ford	Ben Arnold			288	0	0	running	1105	0
27	24	Bill Champion	10		'69 Ford	Bill Champion			251	0	0	clutch	1090	0
28	8	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45		'70 Ford	Seifert			246	0	0	heating	1080	0
29	7	Cale Yarborough	3		'71 Plymouth	Ray Fox	Ray Fox		245	4	13	accident	1070	0
30	34	Henley Gray	19		'69 Ford	Henley Gray			194	0	0	heating	1060	0
31	18	Bill Dennis	90		'69 Mercury	Donlavey			185	0	0	heating	1050	0
32	40	John Sears	4		'69 Dodge	Sears			139	0	0	transmission	1040	0
33	30	Jabe Thomas	25		'70 Plymouth	Don Robertson			111	0	0	engine	1035	0
34	27	Neil Castles	06		'70 Dodge	Castles			97	0	0	engine	1030	0
35	5	Fred Lorenzen	99	STP Oil Treatment	'71 Plymouth	Nichels-Goldsmith			85	0	0	ignition	1025	0
36	19	Benny Parsons	72		'69 Ford	L.G. DeWitt			80	0	0	engine	1020	0
37	23	Earl Brooks	49		'69 Plymouth	G.C. Spencer			67	0	0	engine	1015	0
38	17	Jim Hurtubise	20		'70 Ford	McCain			44	0	0	fuel pump	1010	0
39	33	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Ford	Vic Ballard			44	0	0	transmission	1005	0
40	38	Dub Simpson	51		'69 Chevrolet	Strong			7	0	0	accident	1000	0