1971 World 600

Race 21 of 48

Charlotte
400 laps
Time of race: 4:16:20
Average speed of winner: 140.422 mph
Margin of victory: 33.9 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 24 laps
Lap leaders: Glotzbach pole, B. Allison 1-5, Glotzbach 6-16, Marcis 17-23, Hylton 24, B. Allison 25-76, Baker 77-78, B. Allison 79-91, Glotzbach 92-97, B. Allison 98-136, Glotzbach 137-174, B. Allison 175-194, Glotzbach 195-226, B. Allison 227-400

Race notes: Debut for Larry Smith. Finale for Speedy Thompson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'69 Mercury	Holman-Moody			400	6	303	running	28400	0
2	13	Donnie Allison	21	Purolator	'69 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		400	0	0	running	14900	0
3	6	Pete Hamilton	6		'71 Plymouth	Owens	Owens		399	0	0	running	10425	0
4	5	Richard Petty	43		'71 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		398	0	0	running	7175	0
5	4	Fred Lorenzen	99	STP Oil Treatment	'71 Plymouth	Nichels-Goldsmith			395	0	0	running	5600	0
6	8	Buddy Baker	11		'71 Dodge	Petty			394	1	2	running	4125	0
7	15	Benny Parsons	72		'69 Mercury	L.G. DeWitt			392	0	0	running	3600	0
8	25	Friday Hassler	39		'70 Chevrolet	Hassler			391	0	0	running	3125	0
9	12	Dave Marcis	2		'69 Dodge	Marcis			390	1	7	running	2550	0
10	7	Dick Brooks	22		'70 Dodge	Rossi	Rossi		390	0	0	running	2400	0
11	10	Jim Vandiver	31		'70 Dodge	O.L. Nixon			386	0	0	running	2175	0
12	11	Jim Paschal	14		'71 Chevrolet	Bill Ellis			386	0	0	running	2050	0
13	17	James Hylton	48		'71 Ford	Hylton			385	1	1	running	1975	0
14	16	Bill Dennis	90		'69 Mercury	Donlavey			382	0	0	running	1925	0
15	19	Marty Robbins	42		'69 Dodge	Robbins			376	0	0	running	1800	0
16	9	Speedy Thompson	91		'71 Chevrolet	Junior Fields			376	0	0	running	1800	0
17	18	Cecil Gordon	24		'69 Mercury	Cecil Gordon			374	0	0	running	1700	0
18	37	Neil Castles	06		'70 Dodge	Castles			370	0	0	running	1675	0
19	27	Bill Champion	10		'71 Ford	Bill Champion			363	0	0	running	1625	0
20	39	Ed Negre	04		'70 Plymouth	Bob Davis			354	0	0	running	1525	0
21	30	Earl Brooks	5		'70 Plymouth	Faustina			353	0	0	running	1485	0
22	24	Larry Smith	92		'69 Ford	Harley Smith			352	0	0	running	1425	0
23	35	Frank Warren	79		'69 Dodge	Frank Warren			349	0	0	running	1375	0
24	32	J.D. McDuffie	70		'69 Mercury	McDuffie			333	0	0	running	1325	0
25	26	Richard D. Brown	93		'71 Chevrolet	Furr			330	0	0	accident	1350	0
26	34	Jabe Thomas	07		'69 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			292	0	0	wheel bearing	1230	0
27	21	Elmo Langley	64		'69 Mercury	Langley			282	0	0	clutch	1195	0
28	1	Charlie Glotzbach	3		'71 Chevrolet	Howard		157.788	234	4	87	accident	1735	0
29	31	Bill Seifert	45		'69 Ford	Seifert			232	0	0	vibration	1125	0
30	28	Ron Keselowski	88		'70 Dodge	Lubinski			213	0	0	suspension	1115	0
31	33	Raymond Williams	47		'71 Ford	Seifert			211	0	0	engine	1055	0
32	3	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'71 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		160	0	0	radiator	1905	0
33	36	Dick Bown	02		'70 Plymouth	Ober			110	0	0	suspension	1015	0
34	14	David Pearson	33		'71 Pontiac	C V			94	0	0	oil leak	1055	0
35	23	Joe Frasson	18		'70 Dodge	Frasson			79	0	0	oil pan	920	0
36	20	G.C. Spencer	49		'69 Plymouth	G.C. Spencer			60	0	0	engine	860	0
37	22	Maynard Troyer	60	Nagle Racers	'69 Mercury	Nagle			39	0	0	steering	850	0
38	40	Ben Arnold	55		'69 Mercury				33	0	0	oil line	790	0
39	38	Charlie Roberts	77		'70 Ford	Bob Freeman			17	0	0	engine	795	0
40	29	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Ford	Vic Ballard			11	0	0	accident	800	0