1971 Motor State 400

Race 23 of 48

Michigan
197 laps
Time of race: 2:41:13
Average speed of winner: 149.567 mph
Margin of victory: 2 car lengths
Lead changes: 32 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 13 laps
Lap leaders: B. Allison 1-7, D. Allison 8, B. Allison 9, D. Allison 10-13, Isaac 14-18, D. Allison 19-22, Isaac 23-26, D. Allison 27-45, Hamilton 46-47, Lorenzen 48-50, D. Allison 51-94, Isaac 95-97, D. Allison 98-99, Hamilton 100-105, D. Allison 106-114, B. Allison 115-121, D. Allison 122-123, B. Allison 124, D. Allison 125-127, Isaac 128, B. Allison 129-133, D. Allison 134-135, B. Allison 136-146, D. Allison 147-149, Isaac 150, Hamilton 151-156, B. Allison 157-173, Isaac 174-179, B. Allison 180-188, Isaac 189-192, B. Allison 193-194, Isaac 195, B. Allison 196-197

Video links: Highlights (Part 1), Highlights (Part 2)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'69 Mercury	Holman-Moody		161.190	197	10	62	running	14945	0
2	4	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'71 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		197	8	25	running	7620	0
3	3	Pete Hamilton	6		'71 Plymouth	Owens	Owens		197	3	14	running	4920	0
4	2	Donnie Allison	21	Purolator	'69 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		197	11	93	running	2945	0
5	5	Buddy Baker	11		'71 Dodge	Petty			195	0	0	running	1945	0
6	7	Richard Petty	43		'71 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		194	0	0	running	1495	0
7	6	Fred Lorenzen	99	STP Oil Treatment	'71 Plymouth	Nichels-Goldsmith			193	1	3	running	1320	0
8	10	Dick Brooks	22		'70 Dodge	Rossi	Rossi		193	0	0	running	1220	0
9	9	Dave Marcis	2		'69 Dodge	Marcis			191	0	0	running	1120	0
10	14	Ron Keselowski	88		'70 Dodge	Lubinski			189	0	0	running	1020	0
11	18	Ben Arnold	76		'69 Ford	Ben Arnold			188	0	0	running	1020	0
12	22	James Hylton	48		'69 Mercury	Hylton			188	0	0	running	970	0
13	13	Neil Castles	06		'70 Dodge	Castles			188	0	0	running	945	0
14	28	Ron Grana	5		'70 Chevrolet	C.J. Grana			187	0	0	running	920	0
15	25	Joe Frasson	18		'70 Dodge	Frasson			185	0	0	running	895	0
16	21	Jabe Thomas	25		'70 Plymouth	Don Robertson			185	0	0	running	870	0
17	24	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Ford	Vic Ballard			185	0	0	running	850	0
18	39	Tommy Gale	03		'69 Mercury	Larry Jackson			185	0	0	running	840	0
19	12	Cecil Gordon	24		'69 Mercury	Cecil Gordon			184	0	0	running	825	0
20	36	Dean Dalton	7		'69 Ford	Dean Dalton			183	0	0	running	810	0
21	26	Henley Gray	19		'69 Ford	Henley Gray			180	0	0	running	795	0
22	35	Elmo Langley	64		'69 Mercury	Langley			179	0	0	running	780	0
23	40	Ed Negre	8		'69 Ford	Negre			174	0	0	running	765	0
24	20	George Altheide	0		'70 Plymouth				164	0	0	running	750	0
25	38	J.D. McDuffie	70		'69 Mercury	McDuffie			156	0	0	running	735	0
26	30	Paul Tyler	95		'69 Mercury	Paul Tyler			128	0	0	engine	720	0
27	32	Coo Coo Marlin	07		'69 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			122	0	0	engine	760	0
28	11	Benny Parsons	72		'70 Mercury	L.G. DeWitt			121	0	0	engine	700	0
29	31	Frank Warren	79		'69 Dodge	Frank Warren			118	0	0	engine	690	0
30	15	Maynard Troyer	60	Nagle Racers	'69 Mercury	Nagle			85	0	0	valve	680	0
31	33	Bill Champion	10		'71 Ford	Bill Champion			79	0	0	valve	685	0
32	8	Friday Hassler	39		'70 Chevrolet	Hassler			76	0	0	rocker arm	655	0
33	19	David Pearson	33		'71 Pontiac	C V			68	0	0	ignition	650	0
34	17	Bill Dennis	90		'69 Mercury	Donlavey			65	0	0	engine	695	0
35	23	Raymond Williams	47		'71 Ford	Raymond Williams			42	0	0	oil leak	640	0
36	34	John Sears	4		'69 Dodge	Sears			28	0	0	head gasket	660	0
37	29	Bobby Mausgrover	86		'69 Dodge	Castles			17	0	0	piston	630	0
38	37	Bill Seifert	45		'70 Ford	Seifert			16	0	0	oil pressure	625	0
39	16	Charlie Roberts	77		'70 Ford	Charlie Roberts			1	0	0	drive shaft	620	0
40	27	Dick May	67		'69 Ford	Ronacher			0	0	0	clutch	615	0