1971 Firecracker 400

Race 27 of 48

Daytona
160 laps
Time of race: 2:28:12
Average speed of winner: 161.947 mph
Margin of victory: 4 sec.
Lead changes: 34 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 11 laps
Lap leaders: D. Allison pole, Glotzbach 1, Baker 2, D. Allison 3-4, Baker 5, D. Allison 6, B. Allison 7, Baker 8, B. Allison 9-10, Baker 11-12, B. Allison 13, Baker 14-20, D. Allison 21, Baker 22-29, B. Allison 30-31, Baker 32-38, Hassler 39-42, Petty 43-61, Isaac 62-71, Petty 72, Baker 73-74, Petty 75-86, Baker 87-88, Hamilton 89-91, Petty 92-95, Isaac 96, Petty 97-98, Isaac 99-102, Petty 103, Baker 104-106, Isaac 107-125, Petty 126-132, Baker 133, Hamilton 134-135, Isaac 136-160

Race notes: Debut for Bobby Brack.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	21	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'71 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		160	5	59	running	16450	0
2	4	Richard Petty	43		'71 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		160	7	46	running	8825	0
3	2	Buddy Baker	11		'71 Dodge	Petty			160	11	35	running	6325	0
4	8	Pete Hamilton	6		'71 Plymouth	Owens	Owens		160	2	5	running	3275	0
5	1	Donnie Allison	21	Purolator	'69 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	183.228	160	3	4	running	2200	0
6	5	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'69 Mercury	Holman-Moody			159	4	6	running	1600	0
7	6	Fred Lorenzen	99		'71 Plymouth	Nichels-Goldsmith			158	0	0	running	1375	0
8	7	David Pearson	17		'71 Plymouth	C V			157	0	0	running	1250	0
9	20	James Hylton	48		'71 Ford	Hylton			155	0	0	running	1150	0
10	11	Friday Hassler	39		'70 Chevrolet	Hassler			154	1	4	running	1175	0
11	9	Bill Dennis	90		'69 Mercury	Donlavey			152	0	0	running	1015	0
12	32	Bobby Brack	53		'69 Ford	Hopper-Crews			151	0	0	running	990	0
13	13	Ron Keselowski	88		'70 Dodge	Lubinski			151	0	0	running	1015	0
14	15	Maynard Troyer	60	Nagle Racers	'69 Mercury	Nagle			151	0	0	running	965	0
15	12	Joe Frasson	18		'70 Dodge	Frasson			151	0	0	running	990	0
16	39	Roy Mayne	46		'69 Chevrolet	Tom Hunter			150	0	0	running	885	0
17	18	Cecil Gordon	24		'69 Mercury	Cecil Gordon			149	0	0	running	860	0
18	26	Jabe Thomas	25		'70 Plymouth	Don Robertson			149	0	0	running	860	0
19	22	Frank Warren	79		'69 Dodge	Frank Warren			148	0	0	running	865	0
20	16	George Altheide	0		'70 Dodge				148	0	0	running	825	0
21	34	Larry Smith	92		'69 Ford	Harley Smith			147	0	0	running	790	0
22	35	Dean Dalton	7		'69 Ford	Dean Dalton			147	0	0	running	780	0
23	29	Ben Arnold	76		'69 Ford	Ben Arnold			147	0	0	running	770	0
24	23	Bill Seifert	45		'71 Ford	Seifert			145	0	0	running	785	0
25	30	Raymond Williams	47		'71 Ford	Raymond Williams			145	0	0	running	750	0
26	38	Bill Champion	86		'69 Dodge	Castles			141	0	0	running	740	0
27	14	Elmo Langley	64		'69 Mercury	Langley			120	0	0	heating	755	0
28	40	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad	'69 Ford				116	0	0	running	720	0
29	37	Charlie Roberts	77		'70 Ford	Charlie Roberts			103	0	0	drive shaft	710	0
30	28	John Sears	4		'69 Dodge	Sears			94	0	0	engine	705	0
31	36	Coo Coo Marlin	07		'69 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			93	0	0	engine	695	0
32	19	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Ford	Vic Ballard			85	0	0	engine	685	0
33	24	Tiny Lund	55		'69 Mercury				80	0	0	accident	705	0
34	31	Dave Marcis	2		'69 Dodge	Marcis			70	0	0	ignition	675	0
35	33	J.D. McDuffie	70		'69 Mercury	McDuffie			49	0	0	transmission	670	0
36	17	Ed Negre	91		'71 Chevrolet	Junior Fields			44	0	0	battery	665	0
37	3	Charlie Glotzbach	3		'71 Chevrolet	Howard			43	1	1	engine	735	0
38	10	A.J. Foyt	52		'69 Mercury	Holman-Moody			33	0	0	withdrew	655	0
39	27	Neil Castles	06		'70 Dodge	Castles			19	0	0	sway bar	650	0
40	25	Don Tarr	15		'70 Ford				18	0	0	engine	670	0