1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series standings

1971 season results

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Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Money	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Races Led	Races Led Most	X Led	Laps Led	Races Led Points	Avg % Led	% Beat	Laps	DNFs
1	Richard Petty	4435	46	9	21	38	41	351071	3.76	4.22	41	17	142	4932	41	32.87	90.36	13739	5
2	James Hylton	4071	46	1	0	14	37	90282	13.00	8.28	5	0	6	105	2	0.75	78.19	12785	5
3	Cecil Gordon	3677	46	0	0	6	21	69080	12.54	11.91	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	67.32	12468	5
4	Bobby Allison	3636	42	9	11	27	31	254316	5.60	8.29	31	13	146	3589	0	26.34	78.75	11716	9
5	Elmo Langley	3356	46	0	0	11	23	57037	13.30	13.89	1	0	2	48	0	0.35	61.34	11299	15
6	Jabe Thomas	3200	43	0	0	2	15	48241	19.72	14.98	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	58.12	11360	11
7	Bill Champion	3058	45	0	0	3	14	43769	16.22	16.62	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	53.60	10518	15
8	Frank Warren	2886	47	0	0	1	10	40072	19.74	20.45	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.67	8984	22
9	J.D. McDuffie	2862	43	0	0	2	8	35558	24.98	18.95	1	0	1	5	0	0.05	47.09	9389	20
10	Walter Ballard	2633	41	0	0	3	11	30974	20.02	16.93	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	51.20	9419	14
11	Benny Parsons	2611	35	0	1	13	18	55896	10.69	16.17	4	1	6	144	1	1.91	56.08	7981	17
12	Ed Negre	2528	43	0	0	0	2	29738	22.42	20.77	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.20	8359	21
13	Bill Seifert	2403	37	0	0	0	4	33220	22.08	21.41	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.83	6552	23
14	Henley Gray	2392	39	0	0	0	4	31789	24.77	21.26	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	40.96	7684	20
15	Buddy Baker	2358	19	1	1	13	16	115150	4.74	7.05	15	2	78	727	0	13.37	85.08	4814	3
16	Friday Hassler	2277	29	2	0	4	13	37305	11.72	17.97	3	0	4	68	0	1.07	54.78	5650	12
17	Earl Brooks	2205	35	0	0	1	4	25360	25.74	20.63	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.73	6757	21
18	Bill Dennis	2181	28	1	0	4	10	29410	12.11	18.32	2	0	2	47	0	0.35	51.55	6111	13
19	Wendell Scott	2180	37	0	0	0	4	21701	25.19	18.41	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.33	7791	17
20	John Sears	2167	37	0	0	0	3	26735	21.41	20.78	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.06	7512	22
21	Dave Marcis	2049	29	2	0	9	14	37582	9.76	16.79	8	1	18	331	0	6.33	54.83	6460	14
22	Neil Castles	2036	38	0	0	1	10	22939	19.42	22.50	1	0	1	10	0	0.10	36.57	6946	22
23	Bobby Isaac	1819	25	5	4	16	17	106526	4.08	10.76	17	6	50	1753	3	25.55	73.01	6856	8
24	Pete Hamilton	1739	22	2	1	11	12	60440	4.82	14.68	14	0	49	219	0	3.93	65.28	4525	11
25	Joe Frasson	1619	17	0	0	1	4	20975	18.71	17.06	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	59.50	3752	5
26	Ben Arnold	1618	18	0	0	0	3	18491	23.44	17.56	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	57.18	4130	2
27	Ron Keselowski	1446	20	0	0	0	6	17680	19.95	20.20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.14	3046	11
28	Bill Shirey	1303	27	0	0	0	2	9160	21.37	22.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	29.24	3667	19
29	Donnie Allison	1280	13	5	1	7	9	69995	4.23	12.08	8	2	53	806	0	19.97	71.14	3017	5
30	Dean Dalton	1276	19	0	0	0	1	13910	28.68	22.84	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	40.63	3487	10
31	Raymond Williams	1270	20	0	0	0	0	14585	28.10	25.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.70	2822	12
32	Dick May	1090	22	0	0	0	1	9225	27.00	24.59	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.12	2527	18
33	Charlie Roberts	1053	20	0	0	0	2	12470	26.15	24.45	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.40	2796	13
34	G.C. Spencer	1008	17	0	0	2	6	11470	14.82	20.24	1	0	1	12	0	0.14	43.72	3325	11
35	Richard D. Brown	967	13	0	0	0	2	11940	15.77	22.92	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.36	2454	8
36	Dick Brooks	939	20	0	0	9	12	32921	12.95	12.70	5	0	8	16	0	0.37	64.44	4495	5
37	Larry Baumel	904	16	0	0	0	1	10910	25.94	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.10	2245	9
38	Maynard Troyer	879	13	0	0	1	3	13115	15.15	25.23	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.54	1617	8
39	Roy Mayne	852	11	0	0	0	1	10330	28.18	20.55	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.52	1918	5
40	Ken Meisenhelder	797	15	0	0	0	1	5405	24.80	19.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.19	2194	11
41	Tommy Gale	729	9	0	0	0	1	8800	27.89	19.89	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	53.04	1616	3
42	Charlie Glotzbach	699	20	4	1	7	10	38605	6.00	16.15	10	2	28	805	0	10.49	56.53	4735	10
43	Bill Hollar	644	11	0	0	0	1	4275	25.45	18.64	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.41	2095	5
44	Marv Acton	627	11	0	0	0	0	8620	23.36	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.16	1421	6
45	Fred Lorenzen	611	14	1	0	7	9	45100	7.36	12.71	6	0	17	152	0	3.53	70.50	3229	6
46	Richard Childress	601	12	0	0	0	0	3855	25.67	24.83	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	23.73	1394	10
47	Paul Tyler	561	10	0	0	0	0	6330	23.50	26.70	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.91	1521	9
48	Jim Vandiver	553	7	0	0	1	4	13575	19.29	13.57	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	67.65	1423	1
49	Coo Coo Marlin	527	12	0	0	0	0	9085	25.50	27.58	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.50	1495	9
50	Eddie Yarboro	497	7	0	0	0	0	3685	29.57	21.14	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.74	1624	2
	George Altheide		5	0	0	0	0		27.60	21.60	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	51.87	840	1
	John Anderson		1	0	0	0	0		17.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.21	34	1
	Tommy Andrews		2	0	0	0	0		13.00	17.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.69	251	2
	Wayne Andrews		5	0	0	1	3		8.00	10.80	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	65.73	1372	2
	Pete Arnold		1	0	0	0	0		13.00	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	58	1
	Buddy Arrington		1	0	0	0	0		21.00	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	55.17	472	0
	H.B. Bailey		4	0	0	0	0		10.00	23.25	1	0	1	11	0	1.38	31.01	657	3
	Buck Baker		6	0	0	1	2		14.00	12.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	60.69	1775	2
	Ivan Baldwin		3	0	0	0	0		35.67	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.06	272	2
	Johnny Barnes		1	0	0	0	0		47.00	46.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8.16	23	1
	Jerry Barnett		2	0	0	0	0		33.50	33.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.29	118	2
	Gordon Birkett		2	0	0	0	0		32.00	25.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	22.22	263	2
	Leonard Blanchard		1	0	0	0	0		23.00	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	53.13	46	0
	David Ray Boggs		7	0	0	0	2		23.43	19.43	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.57	1985	2
	Dick Bown		4	0	0	0	0		15.50	28.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.53	414	4
	Bobby Brack		5	0	0	0	0		32.00	23.40	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.15	946	3
	Robert Brown		5	0	0	0	0		24.40	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.66	462	4
	Scotty Cain		1	0	0	0	1		22.00	8.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	82.05	143	0
	Earle Canavan		5	0	0	0	0		24.20	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	16.20	375	5
	Rene Charland		1	0	0	0	0		12.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.09	33	1
	Tru Cheek		1	0	0	0	0		32.00	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.03	57	1
	Bill Chevalier		1	0	0	0	1		36.00	10.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	76.92	188	0
	Ronnie Chumley		2	0	0	0	0		20.50	19.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.34	291	2
	Jerry Churchill		6	0	0	0	0		30.33	24.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.80	664	4
	Joe Clark		1	0	0	0	0		20.00	36.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	10.26	21	1
	Roy Collins		1	0	0	0	0		36.00	38.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.13	7	1
	A.J. Cox		1	0	0	0	0		39.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.51	82	1
	James Cox		5	0	0	0	0		27.20	28.80	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	14.72	531	4
	Jimmy Crawford		3	0	0	0	0		27.33	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	19.44	110	2
	Ronnie Daniel		1	0	0	0	0		25.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.41	16	1
	Paul Dorrity		2	0	0	0	0		31.50	30.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.36	74	2
	Ray Elder		4	0	1	2	3		7.50	14.00	2	1	6	70	0	9.26	70.45	564	1
	Vic Elford		1	0	0	0	0		14.00	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	40.63	46	0
	Stick Elliott		2	0	0	0	0		21.50	25.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.51	598	1
	Bob England		4	0	0	0	0		43.75	23.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.30	477	4
	Rod Eulenfeld		1	0	0	0	0		37.00	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.03	293	0
	Ernest Eury		1	0	0	0	0		29.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1
	Frog Fagan		1	0	0	0	0		32.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.13	1	1
	Red Farmer		3	0	0	0	1		20.33	27.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.61	213	2
	Doc Faustina		3	0	0	0	0		32.33	25.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.32	402	2
	Pat Fay		3	0	0	0	1		27.33	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.06	248	2
	Lawrence Fields		1	0	0	0	0		15.00	36.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	10.26	31	1
	Jimmy Finger		1	0	0	0	0		48.00	47.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.17	18	1
	Phil Finney		1	0	0	0	0		28.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.03	357	0
	A.J. Foyt		7	3	2	4	4		6.71	15.57	4	3	26	392	0	29.36	63.57	1134	3
	Glenn Francis		1	0	0	0	0		39.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.38	27	1
	Freddy Fryar		2	0	0	0	0		25.50	18.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	49.28	238	0
	Harry Gailey		1	0	0	0	0		45.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.78	141	0
	Ron Gautsche		3	0	0	0	0		30.33	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	29.69	176	3
	Ron Grable		1	0	0	0	0		33.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.59	77	1
	Ron Grana		1	0	0	0	0		28.00	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	66.67	187	0
	Al Grinnan		1	0	0	0	0		33.00	13.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	58.62	459	0
	Dick Guldstrand		2	0	0	0	0		31.50	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.31	251	1
	Johnny Halford		2	0	0	0	0		32.50	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.50	308	1
	Ray Hendrick		1	0	0	0	0		21.00	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.33	295	1
	Ed Hessert		2	0	0	0	0		24.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	13.89	108	2
	Fred Hill		1	0	0	0	0		9.00	13.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.69	116	1
	Joe Hines		1	0	0	0	0		31.00	33.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1
	Butch Hirst		1	0	0	0	0		28.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.13	2	1
	Ron Hornaday		1	0	0	0	0		50.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	58.00	177	0
	Jim Hurtubise		3	0	0	0	1		16.00	19.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	49.07	290	1
	Joe Dean Huss		3	0	0	0	0		16.67	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	55.79	1242	1
	Randy Hutchison		6	0	0	0	1		18.50	17.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.35	1233	4
	Jimmy Insolo		3	0	0	0	0		18.67	19.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	56.25	349	2
	Frank James		3	0	0	0	1		29.00	17.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	60.94	409	1
	Mike James		1	0	0	0	0		16.00	40.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1
	Ray Johnstone		3	0	0	0	0		24.00	28.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.94	211	3
	Carl Joiner		3	0	0	0	1		24.33	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	60.16	385	1
	Bob Kauf		2	0	0	0	0		30.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.51	64	2
	Marty Kinerk		1	0	0	0	0		36.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.00	91	1
	Mike Kittlekow		1	0	0	0	0		38.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	23.08	38	1
	Dick Kranzler		3	0	0	0	0		28.67	28.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.94	215	2
	Bennis Listman		1	0	0	0	0		28.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	21.88	6	1
	Tiny Lund		15	0	2	6	9		15.67	13.27	7	0	9	258	0	6.25	65.22	3783	4
	Clyde Lynn		3	0	0	0	0		15.33	20.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.76	508	2
	John Lyons		1	0	0	0	0		28.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.77	35	1
	Bobby Mausgrover		12	0	0	0	0		28.08	29.17	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.55	1418	8
	Jack McCoy		3	0	0	0	0		21.00	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	69.53	443	2
	Jim McElreath		1	0	0	0	0		25.00	36.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.00	88	1
	Hershel McGriff		3	0	0	0	0		9.00	20.33	2	0	4	4	0	0.82	54.69	397	2
	Roy Mulligan		1	0	0	0	0		48.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	36.73	83	1
	Gary Myers		1	0	0	0	1		17.00	7.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	82.35	474	0
	Don Noel		3	0	0	0	0		23.67	30.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.47	164	3
	Jackie Oliver		1	0	0	0	0		19.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.42	117	1
	Jerry Oliver		2	0	0	1	1		27.00	17.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	58.97	192	1
	Bill Osborne		2	0	0	0	0		35.00	36.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	21.35	61	2
	Jim Paschal		6	0	0	2	3		5.00	10.50	2	0	3	50	0	2.42	68.68	1746	3
	David Pearson		17	2	2	8	9		7.00	18.88	10	0	23	252	0	5.75	50.00	2998	8
	Joe Phipps		2	0	0	0	0		28.50	31.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	10.29	73	2
	Dick Poling		3	0	0	0	0		29.33	28.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	18.00	249	2
	Marty Robbins		5	0	0	0	1		17.80	19.40	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	55.34	1295	2
	Pedro Rodríguez		3	0	0	0	0		26.33	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.10	228	2
	Ken Rush		1	0	0	0	0		5.00	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	53.57	117	1
	Harry Schilling		3	0	0	0	0		35.67	31.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.91	222	2
	Fritz Schultz		1	0	0	0	0		27.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.25	45	0
	James Sears		1	0	0	0	0		36.00	39.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.56	9	1
	Frank Sessoms		2	0	0	0	2		14.50	8.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	75.41	852	0
	Ernie Shaw		2	0	0	0	1		25.00	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	53.33	578	1
	Dub Simpson		11	0	0	0	0		25.55	32.27	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	14.43	621	10
	David Sisco		4	0	0	0	0		27.75	20.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.96	853	2
	J.R. Skinner		2	0	0	0	0		34.00	35.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.82	17	1
	Larry Smith		4	0	0	0	1		24.00	19.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	55.95	896	0
	Wayne Smith		2	0	0	0	0		21.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.28	67	2
	John Soares, Jr.		4	0	0	0	1		26.25	20.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	53.29	764	2
	Junior Spencer		1	0	0	0	0		8.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.47	112	1
	Johnny Steele		1	0	0	0	0		48.00	37.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.00	79	1
	Rolf Stommelen		1	0	0	0	0		6.00	39.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	22.45	53	1
	Ramo Stott		3	0	0	0	1		18.67	9.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	78.63	476	0
	Al Straub		1	0	0	0	0		19.00	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	14.71	48	1
	Bub Strickler		1	0	0	0	0		25.00	50.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1
	G.T. Tallas		2	0	0	0	0		33.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.33	189	2
	Don Tarr		4	0	0	0	1		24.75	26.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.18	541	3
	Kevin Terris		4	0	0	0	2		23.75	20.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	55.93	519	2
	Speedy Thompson		1	0	0	0	0		9.00	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	61.54	376	0
	Pete Torres		1	0	0	0	0		18.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.38	19	1
	E.J. Trivette		5	0	0	0	0		25.00	21.20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.55	914	2
	D.K. Ulrich		12	0	0	0	0		27.58	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.31	1526	11
	Jimmy Vaughn		3	0	0	0	0		21.33	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.71	575	3
	Blackie Wangerin		1	0	0	0	0		25.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6.67	16	1
	Bill Ward		2	0	0	0	0		29.50	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	55.10	281	1
	Jimmy Watson		1	0	0	0	0		30.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.23	29	1
	Bobby Wawak		2	0	0	0	0		42.00	19.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	58.43	615	1
	Pee Wee Wentz		1	0	0	0	0		20.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.59	100	1
	Bob Williams		2	0	0	0	0		26.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	27.87	475	2
	George Wiltshire		1	0	0	0	0		29.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.63	2	1
	Cale Yarborough		4	0	0	0	1		17.75	24.25	1	0	4	13	0	0.99	38.41	564	3
	LeeRoy Yarbrough		6	0	0	1	3		10.83	18.67	2	0	4	26	0	1.08	55.83	1144	4