Dixie 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1971

Richard Petty

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1971 Dixie 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 181 of 328 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	328	—	Running	181	150
2	5	+3	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	328	—	Running	54	147
3	18	+15	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	319	—	Running	—	144
4	2	-2	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing		318	—	Running	—	0
5	20	+15	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		317	—	Running	—	138
6	6	—	Donnie Allison	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	316	—	Running	—	135
7	26	+19	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	313	—	Running	—	132
8	12	+4	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	312	—	Running	—	129
9	15	+6	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		312	—	Running	—	126
10	24	+14	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		312	—	Running	—	123
11	23	+12	Richard D. Brown	Junior Fields (Owner)		309	—	Running	—	120
12	19	+7	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	309	—	Running	—	117
13	17	+4	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	309	—	Running	—	0
14	27	+13	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	306	—	Running	—	111
15	10	-5	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		304	—	Running	—	108
16	32	+16	Bobby Brack	J.C. Crews (Owner)		302	—	DNF - Engine	—	105
17	38	+21	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	299	—	Running	—	102
18	21	+3	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		295	—	Running	—	99
19	13	-6	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		294	—	Running	—	96
20	39	+19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		293	—	Running	—	93
21	40	+19	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		290	—	Running	—	90
22	35	+13	Dick May	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	268	—	Running	—	87
23	37	+14	Earl Brooks	Tom Hunter (Owner)		264	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
24	4	-20	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	249	—	DNF - Engine	16	81
25	1	-24	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	231	—	DNF - Engine	77	78
26	33	+7	Dick Poling	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	226	—	Running	—	75
27	16	-11	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	164	—	DNF	—	72
28	28	—	Paul Tyler	Paul Tyler (Owner)	Mercury	149	—	DNF - Engine	—	69
29	29	—	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	136	—	DNF	—	66
30	25	-5	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	131	—	DNF	—	63
31	14	-17	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	92	—	DNF	—	60
32	30	-2	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		90	—	DNF - Engine	—	57
33	7	-26	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	86	—	DNF	—	0
34	22	-12	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		82	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
35	11	-24	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	66	—	DNF	—	48
36	36	—	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		62	—	DNF	—	45
37	31	-6	Dub Simpson	Harold Furr (Owner)		60	—	DNF	—	42
38	34	-4	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		40	—	DNF	—	39
39	8	-31	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	38	—	DNF	—	36
40	9	-31	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	36	—	DNF - Engine	—	33