Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1971

Bobby Allison

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1971 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1971, leading 329 of 367 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1971

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

3 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	367	—	Running	329	150
2	6	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	366	—	Running	13	147
3	4	+1	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	363	—	Running	—	144
4	7	+3	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	361	—	Running	25	0
5	5	—	Dave Marcis	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	355	—	Running	—	138
6	9	+3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	343	—	Running	—	135
7	18	+11	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	339	—	Running	—	0
8	22	+14	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	338	—	Running	—	129
9	11	+2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	337	—	Running	—	126
10	37	+27	Roy Mayne	Jasper Motorsports		320	—	Running	—	123
11	25	+14	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		316	—	Running	—	120
12	30	+18	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		315	—	Running	—	117
13	32	+19	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		313	—	Running	—	114
14	34	+20	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		313	—	Running	—	111
15	36	+21	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	303	—	Running	—	108
16	8	-8	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	276	—	DNF - Engine	—	105
17	20	+3	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		274	—	Running	—	102
18	35	+17	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		267	—	Running	—	99
19	10	-9	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	264	—	DNF	—	96
20	40	+20	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		242	—	Running	—	93
21	15	-6	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	223	—	DNF - Crash	—	90
22	21	-1	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		217	—	DNF - Engine	—	87
23	12	-11	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	216	—	DNF	—	84
24	3	-21	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing		214	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
25	23	-2	Dick May	Ralph Davis (Owner)	Dodge	204	—	DNF - Engine	—	78
26	19	-7	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		194	—	DNF	—	75
27	27	—	Marv Acton	Team SABCO	Plymouth	187	—	DNF	—	72
28	33	+5	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	170	—	DNF - Engine	—	69
29	14	-15	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		167	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	2	-28	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	156	—	DNF	—	63
31	28	-3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	149	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
32	17	-15	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		111	—	DNF - Engine	—	57
33	16	-17	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		96	—	DNF	—	54
34	24	-10	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	81	—	DNF - Engine	—	51
35	13	-22	David Pearson	Nichels Engineering		50	—	DNF	—	0
36	29	-7	Bobby Mausgrover	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	44	—	DNF	—	45
37	38	+1	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	41	—	DNF	—	42
38	26	-12	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	13	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
39	39	—	Dick Brooks	Ferguson-Stephens		8	—	DNF	—	0
40	31	-9	J.D. McDuffie	Junior Fields (Owner)		2	—	DNF	—	33