Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1971

Richard Petty

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1971 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 69 of 200 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; A.J. Foyt rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

11 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	200	—	Running	69	150
2	6	+4	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	—	Running	16	147
3	1	-2	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	36	0
4	4	—	David Pearson	Holman Moody	Mercury	199	—	Running	6	141
5	9	+4	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	199	—	Running	—	138
6	32	+26	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	198	—	Running	—	135
7	8	+1	Dick Brooks	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	198	—	Running	5	132
8	24	+16	Jim Hurtubise	Jimmy McCain (Owner)		197	—	Running	—	0
9	15	+6	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		197	—	Running	4	126
10	2	-8	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	197	—	Running	37	123
11	14	+3	Ramo Stott	Ramo Stott (Owner)	Plymouth	195	—	Running	—	120
12	25	+13	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	194	—	Running	—	117
13	36	+23	Pedro Rodriguez	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	194	—	Running	—	114
14	16	+2	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	193	—	Running	—	111
15	34	+19	Freddy Fryar	Buster Davis (Owner)	Dodge	192	—	Running	—	0
16	27	+11	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		191	—	Running	—	105
17	19	+2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	187	—	Running	—	102
18	31	+13	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	187	—	Running	7	99
19	38	+19	Marv Acton	Team SABCO	Plymouth	186	—	Running	—	96
20	26	+6	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Mercury	184	—	Running	—	93
21	20	-1	Tommy Gale	Larry Jackson (Owner)		183	—	Running	—	90
22	29	+7	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		179	—	Running	—	87
23	28	+5	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		179	—	Running	—	84
24	37	+13	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	178	—	Running	—	81
25	17	-8	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	173	—	DNF - Engine	—	78
26	11	-15	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing	Mercury	170	—	DNF - Crash	10	0
27	10	-17	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	162	—	DNF	—	72
28	3	-25	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	157	—	DNF - Engine	6	69
29	21	-8	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	126	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	35	+5	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		111	—	DNF	—	63
31	40	+9	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		93	—	DNF	—	60
32	22	-10	Red Farmer	Giachetti Brothers		91	—	DNF	—	0
33	13	-20	Cale Yarborough	Fox Racing	Plymouth	61	—	DNF	—	0
34	7	-27	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	45	—	DNF	4	51
35	12	-23	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		39	—	DNF	—	48
36	33	-3	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		38	—	DNF	—	45
37	30	-7	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	24	—	DNF	—	42
38	18	-20	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers		9	—	DNF - Crash	—	39
39	23	-16	Tiny Lund	John McConnell (Owner)	Dodge	7	—	DNF	—	0
40	39	-1	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	1	—	DNF	—	33