Delaware 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1971

Richard Petty

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1971 Delaware 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 101 of 500 laps. Charlie Glotzbach finished second; Bobby Isaac rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

3 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	—	Running	101	150
2	3	+1	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing		499	—	Running	4	0
3	2	-1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	499	—	Running	—	144
4	1	-3	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	498	—	Running	395	141
5	12	+7	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	483	—	Running	—	138
6	10	+4	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	480	—	Running	—	135
7	6	-1	Richard D. Brown	Junior Fields (Owner)		477	—	Running	—	132
8	17	+9	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	476	—	Running	—	129
9	18	+9	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		473	—	Running	—	126
10	7	-3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	466	—	Running	—	123
11	9	-2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	465	—	Running	—	120
12	11	-1	Paul Tyler	Paul Tyler (Owner)		464	—	Running	—	117
13	14	+1	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	460	—	Running	—	114
14	26	+12	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		459	—	Running	—	111
15	19	+4	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		458	—	Running	—	108
16	29	+13	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		442	—	Running	—	105
17	39	+22	John Soares Jr.	John Soares Jr. (Owner)	Dodge	440	—	Running	—	0
18	16	-2	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	436	—	DNF	—	99
19	35	+16	Dick May	Jasper Motorsports		436	—	Running	—	96
20	28	+8	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		392	—	DNF	—	93
21	38	+17	John Sears	John Soares Jr. (Owner)	Dodge	374	—	Running	—	90
22	20	-2	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	369	—	DNF	—	87
23	36	+13	Tommy Gale	Larry Jackson (Owner)	Mercury	319	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
24	37	+13	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder (Owner)		297	—	DNF	—	81
25	33	+8	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	280	—	DNF - Engine	—	78
26	31	+5	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	266	—	DNF	—	75
27	15	-12	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		266	—	DNF	—	72
28	5	-23	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Mercury	266	—	DNF	—	69
29	22	-7	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	229	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	25	-5	Richard Childress	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	180	—	DNF	—	63
31	21	-10	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	115	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
32	27	-5	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		115	—	DNF	—	57
33	8	-25	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		114	—	DNF	—	54
34	23	-11	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	102	—	DNF	—	51
35	30	-5	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		91	—	DNF	—	48
36	40	+4	James Cox	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	87	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
37	13	-24	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		68	—	DNF - Crash	—	42
38	34	-4	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		62	—	DNF	—	39
39	24	-15	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		26	—	DNF	—	36
40	32	-8	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		10	—	DNF - Engine	—	33