Pickens 200

Greenville-Pickens Speedway — January 1, 1971

Richard Petty

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1971 Pickens 200 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 89 of 200 laps. Tiny Lund finished second; Bill Dennis rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Greenville-Pickens Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	200	—	Running	89	50
2	4	+2	Tiny Lund	John McConnell (Owner)	Dodge	199	—	Running	4	0
3	3	—	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	199	—	Running	1	48
4	8	+4	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		197	—	Running	—	47
5	16	+11	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		197	—	Running	—	46
6	12	+6	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		194	—	Running	—	45
7	18	+11	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	189	—	Running	—	44
8	21	+13	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		189	—	Running	—	43
9	13	+4	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	189	—	Running	—	42
10	27	+17	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		188	—	Running	—	41
11	7	-4	Marv Acton	Team SABCO	Plymouth	187	—	Running	—	0
12	15	+3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		187	—	Running	—	39
13	26	+13	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	183	—	Running	—	38
14	6	-8	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		180	—	DNF	—	37
15	25	+10	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	179	—	Running	—	36
16	10	-6	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		169	—	Running	—	35
17	24	+7	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder (Owner)		160	—	Running	—	34
18	19	+1	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		123	—	DNF	—	33
19	14	-5	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	108	—	DNF - Crash	—	32
20	1	-19	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody		108	—	DNF - Engine	106	31
21	23	+2	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		100	—	DNF	—	30
22	11	-11	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	92	—	DNF - Engine	—	29
23	17	-6	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		77	—	DNF	—	28
24	9	-15	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	60	—	DNF	—	27
25	22	-3	Dick May	Ron Ronacher (Owner)		60	—	DNF	—	26
26	20	-6	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		32	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
27	5	-22	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)		31	—	DNF	—	24
28	28	—	Robert Brown	Allan Brown (Owner)		31	—	DNF	—	0
29	29	—	Ernest Eury	Ernest Eury (Owner)		1	—	DNF	—	0