Capital City 500

Richmond Raceway — January 1, 1971

Richard Petty

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1971 Capital City 500 at Richmond Raceway on January 1, 1971, leading 330 of 500 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Pete Hamilton rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Richmond Raceway

Season

1971

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	11	+10	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	—	Running	330	100
2	10	+8	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody		499	—	Running	105	98
3	3	—	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	490	—	Running	—	96
4	2	-2	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing		487	—	Running	19	0
5	12	+7	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		480	—	Running	—	92
6	5	-1	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	480	—	Running	—	90
7	19	+12	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		476	—	Running	—	88
8	16	+8	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	472	—	Running	—	86
9	14	+5	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	471	—	Running	—	84
10	4	-6	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	457	—	Running	—	82
11	8	-3	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		445	—	Running	—	80
12	29	+17	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	442	—	Running	—	78
13	25	+12	James Cox	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	442	—	Running	—	0
14	1	-13	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	440	—	Running	46	74
15	21	+6	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		435	—	Running	—	72
16	15	-1	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	433	—	Running	—	70
17	17	—	Bill Hollar	Brooks Racing		416	—	Running	—	68
18	20	+2	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		415	—	Running	—	66
19	9	-10	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		384	—	Running	—	64
20	26	+6	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		359	—	Running	—	62
21	28	+7	Phil Finney	Finney Racing		357	—	Running	—	60
22	27	+5	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		314	—	DNF	—	58
23	18	-5	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		309	—	Running	—	56
24	22	-2	Bobby Mausgrover	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	282	—	DNF	—	54
25	13	-12	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		253	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	7	-19	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		188	—	DNF	—	50
27	23	-4	Bill Shirey	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	118	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	24	-4	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		103	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	6	-23	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		59	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	30	—	Gordon Birkett	John Hodges (Owner)		43	—	DNF - Engine	—	42