Texas 500

Texas World Speedway — January 1, 1971

Richard Petty

Winner

250

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1971 Texas 500 at Texas World Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 111 of 250 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Texas World Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	250	—	Running	111	150
2	4	+2	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	250	—	Running	52	147
3	5	+2	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	248	—	Running	75	144
4	1	-3	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	245	—	Running	12	141
5	8	+3	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	239	—	Running	—	138
6	10	+4	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	238	—	Running	—	135
7	15	+8	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	234	—	Running	—	132
8	14	+6	Richard D. Brown	Junior Fields (Owner)		232	—	Running	—	129
9	30	+21	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		232	—	Running	—	126
10	22	+12	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	231	—	Running	—	123
11	21	+10	Ramo Stott	Ramo Stott (Owner)	Dodge	231	—	Running	—	0
12	12	—	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		230	—	Running	—	117
13	35	+22	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		219	—	Running	—	114
14	32	+18	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		216	—	Running	—	111
15	37	+22	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	216	—	Running	—	108
16	25	+9	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		212	—	Running	—	105
17	43	+26	Bill Hollar	Brooks Racing		212	—	Running	—	102
18	33	+15	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		211	—	Running	—	99
19	44	+25	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	211	—	Running	—	96
20	16	-4	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	209	—	Running	—	93
21	49	+28	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		209	—	Running	—	90
22	39	+17	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Dodge	208	—	Running	—	87
23	40	+17	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		196	—	Running	—	84
24	24	—	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	194	—	DNF	—	81
25	20	-5	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	175	—	DNF - Engine	—	78
26	9	-17	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		164	—	DNF - Engine	—	75
27	29	+2	Ronnie Chumley	R.B. Chumley (Owner)	Mercury	155	—	DNF	—	72
28	46	+18	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	144	—	DNF	—	69
29	47	+18	Bob England	Bob England (Owner)		133	—	DNF	—	66
30	31	+1	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	128	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	38	+7	Tiny Lund	Lund Racing	Mercury	118	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
32	19	-13	Jackie Oliver	James Mason (Owner)	Mercury	117	—	DNF	—	0
33	18	-15	H.B. Bailey	J.C. Crews (Owner)		117	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
34	28	-6	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	113	—	DNF	—	51
35	41	+6	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		111	—	DNF	—	48
36	13	-23	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	98	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	34	-3	Jerry Barnett		Dodge	86	—	DNF - Crash	—	42
38	2	-36	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		82	—	DNF	—	39
39	23	-16	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
40	11	-29	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	73	—	DNF	—	33
41	27	-14	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		69	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
42	26	-16	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	67	—	DNF - Engine	—	27
43	36	-7	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)	Dodge	59	—	DNF	—	24
44	42	-2	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		34	—	DNF	—	21
45	45	—	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		26	—	DNF	—	18
46	17	-29	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	24	—	DNF - Engine	—	15
47	48	+1	Jimmy Finger	B & B Racing		18	—	DNF	—	12
48	6	-42	David Pearson	Nichels Engineering		15	—	DNF	—	0
49	7	-42	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	1	—	DNF - Engine	—	6