Albany-Saratoga 250

Albany Saratoga Speedway — January 1, 1971

Richard Petty

Winner

250

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1971 Albany-Saratoga 250 at Albany Saratoga Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 181 of 250 laps. Dave Marcis finished second; J.D. McDuffie rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Albany Saratoga Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	250	—	Running	181	50
2	4	+2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	248	—	Running	59	49
3	6	+3	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	244	—	Running	5	48
4	9	+5	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		243	—	Running	—	47
5	18	+13	Elmo Langley	Ron Ronacher (Owner)		242	—	Running	—	46
6	8	+2	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		240	—	Running	—	45
7	10	+3	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		240	—	Running	—	44
8	19	+11	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	240	—	Running	—	43
9	26	+17	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	239	—	Running	—	42
10	25	+15	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		239	—	Running	—	41
11	23	+12	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		236	—	Running	—	0
12	22	+10	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		235	—	Running	—	0
13	11	-2	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		233	—	Running	—	38
14	13	-1	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	221	—	Running	—	37
15	33	+18	Jerry Churchill	Churchill Motorsports		216	—	Running	—	0
16	29	+13	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		207	—	DNF	—	35
17	28	+11	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder (Owner)		191	—	DNF	—	34
18	15	-3	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	189	—	DNF	—	33
19	31	+12	Bill Hollar	Brooks Racing		165	—	DNF	—	32
20	3	-17	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	144	—	DNF - Engine	—	31
21	7	-14	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		130	—	DNF	—	30
22	14	-8	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		130	—	DNF	—	29
23	27	+4	Dick May	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	123	—	DNF	—	28
24	5	-19	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	105	—	DNF	—	27
25	20	-5	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	97	—	DNF	—	26
26	30	+4	Ed Hessert	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	94	—	DNF	—	25
27	2	-25	Pete Hamilton	Junior Fields (Owner)		82	—	DNF	5	24
28	17	-11	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		75	—	DNF	—	23
29	21	-8	Bobby Mausgrover	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	53	—	DNF	—	22
30	16	-14	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	36	—	DNF - Engine	—	21
31	12	-19	Rene Charland	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	33	—	DNF	—	0
32	32	—	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		27	—	DNF	—	19
33	24	-9	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	13	—	DNF	—	18
34	34	—	James Cox	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	1	—	DNF	—	17