American 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1971

Richard Petty

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1971 American 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 189 of 492 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	492	—	Running	189	150
2	2	—	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	492	—	Running	209	147
3	4	+1	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	488	—	Running	1	144
4	7	+3	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	487	—	Running	16	141
5	6	+1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	483	—	Running	—	138
6	11	+5	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	482	—	Running	—	135
7	27	+20	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	476	—	Running	—	132
8	15	+7	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	471	—	Running	—	129
9	23	+14	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	471	—	Running	—	126
10	13	+3	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		468	—	Running	—	123
11	19	+8	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	464	—	Running	—	120
12	26	+14	Tiny Lund	Lund Racing	Mercury	461	—	Running	—	0
13	21	+8	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		459	—	Running	—	114
14	25	+11	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		457	—	Running	—	111
15	40	+25	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		453	—	Running	—	108
16	28	+12	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		446	—	Running	—	105
17	31	+14	Richard D. Brown	Junior Fields (Owner)		445	—	Running	—	102
18	37	+19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		440	—	Running	—	99
19	34	+15	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	439	—	Running	—	96
20	17	-3	Stick Elliott	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	435	—	Running	—	0
21	36	+15	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		421	—	Running	—	90
22	38	+16	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		397	—	DNF - Engine	—	87
23	22	-1	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	389	—	Running	—	84
24	35	+11	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	342	—	DNF	—	81
25	30	+5	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		333	—	DNF - Engine	—	78
26	41	+15	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		297	—	DNF	—	75
27	39	+12	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	254	—	DNF - Engine	—	72
28	9	-19	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	227	—	DNF - Engine	—	69
29	32	+3	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	216	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	24	-6	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	174	—	DNF - Crash	—	63
31	16	-15	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	171	—	DNF - Crash	—	60
32	20	-12	Bobby Brack	J.C. Crews (Owner)		170	—	DNF - Crash	—	57
33	29	-4	Paul Tyler	Paul Tyler (Owner)		163	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
34	10	-24	A.J. Foyt	Matthews Racing		139	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
35	18	-17	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	112	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	8	-28	David Pearson	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	92	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
37	1	-36	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing		84	—	DNF - Crash	77	42
38	12	-26	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
39	3	-36	Donnie Allison	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	63	—	DNF	—	0
40	33	-7	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	36	—	DNF - Engine	—	33
41	14	-27	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Mercury	13	—	DNF - Engine	—	30