Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1971

A.J. Foyt

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

A.J. Foyt won the 1971 Atlanta 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 205 of 328 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Pete Hamilton rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

A.J. Foyt

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	328	—	Running	205	0
2	3	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	328	—	Running	59	147
3	16	+13	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	327	—	Running	14	144
4	6	+2	David Pearson	Holman Moody		327	—	Running	36	0
5	2	-3	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	327	—	Running	1	138
6	4	-2	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	325	—	Running	—	135
7	12	+5	Charlie Glotzbach	John McCarthy (Owner)	Dodge	319	—	Running	—	0
8	11	+3	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	318	—	Running	—	129
9	22	+13	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		317	—	Running	—	126
10	15	+5	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	315	—	Running	—	123
11	9	-2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	315	—	Running	—	120
12	20	+8	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		313	—	Running	—	117
13	14	+1	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	313	—	Running	—	114
14	31	+17	Dick Brooks	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	311	—	Running	—	111
15	25	+10	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		310	—	Running	—	108
16	26	+10	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		309	—	Running	—	105
17	10	-7	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	307	—	Running	—	102
18	13	-5	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	307	—	Running	—	99
19	28	+9	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	306	—	Running	—	96
20	35	+15	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Mercury	306	—	Running	—	93
21	21	—	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	306	—	Running	—	90
22	32	+10	Tommy Gale	Larry Jackson (Owner)	Mercury	303	—	Running	—	87
23	36	+13	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		294	—	Running	—	84
24	37	+13	Rod Eulenfeld	J.C. Crews (Owner)		293	—	Running	—	81
25	39	+14	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	288	—	Running	—	78
26	29	+3	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		288	—	Running	—	75
27	24	-3	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		251	—	DNF	—	72
28	8	-20	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing		246	—	DNF	—	0
29	7	-22	Cale Yarborough	Fox Racing	Plymouth	245	—	DNF - Crash	13	0
30	34	+4	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		194	—	DNF	—	63
31	18	-13	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	185	—	DNF	—	60
32	40	+8	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	139	—	DNF	—	57
33	30	-3	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	111	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
34	27	-7	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	97	—	DNF - Engine	—	51
35	5	-30	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	95	—	DNF	—	48
36	19	-17	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		80	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	23	-14	Earl Brooks	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	67	—	DNF	—	42
38	17	-21	Jim Hurtubise	Jimmy McCain (Owner)		44	—	DNF	—	39
39	33	-6	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		44	—	DNF	—	36
40	38	-2	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		7	—	DNF	—	0