Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1971

Richard Petty

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1971 Carolina 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 198 of 492 laps. Bobby Isaac finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	492	—	Running	198	150
2	3	+1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	492	—	Running	55	147
3	10	+7	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	492	—	Running	182	144
4	1	-3	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	488	—	DNF - Crash	16	141
5	13	+8	Dick Brooks	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	488	—	Running	—	138
6	16	+10	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	486	—	DNF - Crash	22	0
7	27	+20	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	474	—	Running	—	132
8	8	—	Tiny Lund	John McConnell (Owner)	Dodge	471	—	Running	—	0
9	11	+2	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	470	—	DNF - Crash	—	126
10	14	+4	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	462	—	Running	—	123
11	19	+8	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		455	—	Running	—	120
12	22	+10	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	454	—	Running	—	117
13	12	-1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	446	—	Running	—	114
14	31	+17	J.D. McDuffie	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	441	—	Running	—	111
15	35	+20	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		439	—	DNF - Crash	—	108
16	25	+9	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		438	—	Running	—	105
17	28	+11	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	437	—	Running	—	102
18	15	-3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	436	—	DNF	—	99
19	40	+21	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Dodge	436	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
20	29	+9	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		413	—	Running	—	93
21	32	+11	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		384	—	DNF	—	90
22	34	+12	E.J. Trivette	Gary Baird (Owner)		368	—	Running	—	87
23	18	-5	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		366	—	Running	—	84
24	6	-18	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	339	—	DNF	7	81
25	9	-16	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	304	—	DNF - Crash	—	78
26	17	-9	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	301	—	DNF - Engine	12	75
27	21	-6	Ray Hendrick	DeWitt Racing		295	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
28	30	+2	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		282	—	DNF	—	69
29	37	+8	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Dodge	265	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	5	-25	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	231	—	DNF	—	63
31	7	-24	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		186	—	DNF	—	60
32	24	-8	Marv Acton	Team SABCO	Plymouth	162	—	DNF - Crash	—	57
33	23	-10	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	148	—	DNF	—	54
34	4	-30	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	132	—	DNF - Engine	—	51
35	39	+4	Dick May	Ron Ronacher (Owner)		98	—	DNF	—	48
36	20	-16	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	95	—	DNF	—	45
37	33	-4	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		72	—	DNF	—	42
38	38	—	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		28	—	DNF	—	0
39	36	-3	James Sears	Giachetti Brothers		9	—	DNF	—	0
40	26	-14	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing		5	—	DNF - Crash	—	33