Mason-Dixon 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1971

Bobby Allison

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1971 Mason-Dixon 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 245 of 500 laps. Fred Lorenzen finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	500	—	Running	245	150
2	21	+19	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	499	—	Running	85	0
3	1	-2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	498	—	Running	30	144
4	3	-1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	496	—	Running	53	141
5	23	+18	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	486	—	Running	—	138
6	16	+10	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		477	—	Running	—	135
7	11	+4	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		475	—	Running	—	132
8	9	+1	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		475	—	Running	—	129
9	27	+18	Charlie Roberts			474	—	Running	—	126
10	28	+18	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		469	—	Running	—	123
11	26	+15	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		460	—	Running	—	120
12	29	+17	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	456	—	Running	—	117
13	32	+19	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		451	—	Running	—	114
14	30	+16	Bobby Mausgrover	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	450	—	Running	—	111
15	10	-5	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	448	—	Running	—	108
16	13	-3	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		427	—	Running	—	105
17	18	+1	Bill Hollar	Brooks Racing		395	—	Running	—	102
18	37	+19	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		394	—	Running	—	99
19	38	+19	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		357	—	DNF - Engine	—	96
20	14	-6	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	349	—	Running	—	93
21	35	+14	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder (Owner)		312	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
22	4	-18	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	253	—	DNF	22	87
23	22	-1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	225	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
24	36	+12	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		196	—	DNF	—	81
25	17	-8	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	141	—	DNF	—	78
26	7	-19	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	138	—	DNF	65	0
27	34	+7	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		137	—	DNF - Engine	—	72
28	6	-22	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	135	—	DNF - Engine	—	69
29	20	-9	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	121	—	DNF	—	66
30	31	+1	Dick May	Ron Ronacher (Owner)		98	—	DNF	—	63
31	19	-12	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		88	—	DNF	—	60
32	39	+7	A.J. Cox	A.J. Cox (Owner)	Plymouth	82	—	DNF - Engine	—	57
33	25	-8	Paul Tyler	Paul Tyler (Owner)	Mercury	58	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
34	8	-26	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	57	—	DNF - Engine	—	51
35	33	-2	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing		55	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	15	-21	Lawrence Fields	Junior Fields (Owner)		31	—	DNF	—	45
37	40	+3	Joe Phipps	Joe Phipps (Owner)		29	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
38	24	-14	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	22	—	DNF	—	39
39	5	-34	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		18	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
40	12	-28	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		9	—	DNF	—	33