Miller High Life 500

Ontario Motor Speedway — January 1, 1971

A.J. Foyt

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

A.J. Foyt won the 1971 Miller High Life 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 118 of 200 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Ontario Motor Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

A.J. Foyt

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	118	0
2	6	+4	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	—	Running	5	147
3	3	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	200	—	Running	13	144
4	2	-2	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	199	—	Running	17	141
5	21	+16	Dick Brooks	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	198	—	Running	—	138
6	22	+16	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	197	—	Running	—	0
7	7	—	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	196	—	Running	—	132
8	10	+2	Tiny Lund	John McConnell (Owner)	Dodge	194	—	Running	4	129
9	8	-1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	194	—	Running	—	126
10	12	+2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	194	—	Running	—	123
11	14	+3	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	191	—	Running	—	120
12	46	+34	Marv Acton	Team SABCO	Dodge	190	—	Running	—	117
13	23	+10	Jack McCoy	Ernie Conn (Owner)	Dodge	190	—	Running	—	114
14	18	+4	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		187	—	Running	—	111
15	28	+13	Carl Joiner	Joiner Racing		185	—	Running	—	108
16	9	-7	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		185	—	Running	—	105
17	33	+16	Jimmy Insolo	Marvin Rowley (Owner)		183	—	Running	—	102
18	19	+1	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	179	—	Running	—	99
19	16	-3	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		179	—	Running	—	96
20	44	+24	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Dodge	179	—	Running	—	93
21	38	+17	Frank James	Jim Calder (Owner)		177	—	Running	—	90
22	50	+28	Ron Hornaday			177	—	Running	—	0
23	30	+7	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		176	—	Running	—	84
24	49	+25	Dick Guldstrand	James Good (Owner)		175	—	Running	—	81
25	45	+20	Harry Schilling	Thomas Hynes (Owner)	Dodge	173	—	Running	—	78
26	40	+14	Ivan Baldwin	Ivan Baldwin Engineering		172	—	Running	—	75
27	15	-12	Dick Bown	Ober Logging	Plymouth	169	—	DNF - Engine	—	72
28	13	-15	Hershel McGriff	Robert Koehler (Owner)	Plymouth	163	—	Running	1	69
29	34	+5	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		151	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	5	-25	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	142	—	DNF - Engine	42	63
31	4	-27	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	117	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
32	47	+15	Pat Fay			111	—	DNF	—	57
33	20	-13	Ray Johnstone	Ray Johnstone (Owner)	Plymouth	96	—	DNF	—	54
34	36	+2	Marty Kinerk			91	—	DNF	—	0
35	42	+7	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	91	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	25	-11	Jim McElreath		Dodge	88	—	DNF	—	0
37	48	+11	Johnny Steele	Johnny Steele (Owner)		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
38	26	-12	John Soares Jr.	John Soares Jr. (Owner)	Plymouth	78	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
39	41	+2	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	76	—	DNF	—	36
40	27	-13	Red Farmer	Giachetti Brothers		73	—	DNF	—	0
41	51	+10	Bob England	Bob England (Owner)		63	—	DNF	—	30
42	32	-10	Kevin Terris	Dean Barnicle (Owner)	Plymouth	41	—	DNF - Engine	—	27
43	31	-12	Bill Champion	Roberts Racing	Dodge	41	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
44	24	-20	Don Noel	Don Noel (Owner)		38	—	DNF - Engine	—	21
45	37	-8	G.T. Tallas	G.T. Tallas (Owner)		32	—	DNF	—	18
46	35	-11	Bill Osborne			24	—	DNF	—	15
47	11	-36	Pedro Rodriguez	Jimmy McCain (Owner)		18	—	DNF	—	0
48	29	-19	Dick Kranzler	Kranzler Racing		13	—	DNF	—	9
49	39	-10	Ron Gautsche	Ron Gautsche (Owner)		10	—	DNF - Engine	—	6
50	17	-33	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	4	—	DNF - Engine	—	3
51	43	-8	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		2	—	DNF	—	3