Motor State 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1971

Bobby Allison

Winner

197

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1971 Motor State 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 62 of 197 laps. Bobby Isaac finished second; Pete Hamilton rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	197	—	Running	62	150
2	4	+2	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	197	—	Running	25	0
3	3	—	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	197	—	Running	14	0
4	2	-2	Donnie Allison	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	197	—	Running	93	141
5	5	—	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	195	—	Running	—	138
6	7	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	194	—	Running	—	135
7	6	-1	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	193	—	Running	3	0
8	10	+2	Dick Brooks	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	193	—	Running	—	0
9	9	—	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	191	—	Running	—	126
10	14	+4	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	189	—	Running	—	123
11	18	+7	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		188	—	Running	—	120
12	22	+10	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	188	—	Running	—	117
13	13	—	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	188	—	Running	—	114
14	28	+14	Ron Grana	C.J. Grana (Owner)		187	—	Running	—	0
15	25	+10	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	185	—	Running	—	108
16	21	+5	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	185	—	Running	—	105
17	24	+7	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		185	—	Running	—	102
18	39	+21	Tommy Gale	Larry Jackson (Owner)	Mercury	185	—	Running	—	98
19	12	-7	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	184	—	Running	—	96
20	36	+16	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		183	—	Running	—	93
21	26	+5	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		180	—	Running	—	90
22	35	+13	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	179	—	Running	—	87
23	40	+17	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		174	—	Running	—	84
24	20	-4	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Plymouth	164	—	Running	—	81
25	38	+13	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	156	—	Running	—	78
26	30	+4	Paul Tyler	Paul Tyler (Owner)	Mercury	128	—	DNF - Engine	—	75
27	32	+5	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		122	—	DNF - Engine	—	72
28	11	-17	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	121	—	DNF - Engine	—	68
29	31	+2	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	118	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	15	-15	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Mercury	85	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	33	+2	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
32	8	-24	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		76	—	DNF	—	57
33	19	-14	David Pearson	Nichels Engineering		68	—	DNF	—	0
34	17	-17	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	65	—	DNF - Engine	—	51
35	23	-12	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		42	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	34	-2	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	28	—	DNF	—	0
37	29	-8	Bobby Mausgrover	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	17	—	DNF	—	0
38	37	-1	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		16	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
39	16	-23	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		1	—	DNF	—	36
40	27	-13	Dick May	Ron Ronacher (Owner)		0	—	DNF	—	33