National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1971

Bobby Allison

Winner

238

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1971 National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 70 of 238 laps. Bobby Isaac finished second; Donnie Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	238	—	Running	70	150
2	8	+6	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	238	—	Running	22	147
3	4	+1	Donnie Allison	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	238	—	Running	—	144
4	5	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	238	—	Running	9	141
5	1	-4	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing		238	—	Running	119	138
6	2	-4	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	237	—	Running	18	135
7	6	-1	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	234	—	Running	—	132
8	14	+6	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		233	—	Running	—	129
9	9	—	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	231	—	Running	—	126
10	11	+1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	226	—	Running	—	123
11	21	+10	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	225	—	Running	—	120
12	28	+16	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	225	—	Running	—	117
13	24	+11	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	225	—	Running	—	114
14	31	+17	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	225	—	Running	—	111
15	12	-3	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	225	—	Running	—	108
16	42	+26	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	224	—	Running	—	105
17	20	+3	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Mercury	224	—	Running	—	102
18	36	+18	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	224	—	Running	—	99
19	16	-3	Ed Negre	Junior Fields (Owner)		223	—	Running	—	96
20	30	+10	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		223	—	Running	—	93
21	39	+18	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		222	—	Running	—	90
22	27	+5	J.D. McDuffie	Williams Racing		222	—	Running	—	87
23	29	+6	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		221	—	Running	—	84
24	32	+8	Bobby Brack	J.C. Crews (Owner)		218	—	Running	—	81
25	19	-6	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		218	—	Running	—	78
26	40	+14	Johnny Halford		Plymouth	214	—	Running	—	75
27	22	-5	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		213	—	Running	—	72
28	35	+7	Cale Yarborough	James Mason (Owner)	Mercury	209	—	DNF	—	0
29	37	+8	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	206	—	Running	—	66
30	23	-7	A.J. Foyt	Matthews Racing		184	—	DNF	—	0
31	26	-5	Stick Elliott	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	163	—	DNF	—	0
32	10	-22	Dave Marcis	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	152	—	DNF	—	57
33	33	—	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	145	—	DNF	—	54
34	7	-27	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Howard & Egerton Racing		120	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
35	18	-17	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Mercury	115	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	17	-19	Neil Castles	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	114	—	DNF	—	45
37	15	-22	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	97	—	DNF	—	42
38	41	+3	Tiny Lund	Lund Racing	Mercury	95	—	DNF	—	0
39	38	-1	Dick Brooks	Ferguson-Stephens		76	—	Running	—	0
40	13	-27	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	73	—	DNF	—	33
41	25	-16	Wendell Scott	Cunningham-Kelley		64	—	DNF	—	30
42	34	-8	Jim Vandiver	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	10	—	DNF - Crash	—	0