Winston Western 500

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1971

Ray Elder

Winner

191

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Ray Elder won the 1971 Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1971, leading 67 of 191 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1971

Winner

Ray Elder

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	191	—	Running	67	150
2	2	—	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	191	—	Running	42	147
3	7	+4	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		189	—	Running	—	144
4	4	—	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	189	—	Running	—	141
5	5	—	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		185	—	Running	—	138
6	9	+3	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		184	—	Running	—	135
7	10	+3	Kevin Terris	Dean Barnicle (Owner)	Plymouth	184	—	Running	—	132
8	22	+14	Carl Joiner	Joiner Racing		169	—	Running	—	129
9	17	+8	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		169	—	Running	—	126
10	13	+3	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		167	—	Running	—	123
11	29	+18	G.T. Tallas	G.T. Tallas (Owner)		157	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
12	8	-4	Hershel McGriff	Smokey Yunick Racing	Plymouth	156	—	DNF	—	117
13	40	+27	Bob England	Bob England (Owner)		155	—	DNF - Engine	—	114
14	27	+13	Dick Kranzler	Kranzler Racing		143	—	Running	—	111
15	34	+19	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	140	—	DNF - Engine	—	108
16	6	-10	Dick Bown	Ober Logging	Plymouth	133	—	DNF	—	105
17	19	+2	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	130	—	DNF - Engine	—	102
18	31	+13	Jack McCoy	Ernie Conn (Owner)	Dodge	126	—	DNF - Engine	—	99
19	26	+7	Ron Gautsche	Ron Gautsche (Owner)		118	—	DNF	—	96
20	1	-19	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	107	—	DNF - Engine	62	93
21	15	-6	John Soares Jr.	John Soares Jr. (Owner)	Plymouth	101	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
22	30	+8	Frank James	Jim Calder (Owner)		97	—	DNF	—	87
23	33	+10	Ron Grable			77	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
24	14	-10	Dick Guldstrand	James Good (Owner)		76	—	DNF	—	81
25	11	-14	Jimmy Insolo	Marvin Rowley (Owner)		75	—	DNF - Engine	—	78
26	12	-14	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		58	—	DNF	—	75
27	24	-3	Bob Kauf	Paul Stockwell (Owner)		56	—	DNF	—	72
28	25	-3	Paul Dorrity	Glen Dorrity (Owner)		50	—	DNF - Engine	—	69
29	23	-6	Jerry Oliver	Coz Concilla (Owner)		47	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	37	+7	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	40	—	DNF	—	63
31	38	+7	Mike Kittlekow			38	—	DNF	—	60
32	32	—	Ray Johnstone	Ray Johnstone (Owner)	Plymouth	36	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
33	18	-15	Don Noel			27	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
34	39	+5	Glenn Francis	Bill Andersen (Owner)		27	—	DNF - Engine	—	51
35	16	-19	David Pearson	Holman Moody		25	—	DNF - Engine	20	48
36	20	-16	Joe Clark			21	—	DNF	—	45
37	35	-2	Harry Schilling	Thomas Hynes (Owner)	Dodge	18	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
38	36	-2	Roy Collins		Dodge	7	—	DNF	—	39
39	28	-11	Ivan Baldwin	Ivan Baldwin Engineering		2	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
40	21	-19	Pat Fay			1	—	DNF - Engine	—	33