Winston Golden State 400

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1971

Bobby Allison

Winner

153

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1971 Winston Golden State 400 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1971, leading 137 of 153 laps. Ray Elder finished second; Cecil Gordon rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Riverside International Raceway

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	Dodge	153	—	Running	137	150
2	3	+1	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	153	—	Running	3	147
3	11	+8	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	147	—	Running	—	144
4	8	+4	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		146	—	Running	—	141
5	31	+26	Jerry Oliver	Coz Concilla (Owner)	Dodge	145	—	Running	—	138
6	25	+19	John Soares Jr.	John Soares Jr. (Owner)	Plymouth	145	—	Running	—	135
7	7	—	Kevin Terris	Dean Barnicle (Owner)	Plymouth	144	—	Running	—	132
8	22	+14	Scotty Cain			143	—	Running	—	129
9	14	+5	Pat Fay			136	—	Running	—	126
10	19	+9	Frank James	Jim Calder (Owner)		135	—	Running	—	123
11	9	-2	Jack McCoy	Ernie Conn (Owner)	Dodge	127	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
12	37	+25	Bob England	Bob England (Owner)		126	—	DNF	—	117
13	2	-11	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	110	—	DNF - Engine	4	114
14	21	+7	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	107	—	Running	—	111
15	29	+14	Don Noel	Don Noel (Owner)		99	—	DNF	—	108
16	39	+23	Ivan Baldwin	Ivan Baldwin Engineering		98	—	DNF	—	105
17	12	-5	Jimmy Insolo	Marvin Rowley (Owner)		91	—	DNF - Engine	—	102
18	15	-3	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		90	—	DNF	—	99
19	24	+5	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		89	—	DNF - Crash	—	96
20	20	—	Ray Johnstone	Ray Johnstone (Owner)	Plymouth	79	—	DNF	—	93
21	6	-15	Hershel McGriff	Smokey Yunick Racing	Plymouth	78	—	DNF - Engine	3	90
22	4	-18	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	76	—	DNF - Crash	6	87
23	30	+7	Dick Kranzler	Kranzler Racing		59	—	DNF	—	84
24	32	+8	Tru Cheek			57	—	DNF	—	81
25	26	+1	Ron Gautsche	Ron Gautsche (Owner)		48	—	DNF	—	78
26	35	+9	Bill Osborne			37	—	DNF - Engine	—	75
27	10	-17	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	35	—	DNF - Engine	—	72
28	28	—	John Lyons			35	—	DNF - Crash	—	69
29	17	-12	Johnny Anderson			34	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	33	+3	Jerry Barnett			32	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	23	-8	Carl Joiner	Joiner Racing		31	—	DNF	—	60
32	27	-5	Harry Schilling	Thomas Hynes (Owner)	Dodge	31	—	DNF - Engine	—	57
33	38	+5	Paul Dorrity	Glen Dorrity (Owner)		24	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
34	18	-16	Pete Torres			19	—	DNF - Engine	—	51
35	34	-1	J.R. Skinner			17	—	DNF	—	48
36	13	-23	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	10	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	36	-1	Bob Kauf	Paul Stockwell (Owner)		8	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
38	40	+2	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		6	—	DNF	—	39
39	5	-34	Dick Bown	Ober Logging	Plymouth	3	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
40	16	-24	Mike James	Jim Calder (Owner)		1	—	DNF	—	33