Sandlapper 200

Columbia Speedway — January 1, 1971

Richard Petty

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1971 Sandlapper 200 at Columbia Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 110 of 200 laps. Tiny Lund finished second; Jim Paschal rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Columbia Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	200	—	Running	110	50
2	3	+1	Tiny Lund	Ronnie Hopkins (Owner)		200	—	Running	64	50
3	4	+1	Jim Paschal	Cliff Stewart Racing	GMC	200	—	Running	15	49
4	6	+2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		197	—	Running	—	49
5	21	+16	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	196	—	Running	—	48
6	5	-1	Wayne Andrews	Reid Shaw (Owner)		196	—	Running	—	48
7	10	+3	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		194	—	Running	—	47
8	14	+6	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		193	—	Running	—	46
9	11	+2	Randy Hutchison	Warren Prout (Owner)		193	—	Running	—	47
10	23	+13	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder (Owner)		190	—	Running	—	45
11	18	+7	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		189	—	Running	—	44
12	12	—	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		186	—	Running	—	43
13	9	-4	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	182	—	Running	—	42
14	13	-1	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	179	—	Running	—	41
15	30	+15	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		179	—	Running	—	40
16	7	-9	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	178	—	Running	—	39
17	8	-9	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		165	—	Running	—	46
18	15	-3	Jimmy Vaughn	Jimmy Vaughn (Owner)		162	—	DNF - Crash	—	45
19	24	+5	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	159	—	DNF - Crash	—	38
20	20	—	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	152	—	DNF	—	37
21	25	+4	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		143	—	DNF	—	36
22	19	-3	Ernie Shaw	Ernie Shaw (Owner)		109	—	DNF	—	44
23	26	+3	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		68	—	DNF	—	35
24	2	-22	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		55	—	DNF - Crash	11	43
25	29	+4	Bobby Mausgrover	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	51	—	DNF	—	34
26	17	-9	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		21	—	DNF	—	33
27	28	+1	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		17	—	DNF	—	32
28	16	-12	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		12	—	DNF - Engine	—	31
29	27	-2	Marv Acton	Team SABCO	Plymouth	11	—	DNF	—	30
30	22	-8	Ron Keselowski	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	0	—	DNF - Crash	—	29