Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1971

Bobby Allison

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1971 Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1971, leading 100 of 188 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Pete Hamilton rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1971

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	188	—	Running	100	0
2	5	+3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	188	—	Running	15	147
3	4	+1	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	187	—	DNF - Crash	36	144
4	8	+4	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	184	—	Running	—	0
5	14	+9	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	183	—	Running	—	138
6	11	+5	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		181	—	Running	—	135
7	20	+13	Don Tarr	Pistone Racing		181	—	Running	—	132
8	39	+31	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	179	—	Running	—	129
9	31	+22	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	179	—	Running	—	126
10	19	+9	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		179	—	Running	—	123
11	13	+2	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	179	—	Running	—	120
12	25	+13	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		178	—	Running	—	117
13	38	+25	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		178	—	Running	—	114
14	32	+18	Tommy Gale	Larry Jackson (Owner)	Mercury	176	—	Running	—	111
15	14	-1	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	175	—	Running	—	108
16	46	+30	David Sisco	McGee Racing		173	—	Running	—	105
17	30	+13	Bill Ward	Jimmy McCain (Owner)		173	—	Running	—	102
18	33	+15	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		169	—	Running	—	99
19	36	+17	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	163	—	Running	—	96
20	50	+30	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		162	—	Running	—	93
21	27	+6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	161	—	Running	—	90
22	23	+1	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		156	—	Running	—	87
23	3	-20	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing		155	—	DNF - Engine	5	84
24	26	+2	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		155	—	DNF - Engine	—	81
25	48	+23	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		155	—	Running	—	78
26	49	+23	Wendell Scott	Garn Racing		153	—	Running	—	75
27	43	+16	Dick May	Ralph Davis (Owner)	Dodge	153	—	Running	—	72
28	40	+12	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		151	—	Running	—	69
29	37	+8	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		148	—	DNF	—	66
30	28	-2	Marv Acton	Team SABCO	Plymouth	146	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	45	+14	Harry Gailey	George Elliott Racing		141	—	Running	—	60
32	15	-17	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	105	—	DNF - Crash	—	57
33	44	+11	Bobby Brack	J.C. Crews (Owner)		105	—	DNF - Crash	—	54
34	29	-5	Dave Marcis	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	101	—	DNF - Crash	—	51
35	17	-18	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		97	—	DNF	—	48
36	7	-29	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	95	—	DNF - Engine	10	45
37	9	-28	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		86	—	DNF	—	42
38	12	-26	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	63	—	DNF - Crash	—	39
39	6	-33	Rolf Stommelen		Mercury	53	—	DNF	—	0
40	24	-16	Dub Simpson	Harold Furr (Owner)		49	—	DNF	—	36
41	1	-40	Donnie Allison	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	44	—	DNF - Engine	22	0
42	34	-8	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		42	—	DNF	—	30
43	42	-1	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		39	—	DNF - Engine	—	27
44	10	-34	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Mercury	33	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
45	35	-10	Bobby Mausgrover	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	27	—	DNF - Engine	—	21
46	47	+1	Johnny Barnes	Roberts Racing	Dodge	23	—	DNF	—	18
47	21	-26	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	10	—	DNF - Engine	—	15
48	22	-26	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	10	—	DNF	—	12
49	16	-33	Richard D. Brown	Junior Fields (Owner)		5	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
50	18	-32	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	1	—	DNF	—	0