West Vriginia 500

West Virginia International Speedway — January 1, 1971

Richard Petty

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1971 West Vriginia 500 at West Virginia International Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 313 of 500 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; James Hylton rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

West Virginia International Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

3 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	—	Running	313	50
2	1	-1	Bobby Allison	Melvin Joseph (Owner)		498	—	Running	167	0
3	5	+2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		495	—	Running	—	49
4	6	+2	Tiny Lund	Ronnie Hopkins (Owner)		493	—	Running	20	49
5	14	+9	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	482	—	Running	—	48
6	4	-2	Jim Paschal	Cliff Stewart Racing	GMC	477	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
7	17	+10	Gary Myers	Norris Reed (Owner)		474	—	Running	—	47
8	25	+17	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		468	—	Running	—	47
9	11	+2	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		468	—	Running	—	46
10	26	+16	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	467	—	Running	—	45
11	16	+5	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		459	—	Running	—	44
12	28	+16	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	452	—	Running	—	43
13	27	+14	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		432	—	Running	—	43
14	12	-2	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)		422	—	Running	—	46
15	7	-8	Joe Dean Huss	Jack Balmer (Owner)		417	—	Running	—	45
16	9	-7	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		413	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
17	30	+13	Randy Hutchison	Warren Prout (Owner)		364	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
18	10	-8	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	312	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
19	22	+3	Jimmy Vaughn	Jimmy Vaughn (Owner)		266	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
20	31	+11	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	224	—	DNF	—	41
21	34	+13	Gordon Birkett	John Hodges (Owner)		220	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
22	32	+10	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		214	—	DNF	—	39
23	15	-8	Wayne Andrews	Reid Shaw (Owner)		206	—	DNF	—	41
24	13	-11	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		187	—	DNF	—	38
25	3	-22	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		141	—	DNF	—	37
26	8	-18	Junior Spencer	James Rupe (Owner)		112	—	DNF	—	40
27	23	-4	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing		100	—	DNF	—	0
28	20	-8	Pee Wee Wentz	Wentz Racing		100	—	DNF - Engine	—	38
29	29	—	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		48	—	DNF	—	36
30	19	-11	Al Straub	Al Straub (Owner)		48	—	DNF	—	37
31	33	+2	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	47	—	DNF	—	35
32	24	-8	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	31	—	DNF	—	34
33	18	-15	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		25	—	DNF	—	33
34	21	-13	Paul Tyler	Keith Christensen (Owner)		11	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
35	35	—	Jerry Churchill	Churchill Motorsports		1	—	DNF	—	32