Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1971

Donnie Allison

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Donnie Allison won the 1971 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1971, leading 62 of 188 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1971

Winner

Donnie Allison

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Donnie Allison	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	188	—	Running	62	150
2	3	+1	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	188	—	Running	73	0
3	7	+4	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	188	—	Running	15	144
4	6	+2	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	187	—	Running	—	141
5	4	-1	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	187	—	Running	—	138
6	27	+21	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	186	—	Running	—	135
7	10	+3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		185	—	Running	—	132
8	9	+1	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	183	—	Running	—	129
9	2	-7	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	181	—	DNF - Engine	38	126
10	32	+22	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		178	—	Running	—	123
11	36	+25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	178	—	Running	—	120
12	22	+10	Bill Seifert	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	177	—	Running	—	117
13	13	—	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	176	—	Running	—	114
14	20	+6	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		175	—	Running	—	111
15	38	+23	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	174	—	Running	—	108
16	17	+1	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		174	—	Running	—	105
17	15	-2	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	173	—	Running	—	102
18	44	+26	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	170	—	Running	—	99
19	47	+28	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		170	—	Running	—	96
20	39	+19	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		169	—	Running	—	93
21	16	-5	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Mercury	167	—	Running	—	90
22	24	+2	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		167	—	Running	—	87
23	31	+8	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	166	—	Running	—	84
24	42	+18	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		165	—	Running	—	81
25	49	+24	Charlie Roberts			160	—	Running	—	78
26	46	+20	Kevin Terris	Team SABCO	Plymouth	150	—	DNF	—	0
27	43	+16	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	135	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
28	26	-2	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	133	—	DNF	—	69
29	29	—	Bill Ward	Jimmy McCain (Owner)		108	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
30	11	-19	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	97	—	DNF	—	63
31	37	+6	David Sisco	McGee Racing		85	—	DNF	—	60
32	48	+16	Roy Mulligan	Roberts Racing	Dodge	83	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
33	18	-15	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	81	—	DNF	—	54
34	33	-1	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		68	—	DNF - Engine	—	51
35	34	-1	Jimmy Crawford		Dodge	66	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	50	+14	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		58	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	14	-23	Tommy Gale	Larry Jackson (Owner)	Mercury	53	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
38	5	-33	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	42	—	DNF - Crash	—	39
39	35	-4	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		39	—	DNF	—	36
40	45	+5	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		35	—	DNF - Engine	—	33
41	19	-22	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing		31	—	DNF	—	30
42	12	-30	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		25	—	DNF - Engine	—	27
43	8	-35	David Pearson	Nichels Engineering		19	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
44	21	-23	Richard D. Brown	Harold Furr (Owner)		17	—	DNF	—	21
45	28	-17	Paul Tyler	Paul Tyler (Owner)	Mercury	15	—	DNF	—	18
46	41	-5	Dub Simpson	Seifert Racing		11	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
47	23	-24	Bobby Mausgrover	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	9	—	DNF	—	12
48	30	-18	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	6	—	DNF - Engine	—	9
49	40	-9	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	4	—	DNF	—	6
50	25	-25	Bub Strickler	Bub Strickler (Owner)		1	—	DNF	—	3