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Race Results : International Raceway Park

West Virginia 500

International Raceway Park , Ona, WV

Sunday, August 8th, 1971 Race 35 of 48 1971 Season
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  • Drivers Entered: 35
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 83.805
  • Cautions: 5 for 38 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: N/A
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Entry List
West Virginia 500 at International Raceway Park results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS LAPS LED X LED STATUS
1 2 43 Richard Petty Plymouth 0 0 500 279 0 running
2 1 49 Bobby Allison Ford 0 0 498 201 0 running
3 5 48 James Hylton Ford 0 0 495 0 0 running
4 6 55 Tiny Lund Chevrolet 0 0 493 20 0 running
5 14 24 Cecil Gordon Mercury 0 0 482 0 0 running
6 4 14 Jim Paschal AMC 0 0 477 0 0 engine
7 17 41 Gary Myers Ford 0 0 474 0 0 running
8 25 30 Walter Ballard Ford 0 0 468 0 0 running
9 11 10 Bill Champion Ford 0 0 468 0 0 running
10 26 25 Jabe Thomas Plymouth 0 0 467 0 0 running
11 16 26 Earl Brooks Ford 0 0 459 0 0 running
12 28 70 JD McDuffie Mercury 0 0 452 0 0 running
13 27 34 Wendell Scott Ford 0 0 432 0 0 running
14 12 86 David Ray Boggs Pontiac 0 0 422 0 0 running
15 7 33 Joe Dean Huss Chevrolet 0 0 417 0 0 running
16 9 87 Buck Baker Pontiac 0 0 413 0 0 engine
17 30 2 Randy Hutchison Chevrolet 0 0 364 0 0 crash
18 10 06 Neil Castles Dodge 0 0 312 0 0 engine
19 22 7 Jimmy Vaughn Chevrolet 0 0 266 0 0 oil leak
20 31 4 John Sears Dodge 0 0 224 0 0 ignition
21 34 50 Gordon Birkett Chevrolet 0 0 220 0 0 crash
22 32 8 Ed Negre Ford 0 0 214 0 0 carburetor
23 15 15 Wayne Andrews Ford 0 0 206 0 0 overheating
24 13 45 Bill Seifert Ford 0 0 187 0 0 driver ill
25 3 64 Elmo Langley Ford 0 0 141 0 0 ignition
26 8 11 Junior Spencer Chevrolet 0 0 112 0 0 ignition
27 23 3 Charlie Glotzbach Chevrolet 0 0 100 0 0 overheating
28 20 5 Pee Wee Wentz Chevrolet 0 0 100 0 0 engine
29 29 47 Raymond Williams Ford 0 0 48 0 0 overheating
30 19 94 Al Straub Ford 0 0 48 0 0 overheating
31 33 79 Frank Warren Dodge 0 0 47 0 0 overheating
32 24 74 Bill Shirey Plymouth 0 0 31 0 0 quit
33 18 19 Henley Gray Ford 0 0 25 0 0 suspension
34 21 78 Paul Tyler Chevrolet 0 0 11 0 0 engine
35 35 73 Jerry Churchill Ford 0 0 1 0 0 quit

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