Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

West Virginia 500

International Raceway Park

August 8th, 1971

Race #35 of the 1971 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 219.0
  • Average Speed: 83.805 mph
  • Cautions: 5
  • Caution Laps: 38
  • Lead Changes: 13
#12 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 2 43 Richard Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 500 279 Running
2 1 49 Bobby Allison Ford 0 0 0 498 201 Running
3 5 48 James Hylton Ford 0 0 0 495 0 Running
4 6 55 Tiny Lund Chevrolet 0 0 0 493 20 Running
5 14 24 Cecil Gordon Mercury 0 0 0 482 0 Running
6 4 14 Jim Paschal AMC 0 0 0 477 0 Engine
7 17 41 Gary Myers Ford 0 0 0 474 0 Running
8 25 30 Walter Ballard Ford 0 0 0 468 0 Running
9 11 10 Bill Champion Ford 0 0 0 468 0 Running
10 26 25 Jabe Thomas Plymouth 0 0 0 467 0 Running
11 16 26 Earl Brooks Ford 0 0 0 459 0 Running
12 28 70 JD McDuffie Mercury 0 0 0 452 0 Running
13 27 34 Wendell Scott Ford 0 0 0 432 0 Running
14 12 86 David Ray Boggs Pontiac 0 0 0 422 0 Running
15 7 33 Joe Dean Huss Chevrolet 0 0 0 417 0 Running
16 9 87 Buck Baker Pontiac 0 0 0 413 0 Engine
17 30 2 Randy Hutchison Chevrolet 0 0 0 364 0 Crash
18 10 06 Neil Castles Dodge 0 0 0 312 0 Engine
19 22 7 Jimmy Vaughn Chevrolet 0 0 0 266 0 Oil leak
20 31 4 John Sears Dodge 0 0 0 224 0 Ignition
21 34 50 Gordon Birkett Chevrolet 0 0 0 220 0 Crash
22 32 8 Ed Negre Ford 0 0 0 214 0 Carburetor
23 15 15 Wayne Andrews Ford 0 0 0 206 0 Overheating
24 13 45 Bill Seifert Ford 0 0 0 187 0 Driver ill
25 3 64 Elmo Langley Ford 0 0 0 141 0 Ignition
26 8 11 Junior Spencer Chevrolet 0 0 0 112 0 Ignition
27 23 3 Charlie Glotzbach Chevrolet 0 0 0 100 0 Overheating
28 20 5 Pee Wee Wentz Chevrolet 0 0 0 100 0 Engine
29 29 47 Raymond Williams Ford 0 0 0 48 0 Overheating
30 19 94 Al Straub Ford 0 0 0 48 0 Overheating
31 33 79 Frank Warren Dodge 0 0 0 47 0 Overheating
32 24 74 Bill Shirey Plymouth 0 0 0 31 0 Quit
33 18 19 Henley Gray Ford 0 0 0 25 0 Suspension
34 21 78 Paul Tyler Chevrolet 0 0 0 11 0 Engine
35 35 73 Jerry Churchill Ford 0 0 0 1 0 Quit