Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Carolina 500

North Carolina Speedway

March 14th, 1971

Race #7 of the 1971 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: Shortened : 492
  • Miles: 500.4
  • Average Speed: 118.696 mph
  • Cautions: 7
  • Caution Laps: 36
  • Lead Changes: 19
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - December 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 2 43 Richard Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 492 198 Running
2 3 71 Bobby Isaac Dodge 0 0 0 492 55 Running
3 10 11 Buddy Baker Dodge 0 0 0 492 182 Running
4 1 99 Fred Lorenzen Plymouth 0 0 0 488 16 Crash
5 13 22 Dick Brooks Dodge 0 0 0 488 0 Running
6 16 98 LeeRoy Yarbrough Mercury 0 0 0 486 22 Crash
7 27 18 Joe Frasson Dodge 0 0 0 474 0 Running
8 8 55 Tiny Lund Dodge 0 0 0 471 0 Running
9 11 64 Elmo Langley Mercury 0 0 0 470 0 Crash
10 14 90 Bill Dennis Mercury 0 0 0 462 0 Running
11 18 76 Ben Arnold Ford 0 0 0 455 0 Running
12 22 25 Jabe Thomas Plymouth 0 0 0 454 0 Running
13 12 24 Cecil Gordon Mercury 0 0 0 446 0 Running
14 31 88 JD McDuffie Dodge 0 0 0 441 0 Running
15 35 34 Wendell Scott Ford 0 0 0 439 0 Crash
16 25 8 Ed Negre Ford 0 0 0 438 0 Running
17 28 79 Frank Warren Plymouth 0 0 0 437 0 Running
18 15 48 James Hylton Mercury 0 0 0 436 0 Suspension
19 40 75 Bobby Wawak Dodge 0 0 0 436 0 Crash
20 29 68 Larry Baumel Ford 0 0 0 413 0 Running
21 32 45 Bill Seifert Ford 0 0 0 384 0 Overheating
22 34 56 EJ Trivette Chevrolet 0 0 0 368 0 Running
23 18 10 Bill Champion Ford 0 0 0 366 0 Running
24 6 6 Pete Hamilton Plymouth 0 0 0 339 7 Radiator
25 9 72 Benny Parsons Mercury 0 0 0 304 0 Crash
26 17 49 GC Spencer Plymouth 0 0 0 301 12 Engine
27 21 42 Ray Hendrick Ford 0 0 0 295 0 Crash
28 30 46 Roy Mayne Chevrolet 0 0 0 282 0 Engine
29 37 63 Charlie Roberts Dodge 0 0 0 265 0 Engine
30 5 12 Bobby Allison Dodge 0 0 0 231 0 Engine
31 7 39 Friday Hassler Chevrolet 0 0 0 186 0 Radiator
32 24 40 Marv Acton Plymouth 0 0 0 162 0 Crash
33 23 4 John Sears Dodge 0 0 0 148 0 Lug bolts
34 4 2 Dave Marcis Dodge 0 0 0 132 0 Engine
35 39 67 Dick May Ford 0 0 0 98 0 Suspension
36 20 06 Neil Castles Dodge 0 0 0 95 0 Overheating
37 33 19 Henley Gray Ford 0 0 0 72 0 Overheating
38 38 51 Dub Simpson Chevrolet 0 0 0 28 0 Transmission
39 36 44 James Sears Ford 0 0 0 9 0 Brakes
40 26 47 Raymond Williams Ford 0 0 0 5 0 Crash