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| 1971 Salem 500 | 
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| Held on October 17, 1971 at Salem Speedway in Salem, IN | |
| 500 L, 277.5 M, 446.5 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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| 1 | 4 | 7 | Ramo Stott | Plymouth | Plymouth | 500 | |||
| 2 | 87 | Dave Dayton | Chevrolet Camaro | 488 | |||||
| 3 | 73 | Bill Nelson | Schlitz | Dodge | 474 | ||||
| 4 | Jim Strube | Chevy | 472 | ||||||
| 5 | Bob Phernetton | Chevy | 459 | ||||||
| 6 | Tony Schiller | Chevy | 450 | ||||||
| 7 | Freddie Holbert | Ford | 450 | ||||||
| 8 | Jerry Norris | Chevy | 444 | ||||||
| 9 | Grant Wilmot | Chevy | 436 | ||||||
| 10 | Mickey Flora | Plymouth | 430 | ||||||
| 11 | Bob Blank | Ford | 428 | ||||||
| 12 | Bill Vincent | Chevy | 428 | ||||||
| 13 | Dave Carey | Ford | 422 | ||||||
| 14 | 37 | Bill Clemons | Wilhelm's Sales & Service | AMC Hornet | 420 | ||||
| 15 | 85 | Dave Kulmer | Chevy | 404 | |||||
| 16 | Wayne Trinkle | Ford | 401 | ||||||
| 17 | Bob McCoy | Ford | 391 | ||||||
| 18 | Kenny Black | Ford | 391 | ||||||
| 19 | A. Arnold | Chevy | 366 | ||||||
| 20 | N.D. Copley | 325 | |||||||
| 21 | LaMarr Marshall | Chevy | 310 | ||||||
| 22 | 27 | Keith Ploughe | 302 | ||||||
| 23 | Carl Summers | Chevy | 274 | ||||||
| 24 | Gene Borrelli | Chevy | 264 | ||||||
| 25 | Kenny Reiter | Chevy | 192 | ||||||
| 26 | Larry Moore | Chevy | 171 | ||||||
| 27 | Len Blanchard | Ford | 165 | ||||||
| 28 | 3 | Iggy Katona | Dodge | 163 | |||||
| 29 | Ralph Young | Ford | 120 | ||||||
| 30 | Clifford Hamm | Ford | 116 | ||||||
| 31 | 2 | 71 | Jim Robinson | Dodge | 102 | ||||
| 32 | Bobby Watson | Chevy | 85 | ||||||
| 33 | Ross Smith | Chevrolet Camaro | 85 | ||||||
| 34 | 1 | Andy Hampton | Dodge Super Bee | 81 | |||||
| 35 | Ed Richardville | Chevy | 76 | ||||||
| 36 | Hubert West | Dodge | 60 | ||||||
| 37 | Charles Moore | Chevy | 57 | ||||||
| 38 | Bill Kimmel | Chevy | 41 | ||||||
| 39 | Al Straub | Ford | 36 | ||||||
| 40 | Walt Ragland | Ford | 1 | ||||||
| Buddy Medlock | DNQ | ||||||||
| David Sisco | DNQ |
| RACE DATA | |||||||||
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| Failed to Qualify: | |||||||||
| Time of Race: ??? | |||||||||
| Fast Qualifier: Les Snow - 19.84 sec. | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: | |||||||||
| Average Speed: ??? mph | |||||||||
| Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available | |||||||||
| STATISTICALLY SPEAKING | |||||||||
| Les Snow Qualified on the pole but turned the car over to Andy Hampton for the race. |
