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1971 Southeastern 500
Held on March 28, 1971 at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol, TN
500 L, 266.5 M, 429 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	1971 Ford	500	133	running	100
2	2	43	Richard Petty	Southern Chrysler Plymouth	1971 Plymouth	500	233	running	98
3	7	22	Dick Brooks	Mario Rossi	1970 Dodge	489	2	running	0
4	3	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	1971 Dodge	487	78	running	94
5	4	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	1970 Ford	485	0	running	92
6	8	39	Friday Hassler	Hassler Racing	1969 Chevrolet	483	0	running	90
7	5	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing	1969 Mercury	469	0	running	88
8	18	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	1970 Plymouth	448	0	running	86
9	16	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	1969 Ford	443	0	running	84
10	30	06	Neil Castles	Castles Racing	1970 Dodge	439	0	running	82
11	10	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Racing	1969 Dodge	413	0	overheating	80
12	25	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	1969 Plymouth	398	0	running	78
13	17	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling	1969 Dodge	367	0	transmission	76
14	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Casa Linda Hotel	1969 Mercury	366	0	engine	74
15	24	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	1969 Ford	340	0	engine	72
16	28	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	1969 Ford	267	0	transmission	70
17	19	95	Paul Tyler	Tyler Racing	1969 Ford	248	0	rear end	68
18	26	58	Robert Brown	Brown Racing	1971 Chevrolet	228	0	oil leak	66
19	9	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	1970 Ford	180	54	accident	64
20	21	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	1970 Ford	152	0	ignition	62
21	29	67	Dick May	Ronacher Racing	1969 Ford	130	0	oil leak	60
22	15	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	1969 Ford	111	0	accident	58
23	14	7	Ed Negre	Dalton Racing	1969 Ford	106	0	accident	56
24	20	68	Larry Baumel	Auto Lad	1969 Ford	92	0	engine	54
25	22	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	1971 Ford	60	0	overheating	52
26	13	74	Bill Shirey	Shirey Racing	1969 Plymouth	58	0	engine	50
27	6	49	G.C. Spencer	Spencer Racing	1969 Plymouth	47	0	accident	48
28	12	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	1970 Dodge	32	0	ignition	46
29	23	41	Ken Meisenhelder	Meisenhelder Racing	1969 Chevrolet	32	0	overheating	44
30	27	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	1971 Chevrolet	18	0	oil line	42
DID NOT QUALIFY
		8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	1969 Ford			DNQ
		13	Eddie Yarboro	Yarboro Racing	1969 Plymouth			DNQ
		23	Paul Dean Holt		Ford			DNQ
		28	Bill Hollar	Brooks Racing	1969 Ford			DNQ
		52	Raymond Bostic		Ford			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 2h:52:23
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: David Pearson - 18.183 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 4 seconds
Average Speed: 91.704 mph
Cautions: 5 for 45 laps - not available
Lead Changes: 9 among 5 drivers - David Pearson (1-48); Bobby Allison (49-69); James Hylton (70); Bobby Allison (71-127); James Hylton (128-180); Dick Brooks (181-182); Richard Petty (183-331); David Pearson (332-336); Richard Petty (337-420); David Pearson (421-500)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered