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| 1971 World 600 | 
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| Held on May 30, 1971 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC | |
| 400 L, 600 M, 965.6 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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| 1 | 2 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Coca-Cola | '69 Mercury | 400 | 303 | running | |
| 2 | 13 | 21 | Donnie Allison | Purolator | '69 Mercury | 400 | 0 | running | |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | Pete Hamilton | American Brakeblok | '71 Plymouth | 399 | 0 | running | |
| 4 | 5 | 43 | Richard Petty | Southern Chrysler Plymouth | '71 Plymouth | 398 | 0 | running | |
| 5 | 4 | 99 | Fred Lorenzen | STP | '71 Plymouth | 395 | 0 | running | |
| 6 | 8 | 11 | Buddy Baker | Petty Enterprises | '71 Dodge | 394 | 2 | running | |
| 7 | 15 | 72 | Benny Parsons | Montgomery Motors | '69 Mercury | 392 | 0 | running | |
| 8 | 25 | 39 | Friday Hassler | '70 Chevrolet | 391 | 0 | running | ||
| 9 | 12 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Roger Little's Dodge Country | '69 Dodge | 390 | 7 | running | |
| 10 | 7 | 22 | Dick Brooks | Pistnlube | '70 Dodge | 390 | 0 | running | |
| 11 | 10 | 31 | Jim Vandiver | Moss-Thornton | '70 Dodge | 386 | 0 | running | |
| 12 | 11 | 14 | Jim Paschal | Guddey Motors, North Wilkesboro Dragway | '71 Chevrolet | 386 | 0 | running | |
| 13 | 17 | 48 | James Hylton | Mullins Ford | '71 Ford | 385 | 1 | running | |
| 14 | 16 | 90 | Bill Dennis | Junie Donlavey | '69 Mercury | 382 | 0 | running | |
| 15 | 19 | 42 | Marty Robbins | Pistnlube, Marty Robbins | '69 Dodge | 376 | 0 | running | |
| 16 | 9 | 91 | Speedy Thompson | Fox Turkey Farm | '71 Chevrolet | 376 | 0 | running | |
| 17 | 18 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | '69 Mercury | 374 | 0 | running | ||
| 18 | 37 | 06 | Neil Castles | '70 Dodge | 370 | 0 | running | ||
| 19 | 27 | 10 | Bill Champion | '71 Ford | 363 | 0 | running | ||
| 20 | 39 | 04 | Ed Negre | Buster Davis | '70 Plymouth | 354 | 0 | running | |
| 21 | 30 | 5 | Earl Brooks | Circus Circus | '70 Plymouth | 353 | 0 | running | |
| 22 | 24 | 92 | Larry Smith | The Car Center | '69 Ford | 352 | 0 | running | |
| 23 | 35 | 79 | Frank Warren | '69 Dodge | 349 | 0 | running | ||
| 24 | 32 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | '69 Mercury | 333 | 0 | running | ||
| 25 | 26 | 93 | Richard D. Brown | Harold Furr | '71 Chevrolet | 330 | 0 | crash | |
| 26 | 34 | 07 | Jabe Thomas | Cunningham-Kelley | '69 Chevrolet | 292 | 0 | wheel bearing | |
| 27 | 21 | 64 | Elmo Langley | '69 Mercury | 282 | 0 | clutch | ||
| 28 | 1 | 3 | Charlie Glotzbach | Kmart, Pistonlube | '71 Chevrolet | 234 | 87 | crash | |
| 29 | 31 | 45 | Bill Seifert | '69 Ford | 232 | 0 | vibration | ||
| 30 | 28 | 88 | Ron Keselowski | Roger Lubinski | '70 Dodge | 213 | 0 | suspension | |
| 31 | 33 | 47 | Raymond Williams | Bill Seifert | '71 Ford | 211 | 0 | engine | |
| 32 | 3 | 71 | Bobby Isaac | K & K Insurance | '71 Dodge | 160 | 0 | radiator | |
| 33 | 36 | 02 | Dick Bown | Mike Ober | '70 Plymouth | 110 | 0 | suspension | |
| 34 | 14 | 33 | David Pearson | C.V. Enterprises | '71 Pontiac | 94 | 0 | oil leak | |
| 35 | 23 | 18 | Joe Frasson | '70 Dodge | 79 | 0 | oil pan | ||
| 36 | 20 | 49 | G.C. Spencer | '69 Plymouth | 60 | 0 | engine | ||
| 37 | 22 | 60 | Maynard Troyer | Nagle Racers | '69 Mercury | 39 | 0 | steering | |
| 38 | 40 | 55 | Ben Arnold | Pepsi, Baughman | '69 Mercury | 33 | 0 | oil line | |
| 39 | 38 | 77 | Charlie Roberts | '70 Ford | 17 | 0 | engine | ||
| 40 | 29 | 30 | Walter Ballard | Hekimian's Foreign Car Shop | '71 Ford | 11 | 0 | crash |
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| Average Speed: ??? mph | |||||||||
| Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available |
