USAC National Sprint Car Series 1971 standings

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USAC National Sprint Car Series 1971 standings

Championship points standings for the USAC National Sprint Car Series 1971

Position	Driver	Team	Car
1.	Gary Bettenhausen	Willie Davis	(Ford)
2.	Larry Dickson	Ben Leyba	(Chevrolet)
3.	Rollie Beale	Ron Kilman
4.	Sammy Sessions	Paul Leffler	(Chevrolet)
5.	Lee Kunzman	Glen Niebel
6.	Don Nordhorn	Mauri Amerling	(Chevrolet)
7.	Dick Tobias	Russ Ruppert	(Chevrolet)
30.	Pancho Carter	Duane Carter	(Offenhauser)
	Bobbie Adamson	Robert Ziegler
	Bobby Allen	L H Emrich	(Chevrolet)
	John Anderson	John Wergland	(Chevrolet)
	Sonny Ates	Iddings Brothers	(Chevrolet)
	Merle Bettenhausen	David LeFevre
	Tom Bigelow	Carl Gehlhausen	(Chevrolet)
	Bob Black	E T Morse	(Chevrolet)
	Lee Brayton	Brayton Racing	(Chevrolet)
	Karl Busson	Bernie Cedoz	(Chevrolet)
	Larry Cannon	Richard Hoffman	(Chevrolet)
	Jimmy Caruthers	Don Peabody
	Duke Cook	Gene Besecker	(Chevrolet)
	Doc Dawson	Ralph DePalma	(Chevrolet)
	Leigh Earnshaw	Earnshaw Racing	(Chevrolet)
	Bob Evans	Leonard Faas	(Chevrolet)
	Cy Fairchild	Watson	(Chevrolet)
	Bobby Gerhart
	Ray Lee Goodwin	Swanson
	Darl Harrison	Dennis Maloy	(Chevrolet)
	Jackie Howerton	Howerton Racing	(Chevrolet)
	Dee Jones	Robert Finn	(Chevrolet)
	Bill Koepfer	Davis	(Chevrolet)
	Gordy Lee		(Chevrolet)
	Ralph Liguori	Robert Ziegler	(Chevrolet)
	Fred Linder	Ray Smith	(Chevrolet)
	Jim Linder	Ray Smith	(Chevrolet)
	Al Loquasto
	Jim Malloy	Jack Colvin
	Charlie Masters	Stan Hille	(Chevrolet)
	Jerry McClung
	Jim McElreath	McElreath Racing
	Al Murie	Harmon	(Chevrolet)
	Jan Opperman	John Wergland	(Chevrolet)
	Lee Osborne	Walter Meskowski	(Chevrolet)
	Jimmy Oskie	Oskie Racing	Edmunds (Chevrolet)
	Johnny Parsons	Carl Forberg	(Chevrolet)
	Jerry Poland	Ray Smith
	Gary Ponzini	Ponzini Racing
	Bob Pratt	Dale Doty
	Bill Puterbaugh	David LeFevre, Ray Smith	(Chevrolet)
	Eldon Rasmussen	Rasmussen Racing	(Chevrolet)
	Larry Rice	Virgil Welch	(Chevrolet)
	Ronnie Rough
	Johnny Rutherford
	Joe Saldana	Louis Seymour	(Chevrolet)
	Jim Sheaffer	Harold Hank	(Chevrolet)
	Mitch Smith	Gary Wasson	Trevis
	George Snider	Louis Seymour
	Billy Thrasher
	Lennie Waldo	David LeFevre	(Chevrolet)
	Bruce Walkup	Steve Stapp	(Chevrolet)
	Bentley Warren	Howard Purdy	(Chevrolet)
	Greg Weld	Paul Leffler, Steve Stapp	(Chevrolet)
	Butch Wilkerson	J J Smith	(Chevrolet)
	Carl Williams		(Chevrolet)
	Tom York	Ralph DePalma	(Chevrolet)

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Gary Bettenhausen	5
	Sammy Sessions	5
Most podium positions	Gary Bettenhausen	9
Most podium positions without a win	Don Nordhorn	3

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country		Drivers	Number
98.4%	U.S.A.		Gary Bettenhausen, Sammy Sessions, Larry Dickson, Dick Tobias, George Snider, Larry Cannon, Mitch Smith, Rollie Beale, Lee Kunzman, Bill Puterbaugh, Cy Fairchild, Johnny Parsons, Johnny Rutherford, Pancho Carter, Don Nordhorn, Bentley Warren, Jim Malloy, Duke Cook, Darl Harrison, Karl Busson, Bobby Allen, Gary Ponzini, Larry Rice, Charlie Masters, Lee Brayton, Doc Dawson, Al Murie, Ralph Liguori, Jerry Poland, Tom Bigelow, Carl Williams, Jan Opperman, Bob Black, Bobby Gerhart, Joe Saldana, Al Loquasto, Gordy Lee, Sonny Ates, Jim Linder, Greg Weld, Dee Jones, Butch Wilkerson, Lennie Waldo, Leigh Earnshaw, Bill Koepfer, Fred Linder, Bob Pratt, Merle Bettenhausen, Jim McElreath, Jimmy Oskie, Jimmy Caruthers, Jerry McClung, Billy Thrasher, Bob Evans, Ray Lee Goodwin, Jim Sheaffer, John Anderson, Lee Osborne, Jackie Howerton, Bruce Walkup, Tom York, Bobbie Adamson, Ronnie Rough	63
1.6%	Canada		Eldon Rasmussen	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1971 USAC National Sprint Car Series

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Fastest laps
Adamson, Bobbie	37 y/o	1	0	1
Allen, Bobby	27 y/o	4	0	0	0
Anderson, John	27 y/o	2	0	0	0
Ates, Sonny	36 y/o	5	0	0	0
Beale, Rollie	41 y/o	17	4	6
Bettenhausen, Gary	29 y/o	28	5	9
Bettenhausen, Merle	28 y/o	3	0	0	0
Bigelow, Tom	31 y/o	9	0	1
Black, Bob	n/a	5	0	0	0
Brayton, Lee	37 y/o	3	0	0	0
Busson, Karl	33 y/o	10	0	2
Cannon, Larry	34 y/o	12	2	4
Carter, Pancho	21 y/o	4	0	0	0
Caruthers, Jimmy	26 y/o	1	0	0	0
Cook, Duke	27 y/o	4	0	0	0
Dawson, Doc	n/a	3	0	0	0
Dickson, Larry	32 y/o	14	4	8
Earnshaw, Leigh	n/a	6	0	0	0
Evans, Bob	n/a	2	0	0	0
Fairchild, Cy	34 y/o	4	1	1
Gerhart, Bobby	12 y/o	1	0	0	0
Goodwin, Ray Lee	31 y/o	1	0	1
Harrison, Darl	34 y/o	10	0	2
Howerton, Jackie	n/a	1	0	0	0
Jones, Dee	38 y/o	4	0	0	0
Koepfer, Bill	n/a	6	0	0	0
Kunzman, Lee	26 y/o	4	1	2
Lee, Gordy	n/a	2	0	0	0
Liguori, Ralph	44 y/o	3	0	0	0
Linder, Fred	n/a	2	0	0	0
Linder, Jim	n/a	1	0	0	0
Loquasto, Al	31 y/o	1	0	0	0
Malloy, Jim	39 y/o	2	0	0	0
Masters, Charlie	35 y/o	3	0	0	0
McClung, Jerry	n/a	1	0	0	0
McElreath, Jim	43 y/o	2	0	0	0
Murie, Al	n/a	3	0	0	0
Nordhorn, Don	37 y/o	9	0	3
Opperman, Jan	32 y/o	2	0	0	0
Osborne, Lee	n/a	2	0	1
Oskie, Jimmy	25 y/o	7	0	0	0
Parsons, Johnny	26 y/o	14	1	1
Poland, Jerry	n/a	2	0	0	0
Ponzini, Gary	26 y/o	1	0	0	0
Pratt, Bob	42 y/o	3	0	1
Puterbaugh, Bill	35 y/o	6	1	1
Rasmussen, Eldon	34 y/o	2	0	0	0
Rice, Larry	25 y/o	5	0	0	0
Rough, Ronnie	n/a	1	0	0	0
Rutherford, Johnny	33 y/o	1	0	0
Saldana, Joe	26 y/o	7	0	0	0
Sessions, Sammy	35 y/o	13	5	8
Sheaffer, Jim	n/a	1	0	0	0
Smith, Mitch	40 y/o	3	3	3
Snider, George	30 y/o	3	2	2
Thrasher, Billy	n/a	1	0	1
Tobias, Dick	39 y/o	11	2	5
Waldo, Lennie	27 y/o	7	0	0	0
Walkup, Bruce	26 y/o	3	0	0	0
Warren, Bentley	30 y/o	1	0	0	0
Weld, Greg	27 y/o	3	0	0	0
Wilkerson, Butch	n/a	4	0	0	0
Williams, Carl	40 y/o	3	0	0	0
York, Tom	n/a	1	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL