California 500
Ontario Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
September 5, 1971

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 11 Joe Leonard 15 Samsonite Colt Ford TC 200 3:16:54.515 152.354 1,000
2 13 Art Pollard 8 Gilmore Racing Scorpion 70 Ford TC 199 Flagged 800
3 27 Gary Bettenhausen 16 Thermo King Gerhardt Offy TC 198 Flagged 700
4 14 Lloyd Ruby 12 Utah Stars Mongoose 70 Ford TC 198 Flagged 600
5 15 Steve Krisiloff 20 STP Gas Treatment King Ford TC 196 Flagged 500
6 18 Jim Malloy 92 Norris Industries Eagle Ford TC 187 Flagged 400
7 3 Peter Revson 86 McLaren McLaren 71 Offy TC 183 Flagged 300
8 12 Jim McElreath 3 Patrick Petroleum Eagle Offy TC 183 Flagged 250
9 33 John Mahler 75 Wynn's Florida International McLaren Offy TC 179 Flagged 200
10 25 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 32 Sugaripe Prune Hayhoe Offy TC 173 Flagged 150
11 31 George Eaton 70 Fejer Brothers Colt Ford TC 169 Flagged 100
12 4 Swede Savage 42 Olsonite Eagle 70 Offy TC 166 Wrecked 50
13 26 Larry Dickson 40 STP Keep-Kool Treatment King Offy TC 165 Flagged
14 30 Cale Yarborough 21 Gene White Firestone Mongoose 70 Ford TC 162 Clutch
15 6 Al Unser 1 Johnny Lightning 500 Colt Offy TC 160 Broken gearbox
16 9 A. J. Foyt 9 ITT-Thompson Coyote 71 Ford TC 157 Rear end
17 22 Bud Tingelstad 58 Sugaripe Prune Hayhoe Offy TC 156 Wrecked
18 1 Mark Donohue 66 Sunoco McLaren 71 Offy TC 123 Broken valve
19 16 Jimmy Caruthers 46 Thermo-King Gerhardt Offy TC 122 Engine block
20 19 Denny Zimmerman 7 Vollstedt Enterprises McLaren Offy TC 119 Flagged
21 2 Bobby Unser 2 Olsonite Eagle 71 Offy TC 117 Wrecked
22 28 Dick Simon 10 TraveLodge Sleeper Lola Ford TC 89 Piston
23 17 Wally Dallenbach 22 Sprite Kuzma Offy TC 71 Gearbox
24 29 Donnie Allison 84 Purolator Coyote 71 Ford TC 64 Broken valve
25 10 Mel Kenyon 23 Sprite Kuzma Ford TC 59 Broken valve
26 5 Johnny Rutherford 18 Patrick Petroleum Brabham Offy TC 54 Fire
27 7 Gordon Johncock 85 McLaren McLaren 71 Offy TC 51 Turbo
28 21 Roger McCluskey 6 Sprite Kuzma Ford TC 40 Broken valve
29 32 Bruce Walkup 37 Caves Buick Gerhardt Offy TC 28 Fuel leak
30 23 Greg Weld 31 Federal Engineering Gerhardt Offy TC 27 Wrecked
31 24 Carl Williams 95 City of Terre Haute Eagle Offy TC 15 Piston
32 20 George Snider 4 G. C. Murphy Eagle 68 Offy TC 5 Wrecked
33 8 Mario Andretti 5 STP Oil Treatment McNamara Ford TC 0 Electrical
-- -- Jim Hurtubise 56 Miller High Life Mallard FE Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- John Martin 97 Agajanian Faas Brabham Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bill Simpson 28 Wynn's Kwik Kool Eagle Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Sam Sessions 98 Agajanian-Faas Colt Ford TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Jimmy Caruthers 64 Gilmore Racing Team Scorpion 70 Ford TC -- On entry list
-- -- John Mahler 100 Mahler X Offy TC -- On entry list
-- -- Les Scott 50 Navarro American Navarro Rambler TC -- Did not appear
-- -- Jigger Sirois 65 Travelon Trailer Gerhart 65 Offy TC -- Did not appear
-- -- Lothar Motschenbacher 76 Webster Racing X Ford -- Did not appear
-- -- Salt Walther 77 Dayton Steel Wheel Morris Ford TC -- Did not appear
-- -- Jerry Grant 78 Jerry Grant Racing Eagle 68 Offy TC -- Did not appear
-- -- Bentley Warren 94 Vatis X Offy TC -- Did not appear
-- -- Bob Harkey 99 Joe Hunt Magneto Gerhardt 69 Offy TC -- Did not appear

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Al Unser 84 53-79, 97-119, 127-160
Mark Donohue 49 4-52
Joe Leonard 40 161-200
Bobby Unser 20 1-3, 80-96
A. J. Foyt 7 120-126