1971 Rafaela Indycars

Name: 1971 Rafaela Indycars
Start: 28/02/1971
Location: Rafaela

Sunday, February 28, 1971
Rafaela Twin 150 - Race 1
USAC National Championship

Race Winner

Al Unser , Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing

Country

Argentina

Circuit

Rafaela

Round

Laps

Pole

Lloyd Ruby , Gene White Co

1971 Season

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Race Results

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Position	Driver	No.	Team	Vehicle	Time	Points
1 2	Al Unser	1	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	Colt 71-Ford (Firestone)	54m 46.53s	300
2 1	Lloyd Ruby	12	Gene White Co	Mongoose 70-Ford (Firestone)	53 laps	240
3 1	Mike Mosley	4	Leader Card Racers	Eagle-Ford	52 laps	210
4 2	Swede Savage	42	All-American Racers	Eagle 71-Offenhauser	52 laps	180
5 3	Roger McCluskey	41	Grant King Racers	King-Offenhauser	52 laps	150
6	Joe Leonard	15	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	Colt 70-Ford (Firestone)	52 laps	120
7 6	Johnny Rutherford	17	Vollstedt Enterprises	Vollstedt-Offenhauser	52 laps	90
8 1	Cale Yarborough	21	Gene White Co	Mongoose 70-Ford (Firestone)	51 laps	75
9 2	Gordon Johncock	7	Vollstedt Enterprises	Vollstedt-Ford	51 laps	60
10	Bentley Warren	94	Vatis Enterprises	Finley-Offenhauser	51 laps	45
11 2	Gary Bettenhausen	16	Don Gerhardt	Gerhardt-Offenhauser	50 laps	30
12 5	Carlos Pairetti	44	Dick Simon Racing	Vollstedt-Ford	50 laps	0
13 1	Dick Simon	10	Dick Simon Racing	Lola-Ford	49 laps	0
14 1	Jim Malloy	29	MVS	Cecil-Ford	48 laps	0
15 12	Salt Walther	77	Dayton-Walther	Morris-Ford	47 laps	0
16 10	John Mahler	100	John Mahler	Eagle-Chevrolet	47 laps	0
17 3	Bill Simpson	28	Bill Simpson	Eagle-Offenhauser	46 laps	0
18 1	Don Brown	39	Seymour Enterprises	Gerhardt-Chevrolet	46 laps	0
19 1	Dave Strickland	50	Navarro Engineering	Navarro-Rambler	45 laps	0
20 3	Max Dudley	61	Max Dudley	Gerhardt-Chevrolet	44 laps	0
21	Tom Bigelow	34	Carl Gehlhausen	Huffaker-Chevrolet	43 laps	0
22 3	Rick Muther	54	Jack Adams	Eagle-Pratt & Whitney	40 laps Engine	0
23 1	Larry Cannon	47	Richard M Blacker	Phillips-Chevrolet	21 laps Oil pressure	0
24 8	Denny Zimmerman	43	Fiore Racing	Vollstedt-Offenhauser	21 laps Magneto	0
25 3	Ludwig Heimrath	55	Heimrath Racing	Eisert-Chevrolet	8 laps Black flagged	0
26 8	Dee Jones	51	Pat O'Reilly	Watson-Ford	4 laps Black flagged	0
27 22	Bobby Unser	2	All-American Racers	Eagle 71-Offenhauser	3 laps Piston	0

Qualifying

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Grid	Driver	Team	Time
1	Lloyd Ruby	Gene White Co	59.74s
2	Swede Savage	All-American Racers	59.81s
3	Al Unser	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	1m 0.07s
4	Mike Mosley	Leader Card Racers	1m 0.26s
5	Bobby Unser	All-American Racers	1m 1.05s
6	Joe Leonard	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	1m 1.09s
7	Cale Yarborough	Gene White Co	1m 1.26s
8	Roger McCluskey	Grant King Racers	1m 1.38s
9	Gary Bettenhausen	Don Gerhardt	1m 1.62s
10	Bentley Warren	Vatis Enterprises	1m 1.89s
11	Gordon Johncock	Vollstedt Enterprises	1m 2.6s
12	Dick Simon	Dick Simon Racing	1m 3s
13	Johnny Rutherford	Vollstedt Enterprises	1m 3.02s
14	Bill Simpson	Bill Simpson	1m 3.1s
15	Jim Malloy	MVS	1m 3.41s
16	Denny Zimmerman	Fiore Racing	1m 3.5s
17	Carlos Pairetti	Dick Simon Racing	1m 3.92s
18	Dee Jones	Pat O'Reilly	1m 6.88s
19	Don Brown	Seymour Enterprises	1m 8.28s
20	Dave Strickland	Navarro Engineering	1m 8.75s
21	Tom Bigelow	Carl Gehlhausen	1m 9.87s
22	Ludwig Heimrath	Heimrath Racing	1m 12.1s
23	Max Dudley	Max Dudley	1m 12.22s
24	Larry Cannon	Richard M Blacker	1m 13.43s
25	Rick Muther	Jack Adams	Engine
26	John Mahler	John Mahler
27	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther