Rafaela Indy 300 Heat 2
Autódromo Ciudad de Rafaela
2.874 Mile Paved Oval
53 Laps/152.322 Miles
February 28, 1971

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

Points
1 1 Al Unser 1 Johnny Lightning 500 Colt Ford TC 53 1:01:26.10 148.816 300
2 2 Lloyd Ruby 12 Gene White Firestone Mongoose 70 Ford TC 53 Finished 240
3 6 Joe Leonard 15 Vel's Parnelli Jones Colt Ford TC 53 Finished 210
4 5 Roger McCluskey 41 Vanfreight Daffodil King Offy TC 53 Finished 180
5 4 Swede Savage 42 Olsonite Eagle 70 Offy TC 53 Finished 150
6 13 Dick Simon 10 TraveLodge Sleeper Lola Ford TC 52 Flagged 120
7 11 Gary Bettenhausen 16 Thermo King Gerhardt Offy TC 52 Flagged 90
8 8 Cale Yarborough 21 Gene White Firestone Mongoose 70 Ford TC 51 Flagged 75
9 12 Carlos Pairetti 44 Fiecha Coca-Cola Vollstedt Ford TC 51 Flagged
10 9 Gordon Johncock 7 Vollstedt Enterprises Vollstedt Ford TC 51 Flagged 45
11 15 Salt Walther 77 Walther's Morris Ford TC 51 Flagged 30
12 26 Dee Jones 51 Minnesota Serendipity Watson Ford 49 Flagged 15
13 17 Bill Simpson 28 Wynn's Kwik Kool Eagle Offy TC 49 Flagged
14 18 Don Brown 39 Seymour Enterprises Gerhardt Chevy 48 Flagged
15 19 Dave Strickland 50 Navarro Navarro Rambler TC 48 Flagged
16 16 John Mahler 100 Mahler Eagle 100 Eagle Chevy 46 Flagged
17 20 Max Dudley 61 Dudley Boat and Trailer Gerhardt Chevy 46 Flagged
18 25 Ludwig Heimrath 55 Heimrath Porsche Eisert Chevy 44 Flagged
19 24 Denny Zimmerman 43 Fiore Racing Enterprises Vollstedt Offy TC 33 Broken intake manifold
20 7 Johnny Rutherford 17 Vollstedt Enterprises Vollstedt Offy TC 30 Blown engine
21 14 Jim Malloy 29 MVS Cecil Ford TC 23 Broken turbocharger wheel
22 21 Tom Bigelow 34 Midwest Manufacturing Dura-Pot Huffaker Chevy 21 Engine failure
23 3 Mike Mosley 4 G. C. Murphy Watson Ford TC 9 Broken valve
24 10 Bentley Warren 94 Vatis Finley Offy TC 9 Wrecked
25 22 Rick Muther 54 Jack Adams Aircraft Glen Bryant Pratt & Whitney Turbine 8 Engine failure
26 23 Larry Cannon 47 Autotron Photoelectric Philipp/Porter Chevy 2 Spun off track

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Al Unser 48 2-40, 45-53
Joe Leonard 4 41-44
Lloyd Ruby 1 1