Tony Bettenhausen 200
The Milwaukee Mile
1 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/200 Miles
August 15, 1971
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 1 | Bobby Unser | 2 | Olsonite | Eagle 71 | Offy TC | 200 | 1:49:42.33 109.386 | 400 |
| 2 | 3 | A. J. Foyt | 9 | ITT-Thompson | Coyote 71 | Ford TC | 200 | Finished | 320 |
| 3 | 10 | Gary Bettenhausen | 16 | Thermo King | Gerhardt | Offy TC | 199 | Flagged | 280 |
| 4 | 7 | Wally Dallenbach | 22 | Sprite | Kuzma | Offy TC | 199 | Flagged | 240 |
| 5 | 13 | George Snider | 4 | G. C. Murphy | Eagle 68 | Offy TC | 197 | Flagged | 200 |
| 6 | 8 | Lloyd Ruby | 12 | Utah Stars | Mongoose 70 | Ford TC | 195 | Flagged | 160 |
| 7 | 14 | Sam Sessions | 98 | Agajanian-Faas | Colt | Ford TC | 193 | Flagged | 120 |
| 8 | 21 | Cale Yarborough | 21 | Gene White Firestone | Mongoose 70 | Ford TC | 192 | Flagged | 100 |
| 9 | 20 | George Eaton | 70 | Fejer Brothers | Colt | Ford TC | 191 | Flagged | 80 |
| 10 | 17 | Greg Weld | 31 | Federal Engineering | Gerhardt | Offy TC | 191 | Flagged | 60 |
| 11 | 18 | Carl Williams | 95 | City of Terre Haute | Finley | Offy TC | 188 | Flagged | 40 |
| 12 | 11 | John Martin | 97 | Agajanian Faas | Brabham | Offy TC | 187 | Flagged | 20 |
| 13 | 24 | Bill Puterbaugh | 29 | MVS | Cecil | Ford TC | 184 | Flagged | |
| 14 | 9 | Billy Vukovich, Jr. | 32 | Sugaripe Prune | Hayhoe | Offy TC | 140 | Magneto | |
| 15 | 12 | Larry Dickson | 40 | STP Keep-Kool Treatment | King | Offy TC | 140 | Turbo | |
| 16 | 16 | Art Pollard | 8 | Gilmore Racing | Scorpion 70 | Ford TC | 138 | Dropped valve | |
| 17 | 2 | Al Unser | 1 | Johnny Lightning 500 | Colt | Ford TC | 118 | Wrecked | |
| 18 | 4 | Roger McCluskey | 23 | Sprite | Kuzma | Ford TC | 107 | Dropped valve | |
| 19 | 5 | Mario Andretti | 5 | STP Oil Treatment | McNamara | Ford TC | 92 | Fuel leak | |
| 20 | 25 | Arnie Knepper | 90 | CHEK | Watson | Chevy | 61 | Oil leak | |
| 21 | 22 | Don Brown | 39 | Seymour Enterprises | Gerhardt | Chevy | 41 | Blown piston | |
| 22 | 23 | Jerry Karl | 102 | Emrich | Gerhardt | Chevy | 30 | Fire | |
| 23 | 19 | Karl Busson | 73 | Cavanaugh-Tomlinson | Gerhardt | Chevy | 21 | Broken suspension | |
| 24 | 6 | Steve Krisiloff | 20 | STP Gas Treatment | King | Offy TC | 17 | Oil leak | |
| 25 | 15 | Gordon Johncock | 7 | Vollstedt Enterprises | McLaren 70 | Ford TC | 17 | Oil leak | |
| -- | -- | Joe Leonard | 15 | Samsonite | Colt | Ford TC | -- | DNQ, broken time gear | |
| -- | -- | Jim Malloy | X | X | McNamara | Plymouth | -- | DNQ, broken oil pan | |
| -- | -- | Bentley Warren | 94 | Classic Wax | Eagle 66 | Offy TC | -- | Withdrew, injured | |
| -- | -- | Dick Simon | 10 | TraveLodge Sleeper | Lola | Ford TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Mel Kenton | 23 | Sprite | Kuzma | Ford TC | -- | Raced by McCluskey | |
| -- | -- | Roger McCluskey | 6 | Sprite | Kuzma | Ford TC | -- | DNQ, mechanical |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Bobby Unser | 191 | 1-109, 119-200 |
| Al Unser | 9 | 110-118 |