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The 1971 USAC National Dirt Car Championship was the first season of the newly formed USAC National Dirt Car Championship. The inaugural champion was George Snider. The Dirt Car championship was created after dirt races were dropped from the schedule of the USAC Championship Car series following the 1970 season. [1]

Technical rules

The existing USAC National Championship was a mixture of road courses, hill climbs and paved or dirt oval races. For the 1971 season this championship switched exclusively to paved ovals. Especially on the paved ovals rear-engined cars dominated the races whereas on the dirt ovals the front-engined cars were superior.

The cars' construction mainly stayed with front engines as established after World War II. The cars with wheelbase of at least 96 inches. Overhead camshaft engines were restricted to 256.284 cubic inches (4.2 liters) and stock block engine could use up to 305.1 cubic inches (5.0 liters).

Confirmed entries

Team / Owner No Drivers Rounds
Agajanian-Faas Racers 98 Sammy Sessions All
A. J. Foyt Enterprises 9 A. J. Foyt 2–4
Bob Harkey 52 Bob Harkey All
Carl Gehlhausen Racing 84 Tom Bigelow 1
Jim Malloy 2–4
CHEK Inc. 44 Arnie Knepper All
Danny Burke 33 Ronnie Burke 2–4
Don Rogala 36 Billy Vukovich Jr. 1
Jimmy Caruthers 2–4
Federal Engineering 3 Johnny Parsons 4
Gerhardt Racing 16 Gary Bettenhausen 2–4
Harry Conklin 64 Bill Puterbaugh 1
Helen Reynard 75 Jim Reynard All
Jim McElreath 14 Jim McElreath All
Joe Hunt 99 Merle Bettenhausen 2–4
Jordan 69 Duke Cook 3–4
Ken Brenn 57 Lee Kunzman All
Leader Card 4 George Snider All
Lindsey Hopkins 6 Roger McCluskey 4
Louis Senter 22 Don Hawley All
Louis Seymour 39 Joe Saldana 1
Bruce Walkup 2–4
Mataka Brothers 31 Jerry Karl 1
Joe Saldana 2–4
MVS Racing 19 Bill Puterbaugh 2, 4
Ray Smith 70 Carl Williams 1
Tom Bigelow 2–4
Richard Blacker 47 Larry Cannon 2–4
Ron Hart 48 Karl Busson All
Ron Kilman 25 Rollie Beale All
Russ Ruppert 17 Dick Tobias All
Steck 30 Billy Thrasher 2–4
STP Racing 5 Mario Andretti 2–4
40 Larry Dickson All
60 Greg Weld All
Tim DelRose Enterprises 18 Johnny Rutherford All
Two Jacks 29 Art Pollard 3–4
United Championship Racers 24 Gary Bettenhausen 1
Billy Vukovich Jr. 2–4
Vatis Enterprises 94 Carl Williams 2–4
Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing 1 Al Unser 1, 4
Walmotors 77 Salt Walther 2–4
Walt Flynn 58 Ralph Liguori All
Wib Spalding 15 Bill Puterbaugh 3
Don Nordhorn 4

Schedule and results

The season consisted of four 100 mile dirt races. [2]

Rnd Date Track Location Winning Driver
1 June 20 Nazareth National Speedway Nazareth, Pennsylvania Jim McElreath
2 August 22 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois A.J. Foyt
3 September 6 Du Quoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois George Snider
4 September 11 Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Al Unser

Final point standings

The driver's championship was won by George Snider of 26 classified drivers. The entrants championships went to the #4 car of Leader Card, Inc. [3]

Pos Driver NAZ SPR DUQ ISF Pts
1 George Snider 18 2* 1 2 520
2 Jim McElreath 1 3 Wth 6 420
3 A. J. Foyt 1 9 4 360
4 Billy Vukovich Jr. 4 22 3 5 360
5 Don Hawley 3 4 6 DNQ 340
6 Arnie Knepper 2 11 5 9 320
7 Al Unser 10* 1* 230
8 Bob Harkey 6 8 7 11 210
9 Larry Dickson DNS 10 21 3 170
10 Bill Puterbaugh 20 18 4 8 170
11 Greg Weld 13 15 2* Wth 160
12 Sammy Sessions 9 12 23 7 110
13 Gary Bettenhausen 5 20 DNQ 18 100
14 Jimmy Caruthers 5 16 21 100
15 Merle Bettenhausen 7 14 10 90
16 Rollie Beale 19 6 Wth DNQ 80
17 Jerry Karl 7 60
18 Ralph Liguori 8 24 22 Wth 50
19 Johnny Rutherford 16 17 8 20 50
20 Carl Williams 15 9 18 14 40
21 Ronnie Burke Wth 10 DNQ 30
22 Dick Tobias 11 DNQ DNQ DNQ 20
23 Joe Saldana DNS 19 11 16 20
24 Jim Reynard 12 DNQ DNQ DNQ 10
25 Salt Walther 14 12 DNQ 10
26 Don Nordhorn 12 10
- Mario Andretti 13 17 17 0
- Jim Malloy 21 19 13 0
- Lee Kunzman DNS 23 13 DNQ 0
- Karl Busson 14 16 DNQ 19 0
- Johnny Parsons 15 0
- Larry Cannon DNQ 15 DNQ 0
- Tom Bigelow 17 Wth 20 DNQ 0
- Bruce Walkup DNS 24 22 0
- Roger McCluskey 23 0
- Art Pollard DNQ 24 0
- Billy Thrasher DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
- Duke Cook DNQ Wth 0
Pos Driver NAZ SPR DUQ ISF Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th-10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
(Ret)
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

References

  1. ^ "1971 USAC DIRT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON REVIEW".
  2. ^ "USAC Record Book".
  3. ^ "USAC Record Book".
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=1971_USAC_National_Dirt_Car_Championship&oldid=1235246425"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1971 USAC National Dirt Car Championship was the first season of the newly formed USAC National Dirt Car Championship. The inaugural champion was George Snider. The Dirt Car championship was created after dirt races were dropped from the schedule of the USAC Championship Car series following the 1970 season. [1]

Technical rules

The existing USAC National Championship was a mixture of road courses, hill climbs and paved or dirt oval races. For the 1971 season this championship switched exclusively to paved ovals. Especially on the paved ovals rear-engined cars dominated the races whereas on the dirt ovals the front-engined cars were superior.

The cars' construction mainly stayed with front engines as established after World War II. The cars with wheelbase of at least 96 inches. Overhead camshaft engines were restricted to 256.284 cubic inches (4.2 liters) and stock block engine could use up to 305.1 cubic inches (5.0 liters).

Confirmed entries

Team / Owner No Drivers Rounds
Agajanian-Faas Racers 98 Sammy Sessions All
A. J. Foyt Enterprises 9 A. J. Foyt 2–4
Bob Harkey 52 Bob Harkey All
Carl Gehlhausen Racing 84 Tom Bigelow 1
Jim Malloy 2–4
CHEK Inc. 44 Arnie Knepper All
Danny Burke 33 Ronnie Burke 2–4
Don Rogala 36 Billy Vukovich Jr. 1
Jimmy Caruthers 2–4
Federal Engineering 3 Johnny Parsons 4
Gerhardt Racing 16 Gary Bettenhausen 2–4
Harry Conklin 64 Bill Puterbaugh 1
Helen Reynard 75 Jim Reynard All
Jim McElreath 14 Jim McElreath All
Joe Hunt 99 Merle Bettenhausen 2–4
Jordan 69 Duke Cook 3–4
Ken Brenn 57 Lee Kunzman All
Leader Card 4 George Snider All
Lindsey Hopkins 6 Roger McCluskey 4
Louis Senter 22 Don Hawley All
Louis Seymour 39 Joe Saldana 1
Bruce Walkup 2–4
Mataka Brothers 31 Jerry Karl 1
Joe Saldana 2–4
MVS Racing 19 Bill Puterbaugh 2, 4
Ray Smith 70 Carl Williams 1
Tom Bigelow 2–4
Richard Blacker 47 Larry Cannon 2–4
Ron Hart 48 Karl Busson All
Ron Kilman 25 Rollie Beale All
Russ Ruppert 17 Dick Tobias All
Steck 30 Billy Thrasher 2–4
STP Racing 5 Mario Andretti 2–4
40 Larry Dickson All
60 Greg Weld All
Tim DelRose Enterprises 18 Johnny Rutherford All
Two Jacks 29 Art Pollard 3–4
United Championship Racers 24 Gary Bettenhausen 1
Billy Vukovich Jr. 2–4
Vatis Enterprises 94 Carl Williams 2–4
Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing 1 Al Unser 1, 4
Walmotors 77 Salt Walther 2–4
Walt Flynn 58 Ralph Liguori All
Wib Spalding 15 Bill Puterbaugh 3
Don Nordhorn 4

Schedule and results

The season consisted of four 100 mile dirt races. [2]

Rnd Date Track Location Winning Driver
1 June 20 Nazareth National Speedway Nazareth, Pennsylvania Jim McElreath
2 August 22 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois A.J. Foyt
3 September 6 Du Quoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois George Snider
4 September 11 Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Al Unser

Final point standings

The driver's championship was won by George Snider of 26 classified drivers. The entrants championships went to the #4 car of Leader Card, Inc. [3]

Pos Driver NAZ SPR DUQ ISF Pts
1 George Snider 18 2* 1 2 520
2 Jim McElreath 1 3 Wth 6 420
3 A. J. Foyt 1 9 4 360
4 Billy Vukovich Jr. 4 22 3 5 360
5 Don Hawley 3 4 6 DNQ 340
6 Arnie Knepper 2 11 5 9 320
7 Al Unser 10* 1* 230
8 Bob Harkey 6 8 7 11 210
9 Larry Dickson DNS 10 21 3 170
10 Bill Puterbaugh 20 18 4 8 170
11 Greg Weld 13 15 2* Wth 160
12 Sammy Sessions 9 12 23 7 110
13 Gary Bettenhausen 5 20 DNQ 18 100
14 Jimmy Caruthers 5 16 21 100
15 Merle Bettenhausen 7 14 10 90
16 Rollie Beale 19 6 Wth DNQ 80
17 Jerry Karl 7 60
18 Ralph Liguori 8 24 22 Wth 50
19 Johnny Rutherford 16 17 8 20 50
20 Carl Williams 15 9 18 14 40
21 Ronnie Burke Wth 10 DNQ 30
22 Dick Tobias 11 DNQ DNQ DNQ 20
23 Joe Saldana DNS 19 11 16 20
24 Jim Reynard 12 DNQ DNQ DNQ 10
25 Salt Walther 14 12 DNQ 10
26 Don Nordhorn 12 10
- Mario Andretti 13 17 17 0
- Jim Malloy 21 19 13 0
- Lee Kunzman DNS 23 13 DNQ 0
- Karl Busson 14 16 DNQ 19 0
- Johnny Parsons 15 0
- Larry Cannon DNQ 15 DNQ 0
- Tom Bigelow 17 Wth 20 DNQ 0
- Bruce Walkup DNS 24 22 0
- Roger McCluskey 23 0
- Art Pollard DNQ 24 0
- Billy Thrasher DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
- Duke Cook DNQ Wth 0
Pos Driver NAZ SPR DUQ ISF Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th-10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
(Ret)
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

References

  1. ^ "1971 USAC DIRT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON REVIEW".
  2. ^ "USAC Record Book".
  3. ^ "USAC Record Book".
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=1971_USAC_National_Dirt_Car_Championship&oldid=1235246425"

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