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1971 Phoenix Indycars Race 1 in USAC at the Phoenix circuit. Full information

1971 Phoenix Indycars

1971 Phoenix Indycars is 235th USAC race. Passed at the Phoenix circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position, Al Unser won this race. Bobby Unser and Swede Savage also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 150 laps (241 km).

Previous race: 1971 Rafaela Indycars
Next race: 1971 Trenton Indycars
Race Start: 27th March 1971

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1971 Phoenix Indycars

19th victory for the Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing team
24th victory for the Al Unser
47th podium for the Al Unser
37th podium for the Bobby Unser
3rd podium for the Swede Savage

Colt 71 #1 - 1971 Phoenix Indycars winner

1971 Phoenix Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Al Unser	Colt 71, #1	300	1h 20m 40.22s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
2	Bobby Unser	Eagle 71, #2	240	150 laps	All-American Racers
3	Swede Savage	Eagle 70, #42	210	150 laps	All-American Racers
4	Joe Leonard	Colt 70, #15	180	150 laps	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
5	Lloyd Ruby	Mongoose 70, #12	150	149 laps	Gene White Co
6	Mark Donohue	Lola ? 1971, #66	120	149 laps	US Racing
7	Wally Dallenbach	Kuzma ? 1971, #22	90	149 laps	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
8	Gordon Johncock	Vollstedt ? 1971, #7	75	148 laps	Vollstedt Enterprises
9	Mario Andretti	McNamara T500, #5	60	147 laps	Andy Granatelli
10	Mike Mosley	Eagle ? 1971, #4	45	147 laps	Leader Card Racers
11	Jim Malloy	Cecil ? 1971, #29	30	146 laps	MVS
12	Dick Simon	Chapman Lola T150, #10	15	146 laps	Dick Simon Racing
13	Cale Yarborough	Mongoose 70, #21	0	144 laps	Gene White Co
14	Bob Harkey	Gerhardt ? 1971, #99	0	139 laps	Joe Hunt
15	Dee Jones	Watson ? 1971, #51	0	137 laps Engine	Pat O'Reilly
16	Bentley Warren	Finley ? 1971, #94	0	135 laps	Vatis Enterprises
17	AJ Foyt jr	Coyote 71, #9	0	93 laps Overheating	AJ Foyt Enterprises
18	George Snider	Morris ? 1971, #77	0	88 laps	Dayton-Walther
19	Denny Zimmerman	Vollstedt ? 1971, #43	0	85 laps Water pump	Fiore Racing
20	Gary Bettenhausen	Gerhardt ? 1971, #16	0	49 laps Fire	Don Gerhardt
21	Johnny Rutherford	Eagle 67, #18	0	37 laps Accident	Patrick Racing
22	Roger McCluskey	Kuzma ? 1971, #6	0	30 laps Engine	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
23	Bill Simpson	Eagle ? 1971, #28	0	19 laps Injector pump	Bill Simpson
24	Art Pollard	Scorpion 70, #8	0	9 laps Accident	Gilmore Champion Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1971 Phoenix Indycars on the Phoenix circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Eagle 71, #2	27.21s	All-American Racers
2	Johnny Rutherford	Eagle 67, #18	27.86s	Patrick Racing
3	Al Unser	Colt 71, #1	27.88s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
4	Gary Bettenhausen	Gerhardt ? 1971, #16	27.91s	Don Gerhardt
5	AJ Foyt jr	Coyote 71, #9	27.96s	AJ Foyt Enterprises
6	Swede Savage	Eagle 70, #42	28s	All-American Racers
7	Mike Mosley	Eagle ? 1971, #4		Leader Card Racers
8	Mario Andretti	McNamara T500, #5		Andy Granatelli
9	Mark Donohue	Lola ? 1971, #66		US Racing
10	Art Pollard	Scorpion 70, #8	Accident	Gilmore Champion Racing
11	Joe Leonard	Colt 70, #15		Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
12	Wally Dallenbach	Kuzma ? 1971, #22		Lindsey Hopkins Racing
13	Cale Yarborough	Mongoose 70, #21		Gene White Co
14	Roger McCluskey	Kuzma ? 1971, #6	Engine	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
15	Jim Malloy	Cecil ? 1971, #29		MVS
16	Lloyd Ruby	Mongoose 70, #12		Gene White Co
17	Gordon Johncock	Vollstedt ? 1971, #7		Vollstedt Enterprises
18	Denny Zimmerman	Vollstedt ? 1971, #43	Water pump	Fiore Racing
19	Dee Jones	Watson ? 1971, #51	Engine	Pat O'Reilly
20	George Snider	Morris ? 1971, #77		Dayton-Walther
21	Bill Simpson	Eagle ? 1971, #28	Injector pump	Bill Simpson
22	Bob Harkey	Gerhardt ? 1971, #99		Joe Hunt
23	Bentley Warren	Finley ? 1971, #94		Vatis Enterprises
24	Dick Simon	Chapman Lola T150, #10		Dick Simon Racing