Home

Winter Nationals

AHRA Top Fuel race
Beeline Dragway, Scottsdale, AZ
February 21, 1971
5 laps on 0.25 mile drag strip; 1.25 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	12	Gary Cochran				5	2,000	F-winner
2	1	Chris Karamesines				5	1,000	F-Cochran
8	4	Don Garlits			Swamp Rat XIV	3	300	QF-Cochran
17	20	John Cox				2	100	R2-withdrew
	15	Carl Olson				4	400	SF-Karamesines
	19	Don Ewald				4	400	SF-Cochran
	2	Don Cook				3	300	QF-Ewald
	7	Steve Carbone				3	300	QF-Karamesines
	21	Harry Hibler				3	300	QF-Olson
	3	Jimmy King				2	200	R2-Hibler
	5	Dwight Salisbury				2	200	R2-Garlits
	8	Jim Nicoll				2	200	R2-Ewald
	9	John Mitchell				2	200	R2-Olson
	11	Fred Farndon				2	200	R2-Cochran
	13	Marvin Schwartz				2	200	R2-Karamesines
	14	Dave Russell				2	200	R2-Carbone
	18	Paul Pritchett			Chrysler	2	200	R2-Cook
	6	Billy Tidwell		Don Creitz		1	100	R1-Ewald
	10	Les Allen				1	100	R1-Olson
	16	Denver Schutz				1	100	R1-Mitchell
	17	John Wiebe				1	100	R1-Cox
	22	Dave Settles				1	100	R1-King
	23	Dan Edgar				1	100	R1-Cook
	24	Bob Williams				1	100	R1-Karamesines

Notes: Dave Russell is reported to have replaced Garlits for the third round after Garlits had engine trouble.
Paul Pritchett was killed in an accident after his round against Don Cook.