Indianapolis 500 in 1971

De 55e Indianapolis 500 werd gereden op zaterdag 29 mei 1971 op de Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Amerikaans coureur Al Unser won de race. Het was zijn tweede overwinning op rij.

Startgrid

Rij	Binnen	Midden	Buiten
1	Peter Revson	Mark Donohue	Bobby Unser
2	Denny Hulme	Al Unser	A.J. Foyt
3	Lloyd Ruby	Joe Leonard	Mario Andretti
4	Jim Malloy	Bill Vukovich II	Gordon Johncock
5	Gary Bettenhausen	Cale Yarborough	Bentley Warren
6	David Hobbs	Bud Tingelstad	Rick Muther
7	Mike Mosley	Donnie Allison	George Snider
8	Roger McCluskey	Wally Dallenbach	Johnny Rutherford
9	Sammy Sessions	Larry Dickson	Steve Krisiloff
10	Denny Zimmerman	George Follmer	Mel Kenyon
11	Art Pollard	Bob Harkey	Dick Simon

#	Coureur	Auto	Ronden	Opgave
1	Al Unser	Colt-Ford	200
2	Peter Revson	McLaren-Offenhauser	200
3	A.J. Foyt	Coyote-Ford	200
4	Jim Malloy	Eagle-Offenhauser	200
5	Bill Vukovich II	Brabham-Offenhauser	200
6	Donnie Allison	Coyote-Ford	199
7	Bud Tingelstad	Brabham-Offenhauser	198
8	Denny Zimmerman (R)	Vollstedt-Offenhauser	189
9	Roger McCluskey	Kuzma-Ford	188
10	Gary Bettenhausen	Gerhardt-Offenhauser	178
11	Lloyd Ruby	Mongoose-Ford	174	Mechanisch
12	Bobby Unser	Eagle-Offenhauser	164	Ongeval
13	Mike Mosley	Eagle-Ford	159	Ongeval
14	Dick Simon	Vollstedt-Ford	151
15	George Follmer	Kingfish-Offenhauser	147	Mechanisch
16	Cale Yarborough	Mongoose-Ford	140	Mechanisch
17	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Offenhauser	137	Mechanisch
18	Johnny Rutherford	Eagle-Offenhauser	128
19	Joe Leonard	Colt-Ford	123	Mechanisch
20	David Hobbs (R)	Lola-Ford	107	Ongeval
21	Rick Muther	Hawk II-Offenhauser	85	Ongeval
22	Bob Harkey	Gerhardt-Offenhauser	77	Mechanisch
23	Bentley Warren (R)	Eagle-Offenhauser	76	Mechanisch
24	Wally Dallenbach	Kuzma-Offenhauser	69	Mechanisch
25	Mark Donohue	McLaren-Offenhauser	66	Mechanisch
26	Art Pollard	Scorpion-Ford	45	Mechanisch
27	Sammy Sessions	Lola-Ford	43	Mechanisch
28	Larry Dickson	Kingfish-Offenhauser	33	Mechanisch
29	Gordon Johncock	McLaren-Offenhauser	11	Ongeval
30	Mario Andretti	McNamara-Ford	11	Ongeval
31	Steve Krisiloff (R)	McNamara-Ford	10	Mechanisch
32	Mel Kenyon	Kuzma-Ford	10	Ongeval
33	George Snider	Eagle-Offenhauser	6	Stilgevallen
Gemiddelde snelheid : 253,850 km/h - Snelste Ronde : Mark Donohue, 281.57 km/h