| series | Champcar complete |
| race | Rafaela |
| year | 1971 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| Vel's Parnelli Jones | 1 | Johnny Lightning 500 | Al Unser | | 3 | 1 | Parnelli Colt 70 [001] | Ford DOHC tc | 25 | |
| Gene White Racing | 12 | Gene White Firestone | Lloyd Ruby | | 1 | 2 | Mongoose 70 [7] | Ford DOHC tc | 24 | |
| Leader Card | 4 | G.C. Murphy | Mike Mosley | | 4 | 3 | Eagle 68 [407] | Ford DOHC tc | 4 | |
| All American Racers | 42 | Olsonite | Swede Savage | | 2 | 4 | Eagle 70 [805] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Grant King Racers | 41 | Vantreight Daffodil | Roger McCluskey | | 8 | 5 | Kingfish 70 [1] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Vel's Parnelli Jones | 15 | Johnny Lightning 500 | Joe Leonard | | 6 | 6 | Parnelli Colt 70 [c] | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| Vollstedt | 17 | Vollstedt Racing | Johnny Rutherford | | 13 | 7 | Vollstedt 67 [B] | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| Gene White Racing | 21 | Gene White Firestone | Cale Yarborough | | 7 | 8 | Mongoose 70 [8] | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| Vollstedt | 7 | Vollstedt Racing | Gordon Johncock | | 11 | 9 | Vollstedt 66 [9] | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| Vatis Enterprises | 94 | Vatis Enterprises | Bentley Warren | | 10 | 10 | Finley 69 [c] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Gerhardt | 16 | Thermo King | Gary Bettenhausen | | 9 | 11 | Gerhardt 70 [a] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Dick Simon | 44 | Flecha/Coca Cola | Carlos Pairetti | | 17 | 12 | Vollstedt 67 [A] | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| Dick Simon | 10 | TraveLodge | Dick Simon | | 12 | 13 | Lola T150 [SL-150-03] | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| MVS | 29 | MVS | Jim Malloy | | 15 | 14 | Morris 69 [2] | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| Dayton-Walther | 77 | Dayton-Walther | Salt Walther | | 27 | 15 | Morris Marauder [1] | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| John Mahler | 100 | Mahler Eagle 100 | John Mahler | | 26 | 16 | Eagle 68 [401] | Chevy 320 V8 | ||
| Bill Simpson | 28 | Wynn's | Bill Simpson | | 14 | 17 | Eagle 67 [212] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Seymour Enterprises | 39 | Seymour Enterprises | Don Brown | | 19 | 18 | Gerhardt 66 [f] | Chevy 320 V8 | ||
| Navarro | 50 | Navarro Engineering | Dave Strickland | | 20 | 19 | Watson 64 [1] | AMC Rambler 199 S6 tc | ||
| Bob Oldright | 61 | Dudley Trucking | Max Dudley | | 23 | 20 | Gerhardt 67 [q] | Chevy 320 V8 | ||
| Gehlhausen | 34 | Midwest Manufacturing | Tom Bigelow | | 21 | 21 | Huffaker 66 [d] | Chevy 320 V8 | ||
| Jack Adams | 54 | Jacks Adams | Rick Muther | | 25 | 22 | Gerhardt 66 [c] | GM Allison 250-C18 Turbine | ||
| Richard Blacker | 47 | Richard Blacker | Larry Cannon | | 24 | 23 | Porter/Philipp 64 [2] | Chevy 320 V8 | ||
| Frank Fiore | 43 | Fiore Racing | Denny Zimmerman | | 16 | 24 | Vollstedt 66 [8] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Heimrath Racing | 55 | Heimrath Porsche | Ludwig Heimrath | | 22 | 25 | Eisert 67 [4] | Chevy 320 V8 | ||
| Pat O'Reilly | 51 | Minnesota Serendipity | Dee Jones | | 18 | 26 | Watson 65 [2] | Ford DOHC | ||
| All American Racers | 2 | All American Racers | Bobby Unser | | 5 | 27 | Eagle 70 [801] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Winther Racing | 74 | Flasco | Juan Carlos Salatino | | DNS | Gerhardt 66 [002] | Chevy 307 V8 |
