The 1971 Road Atlanta Can-Am race was the third round of the 1971 Can-Am Challenge Cup. It was held July 11, 1971, at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. It was the second Can-Am race held at the track.
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 75 | 1:42:09 | 2 | 20 | ||||
| 2 | 5 | 75 | 1:42:29 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| 3 | 11 |  Motschenbacher Racing | 74 | -1 lap | 5 | 12 | |||
| 4 | 54 | Auto World | 72 | -3 laps | 7 | 10 | |||
| 5 | 0 | Vasek Polak Racing | 71 | -4 laps | 11 | 8 | |||
| 6 | 81 | Dick Durant | 68 | -7 laps | 18 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 55 |  McCaig Racing | 68 | -7 laps | 15 | 4 | |||
| 8 | 79 | Barrett Racing | 67 | -8 laps | 16 | 3 | |||
| 9 | 23 | Charlie Kemp | 64 | -11 laps | 20 | 2 | |||
| 10 | 76 | Earle-Cord Racing | 64 | Con rod | 10 | 1 | |||
| 11 | 1 | Carl Haas Racing | 62 | Rear damper mounting | 3 | ||||
| 12 | 24 | Vasek Polak Racing | 60 | -15 laps | 23 | ||||
| DNF | 88 | Carl Haas Racing | 55 | heat exhaustion | 8 | ||||
| DNF | 16 | Bob Nagel | 54 | Overheating | 17 | ||||
| DNF | 101 | 45 | Fuel feed | 4 | |||||
| DNF | 34 | Warren Burmester | 42 | Vapor lock | 21 | ||||
| DNF | 29 | American Racing Associates | 35 | Oil pressure, clutch | 9 | ||||
| DNF | 51 | Dave Causey | 33 | Collision | 13 | ||||
| DNF | 8 | 31 | Blown engine | 12 | |||||
| DNF | 15 | Bill Wonder | 27 | Oil leak | 22 | ||||
| DNF | 12 | Motschenbacher Racing | 20 | Oil pressure | 6 | ||||
| DNF | 35 | Hird Enterprises | 18 | Dropped valve | 24 | ||||
| DNF | 27 | Midwest Racing | 12 | Overheating | 19 | ||||
| DNF | 21 | Gregory Hodges | 4 | Oil pressure | 25 | ||||
| DNF | 47 | JND Racing | 1 | Differential | 14 | ||||
| DNS | - | Fred Parkhill | |||||||
| DNS | - | Fuller | ? | ||||||
| DNS | 3 | Bob Brown Racing | |||||||
| DNS | 13 | Place Motor Supply | |||||||
| DNS | 39 | Rainer Brezinka | Accident in practice |