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1971 Wilkes 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 47 of 48
Sunday, November 21, 1971 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
400 laps on a .625 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:35:58
Average Speed: 96.174 mph
Pole Speed: 107.558 mph

Cautions: 3 for 19 laps
Margin of Victory: 6 sec
Attendance: 9,500
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1971 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	6	55	Tiny Lund	Ronnie Hopkins	'70 Camaro	400	3,875	running	7
2	1	3	Charlie Glotzbach	Richard Howard	'71 Chevrolet	400	3,525	running	76
3	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'70 Plymouth	400	1,650	running	306
4	5	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'69 Dodge	398	1,175	running	0
5	11	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Ford	394	1,000	running	0
6	14	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'71 Firebird	387	650	running	0
7	22	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	385	600	running	0
8	15	21	Frank Sessoms	Frank Sessoms	'68 Camaro	384	600	running	0
9	10	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury	382	655	running	0
10	9	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	382	695	running	0
11	13	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Ford	380	585	running	0
12	18	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'70 Dodge	377	550	running	0
13	31	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Ford	375	515	running	0
14	25	33	Joe Dean Huss	Jack Balmer	'69 Camaro	374	505	running	0
15	30	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'71 Chevrolet	372	520	running	0
16	29	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'69 Ford	362	485	running	0
17	28	26	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'69 Ford	352	475	running	0
18	16	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling (John Sears)	'69 Dodge	343	490	running	0
19	26	74	Jabe Thomas	Bill Shirey	'69 Plymouth	339	455	running	0
20	20	11	Bob Williams	James Rupe	'69 Camaro	297	445	engine	0
21	3	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Holman-Moody)	'71 Ford	173	510	engine	11
22	23	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Dodge	171	450	rear end	0
23	27	59	Jimmy Vaughn	Jimmy Vaughn	'70 Mustang	147	415	engine	0
24	8	90	Bill Dennis	Junie Donlavey	'69 Mercury	106	430	oil leak	0
25	24	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	96	395	vibration	0
26	17	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'69 Ford	87	415	electrical	0
27	12	22	Randy Hutchison	Warren Prout	'69 Camaro	70	405	engine	0
28	21	13	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro	'69 Plymouth	61	370	clutch	0
29	19	01	Earle Canavan	Earle Canavan	'71 Plymouth	17	385	engine	0
30	4	91	Richard D. Brown	Junior Fields	'71 Chevrolet	12	475	oil leak	0
31	7	25	James Cox	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	0	375	engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Charlie Glotzbach	1	41	41
Bobby Allison	42	48	7
Richard Petty	49	74	26
Bobby Allison	75	75	1
Tiny Lund	76	76	1
Bobby Allison	77	79	3
Richard Petty	80	359	280
Charlie Glotzbach	360	394	35
Tiny Lund	395	400	6

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