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1971 Gwyn Staley 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 14 of 48 Sunday, April 18, 1971 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:32:19 Average speed: 98.479 mph Pole speed: 106.217 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 10000 Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1971 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 43   Richard Petty Southern Chrysler Plymouth   (Petty Enterprises) '71 Plymouth 400 4545 running 186 2 2 17   David Pearson Holman Moody   (Holman-Moody Racing) '70 Ford 399 2570 running 4 3 5 22   Dick Brooks Mario Rossi '70 Dodge 396 1745 running 6 4 4 72   Benny Parsons Montgomery Motors Ford   (L.G. DeWitt) '71 Ford 394 1145 running 0 5 6 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '71 Dodge 394 895 running 0 6 13 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '70 Mercury 386 645 running 0 7 10 90   Bill Dennis Junie Donlavey '69 Mercury 379 645 running 0 8 11 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '69 Ford 379 595 running 0 9 19 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '69 Plymouth 379 550 running 0 10 17 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '69 Mercury 374 565 running 0 11 12 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 364 555 running 0 12 25 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '69 Plymouth 358 520 running 0 13 1 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '71 Dodge 355 1260 engine 204 14 27 74   Bill Shirey Bill Shirey '69 Plymouth 348 500 running 0 15 8 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '70 Ford 306 515 oil line 0 16 7 93   Richard D. Brown Everett Chevrolet   (Harold Furr) '69 Chevrolet 281 505 clutch 0 17 15 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford 249 495 overheating 0 18 30 28   Ed Negre Earl Brooks '69 Ford 243 460 suspension 0 19 24 63   Charlie Roberts Charlie Roberts '69 Dodge 241 450 engine 0 20 21 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '69 Mercury 191 440 rear end 0 21 16 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '69 Ford 96 455 axle 0 22 22 51   Dub Simpson Bill Strong '69 Chevrolet 96 420 battery 0 23 20 88   Ron Keselowski Roger Lubinski '70 Dodge 94 410 engine 0 24 29 47   Raymond Williams Bill Seifert '70 Ford 92 400 overheating 0 25 18 46   Roy Mayne Tom Hunter '69 Chevrolet 54 390 engine 0 26 9 91   Charlie Glotzbach Junior Fields '71 Chevrolet 29 485 transmission 0 27 28 26   Earl Brooks Earl Brooks '69 Ford 28 375 engine 0 28 23 84   Clyde Lynn Elmo Langley '69 Mercury 15 365 vibration 0 29 14 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '70 Ford 14 380 overheating 0 30 26 62   Dick Poling Kaye Engineering   (John Keselowski) '70 Dodge 2 345 oil leak 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Isaac 1 133 133   David Pearson 134 134 1   Bobby Isaac 135 205 71   Richard Petty 206 265 60   David Pearson 266 268 3   Dick Brooks 269 274 6   Richard Petty 275 400 126