| 1971 Wilkes 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 47 of 48 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $24,075 | Race Date: | Nov 21, 1971 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 6.000 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2h 35m 58s | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 8 | Average Speed: | 96.174 MPH | .625 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 31 | No. of Cautions: | 3 For 19 Laps | savethespeedway.net/history.html | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Tiny Lund T. Lund | Driver: | Charlie Glotzbach C. Glotzbach | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #55 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #3 Chevrolet | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team: | Howard & Egerton Racing | Dodge: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Ford: | 0 | |||||
| Laps Led: | 7 of 400 | Pole Speed: | 107.558 MPH | |||||
| Official 1971 Wilkes 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 6 | 55 | Tiny Lund | Ronnie Hopkins (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 400 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Charlie Glotzbach | Richard Howard (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 400 | 76 |
| 3 | 2 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 400 | 306 |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Racing | Running |  | 0 | 398 | 0 |
| 5 | 11 | 72 | Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Running |  | 0 | 394 | 0 |
| 6 | 14 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 387 | 0 |
| 7 | 22 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Running | | 0 | 385 | 0 |
| 8 | 15 | 21 | Frank Sessoms | Frank Sessoms (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 384 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Running |  | 0 | 382 | 0 |
| 10 | 9 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley Racing | Running | | 0 | 382 | 0 |
| 11 | 13 | 10 | Bill Champion | Champion Racing | Running | | 0 | 380 | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | 6 | Neil Castles | Castles Racing | Running | | 0 | 377 | 0 |
| 13 | 31 | 30 | Walter Ballard (R) | Ballard Racing | Running | | 0 | 375 | 0 |
| 14 | 25 | 33 | Joe Dean Huss | Jack Balmer (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 374 | 0 |
| 15 | 30 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Running | | 0 | 372 | 0 |
| 16 | 29 | 8 | Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Running | | 0 | 362 | 0 |
| 17 | 28 | 26 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Running | | 0 | 352 | 0 |
| 18 | 16 | 4 | John Sears | John Sears (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 343 | 0 |
| 19 | 26 | 74 | Jabe Thomas | Shirey Racing | Running | | 0 | 339 | 0 |
| 20 | 20 | 11 | Bob Williams | James Rupe (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 297 | 0 |
| 21 | 3 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Coca-Cola | Engine | | 0 | 173 | 11 |
| 22 | 23 | 79 | Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Rear Gear | | 0 | 171 | 0 |
| 23 | 27 | 59 | Jimmy Vaughn | Jimmy Vaughn (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 147 | 0 |
| 24 | 8 | 90 | Bill Dennis | Donlavey Racing | Oil Leak | | 0 | 106 | 0 |
| 25 | 24 | 47 | Raymond Williams | Williams Racing | Vibration | | 0 | 96 | 0 |
| 26 | 17 | 45 | Bill Seifert | Siefert Racing | Electrical | | 0 | 87 | 0 |
| 27 | 12 | 22 | Randy Hutchison | Warren Prout (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 70 | 0 |
| 28 | 21 | 13 | Eddie Yarboro | Yarboro Racing | Clutch | | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| 29 | 19 | 1 | Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Engine | | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 30 | 4 | 91 | Richard D. Brown (R) | Junior Fields (Car Owner) | Oil Leak | | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 31 | 7 | 25 | James Cox | Robertson Racing | Engine | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
