1971 Wilkes 400

Race 47 of 48

North Wilkesboro
400 laps
Time of race: 2:35:58
Average speed of winner: 96.174 mph
Margin of victory: 6 sec.
Lead changes: 8 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 19 laps
Lap leaders: Glotzbach 1-41, Allison 42-48, Petty 49-74, Allison 75, Lund 76, Allison 77-79, Petty 80-359, Glotzbach 390-394, Lund 395-400

Race notes: Last win for Tiny Lund. Last pole for Charlie Glotzbach. Finale for Joe Dean Huss, Frank Sessoms, Jimmy Vaughn, and Bob Williams.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Tiny Lund	55		'70 Chevrolet Camaro	Ronnie Hopkins			400	2	7	running	3875	0
2	1	Charlie Glotzbach	3		'71 Chevrolet	Howard		107.558	400	2	76	running	3525	0
3	2	Richard Petty	43		'70 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		400	2	306	running	1650	0
4	5	Dave Marcis	2		'69 Dodge	Marcis			398	0	0	running	1175	0
5	11	Benny Parsons	72		'71 Ford	L.G. DeWitt			394	0	0	running	1000	0
6	14	Buck Baker	87		'71 Pontiac Firebird	Buck Baker			387	0	0	running	650	0
7	22	James Hylton	48		'71 Ford	Hylton			385	0	0	running	600	0
8	15	Frank Sessoms	21		'68 Chevrolet Camaro	Sessoms			384	0	0	running	600	0
9	10	Cecil Gordon	24		'69 Mercury	Cecil Gordon			382	0	0	running	655	0
10	9	Elmo Langley	64		'71 Ford	Langley			382	0	0	running	695	0
11	13	Bill Champion	10		'71 Ford	Bill Champion			380	0	0	running	585	0
12	18	Neil Castles	06		'70 Dodge	Castles			377	0	0	running	550	0
13	31	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Ford	Vic Ballard			375	0	0	running	515	0
14	25	Joe Dean Huss	33		'69 Chevrolet Camaro	Balmer			374	0	0	running	505	0
15	30	J.D. McDuffie	70		'71 Chevrolet	McDuffie			372	0	0	running	520	0
16	29	Ed Negre	8		'69 Ford	Negre			362	0	0	running	485	0
17	28	Wendell Scott	34		'69 Ford	Wendell Scott			352	0	0	running	475	0
18	16	John Sears	4		'69 Dodge	Sears			343	0	0	running	490	0
19	26	Jabe Thomas	74		'69 Plymouth	Shirey			339	0	0	running	455	0
20	20	Bob Williams	11		'69 Chevrolet Camaro	Rupe			297	0	0	engine	445	0
21	3	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'71 Ford	Holman-Moody			173	3	11	engine	510	0
22	23	Frank Warren	79		'69 Dodge	Frank Warren			171	0	0	rear end	450	0
23	27	Jimmy Vaughn	59		'70 Ford Mustang	Vaughn			147	0	0	engine	415	0
24	8	Bill Dennis	90		'69 Mercury	Donlavey			106	0	0	oil leak	430	0
25	24	Raymond Williams	47		'71 Ford	Raymond Williams			96	0	0	vibration	395	0
26	17	Bill Seifert	45		'69 Ford	Seifert			87	0	0	electrical	415	0
27	12	Randy Hutchison	22		'69 Chevrolet Camaro	Prout			70	0	0	engine	405	0
28	21	Eddie Yarboro	13		'69 Plymouth	Yarboro			61	0	0	clutch	370	0
29	19	Earle Canavan	01		'71 Plymouth	Canavan			17	0	0	engine	385	0
30	4	Richard D. Brown	91		'71 Chevrolet	Junior Fields			12	0	0	oil leak	475	0
31	7	James Cox	25		'70 Plymouth	Don Robertson			0	0	0	engine	375	0