1971 Wilkes 400

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Race::1971 Wilkes 400 @ Track::North Wilkesboro Speedway on November 21, 1971 Note: Grand American Drivers Denoted in Gold Rows

Fin St # Driver Make Laps Led Status 1 6 55 Tiny Lund Camaro 400 7 running 2 1 3 Charlie Glotzbach Chevrolet 400 76 running 3 2 43 Richard Petty Plymouth 400 306 running 4 5 2 Dave Marcis Dodge 398 0 running 5 11 72 Benny Parsons Ford 394 0 running 6 14 87 Buck Baker Firebird 387 0 running 7 22 48 James Hylton Ford 385 0 running 8 15 21 Frank Sessoms Camaro 384 0 running 9 10 24 Cecil Gordon Mercury 382 0 running 10 9 64 Elmo Langley Ford 382 0 running 11 13 10 Bill Champion Ford 380 0 running 12 18 06 Neil Castles Dodge 377 0 running 13 31 30 Walter Ballard Ford 375 0 running 14 25 33 Joe Dean Huss Camaro 374 0 running 15 30 70 J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 372 0 running 16 29 8 Ed Negre Ford 362 0 running 17 28 26 Wendell Scott Ford 352 0 running 18 16 4 John Sears Dodge 343 0 running 19 26 74 Jabe Thomas Plymouth 339 0 running 20 20 11 Bob Williams Camaro 297 0 engine 21 3 12 Bobby Allison Ford 173 11 engine 22 23 79 Frank Warren Dodge 171 0 rear end 23 27 59 Jimmy Vaughn Mustang 147 0 engine 24 8 90 Bill Dennis Mercury 106 0 oil leak 25 24 47 Raymond Williams Ford 96 0 vibration 26 17 45 Bill Seifert Ford 87 0 electrical 27 12 22 Randy Hutchison Camaro 70 0 engine 28 21 13 Eddie Yarboro Plymouth 61 0 clutch 29 19 01 Earle Canavan Plymouth 17 0 engine 30 4 91 Richard D. Brown Chevrolet 12 0 oil leak 31 7 25 James Cox Plymouth 0 0 engine

The 1971 Wilkes 400 was a Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup) - Grand American combination event held at North Wilkesboro Speedway on November 21, 1971. Tiny Lund grabbed the lead with only a few laps to go and held off Charlie Glotzbach by six seconds for Lund's final Grand Am victory of the year. It was never counted as a Winston Cup victory for Lund because he was competing in a Camaro. Richard Petty, the points leader finished 3rd and clinched his championship on the year. Stats