1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Wilkes 400 Race Results

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1971 - Wilkes 400 Race Results

Race Name - Wilkes 400
Date - 11/21/1971
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 107.558 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 19
Average Race Speed - 96.174 mph
Lead Changes - 8
Total Race Purse - $24,075
Race Number - 47

More Races from 1971

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