Wilkes 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway — January 1, 1971

Tiny Lund

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Tiny Lund won the 1971 Wilkes 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 7 of 400 laps. Charlie Glotzbach finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Tiny Lund

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Tiny Lund	Ronnie Hopkins (Owner)		400	—	Running	7	100
2	1	-1	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing		400	—	Running	76	100
3	2	-1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	—	Running	306	98
4	5	+1	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	398	—	Running	—	96
5	11	+6	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		394	—	Running	—	94
6	14	+8	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		387	—	Running	—	98
7	22	+15	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		385	—	Running	—	92
8	15	+7	Frank Sessoms	Frank Sessoms (Owner)		384	—	Running	—	96
9	10	+1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	382	—	Running	—	90
10	9	-1	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		382	—	Running	—	88
11	13	+2	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		380	—	Running	—	86
12	18	+6	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	377	—	Running	—	84
13	31	+18	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		375	—	Running	—	82
14	25	+11	Joe Dean Huss	Jack Balmer (Owner)		374	—	Running	—	94
15	30	+15	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		372	—	Running	—	80
16	29	+13	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		362	—	Running	—	78
17	28	+11	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		352	—	Running	—	76
18	16	-2	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	343	—	Running	—	74
19	26	+7	Jabe Thomas	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	339	—	Running	—	72
20	20	—	Bob Williams	James Rupe (Owner)		297	—	DNF	—	92
21	3	-18	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody		173	—	DNF - Engine	11	70
22	23	+1	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	171	—	DNF	—	68
23	27	+4	Jimmy Vaughn	Jimmy Vaughn (Owner)		147	—	DNF	—	90
24	8	-16	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	106	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
25	24	-1	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		96	—	DNF	—	0
26	17	-9	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		87	—	DNF	—	62
27	12	-15	Randy Hutchison	Warren Prout (Owner)		70	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
28	21	-7	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Dodge	61	—	DNF	—	60
29	19	-10	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	17	—	DNF	—	0
30	4	-26	Richard D. Brown	Junior Fields (Owner)		12	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
31	7	-24	James Cox	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	0	—	DNF - Engine	—	0