First Union 400

First Union 400
NASCAR Winston Cup Series

Venue	North Wilkesboro Speedway, Wilkes County, North Carolina
Corporate sponsor	First Union
First race	1951
Last race	1996
Distance	250 miles (402.3 km)
Laps	400
Previous names	Wilkes County 150 (1951) Wilkes County 200 (1952–1953) Wilkes County 160 (1954–1958) Gwyn Staley 160 (1959–1960) Gwyn Staley 400 (1961–1978) Northwestern Bank 400 (1979–1985) First Union 400 (1986–1996)

The First Union 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) stock car race held annually from 1951 to 1996 at the North Wilkesboro Speedway in Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was the first of two Winston Cup Series races held annually (with the autumn's Tyson Holly Farms 400) at North Wilkesboro Speedway before the track was abandoned in 1996.^[1] The race was normally held in late March or early April.

Past winners

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Miles (km)	Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
1951	April 29	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian	Oldsmobile	150	93.75 (150.876)			Report
1952	March 30	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	Hudson	200	125 (201.168)	2:08:00	58.597	Report
1953	March 29	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	Hudson	200	125 (201.168)	1:44:18	71.907	Report
1954	April 4	3	Dick Rathmann	John Ditz	Hudson	160	100 (160.934)	1:27:32	68.545	Report
1955	April 3	87	Buck Baker	Bob Griffin	Oldsmobile	160	100 (160.934)	1:22:03	73.126	Report
1956	April 8	300A	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer	Chrysler	160	100 (160.934)	1:24:28	71.034	Report
1957	April 7	22	Fireball Roberts	Pete DePaolo	Ford	160	100 (160.934)	1:19:59	75.015	Report
1958	May 18	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding	Ford	160	100 (160.934)	1:16:18	78.636	Report
1959	April 5	43	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	160	100 (160.934)	1:23:21	71.985	Report
1960	March 27	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	160	100 (160.934)	1:30:26	66.347	Report
1961	April 16	4	Rex White	Rex White	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	3:00:11	83.248	Report
1962	April 15	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:57:01	84.737	Report
1963	April 28	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	257*	160.625 (258.5)	1:57:06	83.301	Report
1964	April 19	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	3:03:05	81.93	Report
1965	April 18	26	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:37:49	95.047	Report
1966	April 17	14	Jim Paschal	Frieden Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:50:22	89.045	Report
1967	April 16	26	Darel Dieringer	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	400	270 (434.522)	2:40:16	93.594	Report
1968	April 21	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:45:33	90.425	Report
1969	April 20	22	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi	Dodge	400	250 (402.336)	2:37:27	95.268	Report
1970	April 18	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:38:41	94.246	Report
1971	April 18	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:32:19	98.479	Report
1972	April 23	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:53:19	86.381	Report
1973	April 8	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	250 (402.336)	2:34:17	97.224	Report
1974	April 21	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	360*	225 (362.102)	2:20:20	96.2	Report
1975	April 6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	250 (402.336)	2:46:39	90.009	Report
1976	April 4	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:34:52	96.858	Report
1977	March 27	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:48:38	88.95	Report
1978	April 16	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:42:26	92.345	Report
1979	March 25	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:49:41	88.4	Report
1980	April 20	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:37:04	95.501	Report
1981	April 5	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	400	250 (402.336)	2:55:41	85.381	Report
1982	April 18	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	400	250 (402.336)	2:33:37	97.646	Report
1983	April 17	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:44:03	91.436	Report
1984	April 8	27	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	400	250 (402.336)	2:33:19	97.83	Report
1985	April 21	12	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:39:53	93.818	Report
1986	April 20	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:49:40	88.408	Report
1987	April 5	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:39:24	94.103	Report
1988	April 17	11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:31:24	99.075	Report
1989	April 16	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:46:47	89.937	Report
1990	April 22	26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Buick	400	250 (402.336)	2:58:46	83.908	Report
1991	April 21	17	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal, Inc.	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	3:08:26	79.604	Report
1992	April 12	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:45:28	90.653	Report
1993	April 18	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Pontiac	400	250 (402.336)	2:41:59	92.602	Report
1994	April 17	5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:36:33	95.816	Report
1995	April 9	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:26:27	102.424	Report
1996	April 14	5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:35:39	96.37	Report

1963: Race shortened due to rain.
1974: Race shortened due to energy crisis.
1990: Bodine's lone Winston Cup victory.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
10	Richard Petty	1962, 1963, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981
4	Darrell Waltrip	1978, 1982, 1983, 1991
4	Dale Earnhardt	1986, 1987, 1989, 1995
3	Terry Labonte	1988, 1994, 1996
2	Herb Thomas	1952, 1953
	Lee Petty	1959, 1960
	Junior Johnson	1958, 1965
	Cale Yarborough	1976, 1977
	Bobby Allison	1969, 1979

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
15	Chevrolet	1961, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996
8	Ford	1957, 1958, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1979, 1992
7	Plymouth	1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972
4	Dodge	1969, 1973, 1974, 1975
3	Hudson	1952, 1953, 1954
	Oldsmobile	1951, 1955, 1959
	Buick	1981, 1982, 1990
2	Pontiac	1984, 1993

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)
1970	ABC	Keith Jackson	Chris Economaki
1981	ESPN	Mike Joy	Bob Jenkins
1982		Bob Jenkins	Larry Nuber
1983
1984
1985
1986			Benny Parsons Larry Nuber
1987			Larry Nuber
1988			Ned Jarrett Gary Nelson
1989			Ned Jarrett
1990			Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996

References

↑ Aumann, Mark (April 1, 2009). "North Wilkesboro alive and well, even without racing". NASCAR. Retrieved April 22, 2012.

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