The 1971 Myers Brothers 250 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series event that took place on August 6, 1971, at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

This race was the final NASCAR Cup Series event at Bowman Gray Stadium until the 2025 Cook Out Clash.

[4] It was also the home of the Wake Forest University football team from 1956 until Groves Stadium (later BB&T Field) opened in 1968.

[2] Six cautions slowed the race for 36 laps with Bobby Allison defeating Richard Petty by a margin of three seconds.

Vehicles that competed at the Grand American series were in Chevrolet Camaros, Ford Mustangs and AMC Javelins as opposed to their full-sized equivalents from their manufacturers.