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1971 Northern 300

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 31 of 48
Sunday, July 18, 1971 at Trenton Speedway, Trenton, NJ
200 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (300.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:29:34
Average Speed: 120.347 mph
Pole Speed: 129.134 mph

Cautions: 3 for 12 laps
Margin of Victory: 23 sec
Attendance: 15,000
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1971 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'71 Plymouth	200	6,760	running	128
2	6	06	Buddy Baker	Neil Castles	'70 Dodge	200	2,980	running	34
3	4	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Holman-Moody)	'71 Ford	199	2,055	running	25
4	5	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'69 Dodge	198	1,370	running	2
5	3	6	Pete Hamilton	American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens)	'71 Plymouth	198	1,075	running	11
6	1	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler	'70 Chevrolet	193	920	running	0
7	9	90	Bill Dennis	Junie Donlavey	'69 Mercury	193	735	running	0
8	8	60	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle)	'69 Mercury	191	695	running	0
9	10	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	190	645	running	0
10	36	91	Bill Chevalier	Junior Fields	'71 Chevrolet	188	620	running	0
11	12	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury	187	570	running	0
12	21	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Ford	185	520	running	0
13	7	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Ford	184	520	running	0
14	32	41	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder	'69 Chevrolet	183	470	running	0
15	23	67	Elmo Langley	Ron Ronacher	'69 Ford	183	445	running	0
16	31	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	183	420	running	0
17	30	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'69 Mercury	181	390	running	0
18	19	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'69 Ford	181	380	running	0
19	25	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'69 Ford	178	375	running	0
20	34	86	Bobby Mausgrover	Neil Castles	'69 Dodge	177	370	running	0
21	38	13	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro	'69 Plymouth	173	365	running	0
22	37	40	D.K. Ulrich	D.K. Ulrich	'70 Ford	171	360	transmission	0
23	35	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey	'69 Plymouth	167	355	running	0
24	26	03	Tommy Gale	Larry Jackson	'69 Mercury	163	350	engine	0
25	24	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'71 Ford	148	345	suspension	0
26	28	26	Earl Brooks	Earl Brooks	'69 Ford	144	340	lug bolt	0
27	13	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	121	335	steering	0
28	22	5	Doc Faustina	Doc Faustina	'70 Plymouth	104	330	vibration	0
29	15	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	98	325	battery	0
30	29	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling (John Sears)	'69 Dodge	97	320	ignition	0
31	14	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'69 Plymouth	72	315	engine	0
32	20	68	Larry Baumel	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	'69 Ford	54	315	brakes	0
33	17	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'69 Ford	47	315	carburetor	0
34	16	64	Dick May	Elmo Langley	'69 Mercury	44	315	engine	0
35	11	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'70 Ford	43	315	flywheel	0
36	40	96	Richard Childress	Tom Garn	'70 Chevrolet	34	315	engine	0
37	27	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Dodge	29	315	engine	0
38	18	15	Ed Hessert	Ed Hessert	'70 Plymouth	14	315	crash	0
39	33	23	Neil Castles	Don Robertson	'69 Ford	2	315	brakes	0
40	39	73	Jerry Churchill	Jerry Churchill	'69 Ford	2	315	quit	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Richard Petty	1	1	1
Bobby Allison	2	18	17
Buddy Baker	19	47	29
Bobby Allison	48	55	8
Buddy Baker	56	56	1
Richard Petty	57	63	7
Dave Marcis	64	65	2
Pete Hamilton	66	73	8
Richard Petty	74	105	32
Buddy Baker	106	109	4
Richard Petty	110	119	10
Pete Hamilton	120	122	3
Richard Petty	123	200	78

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