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1971 Northern 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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 (300.000 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: 15000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1971 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 43   Richard Petty Plymouth by Petty   (Petty Enterprises) '71 Plymouth 200 6760 running 128 2 6 06   Buddy Baker Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '70 Dodge 200 2980 running 34 3 4 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Holman-Moody Racing) '71 Ford 199 2055 running 25 4 5 2   Dave Marcis Cherry Hill Dodge   (Dave Marcis) '69 Dodge 198 1370 running 2 5 3 6   Pete Hamilton American Brakeblok   (Cotton Owens) '71 Plymouth 198 1075 running 11 6 1 39   Friday Hassler See Rock City   (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 Howard Furniture   (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 Shirey's Garage   (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 Blood, Sweat & Tears   (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 Talladega 500 / Star City Auto Body   (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 Talladega 500   (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

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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