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1972 Northern 300

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 19 of 31
Sunday, July 16, 1972 at Trenton Speedway, Trenton, NJ
200 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (300.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:57:41
Average speed: 114.03 mph
Pole speed: 133.126 mph

Cautions: 5 for 21 laps
Margin of victory: 1.4 sec
Attendance: 20000
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1972 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Richard Howard)	'72 Chevrolet	200	7900	running	53
2	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'72 Dodge	200	4825	running	117
3	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Plymouth	199	3800	running	27
4	7	90	Fred Lorenzen	Junie Donlavey	'71 Ford	197	1475	running	0
5	8	24	Cecil Gordon	Collins & Aikman (Cecil Gordon)	'71 Mercury	194	1325	running	2
6	11	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	194	1050	running	0
7	6	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith	'71 Ford	192	765	running	0
8	4	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Mercury	192	985	running	0
9	22	47	Raymond Williams	Jet Way Wax (Raymond Williams)	'71 Ford	187	900	running	0
10	18	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	186	875	running	0
11	17	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	185	850	running	0
12	26	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'71 Mercury	184	775	running	0
13	28	60	Bob Greeley	Daytona Auto Painters (Bob Greeley)	'70 Plymouth	182	500	running	0
14	21	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'71 Ford	182	725	running	0
15	15	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	181	700	running	0
16	23	70	J.D. McDuffie	With God, You're Always a Winner! (J.D. McDuffie)	'71 Chevrolet	180	675	running	0
17	12	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'70 Dodge	179	645	running	0
18	25	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress	'71 Chevrolet	177	385	running	0
19	30	40	D.K. Ulrich	D.K. Ulrich	'71 Ford	176	380	running	0
20	31	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Engineering (Wendell Scott)	'71 Ford	171	375	running	0
21	27	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'70 Dodge	169	620	running	0
22	16	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs	'70 Dodge	127	365	oil leak	0
23	19	26	Earl Brooks	Earl Brooks	'71 Ford	115	360	running	0
24	9	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Ford	107	620	engine	0
25	5	2	Dave Marcis	Cherry Hill Dodge (Dave Marcis)	'70 Dodge	104	650	crash	1
26	33	66	Fred Drake	Blank & Kalashian (Vernon Blank)	'72 Pontiac	93	345	engine	0
27	13	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'71 Dodge	85	340	fuel pump	0
28	29	23	Ed Hessert	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	50	335	crash	0
29	24	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'71 Ford	33	580	engine	0
30	14	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey	'70 Plymouth	42	325	disqualified	0
31	10	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'70 Plymouth	15	575	engine	0
32	20	01	Earle Canavan	Earle Canavan	'71 Plymouth	8	325	oil leak	0
33	32	81	A.J. Cox	A.J. Cox	'71 Dodge	2	325	overheating	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Isaac	1	18	18
Dave Marcis	19	19	1
Cecil Gordon	20	21	2
Bobby Isaac	22	72	51
Bobby Allison	73	82	10
Bobby Isaac	83	108	26
Richard Petty	109	135	27
Bobby Allison	136	153	18
Bobby Isaac	154	175	22
Bobby Allison	176	200	25