1971 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Northern 300 Race Results

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1971 - Northern 300 Race Results

Race Name - Northern 300
Date - 7/18/1971
Race Track - Trenton Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 300 miles
Pole Speed - 129.134 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 12
Average Race Speed - 120.34 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $28,890
Race Number - 31

More Races from 1971

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