Northern 300

Trenton Speedway — January 1, 1971

Richard Petty

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1971 Northern 300 at Trenton Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 129 of 200 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Trenton Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	200	—	Running	129	100
2	6	+4	Buddy Baker	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	200	—	Running	33	98
3	4	+1	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody		199	—	Running	25	96
4	5	+1	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	198	—	Running	2	94
5	3	-2	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	198	—	Running	11	92
6	1	-5	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		193	—	Running	—	90
7	9	+2	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	193	—	Running	—	88
8	8	—	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Mercury	191	—	Running	—	86
9	10	+1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		190	—	Running	—	84
10	36	+26	Bill Chevalier	Junior Fields (Owner)		188	—	Running	—	0
11	12	+1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	187	—	Running	—	80
12	21	+9	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		185	—	Running	—	78
13	7	-6	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		184	—	Running	—	76
14	32	+18	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder (Owner)		183	—	Running	—	74
15	23	+8	Elmo Langley	Ron Ronacher (Owner)		183	—	Running	—	72
16	31	+15	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		183	—	Running	—	70
17	30	+13	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	181	—	Running	—	68
18	19	+1	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		181	—	Running	—	66
19	25	+6	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		178	—	Running	—	64
20	34	+14	Bobby Mausgrover	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	177	—	Running	—	0
21	38	+17	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	173	—	Running	—	60
22	37	+15	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		171	—	DNF	—	58
23	35	+12	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	167	—	Running	—	56
24	26	+2	Tommy Gale	Larry Jackson (Owner)	Mercury	163	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	24	-1	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		148	—	DNF	—	52
26	28	+2	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		144	—	DNF	—	50
27	13	-14	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	121	—	DNF	—	48
28	22	-6	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	104	—	DNF	—	0
29	15	-14	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	98	—	DNF	—	44
30	29	-1	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	97	—	DNF	—	42
31	14	-17	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	72	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	20	-12	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		54	—	DNF	—	38
33	17	-16	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		47	—	DNF	—	36
34	16	-18	Dick May	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	44	—	DNF	—	34
35	11	-24	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		43	—	DNF	—	0
36	40	+4	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		34	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	27	-10	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	29	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	18	-20	Ed Hessert	Ed Hessert (Owner)	Plymouth	14	—	DNF - Crash	—	26
39	33	-6	Neil Castles	Robertson Racing		2	—	DNF	—	24
40	39	-1	Jerry Churchill	Churchill Motorsports		2	—	DNF	—	22