1972 - Winston Cup Series - Northern 300 Race Results

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1972 - Northern 300 Race Results

Race Name - Northern 300
Date - 7/16/1972
Race Track - Trenton Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 300 miles
Pole Speed - 133.126 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 21
Average Race Speed - 114.03 mph
Lead Changes - 9
Total Race Purse - $35,675
Race Number - 19

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	200	72 Chevrol	53	$7,900
2	1	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	200	72 Dodge	117	$4,825
3	3	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	199	72 Plymout	27	$3,800
4	7	Fred Lorenzen	90	Junie Donlavey	197	71 Ford	0	$1,475
5	8	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	194	71 Mercury	2	$1,325
6	11	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	194	71 Ford	0	$1,050
7	6	Larry Smith	92	Harley Smith	192	71 Ford	0	$765
8	4	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	192	71 Mercury	0	$985
9	22	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	187	71 Ford	0	$900
10	18	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	186	71 Mercury	0	$875
11	17	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	185	71 Ford	0	$850
12	26	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	184	71 Mercury	0	$775
13	28	Bob Greeley	60	Daytona Auto Painters (Bob Greeley)	182	70 Plymout	0	$500
14	21	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	182	71 Ford	0	$725
15	15	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	181	70 Plymout	0	$700
16	23	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	180	71 Chevrol	0	$675
17	12	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	179	70 Dodge	0	$645
18	25	Richard Childress	96	Richard Childress	177	71 Chevrol	0	$385
19	30	DK Ulrich	40	DK Ulrich	176	71 Ford	0	$380
20	31	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	171	71 Ford	0	$375
21	27	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	169	70 Dodge	0	$620
22	16	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	127	70 Dodge	0	$365
23	19	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	115	71 Ford	0	$360
24	9	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	107	71 Ford	0	$620
25	5	Dave Marcis	2	Cherry Hill Dodge (Dave Marcis)	104	70 Dodge	1	$650
26	33	Fred Drake	66	Blank Kalashian (Vernon Blank)	93	72 Pontiac	0	$345
27	13	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	85	71 Dodge	0	$340
28	29	Ed Hessert	23	Don Robertson	50	70 Plymout	0	$335
29	24	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	33	71 Ford	0	$580
30	14	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	42	70 Plymout	0	$325
31	10	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	15	70 Plymout	0	$575
32	20	Earle Canavan	1	Earle Canavan	8	71 Plymout	0	$325
33	32	AJ Cox	81	AJ Cox	2	71 Dodge	0	$325