1972 Northern 300
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| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 19 of 31 in the 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
 Trenton Speedway, featuring its "kidney bean" shape. | |||
| Date | July 16, 1972 | ||
| Official name | Northern 300 | ||
| Location | Trenton Speedway, Trenton, New Jersey | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.410 km (1.500 miles) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 300.0 mi (482.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Hot with temperatures approaching 91 °F (33 °C); wind speeds up to 8 miles per hour (13 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 114.03 miles per hour (183.51 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 20,000[2] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Howard & Egerton Racing | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Bobby Isaac | K&K Insurance Racing | |
| Laps | 117 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 12 | Bobby Allison | Howard & Egerton Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1972 Northern 300 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on July 16, 1972, at Trenton Speedway in Trenton, New Jersey.
The first race at the Fairgrounds was held on September 24, 1900, but there was no further racing there until 1907. Regular racing began in 1912 and continued until 1941. A new 1 mile dirt oval was opened in 1946. In 1957 the track was paved. It operated in that configuration until 1968 when the track was expanded to 1.5 miles (2.41 km) and a "kidney bean" shape with a 20° right-hand dogleg on the back stretch and a wider turn 3 & 4 complex than turns 1 & 2. The track closed in 1980 and the Fairgrounds itself closed 3 years later. The former site of the speedway is now occupied by the Grounds for Sculpture, a UPS shipping facility, and the housing development known as "Hamilton Lakes".[3]