| series | Champcar complete |
| race | Trenton |
| year | 1971 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| Leader Card | 4 | G.C. Murphy | Mike Mosley | | 4 | 1 | Eagle 67 [210] | Ford DOHC tc | 97 | |
| Lindsey Hopkins | 22 | Sprite | Wally Dallenbach | | 13 | 2 | Kuzma 70 [1] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| All American Racers | 42 | Olsonite | Lee Roy Yarbrough | | 15 | 3 | Eagle 70 [805] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| All American Racers | 2 | Olsonite | Bobby Unser | | 1 | 4 | Eagle 70 [801] | Offy 159 tc | 1 | |
| Gene White Racing | 21 | Gene White Firestone | Cale Yarborough | | 21 | 5 | Mongoose 70 [8] | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| Brawner-McGee | 8 | Gilmore Racing | Art Pollard | | 18 | 6 | Scorpion 70 | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| Dick Simon | 10 | TraveLodge | Dick Simon | | 17 | 7 | Vollstedt 67 [A] | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| Agajanian | 98 | Agajanian-Faas | Bruce Walkup | | 20 | 8 | Edmunds Wolverine [1] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Indy On A Shoestring | 26 | Indy-On-A-Shoestring | Al Loquasto | | 25 | 9 | Gerhardt 68 [e] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Heimrath Racing | 55 | Heimrath Porsche | Ludwig Heimrath | | 26 | 10 | Eisert 67 [4] | Chevy 320 V8 | ||
| STP Corporation | 20 | STP | Steve Krisiloff | | 11 | 11 | Hawk III [68-2] | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| Jerry Karl | 102 | Winters Transmission | Jerry Karl | | 23 | 12 | Gerhardt 66 [n] | Chevy 320 V8 | ||
| Gene White Racing | 12 | Gene White Firestone | Lloyd Ruby | | 6 | 13 | Mongoose 70 [7] | Ford DOHC tc | 3 | |
| Seymour Enterprises | 39 | Seymour Enterprises | Don Brown | | 22 | 14 | Gerhardt 66 [f] | Chevy 320 V8 | ||
| Vollstedt | 7 | Timberjack | Gordon Johncock | | 14 | 15 | Vollstedt 66 [9] | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| Gerhardt | 16 | Thermo King | Gary Bettenhausen | | 5 | 16 | Gerhardt 70 [b] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Michner Racing | 18 | Michner Petroleum | Johnny Rutherford | | 10 | 17 | Eagle 66 [203] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| STP Corporation | 5 | STP | Mario Andretti | | 3 | 18 | McNamara 501 [1] | Ford DOHC tc | 26 | |
| Penske | 68 | Sunoco | Mark Donohue | | 7 | 19 | Lola T153 [SL-153-06] | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| CHEK Racing | 90 | CHEK Racing | Arnie Knepper | | 24 | 20 | Eagle 68 [406] | Chevy 320 V8 | ||
| Vel's Parnelli Jones | 1 | Johnny Lightning 500 | Al Unser | | 2 | 21 | Parnelli Colt 70 [001] | Ford DOHC tc | 7 | |
| Lindsey Hopkins | 6 | Sprite | Roger McCluskey | | 9 | 22 | Kuzma 70 [2] | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| John Mahler | 100 | Mahler Eagle 100 | John Mahler | | 19 | 23 | Eagle 68 [401] | Chevy 320 V8 | ||
| Vel's Parnelli Jones | 15 | Samsonite | Joe Leonard | | 8 | 24 | Parnelli Colt 70 [c] | Ford DOHC tc | ||
| O'Connell | 32 | Sugaripe Prune | Billy Vukovich | | 12 | 25 | Hayhoe 68 [a] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Vatis Enterprises | 94 | Classic Wax | Bentley Warren | | 16 | 26 | Finley 69 [c] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Bob Cavanaugh | 73 | Cavanaugh-Tomlinson | Karl Busson | | DNS | Halibrand Shrike 65 [b] | Chevy 320 V8 | |||
| Dayton-Walther | 77 | Dayton-Walther | Salt Walther | | DNS | Morris Marauder [1] | Ford DOHC tc | |||
| Federal Engineering | 31 | Federal Engineering | Sam Sessions | | DNS | Gerhardt 68 [f] | Offy 159 tc | |||
| Roy Emrich | 101 | Emrich | Bobby Allen | | DNS | Gerhardt 69 [a] | Chevy 320 V8 |
