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1972 Atlanta 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 31
March 26, 1972 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.2 miles)

Time of race: 3:53:37
Average Speed: 128.214 mph
Pole Speed: 156.245 mph

Cautions: 6 for 47 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.16 sec
Attendance: 50,000
Lead changes: 18

Glossary 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1972 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Richard Howard)	'72 Chevrolet	328	31,605	running	142
2	4	21	A.J. Foyt	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	328	10,600	running	9
3	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'72 Dodge	328	10,380	running	132
4	5	15	David Pearson	Bud Moore	'72 Ford	327	4,800	running	3
5	6	27	Donnie Allison	Monty Myers	'72 Chevrolet	327	3,530	running	11
6	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Plymouth	325	5,480	running	31
7	9	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Mercury	324	3,225	running	0
8	10	11	Buddy Baker	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Dodge	323	2,575	running	0
9	12	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Bill Seifert	'71 Ford	323	2,555	running	0
10	7	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	320	2,425	running	0
11	25	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'71 Dodge	318	1,150	running	0
12	23	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	317	1,700	running	0
13	30	91	Richard D. Brown	Ralph McNabb	'72 Chevrolet	316	1,600	running	0
14	14	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'70 Plymouth	316	1,475	running	0
15	11	16	Mark Donohue	Roger Penske	'72 Matador	314	1,325	running	0
16	28	23	Bill Dennis	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	314	1,200	running	0
17	20	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'71 Mercury	312	1,675	running	0
18	37	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'70 Dodge	308	1,625	running	0
19	27	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	307	1,600	running	0
20	32	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'71 Ford	306	1,125	running	0
21	33	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'71 Plymouth	301	1,580	running	0
22	31	0	George Altheide	George Altheide	'70 Dodge	299	1,105	running	0
23	16	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'72 Dodge	286	1,605	running	0
24	39	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'71 Ford	286	1,480	running	0
25	13	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'71 Dodge	260	1,480	running	0
26	18	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Ford	253	1,470	running	0
27	34	03	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko	'71 Mercury	224	935	engine	0
28	29	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'71 Mercury	214	920	oil pan	0
29	35	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'71 Ford	208	910	engine	0
30	24	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	'72 Dodge	157	900	engine	0
31	19	97	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries	'72 Ford	126	920	transmission	0
32	8	31	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	'70 Dodge	112	915	engine	0
33	22	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	103	885	transmission	0
34	36	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	81	1,380	clutch	0
35	38	53	Dick May	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'71 Ford	66	875	axle	0
36	26	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	59	870	crash	0
37	40	05	David Sisco	Charlie McGee	'71 Chevrolet	59	865	engine	0
38	15	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith	'71 Ford	58	885	crash	0
39	21	83	Lem Blankenship	Richard Howard	'72 Dodge	50	855	ignition	0
40	17	90	Dick Brooks	Junie Donlavey	'72 Ford	11	1,400	crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	58	58
Bobby Isaac	59	63	5
Richard Petty	64	65	2
Bobby Isaac	66	116	51
David Pearson	117	117	1
Donnie Allison	118	128	11
Bobby Isaac	129	141	13
Richard Petty	142	163	22
David Pearson	164	164	1
A.J. Foyt	165	165	1
Richard Petty	166	172	7
Bobby Allison	173	223	51
David Pearson	224	224	1
Bobby Allison	225	225	1
Bobby Isaac	226	238	13
Bobby Allison	239	266	28
Bobby Isaac	267	316	50
A.J. Foyt	317	324	8
Bobby Allison	325	328	4

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