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1972 Nashville 420

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 23 of 31
Sunday, August 27, 1972 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN
420 laps on a .596 mile paved track (250.3 miles)

Time of race: 2:42:14
Average Speed: 92.578 mph
Pole Speed: 116.932 mph

Cautions: 3 for 53 laps
Margin of Victory: 10 cl
Attendance: 19,500
Lead changes: 7

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	420	6,925	running	283
2	2	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Plymouth	420	5,010	running	136
3	12	95	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip	'71 Mercury	404	2,040	running	0
4	6	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Mercury	400	1,630	running	0
5	8	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	387	1,400	running	0
6	4	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'71 Mercury	383	1,125	running	1
7	18	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'71 Ford	381	1,025	running	0
8	9	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	369	925	running	0
9	25	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	363	875	running	0
10	17	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'71 Chevrolet	357	850	running	0
11	19	40	D.K. Ulrich	D.K. Ulrich	'71 Ford	320	560	running	0
12	28	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'70 Plymouth	277	800	engine	0
13	15	26	Earl Brooks	Earl Brooks	'71 Ford	158	540	rear end	0
14	21	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'70 Plymouth	153	775	driveshaft	0
15	24	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs	'70 Dodge	118	485	engine	0
16	23	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress	'71 Chevrolet	106	445	steering	0
17	7	05	David Sisco	Charlie McGee	'72 Chevrolet	105	415	engine	0
18	27	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	56	615	crash	0
19	20	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'71 Ford	46	565	brakes	0
20	10	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'71 Ford	40	515	crash	0
21	16	58	Robert Brown	Allan Brown	'70 Chevrolet	37	245	engine	0
22	26	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	37	485	crash	0
23	11	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'71 Mercury	34	480	crash	0
24	22	0	George Altheide	George Altheide	'70 Dodge	29	225	steering	0
25	14	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Ford	3	475	engine	0
26	3	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'71 Chevrolet	0	300	crash	0
27	5	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'71 Dodge	0	1,750	crash	0
28	13	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Bill Seifert	'71 Ford	0	475	quit	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	42	42
Cecil Gordon	43	43	1
Richard Petty	44	167	124
Bobby Allison	168	324	157
Richard Petty	325	327	3
Bobby Allison	328	335	8
Richard Petty	336	344	9
Bobby Allison	345	420	76

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