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1972 National 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 29 of 31
October 8, 1972 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:45:37
Average Speed: 133.234 mph
Pole Speed: 158.539 mph

Cautions: 6 for 40 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 cl
Attendance: 73,000
Lead changes: 21

Glossary 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1972 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	4	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Richard Howard)	'72 Chevrolet	334	21,450	running	192
2	2	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'72 Dodge	334	12,400	running	115
3	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	332	6,815	running	7
4	3	41	A.J. Foyt	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	332	4,090	running	8
5	26	90	Butch Hartman	Junie Donlavey	'72 Ford	326	3,570	running	0
6	21	95	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip	'71 Mercury	322	1,900	running	0
7	15	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	'71 Mercury	322	2,165	running	0
8	20	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'70 Dodge	320	1,550	running	0
9	7	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	'72 Dodge	319	1,515	running	0
10	8	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Dodge	318	3,965	crash	1
11	39	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith	'71 Ford	317	1,400	running	0
12	29	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	310	1,325	running	0
13	40	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'72 Ford	310	1,845	running	0
14	23	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'71 Ford	310	1,825	running	0
15	22	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'72 Plymouth	309	1,300	running	0
16	17	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'70 Plymouth	306	1,806	running	0
17	10	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'71 Mercury	305	1,795	running	0
18	42	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Mercury	305	1,720	running	0
19	16	30	Walter Ballard	Alexander Automotive (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	304	1,729	running	0
20	32	83	David Ray Boggs	Norris Reed	'71 Mercury	304	1,194	running	0
21	41	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'70 Dodge	301	1,651	running	0
22	44	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'71 Ford	298	1,633	running	0
23	30	03	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko	'71 Mercury	297	1,152	running	0
24	35	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'71 Mercury	271	1,601	running	0
25	12	15	Donnie Allison	Bud Moore	'72 Ford	266	1,106	battery	0
26	14	16	Dave Marcis	Roger Penske	'72 Matador	246	1,096	engine	0
27	19	2	Roger McCluskey	Dave Marcis	'72 Dodge	241	1,586	engine	0
28	5	27	Bobby Isaac	Minolta Cameras (Banjo Matthews)	'71 Chevrolet	224	1,269	engine	11
29	25	17	Bill Dennis	H.J. Brooking	'71 Chevrolet	219	1,024	engine	0
30	31	04	Harry Schilling	Thomas Hynes	'72 Chevrolet	214	954	handling	0
31	34	01	Earle Canavan	Earle Canavan	'71 Chevrolet	213	943	transmission	0
32	11	9	Pete Hamilton	Housby Racing (Jack Housby)	'72 Plymouth	205	950	crash	0
33	37	31	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	'71 Dodge	193	953	engine	0
34	13	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	119	894	engine	0
35	33	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	103	1,293	engine	0
36	27	0	G.C. Spencer	George Altheide	'70 Dodge	95	785	steering	0
37	36	05	Jabe Thomas	Charlie McGee	'72 Chevrolet	94	814	steering	0
38	9	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Mercury	88	1,273	engine	0
39	6	28	Cale Yarborough	Hoss Ellington	'72 Chevrolet	82	757	steering	0
40	38	45	Dick Brooks	Bill Seifert	'71 Mercury	81	1,246	ignition	0
41	18	98	Richard D. Brown	Junie Donlavey	'71 Ford	48	663	steering	0
42	24	22	Gordon Johncock	Crawford Racing (Crawford Brothers)	'72 Plymouth	44	649	brakes	0
43	28	99	Bobby Unser	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'72 Chevrolet	8	603	engine	0
44	43	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'70 Dodge	8	1,058	engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	3	3
Buddy Baker	4	5	2
David Pearson	6	9	4
Bobby Isaac	10	15	6
Buddy Baker	16	55	40
Bobby Isaac	56	59	4
Buddy Baker	60	79	20
Bobby Isaac	80	80	1
Buddy Baker	81	96	16
Bobby Allison	97	130	34
Buddy Baker	131	154	24
Bobby Allison	155	180	26
Richard Petty	181	181	1
Bobby Allison	182	194	13
Buddy Baker	195	200	6
A.J. Foyt	201	208	8
Buddy Baker	209	212	4
Bobby Allison	213	326	114
Buddy Baker	327	328	2
Bobby Allison	329	329	1
Buddy Baker	330	330	1
Bobby Allison	331	334	4

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