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1972 Southeastern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 31 Sunday, April 9, 1972 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:50:18 Average speed: 92.826 mph Pole speed: 106.875 mph Cautions: 2 for 25 laps Margin of victory: 4 laps + Attendance: 34700 Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1972 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Richard Howard) '72 Chevrolet 500 8325 running 458 2 3 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '72 Dodge 496 5350 running 11 3 2 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Plymouth 491 4225 running 15 4 5 45   LeeRoy Yarbrough Garrett Ford   (Bill Seifert) '71 Ford 483 1720 running 0 5 7 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '71 Mercury 474 1325 running 0 6 6 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 473 825 running 16 7 12 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '71 Ford 470 1065 running 0 8 14 48   James Hylton Pop Kola   (James Hylton) '71 Ford 470 950 running 0 9 11 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '70 Plymouth 466 685 running 0 10 23 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 462 850 running 0 11 16 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford 451 810 running 0 12 22 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '71 Ford 442 800 running 0 13 17 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 437 540 running 0 14 27 77   Charlie Roberts Charlie Roberts '70 Ford 429 530 running 0 15 30 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '70 Plymouth 423 770 running 0 16 21 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '71 Ford 417 760 running 0 17 9 31   Jim Vandiver O.L. Nixon '70 Dodge 407 500 running 0 18 28 96   Richard Childress Richard Childress '71 Chevrolet 403 490 running 0 19 26 70   J.D. McDuffie With God, You're Always a Winner!   (J.D. McDuffie) '71 Chevrolet 387 730 ignition 0 20 10 57   David Ray Boggs David Ray Boggs '70 Dodge 357 470 rear end 0 21 4 72   Benny Parsons Madden Food Systems   (L.G. DeWitt) '71 Mercury 320 720 engine 0 22 19 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '70 Dodge 315 700 engine 0 23 15 05   David Sisco Charlie McGee '72 Chevrolet 272 465 engine 0 24 25 47   Raymond Williams Raymond Williams '71 Ford 221 430 transmission 0 25 29 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '70 Plymouth 147 670 rear end 0 26 13 2   Dave Marcis IHRA   (Dave Marcis) '70 Dodge 126 690 water pump 0 27 20 76   Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '71 Ford 82 405 vibration 0 28 8 0   George Altheide George Altheide '70 Dodge 54 395 engine 0 29 24 85   Ronnie Daniel Ronnie Daniel '70 Chevrolet 41 385 oil leak 0 30 18 91   Richard D. Brown Ralph McNabb '72 Chevrolet 32 375 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 31 Robert Brown 58 Chevrolet 32 John Utsman 37 Dodge 33 Johnny Halford 32 Dick Brooks Plymouth 34 Ron Keselowski 88 Dodge 35 Buddy Arrington 67 Dodge Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 26 26   Bobby Isaac 27 32 6   Coo Coo Marlin 33 48 16   Bobby Allison 49 166 118   Bobby Isaac 167 171 5   Richard Petty 172 186 15   Bobby Allison 187 500 314