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1972 Texas 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 31 of 31 Sunday, November 12, 1972 at Texas World Speedway, College Station, TX 250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:24:00 Average speed: 147.059 mph Pole speed: 170.273 mph Cautions: 5 for 29 laps Margin of victory: .5 cl Attendance: 33000 Lead changes: 23 Glossary    1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1972 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '71 Dodge 250 14920 running 133 2 1 21   A.J. Foyt Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 250 7545 running 20 3 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Dodge 250 8220 running 97 4 4 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Richard Howard) '72 Chevrolet 249 7345 running 0 5 5 04   Hershel McGriff Hirt Wood & Lumber   (Beryl Jackson) '72 Plymouth 248 3725 running 0 6 8 72   Benny Parsons L.G. DeWitt '71 Mercury 246 3320 running 0 7 6 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 246 2325 running 0 8 12 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '71 Mercury 246 2300 running 0 9 11 28   Cale Yarborough Hoss Ellington '72 Chevrolet 245 1450 running 0 10 10 18   Joe Frasson Joe Frasson '72 Dodge 243 1300 running 0 11 14 48   James Hylton Pop Kola   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 242 1675 running 0 12 15 2   Dave Marcis Dave Marcis '72 Dodge 240 1600 running 0 13 16 45   Ramo Stott Bill Seifert '71 Ford 238 1525 running 0 14 13 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '71 Chevrolet 237 1400 running 0 15 17 76   Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '71 Ford 236 1355 running 0 16 27 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '70 Plymouth 235 1340 running 0 17 21 1   Dick Brooks Bill Champion '71 Ford 232 930 running 0 18 25 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 232 1320 running 0 19 35 42   Jim Whitt Dean Barnicle '71 Ford 232 815 running 0 20 38 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton '71 Mercury 231 1310 running 0 21 24 47   Raymond Williams Jet Way Wax   (Raymond Williams) '71 Ford 231 1330 running 0 22 40 98   Rick Newsom Rick Newsom '71 Ford 231 800 running 0 23 34 84   Harry Schilling Thomas Hynes '72 Chevrolet 229 795 running 0 24 42 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '71 Ford 229 1290 running 0 25 22 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '70 Dodge 225 1360 running 0 26 9 90   Johnny Rutherford Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) '72 Ford 224 1280 engine 0 27 23 05   David Sisco Charlie McGee '72 Chevrolet 221 825 running 0 28 32 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 213 1200 running 0 29 33 57   Bill Shirey David Ray Boggs '70 Dodge 212 765 running 0 30 39 5   Mel Larson Doc Faustina '70 Plymouth 209 760 running 0 31 19 92   Larry Smith Harley Smith '71 Ford 199 755 engine 0 32 31 3   Paul Feldner – '70 Plymouth 198 750 engine 0 33 26 61   Clarence Lovell Lone Star Special / Bierschwale-Haverlah   (Don Bierschwale) '71 Ford 196 770 engine 0 34 18 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington '70 Dodge 184 740 engine 0 35 7 22   Gordon Johncock Crawford Racing   (Crawford Brothers) '72 Plymouth 182 735 engine 0 36 30 66   H.B. Bailey Blank & Kalashian   (Vernon Blank) '71 Pontiac 106 725 rear end 0 37 43 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 93 1220 suspension 0 38 41 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '70 Dodge 92 1215 engine 0 39 44 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '71 Ford 68 1210 engine 0 40 28 29   Bill Hollar Bill Hollar '71 Mercury 64 705 engine 0 41 20 88   Ron Keselowski Roger Lubinski '70 Dodge 38 705 engine 0 42 29 01   Earle Canavan Buanno Transportation   (Earle Canavan) '71 Plymouth 30 705 windshield 0 43 37 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '71 Ford 16 1205 engine 0 44 36 44   Bill Seifert Giachetti Brothers   (Richard Giachetti) '71 Mercury 1 705 clutch 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   A.J. Foyt 1 1 1   Richard Petty 2 2 1   Buddy Baker 3 17 15   A.J. Foyt 18 19 2   Buddy Baker 20 44 25   Richard Petty 45 85 41   Buddy Baker 86 91 6   Richard Petty 92 105 14   Buddy Baker 106 142 37   Richard Petty 143 143 1   Buddy Baker 144 146 3   Richard Petty 147 148 2   Buddy Baker 149 172 24   Richard Petty 173 183 11   Buddy Baker 184 184 1   A.J. Foyt 185 187 3   Richard Petty 188 188 1   A.J. Foyt 189 194 6   Richard Petty 195 200 6   A.J. Foyt 201 201 1   Richard Petty 202 212 11   A.J. Foyt 213 219 7   Richard Petty 220 228 9   Buddy Baker 229 250 22