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1972 Volunteer 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 18 of 31 Sunday, July 9, 1972 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:50:28 Average speed: 92.735 mph Pole speed: 107.279 mph Cautions: 5 for 30 laps Margin of victory: 3 laps + Attendance: 22000 Lead changes: 4 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 8400 running 445 2 2 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Plymouth 497 5700 running 51 3 6 2   Dave Marcis Dave Marcis '70 Dodge 489 2775 running 0 4 5 72   Benny Parsons Pop Kola   (L.G. DeWitt) '71 Mercury 477 1750 running 0 5 20 70   J.D. McDuffie Pepsi / Johnson City Sheraton   (Don Tarr) '70 Dodge 466 1300 running 0 6 10 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '70 Plymouth 464 1085 running 0 7 29 47   Raymond Williams Raymond Williams '71 Ford 461 1035 running 0 8 4 24   Cecil Gordon Collins & Aikman   (Cecil Gordon) '71 Mercury 459 960 running 0 9 19 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 458 885 running 0 10 18 76   Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '71 Ford 457 860 running 0 11 30 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '71 Ford 456 720 running 0 12 12 48   James Hylton Pop Kola   (James Hylton) '70 Ford 454 835 running 0 13 16 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '71 Ford 446 800 running 0 14 26 77   Charlie Roberts Charlie Roberts '71 Ford 442 790 running 0 15 14 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 430 805 throttle 0 16 21 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '71 Ford 413 770 running 0 17 22 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '70 Dodge 358 760 overheating 0 18 11 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '72 Dodge 345 2060 rear end 0 19 3 45   LeeRoy Yarbrough Porter Ford   (Bill Seifert) '71 Ford 293 765 engine 4 20 28 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton '71 Mercury 289 770 engine 0 21 17 58   Robert Brown Allan Brown '72 Chevrolet 287 465 suspension 0 22 9 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 277 455 throttle 0 23 24 57   David Ray Boggs David Ray Boggs '70 Dodge 217 445 driveshaft 0 24 23 05   David Sisco Charlie McGee '72 Chevrolet 78 435 engine 0 25 27 32   Johnny Halford Dick Brooks '70 Plymouth 60 425 overheating 0 26 25 96   Richard Childress Richard Childress '71 Chevrolet 43 420 engine 0 27 7 88   Ron Keselowski Roger Lubinski '70 Dodge 42 410 suspension 0 28 15 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '70 Plymouth 33 400 engine 0 29 13 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '70 Dodge 27 665 rear end 0 30 8 91   Richard D. Brown Jim Pinnix Homes   (Ralph McNabb) '72 Chevrolet 16 630 crash 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 142 142   LeeRoy Yarbrough 143 146 4   Bobby Allison 147 159 13   Richard Petty 160 210 51   Bobby Allison 211 500 290