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1972 Rebel 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 8 of 31
Sunday, April 16, 1972 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
293 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (400.2 miles)

Time of race: 3:13:00
Average Speed: 124.406 mph
Pole Speed: 148.209 mph

Cautions: 5 for 37 laps
Margin of Victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 45,300
Lead changes: 14

Glossary 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1972 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	293	16,850	running	202
2	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Plymouth	292	10,375	running	27
3	15	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	'71 Dodge	285	5,475	running	0
4	9	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Mercury	284	4,675	running	0
5	10	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	281	2,875	running	0
6	12	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'71 Dodge	279	1,725	running	0
7	2	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Richard Howard)	'72 Chevrolet	278	3,520	running	29
8	22	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'70 Plymouth	277	1,770	running	0
9	27	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	275	1,710	running	0
10	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'71 Mercury	274	1,620	running	0
11	30	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Ford	269	1,545	running	0
12	19	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'71 Mercury	269	995	running	0
13	26	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	262	1,470	running	0
14	36	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	262	945	running	0
15	28	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'71 Ford	261	920	running	0
16	5	31	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	'70 Dodge	260	870	engine	6
17	21	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'71 Ford	258	845	running	0
18	23	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	258	1,320	running	0
19	34	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'71 Chevrolet	255	1,270	running	0
20	7	11	Buddy Baker	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Dodge	242	1,245	engine	27
21	33	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'70 Dodge	222	1,220	oil pan	0
22	13	90	Jackie Oliver	Junie Donlavey	'72 Ford	205	1,320	crash	0
23	35	23	Bill Dennis	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	196	670	engine	0
24	24	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'70 Dodge	178	1,210	rear end	0
25	18	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'70 Dodge	154	1,145	handling	0
26	8	15	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Bud Moore	'72 Ford	145	630	valve	1
27	31	00	Bobby Mausgrover	Bobby Mausgrover	'70 Dodge	129	620	brakes	0
28	4	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'71 Dodge	76	610	piston	1
29	6	28	Fred Lorenzen	Hoss Ellington	'72 Ford	46	605	engine	0
30	14	93	Buck Baker	Harold Furr	'70 Chevrolet	45	650	clutch	0
31	29	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'70 Dodge	43	1,095	oil leak	0
32	25	53	H.B. Bailey	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'72 Ford	41	665	ignition	0
33	16	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith	'71 Ford	36	585	suspension	0
34	17	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'72 Ford	25	1,080	oil pressure	0
35	20	66	Dick Brooks	Blank & Kalashian (Vernon Blank)	'71 Pontiac	21	575	brakes	0
36	32	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'70 Plymouth	7	570	oil pressure	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	32	32
	33	37	5	#92 spun turn 3
	38	46	9
	47	56	10	#28 oil turn 4
	57	198	142
	199	206	8	#23 blew engine
	207	208	2
	209	215	7	#90 accident turn 4
	216	244	29
	245	251	7	#11 accident turn 1
	252	293	42
Percent of race run under caution: 12.6% Average green flag run: 42.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	3	3
David Pearson	4	9	6
Bobby Allison	10	33	24
LeeRoy Yarbrough	34	34	1
Richard Petty	35	47	13
Bobby Isaac	48	48	1
Jim Vandiver	49	54	6
Bobby Allison	55	55	1
David Pearson	56	69	14
Buddy Baker	70	96	27
David Pearson	97	185	89
Bobby Allison	186	186	1
Richard Petty	187	200	14
David Pearson	201	293	93

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