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1972 Gwyn Staley 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 9 of 31 Sunday, April 23, 1972 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:53:19 Average speed: 86.381 mph Pole speed: 107.506 mph Cautions: 5 for 45 laps Margin of victory: 2.0 sec Attendance: 16000 Lead changes: 17 Glossary    1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1972 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Plymouth 400 6600 running 84 2 2 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Richard Howard) '72 Chevrolet 400 4375 running 79 3 1 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '72 Dodge 400 3950 running 237 4 10 48   James Hylton Pop Kola   (James Hylton) '70 Ford 392 1550 running 0 5 5 72   Benny Parsons L.G. DeWitt '70 Mercury 392 1200 running 0 6 17 45   LeeRoy Yarbrough Bill Seifert '71 Ford 390 900 running 0 7 6 2   Dave Marcis Dave Marcis '70 Dodge 390 875 running 0 8 11 92   Larry Smith Harley Smith '71 Ford 384 575 running 0 9 19 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 382 805 running 0 10 23 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '70 Plymouth 381 820 running 0 11 22 51   Dub Simpson Bill Strong '70 Chevrolet 372 560 running 0 12 13 47   Raymond Williams Raymond Williams '71 Ford 365 525 running 0 13 8 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '71 Dodge 365 790 running 0 14 14 91   Richard D. Brown Ralph McNabb '72 Chevrolet 364 530 running 0 15 30 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton '71 Mercury 359 495 running 0 16 29 77   Charlie Roberts Charlie Roberts '70 Ford 357 485 running 0 17 27 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '70 Ford 354 725 running 0 18 4 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '71 Mercury 354 740 running 0 19 24 76   Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '71 Ford 352 480 running 0 20 21 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '70 Plymouth 347 695 running 0 21 12 93   Buck Baker Furr Engineering   (Harold Furr) '71 Chevrolet 332 485 running 0 22 20 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '70 Dodge 283 675 ignition 0 23 15 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '71 Ford 256 690 engine 0 24 18 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '71 Ford 125 655 crash 0 25 28 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '71 Chevrolet 121 670 engine 0 26 7 31   Jim Vandiver O.L. Nixon '70 Dodge 111 415 engine 0 27 26 96   Richard Childress Richard Childress '72 Chevrolet 93 380 transmission 0 28 9 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 71 620 engine 0 29 25 13   Eddie Yarboro Eddie Yarboro '70 Plymouth 42 360 engine 0 30 16 23   Bill Dennis Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 14 375 vibration 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bobby Mausgrover 00 Bobby Mausgrover Dodge Earl Brooks 26 Earl Brooks Ford G.C. Spencer 49 G.C. Spencer Plymouth Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Isaac 1 70 70   Bobby Allison 71 85 15   Bobby Isaac 86 92 7   Bobby Allison 93 93 1   Bobby Isaac 94 95 2   Bobby Allison 96 117 22   Bobby Isaac 118 191 74   Bobby Allison 192 201 10   Bobby Isaac 202 202 1   Bobby Allison 203 212 10   Bobby Isaac 213 216 4   Bobby Allison 217 217 1   Bobby Isaac 218 249 32   Bobby Allison 250 269 20   Bobby Isaac 270 308 39   Richard Petty 309 367 59   Bobby Isaac 368 375 8   Richard Petty 376 400 25