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1972 Mason-Dixon 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 13 of 31 Sunday, June 4, 1972 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:12:49 Average speed: 118.019 mph Pole speed: 130.809 mph Cautions: 3 for 25 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 27000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1972 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Richard Howard) '72 Chevrolet 500 14625 running 252 2 4 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Dodge 499 10375 running 240 3 7 45   LeeRoy Yarbrough Porter Ford   (Bill Seifert) '72 Mercury 486 4850 running 0 4 21 90   Jackie Oliver Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) '71 Ford 486 3550 running 0 5 9 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '70 Plymouth 484 2750 running 0 6 5 72   Benny Parsons Pop Kola   (L.G. DeWitt) '71 Mercury 480 2175 running 6 7 6 48   James Hylton Pop Kola   (James Hylton) '71 Ford 478 2000 running 0 8 10 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '71 Mercury 477 1900 running 0 9 17 88   Ron Keselowski Roger Lubinski '70 Dodge 473 1300 running 0 10 16 83   Paul Tyler Norris Reed '71 Mercury 466 1250 engine 0 11 32 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '71 Chevrolet 460 1700 running 0 12 26 77   Charlie Roberts Charlie Roberts '71 Ford 459 1650 running 0 13 23 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton '71 Mercury 459 1625 running 0 14 1 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '72 Dodge 459 3250 running 2 15 18 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 457 1550 running 0 16 14 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 456 1525 running 0 17 13 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '71 Ford 455 1500 running 0 18 31 85   Ronnie Daniel Ronnie Daniel '70 Chevrolet 449 975 running 0 19 27 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '70 Dodge 445 1450 running 0 20 35 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '71 Ford 344 925 engine 0 21 8 91   Richard D. Brown Ralph McNabb '72 Chevrolet 339 1400 suspension 0 22 22 81   Jim Vandiver A.J. Cox '71 Dodge 299 875 engine 0 23 34 74   Bill Shirey Bill Shirey '70 Plymouth 287 850 vibration 0 24 3 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 280 900 engine 0 25 29 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '71 Ford 268 1300 engine 0 26 12 76   Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '71 Ford 188 1275 suspension 0 27 38 53   Dick May Hopper-Crews   (J.C. Crews) '71 Ford 173 750 rear end 0 28 39 89   Les Covey Kalico Kitchen   (Jack Mercer) '70 Chevrolet 169 725 rear end 0 29 40 06   Neil Castles Richard Rice Travel Trailers   (Neil Castles) '70 Dodge 150 700 ignition 0 30 33 26   Earl Brooks Earl Brooks '71 Ford 118 675 vibration 0 31 15 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '70 Dodge 104 1150 engine 0 32 37 23   James Cox Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 97 625 engine 0 33 30 57   David Ray Boggs David Ray Boggs '70 Dodge 61 600 engine 0 34 11 92   Larry Smith Harley Smith '71 Ford 47 590 oil pan 0 35 25 01   Earle Canavan Earle Canavan '71 Plymouth 47 585 clutch 0 36 19 2   Dave Marcis Dave Marcis '70 Dodge 30 1080 oil pump 0 37 36 96   Richard Childress Richard Childress '71 Chevrolet 18 575 engine 0 38 28 47   Raymond Williams Raymond Williams '71 Ford 14 1070 oil leak 0 39 24 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '71 Ford 3 1065 crash 0 40 20 61   Clarence Lovell Bierschwale-Haverlah   (Don Bierschwale) '71 Ford 2 560 crash 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Isaac 1 2 2   Bobby Allison 3 47 45   Richard Petty 48 90 43   Benny Parsons 91 96 6   Richard Petty 97 210 114   Bobby Allison 211 298 88   Richard Petty 299 304 6   Bobby Allison 305 314 10   Richard Petty 315 315 1   Bobby Allison 316 316 1   Richard Petty 317 319 3   Bobby Allison 320 342 23   Richard Petty 343 415 73   Bobby Allison 416 500 85