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1972 Old Dominion 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 27 of 31 Sunday, September 24, 1972 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.525 mile paved track (262.500 miles) Time of race: 3:45:02 Average speed: 69.989 mph Pole speed: 85.89 mph Cautions: 8 for 58 laps Margin of victory: 6 sec Attendance: 31000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1972 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 4 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Plymouth 500 7350 running 64 2 1 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Richard Howard) '72 Chevrolet 500 10600 running 432 3 2 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 498 2775 running 4 4 3 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '70 Dodge 496 3225 running 0 5 7 90   Jimmy Hensley Junie Donlavey '71 Ford 493 1400 running 0 6 11 72   Benny Parsons Pop Kola   (L.G. DeWitt) '71 Mercury 488 1250 running 0 7 18 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington '70 Dodge 485 900 running 0 8 10 48   James Hylton Pop Kola   (James Hylton) '71 Ford 484 1100 running 0 9 14 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '71 Ford 478 1050 running 0 10 19 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '71 Mercury 477 1000 running 0 11 9 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '71 Chevrolet 476 725 running 0 12 25 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '71 Ford 468 950 running 0 13 21 47   Raymond Williams JetWay   (Raymond Williams) '71 Ford 467 925 running 0 14 12 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '71 Chevrolet 460 900 running 0 15 20 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '70 Plymouth 459 875 transmission 0 16 24 76   Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '71 Ford 457 850 running 0 17 31 06   Neil Castles Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '72 Plymouth 456 875 running 0 18 34 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '70 Dodge 450 965 running 0 19 28 77   Charlie Roberts Charlie Roberts '71 Ford 446 775 running 0 20 23 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 444 750 running 0 21 29 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 433 725 running 0 22 36 23   James Cox Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 430 595 running 0 23 30 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '71 Ford 369 675 overheating 0 24 26 57   David Ray Boggs David Ray Boggs '70 Dodge 328 400 engine 0 25 17 2   Ray Hendrick Dave Marcis '70 Dodge 311 625 crash 0 26 22 55   Tiny Lund Hank Richardson '71 Chevrolet 272 350 rear end 0 27 5 28   Fred Lorenzen Lemon Tree Inn   (Hoss Ellington) '72 Chevrolet 216 425 engine 0 28 15 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton '71 Mercury 134 550 overheating 0 29 13 16   Dave Marcis American Motors   (Roger Penske) '72 Matador 108 275 rear end 0 30 16 45   LeeRoy Yarbrough Bill Seifert '71 Ford 108 510 crash 0 31 6 17   Bill Dennis Emrick Chevrolet   (H.J. Brooking) '72 Chevrolet 105 250 crash 0 32 35 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '70 Dodge 95 655 rear end 0 33 27 96   Richard Childress Richard Childress '71 Chevrolet 88 250 rear end 0 34 32 92   Larry Smith Harley Smith '71 Ford 77 450 engine 0 35 8 98   Bobby Isaac Junie Donlavey '72 Ford 19 250 overheating 0 36 33 74   Bill Shirey Bill Shirey '70 Plymouth 19 425 overheating 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 131 131   Richard Petty 132 147 16   Bobby Allison 148 220 73   David Pearson 221 221 1   Bobby Allison 222 222 1   David Pearson 223 224 2   Bobby Allison 225 278 54   David Pearson 279 279 1   Bobby Allison 280 435 156   Richard Petty 436 440 5   Bobby Allison 441 441 1   Richard Petty 442 445 4   Bobby Allison 446 461 16   Richard Petty 462 500 39