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1972 National 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 29 of 31 Sunday, October 8, 1972 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 3:45:37 Average speed: 133.234 mph Pole speed: 158.539 mph Cautions: 6 for 40 laps Margin of victory: 2 cl Attendance: 73000 Lead changes: 21 Glossary    1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1972 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 4 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Richard Howard) '72 Chevrolet 334 21450 running 192 2 2 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '72 Dodge 334 12400 running 115 3 1 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 332 6815 running 7 4 3 41   A.J. Foyt Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 332 4090 running 8 5 26 90   Butch Hartman Truck Equipment   (Junie Donlavey) '71 Ford 326 3570 running 0 6 21 95   Darrell Waltrip Terminal Transport   (Darrell Waltrip) '71 Mercury 322 1900 running 0 7 15 48   James Hylton Pop Kola   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 322 2165 running 0 8 20 67   Buddy Arrington Kentucky Fried Chicken   (Buddy Arrington) '70 Dodge 320 1550 running 0 9 7 18   Joe Frasson Frasson Cement   (Joe Frasson) '72 Dodge 319 1515 running 0 10 8 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Dodge 318 3965 crash 1 11 39 92   Larry Smith Black Label   (Harley Smith) '71 Ford 317 1400 running 0 12 29 88   Ron Keselowski Pizza Hut   (Roger Lubinski) '70 Dodge 310 1325 running 0 13 40 47   Raymond Williams American Jetway   (Raymond Williams) '72 Ford 310 1845 running 0 14 23 76   Ben Arnold Fact-O-Bake   (Ben Arnold) '71 Ford 310 1825 running 0 15 22 06   Neil Castles Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '72 Plymouth 309 1300 running 0 16 17 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '70 Plymouth 306 1806 running 0 17 10 24   Cecil Gordon Collins & Aikman   (Cecil Gordon) '71 Mercury 305 1795 running 0 18 42 10   Bill Champion Champion Trucking   (Bill Champion) '71 Mercury 305 1720 running 0 19 16 30   Walter Ballard Alexander Automotive   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 304 1729 running 0 20 32 83   David Ray Boggs Smithville Farms   (Norris Reed) '71 Mercury 304 1194 running 0 21 41 79   Frank Warren SSP Ignition   (Frank Warren) '70 Dodge 301 1651 running 0 22 44 19   Henley Gray Gray's Garage   (Henley Gray) '71 Ford 298 1633 running 0 23 30 03   Tommy Gale Gale Trucking   (Frank Vasko) '71 Mercury 297 1152 running 0 24 35 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 271 1601 running 0 25 12 15   Donnie Allison Moore Engineering   (Bud Moore) '72 Ford 266 1106 battery 0 26 14 16   Dave Marcis American Motors   (Roger Penske) '72 Matador 246 1096 engine 0 27 19 2   Roger McCluskey Marcis Auto Racing   (Dave Marcis) '72 Dodge 241 1586 engine 0 28 5 27   Bobby Isaac Minolta Cameras   (Banjo Matthews) '71 Chevrolet 224 1269 engine 11 29 25 17   Bill Dennis Emrick Motors   (H.J. Brooking) '71 Chevrolet 219 1024 engine 0 30 31 04   Harry Schilling Spindrift Marina   (Thomas Hynes) '72 Chevrolet 214 954 handling 0 31 34 01   Earle Canavan Buanno Transport   (Earle Canavan) '71 Chevrolet 213 943 transmission 0 32 11 9   Pete Hamilton Housby Racing   (Jack Housby) '72 Plymouth 205 950 crash 0 33 37 31   Jim Vandiver Nixon Construction   (O.L. Nixon) '71 Dodge 193 953 engine 0 34 13 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 119 894 engine 0 35 33 64   Elmo Langley Billy The Kid   (Elmo Langley) '71 Ford 103 1293 engine 0 36 27 0   G.C. Spencer Altheide Racing   (George Altheide) '70 Dodge 95 785 steering 0 37 36 05   Jabe Thomas McGee Automotive   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 94 814 steering 0 38 9 72   Benny Parsons Pop Kola   (L.G. DeWitt) '71 Mercury 88 1273 engine 0 39 6 28   Cale Yarborough Lemon Tree Inn   (Hoss Ellington) '72 Chevrolet 82 757 steering 0 40 38 45   Dick Brooks Porter Motors   (Bill Seifert) '71 Mercury 81 1246 ignition 0 41 18 98   Richard D. Brown Truck Equipment Co.   (Junie Donlavey) '71 Ford 48 663 steering 0 42 24 22   Gordon Johncock Eastern Airlines / Crawford Racing   (Crawford Brothers) '72 Plymouth 44 649 brakes 0 43 28 99   Bobby Unser Nichels Engineering   (Ray Nichels) '72 Chevrolet 8 603 engine 0 44 43 8   Ed Negre Negre Wrecking   (Ed Negre) '70 Dodge 8 1058 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car ? 00 American Jetway Dodge ? 5 Faustina Racing Doc Faustina Plymouth ? 23 Robertson Racing Don Robertson Plymouth D.K. Ulrich 40 Ulrich Racing D.K. Ulrich Ford Bobby Mausgrover 53 Twin Palm Inc. Ford J.D. McDuffie 70 McDuffie Engineering J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet Les Covey 89 Kalico Kitchen Jack Mercer Chevrolet Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 3 3   Buddy Baker 4 5 2   David Pearson 6 9 4   Bobby Isaac 10 15 6   Buddy Baker 16 55 40   Bobby Isaac 56 59 4   Buddy Baker 60 79 20   Bobby Isaac 80 80 1   Buddy Baker 81 96 16   Bobby Allison 97 130 34   Buddy Baker 131 154 24   Bobby Allison 155 180 26   Richard Petty 181 181 1   Bobby Allison 182 194 13   Buddy Baker 195 200 6   A.J. Foyt 201 208 8   Buddy Baker 209 212 4   Bobby Allison 213 326 114   Buddy Baker 327 328 2   Bobby Allison 329 329 1   Buddy Baker 330 330 1   Bobby Allison 331 334 4