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1972 Nashville 420 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 23 of 31 Saturday, August 26, 1972 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN 420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles) Time of race: 2:42:14 Average speed: 92.578 mph Pole speed: 116.932 mph Cautions: 3 for 53 laps Margin of victory: 10 cl Attendance: 19500 Lead changes: 7 Glossary    1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1972 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Richard Howard) '72 Chevrolet 420 6925 running 283 2 2 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Plymouth 420 5010 running 136 3 12 95   Darrell Waltrip Terminal Transport   (Darrell Waltrip) '71 Mercury 404 2040 running 0 4 6 72   Benny Parsons Pop Kola   (L.G. DeWitt) '71 Mercury 400 1630 running 0 5 8 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '71 Ford 387 1400 running 0 6 4 24   Cecil Gordon Collins & Aikman   (Cecil Gordon) '71 Mercury 383 1125 running 1 7 18 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '71 Ford 381 1025 running 0 8 9 48   James Hylton Pop Kola   (James Hylton) '71 Ford 369 925 running 0 9 25 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 363 875 running 0 10 17 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '71 Chevrolet 357 850 running 0 11 19 40   D.K. Ulrich D.K. Ulrich '71 Ford 320 560 running 0 12 28 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '70 Plymouth 277 800 engine 0 13 15 26   Earl Brooks Earl Brooks '71 Ford 158 540 rear end 0 14 21 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '70 Plymouth 153 775 driveshaft 0 15 24 57   David Ray Boggs David Ray Boggs '70 Dodge 118 485 engine 0 16 23 96   Richard Childress Richard Childress '71 Chevrolet 106 445 steering 0 17 7 05   David Sisco Charlie McGee '72 Chevrolet 105 415 engine 0 18 27 47   Raymond Williams Raymond Williams '71 Ford 56 615 crash 0 19 20 77   Charlie Roberts Charlie Roberts '71 Ford 46 565 brakes 0 20 10 76   Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '71 Ford 40 515 crash 0 21 16 58   Robert Brown Allan Brown '70 Chevrolet 37 245 engine 0 22 26 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 37 485 crash 0 23 11 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton '71 Mercury 34 480 crash 0 24 22 0   George Altheide George Altheide '70 Dodge 29 225 steering 0 25 14 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '71 Ford 3 475 engine 0 26 3 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '71 Chevrolet 0 300 crash 0 27 5 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '71 Dodge 0 1750 crash 0 28 13 45   LeeRoy Yarbrough Porter Ford   (Bill Seifert) '71 Ford 0 475 quit 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 42 42   Cecil Gordon 43 43 1   Richard Petty 44 167 124   Bobby Allison 168 324 157   Richard Petty 325 327 3   Bobby Allison 328 335 8   Richard Petty 336 344 9   Bobby Allison 345 420 76