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1972 Old Dominion 500

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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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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