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1972 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 31 Monday, September 4, 1972 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles) Time of race: 3:54:46 Average speed: 128.124 mph Pole speed: 152.228 mph Cautions: 5 for 43 laps Margin of victory: 4 cl Attendance: 72000 Lead changes: 30 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 367 23990 running 229 2 13 21   David Pearson Purolator Special   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 367 11065 running 123 3 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Dodge 360 8990 running 4 4 2 28   Fred Lorenzen Lemon Tree Inn   (Hoss Ellington) '72 Chevrolet 354 4940 running 0 5 18 66   H.B. Bailey Blank & Kalashian / Monk King Co.   (Vernon Blank) '71 Pontiac 351 4630 running 6 6 15 67   Buddy Arrington Arrington Automotive   (Buddy Arrington) '70 Dodge 348 3325 running 0 7 5 16   Dave Marcis AMC Matador   (Roger Penske) '72 Matador 348 2865 running 0 8 16 31   Jim Vandiver Nixon Co.   (O.L. Nixon) '71 Dodge 343 2665 running 0 9 21 42   Marty Robbins Robbins Enterprises   (Marty Robbins) '71 Dodge 339 2465 running 0 10 19 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 337 2415 running 2 11 9 48   James Hylton Pop Kola   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 335 2665 running 0 12 28 30   Walter Ballard Heikimian's Cars / Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 328 2365 running 0 13 38 10   Bill Champion Champion Trucking   (Bill Champion) '71 Ford 327 2265 running 0 14 34 8   Ed Negre Negre Wrecker Services   (Ed Negre) '70 Dodge 324 2165 running 0 15 36 0   J.D. McDuffie Altheide Automotive   (George Altheide) '70 Dodge 318 1515 running 0 16 30 03   Tommy Gale Gale Trucking   (Frank Vasko) '71 Mercury 305 1365 running 0 17 33 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '70 Dodge 286 1765 running 0 18 26 57   David Ray Boggs Boggs Racing   (David Ray Boggs) '70 Dodge 280 1715 oil leak 0 19 17 49   G.C. Spencer Spencer Antiques   (G.C. Spencer) '70 Plymouth 258 1165 crash 0 20 27 25   Jabe Thomas Nolen's Restaurant   (Don Robertson) '70 Plymouth 249 1715 crash 0 21 31 7   Dean Dalton Sunny King Motors   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 245 1560 crash 0 22 32 64   Elmo Langley Woodfield Motors   (Elmo Langley) '71 Ford 228 1485 crash 0 23 37 06   Neil Castles Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '72 Plymouth 205 960 engine 0 24 29 19   Henley Gray Gray's Garage   (Henley Gray) '71 Ford 167 1450 engine 0 25 25 92   Larry Smith Black Label   (Harley Smith) '71 Ford 165 940 crash 0 26 24 65   Buck Baker Poling Racing   (Joe Phipps) '72 Chevrolet 157 935 engine 0 27 35 13   Eddie Yarboro Rumple Furniture   (Eddie Yarboro) '70 Plymouth 147 930 engine 0 28 12 24   Cecil Gordon Collins & Aikman   (Cecil Gordon) '71 Mercury 145 1425 crash 0 29 4 11   Buddy Baker STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Dodge 139 920 crash 1 30 23 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '70 Plymouth 138 1415 overheating 0 31 39 83   Paul Tyler Smithville Farms   (Norris Reed) '71 Mercury 135 810 engine 0 32 6 45   Dick Brooks Porter Ford   (Bill Seifert) '71 Mercury 133 1300 crash 2 33 20 61   Clarence Lovell Bierschwale-Haverlah   (Don Bierschwale) '71 Ford 104 795 engine 0 34 40 88   Ron Keselowski Messina Trucking   (Roger Lubinski) '70 Dodge 58 790 engine 0 35 8 72   Benny Parsons Pop Kola   (L.G. DeWitt) '71 Mercury 43 1285 engine 0 36 22 76   Ben Arnold Speed Engineering   (Ben Arnold) '71 Ford 37 1280 engine 0 37 14 18   Joe Frasson Frasson Cement   (Joe Frasson) '72 Dodge 34 775 crash 0 38 11 15   Donnie Allison Moore Engineering   (Bud Moore) '72 Ford 12 770 crash 0 39 10 90   LeeRoy Yarbrough Truxmore Bodies   (Junie Donlavey) '71 Ford 12 1265 crash 0 40 7 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '71 Dodge 12 2760 crash 0

To the back: Name Nbr Reason J.D. McDuffie 0 driver change Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Earl Brooks 5 Hickory Smokehouse Doc Faustina Plymouth J.D. McDuffie 70 J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet Bob Davis 84 Berlin Raceway Buster Davis Dodge Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 14 14   Dick Brooks 15 15 1   H.B. Bailey 16 21 6   Coo Coo Marlin 22 23 2   Bobby Allison 24 36 13   David Pearson 37 40 4   Bobby Allison 41 46 6   Dick Brooks 47 47 1   Buddy Baker 48 48 1   David Pearson 49 73 25   Bobby Allison 74 79 6   David Pearson 80 80 1   Bobby Allison 81 107 27   David Pearson 108 122 15   Bobby Allison 123 137 15   Richard Petty 138 138 1   David Pearson 139 151 13   Richard Petty 152 154 3   Bobby Allison 155 185 31   David Pearson 186 196 11   Bobby Allison 197 218 22   David Pearson 219 240 22   Bobby Allison 241 275 35   David Pearson 276 278 3   Bobby Allison 279 280 2   David Pearson 281 293 13   Bobby Allison 294 311 18   David Pearson 312 312 1   Bobby Allison 313 346 34   David Pearson 347 361 15   Bobby Allison 362 367 6