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1972 Wilkes 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 31
Sunday, October 1, 1972 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:36:33
Average speed: 95.816 mph
Pole speed: 105.922 mph

Cautions: 1 for 12 laps
Margin of victory: 2 cl
Attendance: 16000
Lead changes: 16

Glossary 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1972 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Plymouth	400	7200	running	160
2	2	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Richard Howard)	'72 Chevrolet	400	4550	running	239
3	1	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'72 Dodge	396	3950	running	1
4	6	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Mercury	392	1475	running	0
5	8	28	John Sears	Hoss Ellington	'72 Chevrolet	388	950	running	0
6	12	06	Dave Marcis	Neil Castles	'72 Plymouth	382	650	running	0
7	5	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'71 Mercury	382	875	running	0
8	14	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	381	825	running	0
9	19	45	Vic Parsons	Bill Seifert	'71 Ford	380	800	running	0
10	10	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	378	795	running	0
11	17	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'70 Dodge	376	535	running	0
12	24	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	375	775	running	0
13	22	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'71 Ford	371	790	running	0
14	25	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Ford	370	755	running	0
15	27	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'71 Mercury	367	745	running	0
16	13	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'70 Dodge	359	760	running	0
17	4	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	351	750	crash	0
18	7	90	Max Berrier	Junie Donlavey	'71 Ford	349	740	engine	0
19	20	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	349	705	running	0
20	30	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey	'70 Plymouth	332	420	running	0
21	29	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'71 Ford	274	660	engine	0
22	23	37	Ed Negre	Buddy Arrington	'70 Dodge	167	425	vibration	0
23	21	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'71 Chevrolet	116	665	engine	0
24	18	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs	'70 Dodge	99	380	engine	0
25	16	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress	'72 Chevrolet	95	345	rear end	0
26	15	55	Tiny Lund	Hank Richardson	'71 Chevrolet	92	365	transmission	0
27	28	23	Henley Gray	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	81	330	brakes	0
28	26	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith	'71 Ford	69	320	vibration	0
29	9	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	15	410	driveshaft	0
30	11	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	6	350	axle	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	362	362
	363	374	12	#48,90 accident turn 1
	375	400	26
Percent of race run under caution: 3.0% Average green flag run: 194.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buddy Baker	1	1	1
Bobby Allison	2	15	14
Richard Petty	16	73	58
Bobby Allison	74	97	24
Richard Petty	98	130	33
Bobby Allison	131	295	165
Richard Petty	296	350	55
Bobby Allison	351	362	12
Richard Petty	363	364	2
Bobby Allison	365	365	1
Richard Petty	366	366	1
Bobby Allison	367	375	9
Richard Petty	376	376	1
Bobby Allison	377	388	12
Richard Petty	389	397	9
Bobby Allison	398	399	2
Richard Petty	400	400	1