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1972 Wilkes 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 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 Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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