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1972 - National 500 Race Results


Race Name - National 500
Date - 10/8/1972
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 158.539 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 40
Average Race Speed - 133.23 mph
Lead Changes - 21
Total Race Purse - $101,312
Race Number - 29
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Richard Howard) 334 72 Chevrol 192 $21,450
2 2 Buddy Baker 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 334 72 Dodge 115 $12,400
3 1 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 332 71 Mercury 7 $6,815
4 3 AJ Foyt 41 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 332 71 Mercury 8 $4,090
5 26 Butch Hartman 90 Junie Donlavey 326 72 Ford 0 $3,570
6 21 Darrell Waltrip 95 Darrell Waltrip 322 71 Mercury 0 $1,900
7 15 James Hylton 48 Pop Kola (James Hylton) 322 71 Mercury 0 $2,165
8 20 Buddy Arrington 67 Buddy Arrington 320 70 Dodge 0 $1,550
9 7 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 319 72 Dodge 0 $1,515
10 8 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 318 72 Dodge 1 $3,965
11 39 Larry Smith 92 Harley Smith 317 71 Ford 0 $1,400
12 29 Ron Keselowski 88 Roger Lubinski 310 70 Dodge 0 $1,325
13 40 Raymond Williams 47 Raymond Williams 310 72 Ford 0 $1,845
14 23 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 310 71 Ford 0 $1,825
15 22 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 309 72 Plymout 0 $1,300
16 17 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills) 306 70 Plymout 0 $1,806
17 10 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 305 71 Mercury 0 $1,795
18 42 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 305 71 Mercury 0 $1,720
19 16 Walter Ballard 30 Alexander Automotive (Vic Ballard) 304 71 Mercury 0 $1,729
20 32 David Ray Boggs 83 Norris Reed 304 71 Mercury 0 $1,194
21 41 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 301 70 Dodge 0 $1,651
22 44 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 298 71 Ford 0 $1,633
23 30 Tommy Gale 3 Frank Vasko 297 71 Mercury 0 $1,152
24 35 Dean Dalton 7 Dean Dalton 271 71 Mercury 0 $1,601
25 12 Donnie Allison 15 Bud Moore 266 72 Ford 0 $1,106
26 14 Dave Marcis 16 Roger Penske 246 72 Matador 0 $1,096
27 19 Roger McCluskey 2 Dave Marcis 241 72 Dodge 0 $1,586
28 5 Bobby Isaac 27 Minolta Cameras (Banjo Matthews) 224 71 Chevrol 11 $1,269
29 25 Bill Dennis 17 HJ Brooking 219 71 Chevrol 0 $1,024
30 31 Harry Schilling 4 Thomas Hynes 214 72 Chevrol 0 $954
31 34 Earle Canavan 1 Earle Canavan 213 71 Chevrol 0 $943
32 11 Pete Hamilton 9 Housby Racing (Jack Housby) 205 72 Plymout 0 $950
33 37 Jim Vandiver 31 OL Nixon 193 71 Dodge 0 $953
34 13 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 119 72 Chevrol 0 $894
35 33 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 103 71 Ford 0 $1,293
36 27 GC Spencer 0 George Altheide 95 70 Dodge 0 $785
37 36 Jabe Thomas 5 Charlie McGee 94 72 Chevrol 0 $814
38 9 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 88 71 Mercury 0 $1,273
39 6 Cale Yarborough 28 Hoss Ellington 82 72 Chevrol 0 $757
40 38 Dick Brooks 45 Bill Seifert 81 71 Mercury 0 $1,246
41 18 Richard D Brown 98 Junie Donlavey 48 71 Ford 0 $663
42 24 Gordon Johncock 22 Crawford Racing (Crawford Brothers) 44 72 Plymout 0 $649
43 28 Bobby Unser 99 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 8 72 Chevrol 0 $603
44 43 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 8 70 Dodge 0 $1,058