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1972 - Atlanta 500 Race Results


Race Name - Atlanta 500
Date - 3/26/1972
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 156.245 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 47
Average Race Speed - 128.21 mph
Lead Changes - 18
Total Race Purse - $113,885
Race Number - 6
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Richard Howard) 328 72 Chevrol 142 $31,605
2 4 AJ Foyt 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 328 71 Mercury 9 $10,600
3 2 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 328 72 Dodge 132 $10,380
4 5 David Pearson 15 Bud Moore 327 72 Ford 3 $4,800
5 6 Donnie Allison 27 Monty Myers 327 72 Chevrol 11 $3,530
6 3 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 325 72 Plymout 31 $5,480
7 9 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 324 71 Mercury 0 $3,225
8 10 Buddy Baker 11 STP (Petty Enterprises) 323 72 Dodge 0 $2,575
9 12 LeeRoy Yarbrough 45 Bill Seifert 323 71 Ford 0 $2,555
10 7 James Hylton 48 Pop Kola (James Hylton) 320 71 Ford 0 $2,425
11 25 Buddy Arrington 67 Buddy Arrington 318 71 Dodge 0 $1,150
12 23 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 317 72 Chevrol 0 $1,700
13 30 Richard D Brown 91 Ralph McNabb 316 72 Chevrol 0 $1,600
14 14 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 316 70 Plymout 0 $1,475
15 11 Mark Donohue 16 Roger Penske 314 72 Matador 0 $1,325
16 28 Bill Dennis 23 Don Robertson 314 70 Plymout 0 $1,200
17 20 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 312 71 Mercury 0 $1,675
18 37 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 308 70 Dodge 0 $1,625
19 27 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 307 70 Plymout 0 $1,600
20 32 Charlie Roberts 77 Charlie Roberts 306 71 Ford 0 $1,125
21 33 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills) 301 71 Plymout 0 $1,580
22 31 George Altheide 0 George Altheide 299 70 Dodge 0 $1,105
23 16 Dave Marcis 2 Dave Marcis 286 72 Dodge 0 $1,605
24 39 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 286 71 Ford 0 $1,480
25 13 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 260 71 Dodge 0 $1,480
26 18 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 253 71 Ford 0 $1,470
27 34 Tommy Gale 3 Frank Vasko 224 71 Mercury 0 $935
28 29 Dean Dalton 7 Dean Dalton 214 71 Mercury 0 $920
29 35 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 208 71 Ford 0 $910
30 24 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 157 72 Dodge 0 $900
31 19 Red Farmer 97 Willie Humphries 126 72 Ford 0 $920
32 8 Jim Vandiver 31 OL Nixon 112 70 Dodge 0 $915
33 22 Raymond Williams 47 Raymond Williams 103 71 Ford 0 $885
34 36 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 81 71 Ford 0 $1,380
35 38 Dick May 53 HopperCrews (JC Crews) 66 71 Ford 0 $875
36 26 Ron Keselowski 88 Roger Lubinski 59 70 Dodge 0 $870
37 40 David Sisco 5 Charlie McGee 59 71 Chevrol 0 $865
38 15 Larry Smith 92 Harley Smith 58 71 Ford 0 $885
39 21 Lem Blankenship 83 Richard Howard 50 72 Dodge 0 $855
40 17 Dick Brooks 90 Junie Donlavey 11 72 Ford 0 $1,400