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1972 - Talladega 500 Race Results


Race Name - Talladega 500
Date - 8/6/1972
Race Track - Alabama International Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.66 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 190.677 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 37
Average Race Speed - 148.72 mph
Lead Changes - 30
Total Race Purse - $121,700
Race Number - 21
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 22 James Hylton 48 Pop Kola (James Hylton) 188 71 Mercury 106 $24,865
2 14 Ramo Stott 90 Junie Donlavey 188 72 Ford 3 $9,440
3 5 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Richard Howard) 183 72 Chevrol 22 $9,465
4 27 Red Farmer 97 LongLewis (Willie Humphries) 180 72 Ford 0 $4,540
5 29 Buddy Arrington 67 Buddy Arrington 179 70 Dodge 0 $3,615
6 10 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 178 71 Ford 0 $3,015
7 3 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 177 72 Dodge 4 $5,115
8 30 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 175 71 Ford 0 $2,515
9 19 Raymond Williams 47 Raymond Williams 173 71 Ford 0 $2,265
10 47 Jim Hurtubise 56 Richard Hammond 171 72 Ford 0 $1,815
11 32 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills) 170 70 Plymout 0 $1,990
12 31 Dean Dalton 7 Dean Dalton 167 71 Mercury 0 $1,965
13 25 David Ray Boggs 57 David Ray Boggs 165 70 Dodge 0 $1,465
14 37 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 164 71 Ford 0 $1,915
15 20 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 163 71 Mercury 0 $1,890
16 9 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 156 72 Chevrol 0 $1,365
17 18 David Sisco 5 Charlie McGee 156 72 Chevrol 0 $1,340
18 28 George Altheide 0 George Altheide 151 70 Dodge 0 $1,315
19 7 Pete Hamilton 9 Housby Racing (Jack Housby) 147 72 Plymout 7 $1,590
20 8 Fred Lorenzen 28 Hoss Ellington 147 72 Chevrol 0 $1,265
21 40 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 146 71 Mercury 0 $1,730
22 4 Buddy Baker 11 STP (Petty Enterprises) 131 72 Dodge 8 $1,715
23 13 Richard D Brown 91 Ralph McNabb 127 72 Chevrol 0 $1,690
24 42 Clarence Lovell 61 BierschwaleHaverlah (Don Bierschwale) 124 71 Ford 0 $1,240
25 26 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 121 71 Mercury 0 $1,640
26 2 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 105 71 Mercury 12 $2,115
27 23 Darrell Waltrip 95 Terminal Transportation (Darrell Waltrip) 99 71 Mercury 7 $1,465
28 35 Tommy Gale 3 Frank Vasko 99 71 Mercury 0 $1,065
29 39 Paul Tyler 83 Norris Reed 83 71 Mercury 0 $1,040
30 38 Mel Larson 23 AstroCycles (Don Robertson) 69 70 Plymout 0 $690
31 41 Donnie Allison 22 Crawford Racing (Crawford Brothers) 61 72 Plymout 19 $2,090
32 50 Charlie Roberts 77 Henley Gray 49 71 Ford 0 $1,465
33 15 LeeRoy Yarbrough 45 Bill Seifert 47 71 Ford 0 $1,440
34 12 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 46 70 Dodge 0 $1,415
35 33 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 43 70 Plymout 0 $1,390
36 44 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 42 71 Chevrol 0 $1,365
37 17 Larry Smith 92 Harley Smith 41 71 Ford 0 $840
38 48 Bobby Mausgrover 53 HopperCrews (JC Crews) 36 72 Ford 0 $815
39 46 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 35 70 Dodge 0 $1,290
40 11 Dick Brooks 73 Marvin Welty 28 72 Ford 0 $765
41 6 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 22 72 Dodge 0 $760
42 1 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 22 72 Dodge 0 $3,765
43 16 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 21 71 Mercury 0 $1,250
44 21 Ron Keselowski 88 Roger Lubinski 21 70 Dodge 0 $945
45 34 Doc Faustina 5 Doc Faustina 9 70 Plymout 0 $740
46 43 Dave Marcis 2 Dave Marcis 9 72 Dodge 0 $1,285
47 49 Bill Shirey 74 Bill Shirey 5 70 Plymout 0 $730
48 24 Neil Castles 6 Howard Furniture (Neil Castles) 1 72 Plymout 0 $775
49 36 Roy Mayne 65 Joe Phipps 1 72 Chevrol 0 $720
50 45 Robert Wales 63 Charlie Roberts 1 70 Dodge 0 $715