1972 - Winston Cup Series - Old Dominion 500 Race Results

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1972 - Old Dominion 500 Race Results

Race Name - Old Dominion 500
Date - 9/24/1972
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.525 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 263 miles
Pole Speed - 85.89 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 58
Average Race Speed - 69.989 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $46,650
Race Number - 27

More Races from 1972

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	500	72 Plymout	64	$7,350
2	1	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	500	72 Chevrol	432	$10,600
3	2	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	498	71 Mercury	4	$2,775
4	3	Buddy Baker	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	496	70 Dodge	0	$3,225
5	7	Jimmy Hensley	90	Junie Donlavey	493	71 Ford	0	$1,400
6	11	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	488	71 Mercury	0	$1,250
7	18	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	485	70 Dodge	0	$900
8	10	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	484	71 Ford	0	$1,100
9	14	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	478	71 Ford	0	$1,050
10	19	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	477	71 Mercury	0	$1,000
11	9	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	476	71 Chevrol	0	$725
12	25	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	468	71 Ford	0	$950
13	21	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	467	71 Ford	0	$925
14	12	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	460	71 Chevrol	0	$900
15	20	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	459	70 Plymout	0	$875
16	24	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	457	71 Ford	0	$850
17	31	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	456	72 Plymout	0	$875
18	34	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	450	70 Dodge	0	$965
19	28	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	446	71 Ford	0	$775
20	23	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	444	71 Mercury	0	$750
21	29	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	433	70 Plymout	0	$725
22	36	James Cox	23	Don Robertson	430	70 Plymout	0	$595
23	30	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	369	71 Ford	0	$675
24	26	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	328	70 Dodge	0	$400
25	17	Ray Hendrick	2	Dave Marcis	311	70 Dodge	0	$625
26	22	Tiny Lund	55	Hank Richardson	272	71 Chevrol	0	$350
27	5	Fred Lorenzen	28	Hoss Ellington	216	72 Chevrol	0	$425
28	15	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	134	71 Mercury	0	$550
29	13	Dave Marcis	16	Roger Penske	108	72 Matador	0	$275
30	16	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45	Bill Seifert	108	71 Ford	0	$510
31	6	Bill Dennis	17	HJ Brooking	105	72 Chevrol	0	$250
32	35	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	95	70 Dodge	0	$655
33	27	Richard Childress	96	Richard Childress	88	71 Chevrol	0	$250
34	32	Larry Smith	92	Harley Smith	77	71 Ford	0	$450
35	8	Bobby Isaac	98	Junie Donlavey	19	72 Ford	0	$250
36	33	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	19	70 Plymout	0	$425