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1972 Carolina 500
Held on March 12, 1972 at Rockingham Speedway in Rockingham, NC
492 L, 507.744 M, 817.212 KM - Scheduled Distance

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RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance	'72 Dodge	492	210	running
2	2	43	Richard Petty	STP	'72 Plymouth	491	12	running
3	16	31	Jim Vandiver	Englewood Speedway	'70 Dodge	491	0	running
4	9	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Everett Ford	'71 Ford	477	0	running
5	5	2	Dave Marcis	Schwedes Construction Co.	'70 Dodge	477	0	running
6	19	48	James Hylton	Madden Food Systems	'71 Mercury	474	0	running
7	3	72	Benny Parsons	Carolina 500	'71 Ford	473	0	running
8	17	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Garage	'70 Dodge	469	0	running
9	8	64	Elmo Langley	Woodfield Motors	'71 Ford	466	0	running
10	32	06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture	'70 Dodge	463	0	running
11	12	92	Larry Smith	DeHart Motor Lines	'71 Ford	462	0	running
12	7	18	Joe Frasson	Mario Frasson Cement	'70 Dodge	462	0	running
13	14	25	Jabe Thomas	Nolen's Restaurant	'70 Plymouth	460	0	running
14	27	8	Ed Negre	Negre Garage	'70 Dodge	459	0	running
15	29	76	Ben Arnold	American Jetway Corporation	'71 Ford	455	0	running
16	13	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air	'70 Plymouth	453	0	running
17	24	57	David Ray Boggs	Boggs Racing	'70 Dodge	444	0	running
18	34	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt	'71 Mercury	442	0	running
19	33	79	Frank Warren	A-1 Auto Parts	'70 Dodge	441	0	running
20	25	19	Henley Gray	Cayuga Speedway	'71 Ford	440	0	running
21	21	53	H.B. Bailey	Hopper-Crews	'72 Ford	439	0	running
22	28	0	George Altheide	River Oaks Motors	'70 Dodge	438	0	running
23	18	91	Richard D. Brown	The Sample House	'72 Chevrolet	436	0	running
24	23	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King Motors	'71 Ford	430	0	running
25	11	88	Ron Keselowski	Messina Trucking	'70 Dodge	418	0	running
26	31	24	Cecil Gordon	American Jetway Corporation	'71 Ford	409	0	engine
27	39	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	'72 Chevrolet	345	260	engine
28	36	32	Johnny Halford	Brooks Racing	'70 Plymouth	337	0	engine
29	20	10	Bill Champion	Champion Trucks	'71 Ford	307	0	crash
30	15	49	G.C. Spencer	Spencer Antiques	'70 Plymouth	259	0	engine
31	40	74	Bill Shirey	Wings & Wheels	'70 Plymouth	177	0	clutch
32	38	65	Walter Ballard	S&L Enterprises	'70 Chevrolet	167	0	rear end
33	37	89	Les Covey	Kalico Kitchen	'70 Chevrolet	127	0	clutch
34	4	11	Buddy Baker	STP	'72 Dodge	90	10	engine
35	22	47	Raymond Williams	Wheaton VL	'71 Ford	85	0	water pump
36	6	93	Buck Baker	Furr Engineering	'72 Chevrolet	59	0	engine
37	30	96	Richard Childress	Childress Racing	'70 Chevrolet	56	0	engine
38	26	51	Dub Simpson	Reliable Plumbing	'70 Chevrolet	11	0	engine
39	35	00	Bobby Mausgrover	American Jetway Corporation	'70 Dodge	10	0	ignition
40	10	90	Jackie Oliver	Truxmore Truck Body	'71 Ford	1	0	engine
DID NOT QUALIFY
		13	Eddie Yarboro	Rumple Furniture	Plymouth			DNQ
		30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Ford			DNQ
		34	Wendell Scott		Ford			DNQ
		35	Ronnie Chumley		Chevy			DNQ
		46	Roy Mayne	Hunter's Garage	Chevy			DNQ
		70	J.D. McDuffie	Ned Young Realty	Chevy			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered