| 1972 Greenville 200 | 
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| Held on April 1, 1972 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Greenville, SC | |
| 200 L, 100 M, 161 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 06 | Neil Castles | '71 Dodge | 200 | 69 | Running | 100.00 | |
| 2 | 1 | 64 | Elmo Langley | '71 Ford | 200 | 124 | Running | 99.00 | |
| 3 | 7 | 96 | David Pearson | '72 Chevrolet | 200 | 7 | Running | 98.00 | |
| 4 | 3 | 45 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | Bill Seifert | '71 Ford | 199 | 0 | Running | 96.75 |
| 5 | 4 | 95 | Charlie Blanton | '69 Chevrolet Camaro | 194 | 0 | Running | 94.50 | |
| 6 | 16 | 7 | Jimmy Vaughn | '69 Chevrolet Camaro | 194 | 0 | Running | 93.50 | |
| 7 | 13 | 15 | Max Berrier | '72 Ford Mustang | 193 | 0 | Running | 92.25 | |
| 8 | 17 | 26 | Randy Bannister | '69 Chevrolet Camaro | 191 | 0 | Running | 90.75 | |
| 9 | 21 | 3 | Baxter Price | '69 Chevrolet Camaro | 191 | 0 | Running | 89.75 | |
| 10 | 23 | 34 | Wendell Scott | '71 Ford | 190 | 0 | Running | 88.50 | |
| 11 | 22 | 19 | Glenn Brewer | '69 Chevrolet Camaro | 190 | 0 | Running | 87.50 | |
| 12 | 26 | 17 | Ernie Shaw | '70 Ford Mustang | 189 | 0 | Running | 86.25 | |
| 13 | 28 | 54 | Bobby Fleming | '72 Chevrolet Camaro | 171 | 0 | Running | 80.75 | |
| 14 | 27 | 50 | Gordon Birkett | '69 Chevrolet | 158 | 0 | Running | 76.50 | |
| 15 | 11 | 57 | Buck Baker | '70 Dodge | 150 | 0 | Head gasket | 73.50 | |
| 16 | 18 | 5 | Pee Wee Wentz | '69 Chevrolet Camaro | 114 | 0 | Distributor | 63.50 | |
| 17 | 20 | 60 | Phil Gibson | '69 Chevrolet Camaro | 108 | 0 | Accident | 61.00 | |
| 18 | 8 | 14 | Jim Paschal | '72 Pontiac Firebird | 49 | 0 | Oil pan | 45.25 | |
| 19 | 5 | 97 | Wayne Andrews | '70 Ford Mustang | 25 | 0 | Distributor | 38.25 | |
| 20 | 12 | 33 | Johnny Halford | '70 Plymouth | 16 | 0 | Oil pressure | 35.00 | |
| 21 | 15 | 79 | Frank Warren | '70 Plymouth | 15 | 0 | Engine | 33.75 | |
| 22 | 9 | 8 | Tiny Lund | '69 Ford | 14 | 0 | Engine | 32.50 | |
| 23 | 14 | 85 | Ronnie Daniel | '70 Chevrolet | 13 | 0 | Oil pressure | 31.25 | |
| 24 | 10 | 96 | Richard Childress | '72 Chevrolet | 12 | 0 | Valve | 30.00 | |
| 25 | 6 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | '71 Mercury | 4 | 0 | Fuel pump | 0 | |
| 26 | 19 | 48 | James Hylton | '71 Ford | 3 | 0 | Water in fuel | 25.75 | |
| 27 | 24 | 76 | Bob Williams | '70 Ford Mustang | 2 | 0 | Overheating | 24.50 | |
| 28 | 25 | 74 | Bill Shirey | '70 Plymouth | 1 | 0 | Spring shackle | 23.25 | |
| 29 | 30 | 30 | Walter Ballard | '71 Mercury | 1 | 0 | Oil leak | 22.25 | |
| 30 | 29 | 87 | David Ray Boggs | '71 Pontiac Firebird | 1 | 0 | Valve | 0 |
| RACE DATA | |||||||||
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| Failed to Qualify: | |||||||||
| Time of Race: 1h:25:00 | |||||||||
| Fast Qualifier: Elmo Langley - 22.159 sec. | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 70.546 mph | |||||||||
| Cautions: 2 for 16 laps - not available | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: 6 among 3 drivers - Langley 1-51; Castles 52-98; Langley 99; Pearson 100-106; Castles 107-128; Langley 129-199; Castles 200 |
