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Race #21 of 31 in the 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1972 Talladega 500
Held on August 6, 1972 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, AL
188 L, 500.08 M, 804.828 KM - Scheduled Distance

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RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	22	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola	'71 Mercury	188	106	running
2	14	90	Ramo Stott	Truxmore	'72 Ford	188	3	running
3	5	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	'72 Chevrolet	183	22	running
4	27	97	Red Farmer	Long-Lewis	'72 Ford	180	0	running
5	29	67	Buddy Arrington		'70 Dodge	179	0	running
6	10	76	Ben Arnold		'71 Ford	178	0	running
7	3	43	Richard Petty	STP	'72 Dodge	177	4	running
8	30	19	Henley Gray		'71 Ford	175	0	running
9	19	47	Raymond Williams		'71 Ford	173	0	running
10	47	56	Jim Hurtubise	Richard Hammond	'72 Ford	171	0	running
11	32	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air	'70 Plymouth	170	0	running
12	31	7	Dean Dalton		'71 Mercury	167	0	running
13	25	57	David Ray Boggs		'70 Dodge	165	0	running
14	37	64	Elmo Langley		'71 Ford	164	0	running
15	20	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	'71 Mercury	163	0	running
16	9	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	'72 Chevrolet	156	0	running
17	18	05	David Sisco	Charlie McGee	'72 Chevrolet	156	0	running
18	28	0	George Altheide		'70 Dodge	151	0	running
19	7	9	Pete Hamilton	Teleprompter	'72 Plymouth	147	7	engine
20	8	28	Fred Lorenzen	Lemon Tree Inn	'72 Chevrolet	147	0	suspension
21	40	10	Bill Champion		'71 Mercury	146	0	engine
22	4	11	Buddy Baker	STP	'72 Dodge	131	8	engine
23	13	91	Richard D. Brown	Ralph McNabb	'72 Chevrolet	127	0	engine
24	42	61	Clarence Lovell	Bierschwale-Haverlah	'71 Ford	124	0	engine
25	26	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Mercury	121	0	engine
26	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator	'71 Mercury	105	12	ignition
27	23	95	Darrell Waltrip	Terminal Transportation	'71 Mercury	99	7	engine
28	35	03	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko	'71 Mercury	99	0	wheel bearing
29	39	83	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed	'71 Mercury	83	0	overheating
30	38	23	Mel Larson	Astro-Cycles	'70 Plymouth	69	0	engine
31	41	22	Donnie Allison	Crawford Racing	'72 Plymouth	61	19	engine
32	50	77	Charlie Roberts	Henley Gray	'71 Ford	49	0	transmission
33	15	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Bill Seifert	'71 Ford	47	0	engine
34	12	79	Frank Warren		'70 Dodge	46	0	engine
35	33	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	43	0	suspension
36	44	70	J.D. McDuffie		'71 Chevrolet	42	0	engine
37	17	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith	'71 Ford	41	0	engine
38	48	53	Bobby Mausgrover	Hopper-Crews	'72 Ford	36	0	engine
39	46	8	Ed Negre		'70 Dodge	35	0	engine
40	11	73	Dick Brooks	Marvin Welty	'72 Ford	28	0	clutch
41	6	18	Joe Frasson		'72 Dodge	22	0	crash
42	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance	'72 Dodge	22	0	crash
43	16	24	Cecil Gordon		'71 Mercury	21	0	crash
44	21	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	21	0	crash
45	34	5	Doc Faustina		'70 Plymouth	9	0	clutch
46	43	2	Dave Marcis		'72 Dodge	9	0	engine
47	49	74	Bill Shirey		'70 Plymouth	5	0	ignition
48	24	06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture	'72 Plymouth	1	0	engine
49	36	65	Roy Mayne	Joe Phipps	'72 Chevrolet	1	0	engine
50	45	63	Robert Wales	Charlie Roberts	'70 Dodge	1	0	engine

RACE DATA
Failed to Qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Fast Qualifier:
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Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
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