1972 Winston 500

Race #11 of 31 in the 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1972 Winston 500
*Held on May 7, 1972 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, AL*
188 L, 500.08 M, 804.828 KM - Scheduled Distance

RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator	'71 Mercury	188	59	running
2	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance	'72 Dodge	188	57	running
3	5	11	Buddy Baker	STP	'72 Dodge	188	32	running
4	28	28	Fred Lorenzen	Lemon Tree Inn	'72 Ford	188	4	running
5	3	43	Richard Petty	STP	'72 Dodge	187	14	running
6	26	18	Joe Frasson	Mario Frasson Cement Co.	'72 Dodge	186	0	running
7	40	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Porter Ford	'72 Mercury	185	0	running
8	44	98	Dick Brooks	Truxmore	'71 Ford	185	0	running
9	8	79	Frank Warren	TIE Factory Outlets	'70 Dodge	185	0	running
10	30	72	Benny Parsons	Madden Food Systems	'71 Mercury	184	0	running
11	33	2	Dave Marcis		'70 Dodge	183	0	running
12	36	57	David Ray Boggs		'70 Dodge	182	0	running
13	42	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	182	0	running
14	14	24	Cecil Gordon		'71 Mercury	182	0	running
15	15	8	Ed Negre		'70 Dodge	182	0	running
16	11	3	Jimmy Crawford	Crawford Racing	'72 Plymouth	181	0	crash
17	16	76	Ben Arnold		'71 Ford	180	0	out of gas
18	37	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	179	0	running
19	10	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	'71 Mercury	179	0	running
20	17	92	Larry Smith	Smith's Garage	'71 Ford	178	0	running
21	23	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air	'70 Plymouth	178	0	running
22	19	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt	'71 Mercury	173	0	running
23	32	00	Bobby Mausgrover		'70 Dodge	173	0	running
24	39	64	Elmo Langley		'71 Ford	172	0	running
25	43	19	Henley Gray		'71 Ford	172	0	running
26	22	47	Raymond Williams		'71 Ford	167	0	running
27	18	91	Richard D. Brown	Ralph McNabb	'72 Chevrolet	155	0	throttle
28	6	27	Donnie Allison	North Georgia Oil Co.	'72 Chevrolet	145	0	engine
29	47	51	Dub Simpson	Bill Strong	'70 Chevrolet	136	0	windshield
30	49	10	Bill Champion		'71 Mercury	132	0	running
31	24	67	Buddy Arrington		'70 Dodge	122	0	engine
32	21	61	Clarence Lovell	Bierschwale-Haverlah	'71 Ford	121	0	running
33	29	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola	'71 Ford	112	0	crash
34	46	70	J.D. McDuffie		'71 Chevrolet	88	0	axle
35	27	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	'72 Chevrolet	87	8	engine
36	12	31	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	'70 Dodge	83	0	engine
37	13	05	David Sisco	Charlie McGee	'72 Chevrolet	72	0	engine
38	25	95	Darrell Waltrip	Terminal Transport	'71 Mercury	69	0	engine
39	7	97	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries	'72 Ford	67	0	overheating
40	20	93	Buck Baker	Harold Furr	'72 Chevrolet	67	0	engine
41	41	33	Wayne Smith		'71 Chevrolet	59	0	rear end
42	38	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'72 Chevrolet	56	0	engine
43	45	77	Charlie Roberts		'71 Ford	56	0	engine
44	31	90	Jackie Oliver	Truxmore	'72 Ford	50	0	engine
45	4	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	'72 Chevrolet	34	14	engine
46	35	23	Bill Dennis	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	23	0	engine
47	48	06	Neil Castles		'70 Dodge	19	0	clutch
48	34	63	Robert Wales	Pleasant Grove Union	'70 Dodge	13	0	oil leak
49	50	53	Bill Ward	Hopper-Crews	'72 Ford	10	0	oil leak
50	9	42	Marty Robbins		'72 Dodge	179	0	disqualified

RACE DATA
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Margin of Victory:
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