1972 Winston 500

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

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

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator	1971 Mercury	188	59	running	335
2	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance	1972 Dodge	188	57	running	333
3	5	11	Buddy Baker	STP	1972 Dodge	188	32	running	331
4	28	28	Fred Lorenzen	Lemon Tree Inn	1972 Ford	188	4	running	329
5	3	43	Richard Petty	STP	1972 Dodge	187	14	running	325.75
6	26	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Cement	1972 Dodge	186	0	running	322.5
7	40	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Porter Ford	1972 Mercury	185	0	running	319.25
8	44	98	Dick Brooks	Truxmore	1971 Ford	185	0	running	317.25
9	8	79	Frank Warren	TIE Factory Outlet	1970 Dodge	185	0	running	315.25
10	30	72	Benny Parsons	Madden Food Systems	1971 Mercury	184	0	running	312
11	33	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Racing	1970 Dodge	183	0	running	308.75
12	36	57	David Ray Boggs	Boggs Body Shop	1970 Dodge	182	0	running	305.5
13	42	25	Jabe Thomas	Nolen's Restaurant	1970 Plymouth	182	0	running	303.5
14	14	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	1971 Mercury	182	0	running	301.5
15	15	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	1970 Dodge	182	0	running	299.5
16	11	3	Jimmy Crawford	Crawford Racing	1972 Plymouth	181	0	accident	296.25
17	16	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	1971 Ford	180	0	out of gas	293
18	37	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	1970 Dodge	179	0	running	289.75
19	10	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	1971 Mercury	179	0	running	287.75
20	17	92	Larry Smith	Smith's Garage	1971 Ford	178	0	running	284.5
21	23	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air	1970 Plymouth	178	0	running	282.5
22	19	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt	1971 Mercury	173	0	running	274.25
23	32	00	Bobby Mausgrover	American Jetway Corporation	1970 Dodge	173	0	running	272.25
24	39	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing	1971 Ford	172	0	running	269
25	43	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	1971 Ford	172	0	running	267
26	22	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	1971 Ford	167	0	running	258.75
27	18	91	Richard D. Brown	McNabb Racing	1972 Chevrolet	155	0	throttle	241.75
28	6	27	Donnie Allison	North Georgia Oil Co.	1972 Chevrolet	145	0	engine	227.25
29	47	51	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing	1970 Chevrolet	136	0	windshield	214
30	49	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	1971 Mercury	132	0	running	207
31	24	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	1970 Dodge	122	0	engine	192.50
32	21	61	Clarence Lovell	Bierschwale-Haverlah	1971 Ford	121	0	running	189.25
33	29	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola	1971 Ford	112	0	accident	176
34	46	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	1971 Chevrolet	88	0	axle	144
35	27	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	1972 Chevrolet	87	8	engine	140.75
36	12	31	Jim Vandiver	Nixon Racing	1970 Dodge	83	0	engine	133.75
37	13	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	1972 Chevrolet	72	0	engine	118
38	25	95	Darrell Waltrip	Terminal Transport	1971 Mercury	69	0	engine	0
39	7	97	Red Farmer	Humphries Racing	1972 Ford	67	0	overheating	107.75
40	20	93	Buck Baker	Furr Racing	1972 Chevrolet	67	0	engine	0
41	41	33	Wayne Smith	Davie Truckers	1971 Chevrolet	59	0	rear end	93.75
42	38	46	Roy Mayne	Hunter's Garage	1972 Chevrolet	56	0	engine	88
43	45	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King Ford	1971 Ford	56	0	engine	86
44	31	90	Jackie Oliver	Truxmore	1972 Ford	50	0	engine	0
45	4	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	1972 Chevrolet	34	14	engine	54.5
46	35	23	Bill Dennis	Nolen's Restaurant	1970 Plymouth	23	0	engine	38.75
47	48	06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture	1970 Dodge	19	0	clutch	31.75
48	34	63	Robert Wales	Pleasant Grove Union	1970 Dodge	13	0	oil leak	22.25
49	50	53	Bill Ward	Hopper-Crews	1972 Ford	10	0	oil leak	16.5
DQ	9	42	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	1972 Dodge	179	0	handling/DQ	0
DID NOT QUALIFY
		0	George Altheide	Altheide Racing	1970 Dodge			DNQ
		01	Earle Canavan	Budget Tapes	1971 Plymouth			DNQ
		9	Ramo Stott	4-Wheel Performance	1972 Dodge			DNQ
		34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	1971 Ford			DNQ
		58	Robert Brown	Brown Racing	1972 Chevrolet			DNQ
		73	Homer Newland	Petre Engineering	Chevy			DNQ
		74	Bill Shirey	Wings & Wheels	1970 Plymouth			DNQ
		75	Jimmy Vaughn	Vaughn Racing	Dodge			DNQ
		89	Les Covey	Kalico Kitchen	1970 Chevrolet			DNQ
		96	Richard Childress	Childress Racing	1972 Chevrolet			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 3h:43:15
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Bobby Isaac - 49.764 sec.
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: 4.9 seconds
Average Speed: 134.400 mph
Cautions: 9 for 62 laps - not available
Lead Changes: 53 among 7 drivers - David Pearson (1-3); Richard Petty (4); Bobby Allison (5-7); Richard Petty (8-9); Bobby Allison (10-12); Richard Petty (13); Buddy Baker (14-16); Bobby Allison (17-18); Buddy Baker (19); Bobby Allison (20-21); Richard Petty (22-24); Buddy Baker (25-26); Bobby Allison (27-29); Richard Petty (30); Bobby Allison (31); Richard Petty (32); Buddy Baker (33-36); David Pearson (37); Buddy Baker (38-44); Coo Coo Marlin (45-49); David Pearson (50-53); Bobby Isaac (54); Buddy Baker (55-57); David Pearson (58-62); Richard Petty (63); Coo Coo Marlin (64-66); Buddy Baker (67); David Pearson (68-69); Bobby Isaac (70-76); Fred Lorenzen (77); Bobby Isaac (78-81); David Pearson (82-84); Bobby Isaac (85-89); David Pearson (90-100); Bobby Isaac (101-107); Richard Petty (108); Buddy Baker (109-112); Bobby Isaac (113-118); David Pearson (119); Buddy Baker (120-124); David Pearson (125-130); Buddy Baker (131-132); Richard Petty (133-134); David Pearson (135-137); Bobby Isaac (138-148); David Pearson (149-153); Bobby Isaac (154-162); David Pearson (163-169); Richard Petty (170); Fred Lorenzen (171-173); David Pearson (174-179); Bobby Isaac (180-186); David Pearson (187-188)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Marty Robbins was running in the top 5 when he was involved in a wreck early in the race and spent several laps in the garage. He knew he wasn't in a position to win, so he took restrictor plate out becuase he wanted to see what it was like to run up front for once. He was running laps 15 mph faster than he had run during qualifying and passing cars that he generally didn’t pass Robbins ended up dropping out of the race 9 laps early, but his performance was enough for NASCAR to attempt to award him rookie of the race honors. Robbins declined the award though, and suggested to NASCAR officials that they might want to check his carburetor. The stunt caused Robbins to be disqualified from the race and forfeit the $1300 purse. Darrell Waltrip ran Mario Andretti 1967 Daytona 500 winning chassis in this race.