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1972 Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	3	36	18	1	5	102	500	262.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	102	running	100
2	1	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	493	27	running	98
3	11	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	487		running	96
4	13	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	485		running	94
5	9	91	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing	Chevrolet	479		running	92
6	20	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	478		running	90
7	22	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	477		running	88
8	4	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	470	102	transmission	86
9	15	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	468		running	84
10	26	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	468		running	82
11	27	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	467		running	80
12	17	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	464		running	78
13	19	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	462		running	76
14	31	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	461		running	74
15	18	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	455		running	72
16	34	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	436		running	70
17	35	13	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	425		running	68
18	28	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	410		running	66
19	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	407	268	engine	64
20	14	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	344		cylinder	62
21	36	89	Les Covey	Jack Mercer (Owner)	Chevrolet	341		running	60
22	16	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	255		rear end	58
23	5	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Mercury	220	1	rocker arm	0
24	33	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	204		engine	54
25	6	23	Bill Dennis	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	190		overheating	52
26	29	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	141		valve	50
27	7	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	118		wheel	48
28	8	6	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Plymouth	115		axle	0
29	30	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	81		rear end	44
30	23	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	80		tie rod	42
31	25	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	68		engine	40
32	24	51	Jim Vandiver	Strong Racing	Chevrolet	66		wheel	38
33	12	90	Jimmy Hensley	Donlavey Racing	Ford	55		engine	0
34	32	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	44		brakes	34
35	10	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	40		oil pressure	32
36	21	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	35		ignition	30

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Isaac	268	53.6%	P19
2	Richard Petty	102	20.4%	P1
3	David Pearson	102	20.4%	P8
4	Bobby Allison	27	5.4%	P2
5	LeeRoy Yarbrough	1	0.2%	P23

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