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1972 Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	2	50	27	4	7	59	188	500.1

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	188	59	running	100
2	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	188	57	running	98
3	5	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	188	32	running	96
4	28	28	Fred Lorenzen	Ellington Racing	Ford	188	4	running	94
5	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	187	14	running	92
6	26	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	186		running	90
7	40	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Mercury	185		running	88
8	44	98	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Ford	185		running	86
9	8	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	185		running	84
10	30	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	184		running	82
11	33	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	183		running	80
12	36	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	182		running	78
13	42	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	182		running	76
14	14	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	182		running	74
15	15	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	182		running	72
16	11	3	Jimmy Crawford		Plymouth	181		accident	70
17	16	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	180		out of fuel	68
18	37	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	179		running	66
19	10	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	179		running	64
20	17	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	178		running	62
21	23	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	178		running	60
22	19	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	173		running	58
23	32	00	Bobby Mausgrover	Buxton Racing	Dodge	173		running	56
24	39	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	172		running	54
25	43	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	172		running	52
26	22	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	167		running	50
27	18	91	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing	Chevrolet	155		throttle	48
28	6	27	Donnie Allison	Monty Myers (Owner)	Chevrolet	145		engine	46
29	47	51	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing	Chevrolet	136		windshield	44
30	49	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	132		running	42
31	24	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	122		engine	40
32	21	61	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing	Ford	121		running	38
33	29	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	112		accident	36
34	46	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	88		axle	34
35	27	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	87	8	rocker arm	32
36	12	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	83		valve	30
37	13	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	72		piston	28
38	25	95	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	69		cylinder	0
39	7	97	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries (Owner)	Ford	67		overheating	24
40	20	93	Buck Baker	Harold Furr (Owner)	Chevrolet	67		engine	0
41	41	33	Wayne Smith	Wayne Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	59		differential	20
42	38	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	56		piston	18
43	45	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	56		valve	16
44	31	90	Jackie Oliver	Donlavey Racing	Ford	50		engine	0
45	4	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	34	14	oil line	12
46	35	23	Bill Dennis	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	23		engine	10
47	48	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	19		clutch	8
48	34	63	Robert Wales	Roberts Racing	Dodge	13		oil leak	6
49	50	53	Bill Ward	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Ford	10		oil leak	4
50	9	42	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	179		running	0

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	David Pearson	59	31.4%	P1
2	Bobby Isaac	57	30.3%	P2
3	Buddy Baker	32	17.0%	P3
4	Richard Petty	14	7.4%	P5
5	Bobby Allison	14	7.4%	P45
6	Coo Coo Marlin	8	4.3%	P35
7	Fred Lorenzen	4	2.1%	P4

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