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1972 Mason-Dixon 500

Dover International Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bobby Allison	2	40	18	1	4	252	500	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	500	252	running	100
2	4	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	499	240	running	98
3	7	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Mercury	486		running	96
4	21	90	Jackie Oliver	Donlavey Racing	Ford	486		running	0
5	9	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	484		running	92
6	5	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	480	6	running	90
7	6	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	478		running	88
8	10	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	477		running	86
9	17	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	473		running	84
10	16	83	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	466		engine	82
11	32	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	460		running	80
12	26	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	459		running	78
13	23	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	459		running	76
14	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	459	2	running	74
15	18	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	457		running	72
16	14	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	456		running	70
17	13	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	455		running	68
18	31	85	Ronnie Daniel	Daniel Racing	Chevrolet	449		running	66
19	27	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	445		running	64
20	35	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	344		engine	62
21	8	91	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing	Chevrolet	339		sway bar	60
22	22	81	Jim Vandiver	A.J. Cox (Owner)	Dodge	299		engine	58
23	34	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	287		vibration	56
24	3	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	280		engine	54
25	29	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	268		oil pan	52
26	12	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	188		valve spring	50
27	38	53	Dick May	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Ford	173		idler arm	48
28	39	89	Les Covey	Jack Mercer (Owner)	Chevrolet	169		differential	46
29	40	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	150		oil pressure	44
30	33	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	118		ignition	42
31	15	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	104		vibration	40
32	37	23	James Cox	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	97		oil pressure	0
33	30	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	61		oil pressure	36
34	11	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	47		oil pan	34
35	25	01	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	47		clutch	32
36	19	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	30		oil pump	30
37	36	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	18		cylinder head	28
38	28	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	14		oil leak	26
39	24	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	3		accident	24
40	20	67	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing	Ford	2		accident	55

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	252	50.4%	P1
2	Richard Petty	240	48.0%	P2
3	Benny Parsons	6	1.2%	P6
4	Bobby Isaac	2	0.4%	P14

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