1972 Lone Star 500

Texas World Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	1	44	25	1	4	186	250	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	250	186	running	100
2	2	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	249	10	running	98
3	21	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	244		running	96
4	5	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	244		running	94
5	3	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	244	52	running	92
6	22	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	242		running	90
7	7	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	241		running	88
8	11	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	232		running	86
9	39	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	232		running	84
10	15	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	231		running	82
11	13	66	H.B. Bailey	Blank & Kalashian	Pontiac	230		running	80
12	38	55	Tiny Lund	Hank Richardson (Owner)	Chevrolet	229		running	0
13	9	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	226		running	76
14	16	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	226		running	74
15	8	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	226		running	72
16	31	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	225		running	70
17	30	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	222		running	68
18	33	56	Paul Jett	Paul Jett (Owner)	Ford	220		running	66
19	12	61	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing	Ford	218		engine	64
20	40	53	Dick May	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Plymouth	217		running	62
21	41	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	217		running	60
22	37	89	Les Covey	Jack Mercer (Owner)	Chevrolet	207		running	58
23	28	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	207		running	56
24	4	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	200	2	engine	54
25	44	55	Ronnie Chumley	Gordon Van Liew (Owner)	Chevrolet	200		running	52
26	29	32	Jim Whitt	Dean Barnicle (Owner)	Ford	197		running	50
27	34	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	193		windshield	48
28	18	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	192		engine	46
29	32	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	186		running	44
30	27	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	155		accident	42
31	19	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	144		accident	40
32	35	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	143		accident	38
33	26	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	138		push rod	36
34	20	5	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	126		engine	34
35	25	73	Dick Brooks	Marvin Welty (Owner)	Ford	114		valve	32
36	23	90	Jackie Oliver	Donlavey Racing	Ford	83		piston	0
37	14	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	82		valve	28
38	36	40	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports	Ford	81		piston	26
39	42	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	72		valve	24
40	10	42	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	56		engine	0
41	6	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Ford	52		push rod	20
42	43	91	Johnny Anderson	Don Nuzum (Owner)	Chevrolet	28		engine	18
43	24	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	28		fuel pump	16
44	17	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	14		camshaft	14

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Richard Petty	186	74.4%	P1
2	Bobby Isaac	52	20.8%	P5
3	Bobby Allison	10	4.0%	P2
4	Joe Frasson	2	0.8%	P24

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