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1972 Volunteer 500

Bristol Motor Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bobby Allison	1	30	15	1	3	445	500	266.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	500	445	running	100
2	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	497	51	running	98
3	6	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	489		running	96
4	5	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	477		running	94
5	20	70	J.D. McDuffie	Don Tarr (Owner)	Dodge	466		running	92
6	10	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	464		running	90
7	29	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	461		running	88
8	4	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	459		running	86
9	19	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	458		running	84
10	18	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	457		running	82
11	30	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	456		running	80
12	12	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	454		running	78
13	16	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	446		running	76
14	26	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	442		running	74
15	14	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	430		throttle	72
16	21	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	413		running	70
17	22	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	358		overheating	68
18	11	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	345		rear end	66
19	3	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Ford	293	4	engine	64
20	28	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Ford	289		timing	62
21	17	58	Robert Brown	Allan Brown (Owner)	Chevrolet	287		sway bar	60
22	9	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	277		throttle	58
23	24	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	217		drive shaft	56
24	23	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	78		oil pressure	54
25	27	32	Johnny Halford	Team SABCO	Plymouth	60		overheating	52
26	25	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	43		oil pressure	50
27	7	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Chevrolet	42		tie rod	48
28	15	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	33		rod	46
29	13	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	27		rear end	44
30	8	91	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing	Chevrolet	16		accident	42

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	445	89.0%	P1
2	Richard Petty	51	10.2%	P2
3	LeeRoy Yarbrough	4	0.8%	P19

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