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1972 Dixie 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bobby Allison	3	40	23	2	9	104	328	499.2

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	328	104	running	100
2	5	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	328	10	running	98
3	1	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	325	181	running	96
4	16	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	323		running	94
5	18	90	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Donlavey Racing	Ford	322	2	running	92
6	6	28	Fred Lorenzen	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	321		running	0
7	9	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	319	3	running	88
8	12	95	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	317		running	86
9	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	312		running	84
10	14	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	311		running	82
11	23	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	310		running	80
12	13	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	310		running	78
13	10	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	310		running	76
14	30	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	309		running	74
15	24	32	Johnny Halford	Team SABCO	Plymouth	305		running	72
16	17	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	305		running	70
17	34	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	305		running	68
18	39	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	300		running	66
19	33	53	Bobby Mausgrover	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Ford	298		running	64
20	38	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	292		running	62
21	29	13	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	287		running	60
22	32	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	283		running	58
23	26	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	266		running	56
24	21	61	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing	Ford	257		engine	54
25	40	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	219		valve spring	52
26	37	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	201		engine	50
27	22	91	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing	Chevrolet	182		overheating	48
28	31	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	172		valve	46
29	4	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	157	4	rocker arm	44
30	28	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	155		oil pump	42
31	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	148	19	valve	40
32	7	15	Donnie Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	132	4	ignition	38
33	19	5	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	123		engine	36
34	36	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	118		oil pressure	34
35	35	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	114	1	valve	32
36	8	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	102		engine	30
37	15	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	88		valve	28
38	20	73	Dick Brooks	Marvin Welty (Owner)	Ford	12		steering	26
39	27	51	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing	Chevrolet	8		engine	24
40	25	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	6		oil pressure	22

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	David Pearson	181	55.2%	P3
2	Bobby Allison	104	31.7%	P1
3	Bobby Isaac	19	5.8%	P31
4	Richard Petty	10	3.0%	P2
5	Coo Coo Marlin	4	1.2%	P29
6	Donnie Allison	4	1.2%	P32
7	Dave Marcis	3	0.9%	P7
8	LeeRoy Yarbrough	2	0.6%	P5
9	James Hylton	1	0.3%	P35

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