1972 Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
James Hylton	22	50	16	2	9	106	188	500.1

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	22	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	188	106	running	100
2	14	90	Ramo Stott	Donlavey Racing	Ford	188	3	running	0
3	5	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	183	22	running	96
4	27	97	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries (Owner)	Ford	180		running	94
5	29	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	179		running	92
6	10	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	178		running	90
7	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	177	4	running	88
8	30	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	175		running	86
9	19	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	173		running	84
10	47	56	Paul Jett	Richard Hammond (Owner)	Ford	171		running	82
11	32	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	170		running	80
12	31	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	167		running	78
13	25	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	165		running	76
14	37	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	164		engine	74
15	20	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	163		running	72
16	9	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	156		a-frame	70
17	18	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	156		running	68
18	28	0	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	151		running	66
19	7	9	Pete Hamilton	Housby Racing	Plymouth	147	7	engine	64
20	8	28	Fred Lorenzen	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	147		a-frame	62
21	40	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	146		crank shaft	60
22	4	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	131	8	engine	58
23	13	91	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing	Chevrolet	127		engine	56
24	42	61	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing	Ford	124		engine	54
25	26	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	121		engine	52
26	2	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	105	12	ignition	50
27	23	95	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	99	7	rocker arm	48
28	35	03	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko (Owner)	Plymouth	99		wheel bearing	46
29	39	83	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	83		overheating	44
30	38	23	Mel Larson	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	69		valve	0
31	41	22	Donnie Allison		Plymouth	61	19	engine	40
32	50	77	Charlie Roberts	Gray Racing	Ford	49		transmission	38
33	15	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Ford	47		engine	36
34	12	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	46		piston	34
35	33	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	43		torsion bar	32
36	44	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	42		valve	30
37	17	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	41		cylinder	28
38	48	53	Bobby Mausgrover	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Ford	36		engine	26
39	46	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	35		piston	24
40	11	73	Dick Brooks	Marvin Welty (Owner)	Ford	28		clutch	22
41	6	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	22		accident	20
42	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	22		accident	18
43	16	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	21		accident	16
44	21	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	21		accident	14
45	34	5	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	9		clutch	12
46	43	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	9		piston	10
47	49	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	5		ignition	8
48	24	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	1		piston	6
49	36	65	Roy Mayne	Joe Phipps (Owner)	Chevrolet	1		engine	4
50	45	63	Robert Wales	Roberts Racing	Dodge	1		engine	2

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	James Hylton	106	56.4%	P1
2	Bobby Allison	22	11.7%	P3
3	Donnie Allison	19	10.1%	P31
4	David Pearson	12	6.4%	P26
5	Buddy Baker	8	4.3%	P22
6	Pete Hamilton	7	3.7%	P19
7	Darrell Waltrip	7	3.7%	P27
8	Richard Petty	4	2.1%	P7
9	Ramo Stott	3	1.6%	P2

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