1972 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bobby Allison	1	40	17	2	7	229	367	501.3

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	367	229	running	100
2	13	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	367	123	running	98
3	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	360	4	running	96
4	2	28	Fred Lorenzen	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	354		running	94
5	18	66	H.B. Bailey	Blank & Kalashian	Pontiac	351	6	running	0
6	15	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	348		running	90
7	5	16	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	348		running	88
8	16	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	343		running	86
9	21	42	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	339		running	84
10	19	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	337	2	running	82
11	9	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	335		running	80
12	28	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	328		running	78
13	38	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	327		running	76
14	34	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	324		running	74
15	36	0	J.D. McDuffie	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	318		running	72
16	30	03	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko (Owner)	Mercury	305		running	70
17	39	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	286		running	68
18	26	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	280		oil leak	66
19	17	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	258		accident	67
20	27	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	249		accident	62
21	31	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Ford	245		accident	60
22	32	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	228		accident	58
23	35	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	205		oil pressure	56
24	29	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	167		engine	54
25	25	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	165		accident	52
26	24	65	Buck Baker	Joe Phipps (Owner)	Chevrolet	157		valve spring	0
27	33	13	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	147		engine	48
28	12	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	145		accident	46
29	4	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	139	1	accident	44
30	23	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	138		overheating	42
31	37	83	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	135		valve	40
32	6	45	Dick Brooks	Seifert Racing	Mercury	133	2	accident	0
33	20	61	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing	Ford	104		oil pressure	36
34	40	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	58		head gasket	34
35	8	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	43		engine	32
36	22	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	37		oil pressure	30
37	14	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	34		accident	28
38	11	15	Donnie Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	12		accident	26
39	10	90	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Donlavey Racing	Ford	12		accident	0
40	7	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	12		accident	22

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	229	62.4%	P1
2	David Pearson	123	33.5%	P2
3	H.B. Bailey	6	1.6%	P5
4	Richard Petty	4	1.1%	P3
5	Coo Coo Marlin	2	0.5%	P10
6	Dick Brooks	2	0.5%	P32
7	Buddy Baker	1	0.3%	P29

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