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1972 Capital City 500

Richmond Raceway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

WinnerStCarsRAFLLFLdrsW-LedLapsMiles
Richard Petty3301624330500271

Finishing order

FinStCarDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts
1343Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPlymouth500330running100
2112Bobby AllisonHoward & Egerton RacingChevrolet500168running98
3217Bill DennisH.J. Brooking (Owner)Chevrolet492running0
4648James HyltonHylton EngineeringFord482running94
582Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingDodge479running92
62410Bill ChampionChampion RacingFord456running90
71976Ben ArnoldArnold RacingFord453running88
8297Dean DaltonDalton RacingFord451running86
93025Jabe ThomasRobertson RacingPlymouth445running84
101567Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingDodge444running82
112347Raymond WilliamsWilliams RacingFord439running80
121730Walter BallardBallard RacingMercury431running78
13144John SearsSears RacingPlymouth431running76
142119Henley GrayGray RacingFord425running74
1598Ed NegreNegre RacingDodge422running72
162813Eddie YarboroEddie Yarboro (Owner)Plymouth421running70
17471Buddy BakerK&K Insurance RacingDodge3911accident68
182579Frank WarrenWarren RacingDodge352rear end66
191292Larry SmithHarley Smith (Owner)Ford289valve64
201324Cecil GordonGordon RacingMercury200accident62
21706Neil CastlesNeil Castles (Owner)Plymouth181engine60
221064Elmo LangleyLangley-Woodfield RacingFord142engine58
23572Benny ParsonsDeWitt RacingMercury124engine56
241190David PearsonDonlavey RacingFord861overheating54
252796Richard ChildressRichard Childress RacingChevrolet79oil leak52
262057David Ray BoggsDavid Ray Boggs (Owner)Dodge78engine50
272277Charlie RobertsRoberts RacingFord50accident48
281688Ron KeselowskiLubinski RacingDodge23drive shaft46
29260George AltheideGeorge Altheide (Owner)Dodge4clutch44
30185J.D. McDuffieFaustina RacingPlymouth3transmission42

Lap leaders

#DriverLedShareFin
1Richard Petty33066.0%P1
2Bobby Allison16833.6%P2
3Buddy Baker10.2%P17
4David Pearson10.2%P24
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