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1972 Delaware 500

Dover International Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	2	40	15	1	4	350	500	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	500	350	running	100
2	4	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	497	1	running	98
3	9	90	Ramo Stott	Donlavey Racing	Ford	486		running	0
4	13	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	478		running	94
5	21	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	477		running	92
6	7	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	476		running	90
7	16	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	467		running	88
8	18	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	467		running	86
9	37	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	457		running	84
10	27	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	448		running	82
11	3	71	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	447	115	rear end	0
12	33	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	446		running	78
13	12	83	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	441		running	76
14	35	40	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports	Ford	424		running	74
15	24	01	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	402		oil pressure	72
16	32	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	386		running	70
17	29	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	358		ignition	68
18	26	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	344		oil pressure	66
19	28	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	344		running	64
20	1	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	331	34	engine	62
21	30	89	Les Covey	Jack Mercer (Owner)	Chevrolet	330		oil leak	60
22	20	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	299		engine	58
23	14	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	294		clutch	56
24	34	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	288		engine	54
25	25	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	272		engine	52
26	15	61	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing	Ford	267		engine	50
27	8	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	261		engine	48
28	36	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	182		valve	46
29	38	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	163		engine	44
30	23	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	147		engine	42
31	10	84	Harry Schilling	Thomas Hynes (Owner)	Chevrolet	144		alternator	40
32	22	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	126		transmission	38
33	31	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	111		sway bar	36
34	6	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	92		rear end	34
35	17	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	79		engine	32
36	5	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	73		hub	30
37	11	16	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	70		engine	28
38	19	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	49		valve	26
39	40	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Mercury	47		steering	24
40	39	0	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	36		transmission	22

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	David Pearson	350	70.0%	P1
2	Buddy Baker	115	23.0%	P11
3	Bobby Allison	34	6.8%	P20
4	Richard Petty	1	0.2%	P2

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