1972 Old Dominion 500

Martinsville Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	4	36	21	2	3	64	500	262.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	64	running	100
2	1	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	500	432	running	98
3	2	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	498	4	running	96
4	3	71	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	496		running	94
5	7	90	Jimmy Hensley	Donlavey Racing	Ford	493		running	92
6	11	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	488		running	90
7	18	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	485		running	88
8	10	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	484		running	86
9	14	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	478		running	84
10	19	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	477		running	82
11	9	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	476		running	80
12	25	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	468		running	78
13	21	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	467		running	76
14	12	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	460		running	74
15	20	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	459		transmission	72
16	24	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	457		running	70
17	31	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	456		running	68
18	34	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	450		running	66
19	28	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	446		running	64
20	23	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	444		running	62
21	29	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	433		running	60
22	36	23	James Cox	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	430		running	58
23	30	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	369		overheating	56
24	26	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	328		engine	54
25	17	2	Ray Hendrick	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	311		accident	0
26	22	55	Tiny Lund	Hank Richardson (Owner)	Chevrolet	272		rear end	50
27	5	28	Fred Lorenzen	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	216		engine	48
28	15	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	134		overheating	46
29	13	16	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	108		rear end	44
30	16	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Ford	108		accident	0
31	6	17	Bill Dennis	H.J. Brooking (Owner)	Chevrolet	105		accident	40
32	35	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Ford	95		rear end	38
33	27	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	88		rear end	36
34	32	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	77		engine	34
35	8	98	Bobby Isaac	Donlavey Racing	Ford	19		overheating	32
36	33	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	19		overheating	30

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	432	86.4%	P2
2	Richard Petty	64	12.8%	P1
3	David Pearson	4	0.8%	P3

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