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1972 Wilkes 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	3	30	18	2	3	160	400	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	160	running	100
2	2	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	400	239	running	98
3	1	71	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	396	1	running	96
4	6	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	392		running	94
5	8	28	John Sears	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	388		running	92
6	12	06	Dave Marcis	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	382		running	90
7	5	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	382		running	88
8	14	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	381		running	86
9	19	45	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing	Ford	380		running	0
10	10	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	378		running	82
11	17	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	376		running	80
12	24	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	375		running	78
13	22	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	371		running	76
14	25	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	370		running	74
15	27	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	367		running	72
16	13	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	359		running	70
17	4	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	351		accident	68
18	7	90	Max Berrier	Donlavey Racing	Ford	349		engine	0
19	20	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	349		running	64
20	30	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	332		running	62
21	29	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	274		engine	60
22	23	37	Ed Negre	Arrington Racing	Dodge	167		vibration	58
23	21	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	116		piston	56
24	18	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	99		engine	54
25	16	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	95		rear end	52
26	15	55	Tiny Lund	Hank Richardson (Owner)	Chevrolet	92		transmission	50
27	28	23	Henley Gray	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	81		brakes	48
28	26	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	69		vibration	46
29	9	8	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	15		drive shaft	44
30	11	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	6		axle	42

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	239	59.8%	P2
2	Richard Petty	160	40.0%	P1
3	Buddy Baker	1	0.3%	P3

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