1972 National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bobby Allison	4	44	23	2	6	192	334	501

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	334	192	running	100
2	2	71	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	334	115	running	98
3	1	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	332	7	running	96
4	3	41	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	332	8	running	0
5	26	90	Butch Hartman	Donlavey Racing	Ford	326		running	0
6	21	95	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	322		running	90
7	15	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	322		running	88
8	20	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	320		running	86
9	7	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	319		running	84
10	8	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	318	1	accident	82
11	39	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	317		running	80
12	29	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	310		running	78
13	40	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	310		running	76
14	23	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	310		running	74
15	22	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	309		running	72
16	17	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	306		running	70
17	10	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	305		running	68
18	42	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	305		running	66
19	16	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	304		running	64
20	32	83	David Ray Boggs	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	304		running	62
21	41	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	301		running	60
22	44	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	298		running	58
23	30	03	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko (Owner)	Mercury	297		running	56
24	35	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	271		running	54
25	12	15	Donnie Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	266		battery	52
26	14	16	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	246		engine	50
27	19	2	Roger McCluskey	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	241		engine	0
28	5	27	Bobby Isaac	Matthews Racing	Chevrolet	224	11	oil pan	46
29	25	17	Bill Dennis	H.J. Brooking (Owner)	Chevrolet	219		engine	44
30	31	04	Harry Schilling	Thomas Hynes (Owner)	Chevrolet	214		handling	42
31	34	01	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	213		transmission	40
32	11	9	Pete Hamilton	Housby Racing	Plymouth	205		accident	38
33	37	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	193		engine	36
34	13	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	119		oil pan	34
35	33	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	103		engine	32
36	27	0	G.C. Spencer	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	95		steering	30
37	36	05	Jabe Thomas	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	94		steering	28
38	9	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	88		engine	26
39	6	28	Cale Yarborough	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	82		steering	0
40	38	45	Dick Brooks	Seifert Racing	Mercury	81		ignition	0
41	18	98	Richard D. Brown	Donlavey Racing	Ford	48		steering	20
42	24	22	Gordon Johncock		Plymouth	44		brakes	0
43	28	99	Bobby Unser	Nichels Engineering	Chevrolet	8		valve	0
44	43	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	8		piston	14

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	192	57.5%	P1
2	Buddy Baker	115	34.4%	P2
3	Bobby Isaac	11	3.3%	P28
4	A.J. Foyt	8	2.4%	P4
5	David Pearson	7	2.1%	P3
6	Richard Petty	1	0.3%	P10

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