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1972 Richmond 500

Richmond Raceway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	3	30	14	1	3	219	500	271

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	219	running	100
2	1	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	499	240	running	98
3	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	493	41	running	96
4	7	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	488		running	94
5	4	90	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Ford	485		running	92
6	10	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	484		running	90
7	5	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	483		running	88
8	9	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Ford	483		running	86
9	8	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	478		running	84
10	11	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	468		running	82
11	6	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	458		running	80
12	13	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	451		running	78
13	17	13	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	406		running	76
14	24	91	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing	Chevrolet	402		rear end	74
15	15	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	388		running	72
16	20	80	Phil Finney	Finney Racing	Chevrolet	321		fan belt	70
17	28	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	263		a-frame	68
18	18	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	233		engine	66
19	14	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	183		transmission	64
20	12	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	136		rear end	62
21	30	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Plymouth	130		accident	60
22	19	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	126		accident	58
23	16	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	82		head gasket	56
24	29	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	76		accident	54
25	27	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	72		spring	52
26	25	51	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing	Chevrolet	36		oil leak	50
27	23	89	Les Covey	Jack Mercer (Owner)	Chevrolet	19		oil pressure	48
28	21	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	9		transmission	46
29	22	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	8		oil leak	44
30	26	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Chevrolet	7		rear end	42

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	240	48.0%	P2
2	Richard Petty	219	43.8%	P1
3	Bobby Isaac	41	8.2%	P3

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