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1972 American 500

Rockingham Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bobby Allison	5	40	22	1	8	217	492	500.4

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	5	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	492	217	running	100
2	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	490	53	running	98
3	2	71	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	489	83	running	96
4	1	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	488	126	running	94
5	4	9	Pete Hamilton	Housby Racing	Dodge	486		running	92
6	6	28	Cale Yarborough	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	485	9	running	90
7	10	16	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	475		running	88
8	18	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	469		running	86
9	39	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	466		running	84
10	12	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	461		running	82
11	19	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	461		running	80
12	24	61	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing	Ford	459		running	78
13	38	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	456		running	76
14	29	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	452		running	74
15	23	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	451		running	72
16	22	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	446		running	70
17	37	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	439		running	68
18	30	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	430		running	66
19	21	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	428		rear end	64
20	15	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	428		running	62
21	13	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	427		running	60
22	35	45	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing	Ford	422		running	58
23	32	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	418		engine	56
24	16	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	392		running	54
25	36	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	360		alternator	52
26	34	42	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	332		battery	50
27	14	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	331		transmission	48
28	40	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	297		oil leak	46
29	31	23	Roy Mayne	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	267		oil pressure	44
30	25	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	257		engine	42
31	28	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	219		valve	40
32	8	17	Bill Dennis	H.J. Brooking (Owner)	Chevrolet	204	2	alternator	38
33	27	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	139		suspension	0
34	7	15	Dick Brooks	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	119	1	valve	0
35	11	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	90		accident	32
36	9	27	Bobby Isaac	Matthews Racing	Chevrolet	67	1	valve	30
37	26	29	Henley Gray	Hollar Racing	Mercury	57		engine	28
38	17	55	Tiny Lund	Hank Richardson (Owner)	Chevrolet	45		engine	0
39	33	03	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko (Owner)	Mercury	37		engine	24
40	20	90	Ron Hutcherson	Donlavey Racing	Ford	29		accident	22

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	217	44.1%	P1
2	David Pearson	126	25.6%	P4
3	Buddy Baker	83	16.9%	P3
4	Richard Petty	53	10.8%	P2
5	Cale Yarborough	9	1.8%	P6
6	Bill Dennis	2	0.4%	P32
7	Dick Brooks	1	0.2%	P34
8	Bobby Isaac	1	0.2%	P36

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