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1972 Texas 500

Texas World Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Buddy Baker	2	44	29	3	3	133	250	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	71	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	250	133	running	100
2	1	21	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	250	20	running	0
3	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	250	97	running	96
4	4	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	249		running	94
5	5	04	Hershel McGriff	Smokey Yunick Racing	Plymouth	248		running	92
6	8	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	246		running	90
7	6	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	246		running	88
8	12	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	246		running	86
9	11	28	Cale Yarborough	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	245		running	84
10	10	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	243		running	82
11	14	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	242		running	80
12	15	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	240		running	78
13	16	45	Ramo Stott	Seifert Racing	Ford	238		running	76
14	13	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	237		running	74
15	17	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	236		running	72
16	27	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	235		running	70
17	21	1	Dick Brooks	Champion Racing	Ford	232		running	68
18	25	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	232		running	66
19	35	42	Jim Whitt	Dean Barnicle (Owner)	Ford	232		running	64
20	38	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	231		running	62
21	24	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	231		running	60
22	40	98	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing	Ford	231		running	58
23	34	84	Harry Schilling	Thomas Hynes (Owner)	Chevrolet	229		running	56
24	42	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	229		running	54
25	22	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	225		running	52
26	9	90	Johnny Rutherford	Donlavey Racing	Ford	224		piston	0
27	23	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	221		running	48
28	32	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	213		running	46
29	33	57	Bill Shirey	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	212		running	44
30	39	5	Mel Larson	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	209		running	42
31	19	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	199		engine	40
32	31	3	Paul Feldner		Plymouth	198		engine	0
33	26	61	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing	Ford	196		engine	36
34	18	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	184		engine	34
35	7	22	Gordon Johncock		Plymouth	182		engine	0
36	30	66	H.B. Bailey	Blank & Kalashian	Pontiac	106		rear end	30
37	43	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	93		suspension	28
38	41	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	92		engine	26
39	44	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	68		valve spring	24
40	28	29	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing	Mercury	64		engine	22
41	20	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	38		engine	20
42	29	01	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	30		windshield	18
43	37	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	16		engine	16
44	36	44	Bill Seifert	Giachetti Brothers	Mercury	1		clutch	14

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Buddy Baker	133	53.2%	P1
2	Richard Petty	97	38.8%	P3
3	A.J. Foyt	20	8.0%	P2

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