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1972 Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bobby Isaac	1	40	25	1	4	210	492	500.4

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	492	210	running	100
2	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	491	12	running	98
3	16	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	479		running	96
4	9	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Ford	477		running	94
5	5	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	477		running	92
6	19	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	474		running	90
7	3	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Ford	473		running	88
8	17	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	469		running	86
9	8	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	466		running	84
10	32	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	463		running	82
11	12	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	462		running	80
12	7	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	462		running	78
13	14	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	460		running	76
14	27	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	459		running	74
15	29	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	455		running	72
16	13	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	453		running	70
17	24	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	444		running	68
18	34	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	442		running	66
19	33	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	441		running	64
20	25	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	440		running	62
21	21	53	H.B. Bailey	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Ford	439		running	60
22	28	0	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	438		running	58
23	18	91	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing	Chevrolet	436		running	56
24	23	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	430		running	54
25	11	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	418		running	52
26	31	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Ford	409		cylinder	50
27	39	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	345	260	valve	48
28	36	32	Johnny Halford	Team SABCO	Plymouth	337		engine	46
29	20	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	307		accident	44
30	15	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	259		head gasket	42
31	40	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	177		clutch	40
32	38	65	Walter Ballard	Joe Phipps (Owner)	Chevrolet	167		rear end	38
33	37	89	Les Covey	Jack Mercer (Owner)	Chevrolet	127		clutch	36
34	4	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	90	10	valve spring	34
35	22	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	85		water pump	32
36	6	93	Buck Baker	Harold Furr (Owner)	Chevrolet	59		rocker arm	0
37	30	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	56		engine	28
38	26	51	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing	Chevrolet	11		engine	26
39	35	00	Bobby Mausgrover	Buxton Racing	Dodge	10		ignition	24
40	10	90	Jackie Oliver	Donlavey Racing	Ford	1		engine	0

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	260	52.8%	P27
2	Bobby Isaac	210	42.7%	P1
3	Richard Petty	12	2.4%	P2
4	Buddy Baker	10	2.0%	P34

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