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1972 Rebel 500

Darlington Raceway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	1	36	18	1	7	202	293	400.2

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	293	202	running	100
2	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	292	27	running	98
3	15	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	285		running	96
4	9	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	284		running	94
5	10	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	281		running	92
6	12	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	279		running	90
7	2	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	278	29	running	88
8	22	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	277		running	86
9	27	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	275		running	84
10	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	274		running	82
11	30	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	269		running	80
12	19	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	269		running	78
13	26	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	262		running	76
14	36	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	262		running	74
15	28	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	261		running	72
16	5	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	260	6	engine	70
17	21	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	258		running	68
18	23	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	258		running	66
19	34	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	255		running	64
20	7	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	242	27	engine	62
21	33	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	222		oil pan	60
22	13	90	Jackie Oliver	Donlavey Racing	Ford	205		accident	0
23	35	23	Bill Dennis	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	196		engine	0
24	24	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	178		rear end	54
25	18	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	154		handling	52
26	8	15	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	145	1	valve	0
27	31	00	Bobby Mausgrover	Buxton Racing	Dodge	129		brakes	48
28	4	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	76	1	piston	46
29	6	28	Fred Lorenzen	Ellington Racing	Ford	46		engine	0
30	14	93	Buck Baker	Harold Furr (Owner)	Chevrolet	45		clutch	0
31	29	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	43		oil leak	40
32	25	53	H.B. Bailey	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Ford	41		ignition	38
33	16	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	36		spring	36
34	17	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	25		oil pressure	34
35	20	66	Dick Brooks	Blank & Kalashian	Pontiac	21		brakes	0
36	32	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	7		oil pressure	30

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	David Pearson	202	68.9%	P1
2	Bobby Allison	29	9.9%	P7
3	Richard Petty	27	9.2%	P2
4	Buddy Baker	27	9.2%	P20
5	Jim Vandiver	6	2.0%	P16
6	LeeRoy Yarbrough	1	0.3%	P26
7	Bobby Isaac	1	0.3%	P28

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