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1972 Gwyn Staley 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	3	30	21	3	3	77	400	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	77	running	100
2	2	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	400	87	running	98
3	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	400	236	running	96
4	10	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	392		running	94
5	5	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	392		running	92
6	17	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Ford	390		running	0
7	6	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	390		running	88
8	11	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	384		running	86
9	19	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	382		running	84
10	23	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	381		running	82
11	22	51	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing	Chevrolet	372		running	80
12	13	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	365		running	78
13	8	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	365		running	76
14	14	91	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing	Chevrolet	364		running	74
15	30	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	359		running	72
16	29	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	357		running	70
17	27	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	354		running	68
18	4	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	354		running	66
19	24	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	352		running	64
20	21	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	347		running	62
21	12	93	Buck Baker	Harold Furr (Owner)	Chevrolet	332		running	0
22	20	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	283		ignition	58
23	15	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	256		engine	56
24	18	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	125		accident	54
25	28	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	121		engine	52
26	7	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	111		oil pressure	0
27	26	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	93		transmission	48
28	9	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	71		overheating	46
29	25	13	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	42		overheating	44
30	16	23	Bill Dennis	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	14		vibration	42

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Isaac	236	59.0%	P3
2	Bobby Allison	87	21.8%	P2
3	Richard Petty	77	19.3%	P1

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