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1972 Atlanta 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 31 Sunday, March 26, 1972 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA 328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles) Time of race: 3:53:37 Average speed: 128.214 mph Pole speed: 156.245 mph Cautions: 6 for 47 laps Margin of victory: .16 sec Attendance: 50000 Lead changes: 18 Glossary    1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1972 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Richard Howard) '72 Chevrolet 328 31605 running 142 2 4 21   A.J. Foyt Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 328 10600 running 9 3 2 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '72 Dodge 328 10380 running 132 4 5 15   David Pearson Bud Moore '72 Ford 327 4800 running 3 5 6 27   Donnie Allison TIE Factory Outlet   (Monty Myers) '72 Chevrolet 327 3530 running 11 6 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Plymouth 325 5480 running 31 7 9 72   Benny Parsons Pop Kola   (L.G. DeWitt) '71 Mercury 324 3225 running 0 8 10 11   Buddy Baker STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Dodge 323 2575 running 0 9 12 45   LeeRoy Yarbrough Porter Ford   (Bill Seifert) '71 Ford 323 2555 running 0 10 7 48   James Hylton Pop Kola   (James Hylton) '71 Ford 320 2425 running 0 11 25 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington '71 Dodge 318 1150 running 0 12 23 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 317 1700 running 0 13 30 91   Richard D. Brown The Sample House   (Ralph McNabb) '72 Chevrolet 316 1600 running 0 14 14 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '70 Plymouth 316 1475 running 0 15 11 16   Mark Donohue American Motors   (Roger Penske) '72 Matador 314 1325 running 0 16 28 23   Bill Dennis Molen's Restaurant   (Don Robertson) '70 Plymouth 314 1200 running 0 17 20 24   Cecil Gordon Jetway Enterprises   (Cecil Gordon) '71 Mercury 312 1675 running 0 18 37 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '70 Dodge 308 1625 running 0 19 27 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 307 1600 running 0 20 32 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King Ford   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 306 1125 running 0 21 33 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '71 Plymouth 301 1580 running 0 22 31 0   George Altheide Dodge   (George Altheide) '70 Dodge 299 1105 running 0 23 16 2   Dave Marcis Dave Marcis '72 Dodge 286 1605 running 0 24 39 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '71 Ford 286 1480 running 0 25 13 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '71 Dodge 260 1480 running 0 26 18 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford 253 1470 running 0 27 34 03   Tommy Gale Frank Vasko '71 Mercury 224 935 engine 0 28 29 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 214 920 oil pan 0 29 35 76   Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '71 Ford 208 910 engine 0 30 24 18   Joe Frasson Mario Frasson Cement   (Joe Frasson) '72 Dodge 157 900 engine 0 31 19 97   Red Farmer Willie Humphries '72 Ford 126 920 transmission 0 32 8 31   Jim Vandiver O.L. Nixon '70 Dodge 112 915 engine 0 33 22 47   Raymond Williams Raymond Williams '71 Ford 103 885 transmission 0 34 36 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '71 Ford 81 1380 clutch 0 35 38 53   Dick May Hopper-Crews / Twin Palm, Inc.   (J.C. Crews) '71 Ford 66 875 axle 0 36 26 88   Ron Keselowski Roger Lubinski '70 Dodge 59 870 crash 0 37 40 05   David Sisco Charlie McGee '71 Chevrolet 59 865 engine 0 38 15 92   Larry Smith Harley Smith '71 Ford 58 885 crash 0 39 21 83   Lem Blankenship Howard's Photo Lab / Bank Americard   (Richard Howard) '72 Dodge 50 855 ignition 0 40 17 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) '72 Ford 11 1400 crash 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bobby Mausgrover 00 Bobby Mausgrover Dodge Neil Castles 06 Neil Castles Dodge Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion Ford Eddie Yarboro 13 Eddie Yarboro Chevrolet Johnny Halford 32 Dick Brooks Plymouth Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott Ford Jim Hurtubise 44 Richard Giachetti Ford Roy Mayne 46 Tom Hunter Chevrolet David Ray Boggs 57 David Ray Boggs Dodge Jimmy Finger 61 Don Bierschwale Ford J.D. McDuffie 70 J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet Bill Shirey 74 Bill Shirey Plymouth Jimmy Vaughn 75 Wayne Vaughn Chevrolet A.J. Cox 81 A.J. Cox Ford Ronnie Daniel 85 Ronnie Daniel Chevrolet Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 58 58   Bobby Isaac 59 63 5   Richard Petty 64 65 2   Bobby Isaac 66 116 51   David Pearson 117 117 1   Donnie Allison 118 128 11   Bobby Isaac 129 141 13   Richard Petty 142 163 22   David Pearson 164 164 1   A.J. Foyt 165 165 1   Richard Petty 166 172 7   Bobby Allison 173 223 51   David Pearson 224 224 1   Bobby Allison 225 225 1   Bobby Isaac 226 238 13   Bobby Allison 239 266 28   Bobby Isaac 267 316 50   A.J. Foyt 317 324 8   Bobby Allison 325 328 4