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1972 Dixie 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 20 of 31
Sunday, July 23, 1972 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles)

Time of race: 3:47:08
Average speed: 131.295 mph
Pole speed: 158.353 mph

Cautions: 5 for 40 laps
Margin of victory: 11.4 sec
Attendance: 35000
Lead changes: 24

Glossary 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1972 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Richard Howard)	'72 Chevrolet	328	17955	running	104
2	5	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Dodge	328	11005	running	10
3	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	325	6380	running	181
4	16	72	Benny Parsons	Pop Kola (L.G. DeWitt)	'71 Mercury	323	5230	running	0
5	18	90	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Truxmore Solid Waste Bodies (Junie Donlavey)	'71 Ford	322	4230	running	2
6	6	28	Fred Lorenzen	Lemon Tree Inn / Black Label (Hoss Ellington)	'72 Chevrolet	321	3030	running	0
7	9	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'72 Dodge	319	3330	running	3
8	12	95	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip	'71 Mercury	317	2530	running	0
9	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'71 Mercury	312	2780	running	0
10	14	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	311	2530	running	0
11	23	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'70 Plymouth	310	2255	running	0
12	13	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'71 Ford	310	2030	running	0
13	10	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'70 Dodge	310	1330	running	0
14	30	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'71 Ford	309	1705	running	0
15	24	32	Johnny Halford	Dick Brooks	'70 Plymouth	305	1105	running	0
16	17	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	305	1055	running	0
17	34	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Mercury	305	1405	running	0
18	39	47	Raymond Williams	Jet Way Car Products (Raymond Williams)	'71 Ford	300	1305	running	0
19	33	53	Bobby Mausgrover	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'72 Ford	298	730	running	0
20	38	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	292	1155	running	0
21	29	13	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro	'70 Plymouth	287	625	running	0
22	32	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'71 Dodge	283	660	running	0
23	26	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'70 Dodge	266	1100	running	0
24	21	61	Clarence Lovell	Bierschwale-Haverlah (Don Bierschwale)	'71 Ford	257	590	engine	0
25	40	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'70 Dodge	219	1080	engine	0
26	37	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs	'70 Dodge	201	575	engine	0
27	22	91	Richard D. Brown	Ralph McNabb	'72 Chevrolet	182	1070	overheating	0
28	31	18	Joe Frasson	Mario Frasson Cement (Joe Frasson)	'72 Dodge	172	640	engine	0
29	4	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	157	585	engine	4
30	28	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'71 Ford	155	1055	engine	0
31	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'72 Dodge	148	2650	engine	19
32	7	15	Donnie Allison	Bud Moore	'72 Ford	132	570	ignition	4
33	19	5	Doc Faustina	Doc Faustina	'70 Plymouth	123	565	engine	0
34	36	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	118	1035	engine	0
35	35	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	'70 Ford	114	1030	engine	1
36	8	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith	'71 Ford	102	550	engine	0
37	15	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'71 Mercury	88	1045	engine	0
38	20	73	Dick Brooks	Marvin Welty	'72 Ford	12	540	steering	0
39	27	51	Dub Simpson	Bill Strong	'70 Chevrolet	8	510	engine	0
40	25	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'70 Plymouth	6	505	engine	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	George Altheide	0	George Altheide	Dodge
	David Sisco	05	Charlie McGee	Chevrolet
	Mel Larson	23	Don Robertson	Plymouth
	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	Ford
	Paul Jett	56	Paul Jett	Ford
	Dick Poling	65	Joe Phipps	Chevrolet
	J.D. McDuffie	70	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	2	2
Bobby Isaac	3	11	9
Bobby Allison	12	15	4
Coo Coo Marlin	16	19	4
Richard Petty	20	25	6
Donnie Allison	26	29	4
LeeRoy Yarbrough	30	31	2
Bobby Isaac	32	35	4
Bobby Allison	36	37	2
James Hylton	38	38	1
Dave Marcis	39	41	3
David Pearson	42	88	47
Richard Petty	89	90	2
Bobby Isaac	91	96	6
Bobby Allison	97	98	2
David Pearson	99	106	8
Bobby Allison	107	107	1
David Pearson	108	120	13
Bobby Allison	121	123	3
David Pearson	124	124	1
Bobby Allison	125	126	2
David Pearson	127	236	110
Bobby Allison	237	237	1
Richard Petty	238	239	2
Bobby Allison	240	328	89