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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 (499.2 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: 35,000
Lead changes: 24

Glossary 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1972 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Richard Howard)	'72 Chevrolet	328	17,955	running	104
2	5	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Dodge	328	11,005	running	10
3	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	325	6,380	running	181
4	16	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Mercury	323	5,230	running	0
5	18	90	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junie Donlavey	'71 Ford	322	4,230	running	2
6	6	28	Fred Lorenzen	Hoss Ellington	'72 Chevrolet	321	3,030	running	0
7	9	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'72 Dodge	319	3,330	running	3
8	12	95	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip	'71 Mercury	317	2,530	running	0
9	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'71 Mercury	312	2,780	running	0
10	14	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	311	2,530	running	0
11	23	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'70 Plymouth	310	2,255	running	0
12	13	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'71 Ford	310	2,030	running	0
13	10	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'70 Dodge	310	1,330	running	0
14	30	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'71 Ford	309	1,705	running	0
15	24	32	Johnny Halford	Dick Brooks	'70 Plymouth	305	1,105	running	0
16	17	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	305	1,055	running	0
17	34	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Mercury	305	1,405	running	0
18	39	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	300	1,305	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	1,155	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	1,100	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	1,080	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	1,070	overheating	0
28	31	18	Joe Frasson	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	1,055	engine	0
31	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'72 Dodge	148	2,650	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	1,035	engine	0
35	35	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	'70 Ford	114	1,030	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	1,045	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

Failed to qualify: George Altheide (#0), David Sisco (#05), Mel Larson (#23), Wendell Scott (#34), Paul Jett (#56), Dick Poling (#65), J.D. McDuffie (#70)

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

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