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1972 Virginia 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 10 of 31 Sunday, April 30, 1972 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.525 mile paved track (262.500 miles) Time of race: 3:37:00 Average speed: 72.657 mph Pole speed: 84.163 mph Cautions: 4 for 24 laps Margin of victory: 7 laps + Attendance: 29500 Lead changes: 15 Glossary    1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1972 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Plymouth 500 8250 running 102 2 1 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Richard Howard) '72 Chevrolet 493 5800 running 27 3 11 2   Dave Marcis Dave Marcis '72 Dodge 487 2675 running 0 4 13 24   Cecil Gordon JetWay Enterprises   (Cecil Gordon) '71 Mercury 485 1825 running 0 5 9 91   Richard D. Brown Ralph McNabb '72 Chevrolet 479 1250 running 0 6 20 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '71 Ford 478 1250 running 0 7 22 48   James Hylton Pop Kola   (James Hylton) '70 Ford 477 1150 running 0 8 4 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 470 1050 transmission 102 9 15 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 468 1050 running 0 10 26 47   Raymond Williams Raymond Williams '71 Ford 468 750 running 0 11 27 64   Elmo Langley Southland Auto Salvage Auction   (Elmo Langley) '71 Ford 467 975 running 0 12 17 06   Neil Castles Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '71 Dodge 464 950 running 0 13 19 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '71 Chevrolet 462 925 running 0 14 31 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 461 650 running 0 15 18 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '71 Ford 455 875 running 0 16 34 34   Wendell Scott Scott Racing   (Wendell Scott) '71 Ford 436 850 running 0 17 35 13   Eddie Yarboro Rumple Furniture   (Eddie Yarboro) '70 Plymouth 425 575 running 0 18 28 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '70 Plymouth 410 800 running 0 19 2 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '72 Dodge 407 2525 engine 268 20 14 72   Benny Parsons Madden Food Systems   (L.G. DeWitt) '70 Mercury 344 750 engine 0 21 36 89   Les Covey Kalico Kitchen   (Jack Mercer) '70 Chevrolet 341 475 running 0 22 16 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '70 Plymouth 255 700 rear end 0 23 5 45   LeeRoy Yarbrough Garrett Ford / JetWay Enterprises   (Bill Seifert) '72 Mercury 220 775 engine 1 24 33 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King Ford   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 204 400 engine 0 25 6 23   Bill Dennis Molen's Restaurant   (Don Robertson) '70 Plymouth 190 375 overheating 0 26 29 74   Bill Shirey Bill Shirey '70 Plymouth 141 350 engine 0 27 7 67   Buddy Arrington Kentucky Fried Chicken   (Buddy Arrington) '70 Dodge 118 375 wheel 0 28 8 6   Charlie Glotzbach Cotton Owens '71 Plymouth 115 300 axle 0 29 30 96   Richard Childress Richard Childress '72 Chevrolet 81 275 rear end 0 30 23 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '70 Dodge 80 510 tie rod 0 31 25 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 68 750 engine 0 32 24 51   Jim Vandiver Bill Strong '70 Chevrolet 66 250 wheel 0 33 12 90   Jimmy Hensley Junie Donlavey '71 Ford 55 500 engine 0 34 32 26   Earl Brooks Earl Brooks '71 Ford 44 250 brakes 0 35 10 92   Larry Smith Harley Smith '71 Ford 40 250 engine 0 36 21 57   David Ray Boggs David Ray Boggs '70 Dodge 35 250 ignition 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Isaac 1 19 19   Bobby Allison 20 46 27   Richard Petty 47 58 12   LeeRoy Yarbrough 59 59 1   Richard Petty 60 62 3   David Pearson 63 97 35   Richard Petty 98 124 27   Bobby Isaac 125 132 8   Richard Petty 133 161 29   Bobby Isaac 162 391 230   David Pearson 392 395 4   Richard Petty 396 396 1   Bobby Isaac 397 407 11   David Pearson 408 470 63   Richard Petty 471 500 30