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1972 Winston 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 11 of 31
Sunday, May 7, 1972 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.1 miles)

Time of race: 3:43:15
Average Speed: 134.4 mph
Pole Speed: 192.428 mph

Cautions: 9 for 62 laps
Margin of Victory: 4.9 sec
Attendance: 71,400
Lead changes: 53

Glossary 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1972 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	188	23,745	running	59
2	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'72 Dodge	188	15,895	running	57
3	5	11	Buddy Baker	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Dodge	188	9,995	running	32
4	28	28	Fred Lorenzen	Hoss Ellington	'72 Ford	188	6,095	running	4
5	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Dodge	187	6,970	running	14
6	26	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	'72 Dodge	186	2,695	running	0
7	40	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Bill Seifert	'72 Mercury	185	2,895	running	0
8	44	98	Dick Brooks	Junie Donlavey	'71 Ford	185	2,545	running	0
9	8	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'70 Dodge	185	2,370	running	0
10	30	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Mercury	184	2,245	running	0
11	33	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'70 Dodge	183	2,220	running	0
12	36	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs	'70 Dodge	182	1,695	running	0
13	42	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	182	2,195	running	0
14	14	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'71 Mercury	182	2,170	running	0
15	15	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'70 Dodge	182	2,120	running	0
16	11	3	Jimmy Crawford	Crawford Racing (Crawford Brothers)	'72 Plymouth	181	1,695	crash	0
17	16	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'71 Ford	180	1,620	out of gas	0
18	37	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	179	1,545	running	0
19	10	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	179	2,020	running	0
50	9	42	Marty Robbins	Marty Robbins	'72 Dodge	179	745	dq	0
20	17	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith	'71 Ford	178	1,495	running	0
21	23	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'70 Plymouth	178	1,970	running	0
22	19	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'71 Mercury	173	1,445	running	0
23	32	00	Bobby Mausgrover	Bobby Mausgrover	'70 Dodge	173	1,420	running	0
24	39	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	172	1,895	running	0
25	43	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'71 Ford	172	1,945	running	0
26	22	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	167	1,345	running	0
27	18	91	Richard D. Brown	Ralph McNabb	'72 Chevrolet	155	1,320	throttle	0
28	6	27	Donnie Allison	Monty Myers	'72 Chevrolet	145	1,295	engine	0
29	47	51	Dub Simpson	Bill Strong	'70 Chevrolet	136	1,270	windshield	0
30	49	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Mercury	132	1,255	running	0
31	24	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'70 Dodge	122	1,220	engine	0
32	21	61	Clarence Lovell	Bierschwale-Haverlah (Don Bierschwale)	'71 Ford	121	1,195	running	0
33	29	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	112	1,670	crash	0
34	46	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'71 Chevrolet	88	1,645	axle	0
35	27	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	87	1,570	engine	8
36	12	31	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	'70 Dodge	83	1,095	engine	0
37	13	05	David Sisco	Charlie McGee	'72 Chevrolet	72	1,095	engine	0
38	25	95	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip	'71 Mercury	69	680	engine	0
39	7	97	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries	'72 Ford	67	1,020	overheating	0
40	20	93	Buck Baker	Harold Furr	'72 Chevrolet	67	650	engine	0
41	41	33	Wayne Smith	Wayne Smith	'71 Chevrolet	59	1,020	rear end	0
42	38	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'72 Chevrolet	56	945	engine	0
43	45	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'71 Ford	56	920	engine	0
44	31	90	Jackie Oliver	Junie Donlavey	'72 Ford	50	1,395	engine	0
45	4	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Richard Howard)	'72 Chevrolet	34	3,720	engine	14
46	35	23	Bill Dennis	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	23	845	engine	0
47	48	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'70 Dodge	19	1,320	clutch	0
48	34	63	Robert Wales	Pleasant Grove Union (Charlie Roberts)	'70 Dodge	13	795	oil leak	0
49	50	53	Bill Ward	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'72 Ford	10	770	oil leak	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	3	3
Richard Petty	4	4	1
Bobby Allison	5	7	3
Richard Petty	8	9	2
Bobby Allison	10	12	3
Richard Petty	13	13	1
Buddy Baker	14	16	3
Bobby Allison	17	18	2
Buddy Baker	19	19	1
Bobby Allison	20	21	2
Richard Petty	22	24	3
Buddy Baker	25	26	2
Bobby Allison	27	29	3
Richard Petty	30	30	1
Bobby Allison	31	31	1
Richard Petty	32	32	1
Buddy Baker	33	36	4
David Pearson	37	37	1
Buddy Baker	38	44	7
Coo Coo Marlin	45	49	5
David Pearson	50	53	4
Bobby Isaac	54	54	1
Buddy Baker	55	57	3
David Pearson	58	62	5
Richard Petty	63	63	1
Coo Coo Marlin	64	66	3
Buddy Baker	67	67	1
David Pearson	68	69	2
Bobby Isaac	70	76	7
Fred Lorenzen	77	77	1
Bobby Isaac	78	81	4
David Pearson	82	84	3
Bobby Isaac	85	89	5
David Pearson	90	100	11
Bobby Isaac	101	107	7
Richard Petty	108	108	1
Buddy Baker	109	112	4
Bobby Isaac	113	118	6
David Pearson	119	119	1
Buddy Baker	120	124	5
David Pearson	125	130	6
Buddy Baker	131	132	2
Richard Petty	133	134	2
David Pearson	135	137	3
Bobby Isaac	138	148	11
David Pearson	149	153	5
Bobby Isaac	154	162	9
David Pearson	163	169	7
Richard Petty	170	170	1
Fred Lorenzen	171	173	3
David Pearson	174	179	6
Bobby Isaac	180	186	7
David Pearson	187	188	2

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