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1972 Southeastern 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 31
Sunday, April 9, 1972 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 miles)

Time of race: 2:50:18
Average Speed: 92.826 mph
Pole Speed: 106.875 mph

Cautions: 2 for 25 laps
Margin of Victory: 4 laps +
Attendance: 34,700
Lead changes: 6

Glossary 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1972 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Richard Howard)	'72 Chevrolet	500	8,325	running	458
2	3	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'72 Dodge	496	5,350	running	11
3	2	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Plymouth	491	4,225	running	15
4	5	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jarrett Ford (Bill Seifert)	'71 Ford	483	1,720	running	0
5	7	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'71 Mercury	474	1,325	running	0
7	12	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	470	1,065	running	0
8	14	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	470	950	running	0
10	23	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	462	850	running	0
6	6	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	473	825	running	16
11	16	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Ford	451	810	running	0
12	22	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'71 Ford	442	800	running	0
15	30	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'70 Plymouth	423	770	running	0
16	21	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Ford	417	760	running	0
19	26	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'71 Chevrolet	387	730	ignition	0
21	4	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Mercury	320	720	engine	0
22	19	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'70 Dodge	315	700	engine	0
26	13	2	Dave Marcis	IHRA (Dave Marcis)	'70 Dodge	126	690	water pump	0
9	11	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'70 Plymouth	466	685	running	0
25	29	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'70 Plymouth	147	670	rear end	0
13	17	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	'71 Mercury	437	540	running	0
14	27	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'70 Ford	429	530	running	0
17	9	31	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	'70 Dodge	407	500	running	0
18	28	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress	'71 Chevrolet	403	490	running	0
20	10	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs	'70 Dodge	357	470	rear end	0
23	15	05	David Sisco	Charlie McGee	'72 Chevrolet	272	465	engine	0
24	25	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	221	430	transmission	0
27	20	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'71 Ford	82	405	vibration	0
28	8	0	George Altheide	George Altheide	'70 Dodge	54	395	engine	0
29	24	85	Ronnie Daniel	Ronnie Daniel	'70 Chevrolet	41	385	oil leak	0
30	18	91	Richard D. Brown	Ralph McNabb	'72 Chevrolet	32	375	engine	0

Failed to qualify: Robert Brown (#58), John Utsman (#37), Johnny Halford (#32), Ron Keselowski (#88), Buddy Arrington (#67)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	26	26
Bobby Isaac	27	32	6
Coo Coo Marlin	33	48	16
Bobby Allison	49	166	118
Bobby Isaac	167	171	5
Richard Petty	172	186	15
Bobby Isaac	187	500	314

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