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1972 Volunteer 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 18 of 31
Sunday, July 9, 1972 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 miles)

Time of race: 2:30:28
Average Speed: 92.735 mph
Pole Speed: 107.279 mph

Cautions: 5 for 30 laps
Margin of Victory: 3 laps +
Attendance: 22,000
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1972 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
30	8	91	Richard D. Brown	Ralph McNabb	'72 Chevrolet	16	630	crash	0
23	24	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs	'70 Dodge	217	445	driveshaft	0
19	3	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Bill Seifert	'71 Ford	293	765	engine	4
20	28	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'71 Mercury	289	770	engine	0
24	23	05	David Sisco	Charlie McGee	'72 Chevrolet	78	435	engine	0
26	25	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress	'71 Chevrolet	43	420	engine	0
28	15	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'70 Plymouth	33	400	engine	0
17	22	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'70 Dodge	358	760	overheating	0
25	27	32	Johnny Halford	Dick Brooks	'70 Plymouth	60	425	overheating	0
1	1	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Richard Howard)	'72 Chevrolet	500	8,400	running	445
2	2	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Plymouth	497	5,700	running	51
3	6	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'70 Dodge	489	2,775	running	0
4	5	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Mercury	477	1,750	running	0
5	20	70	J.D. McDuffie	Don Tarr	'70 Dodge	466	1,300	running	0
6	10	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'70 Plymouth	464	1,085	running	0
7	29	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	461	1,035	running	0
8	4	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'71 Mercury	459	960	running	0
9	19	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	458	885	running	0
10	18	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'71 Ford	457	860	running	0
11	30	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	456	720	running	0
12	12	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	'70 Ford	454	835	running	0
13	16	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Ford	446	800	running	0
14	26	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'71 Ford	442	790	running	0
16	21	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'71 Ford	413	770	running	0
18	11	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'72 Dodge	345	2,060	rear end	0
29	13	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'70 Dodge	27	665	rear end	0
21	17	58	Robert Brown	Allan Brown	'72 Chevrolet	287	465	suspension	0
27	7	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	42	410	suspension	0
15	14	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	430	805	throttle	0
22	9	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	277	455	throttle	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	142	142
LeeRoy Yarbrough	143	146	4
Bobby Allison	147	159	13
Richard Petty	160	210	51
Bobby Allison	211	500	290

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