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1972 Southern 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 31
Monday, September 4, 1972 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.3 miles)

Time of race: 3:54:46
Average Speed: 128.124 mph
Pole Speed: 152.228 mph

Cautions: 5 for 43 laps
Margin of Victory: 4 cl
Attendance: 72,000
Lead changes: 30

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	367	23,990	running	229
2	13	21	David Pearson	Purolator Special (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	367	11,065	running	123
5	18	66	H.B. Bailey	Blank & Kalashian (Vernon Blank)	'71 Pontiac	351	4,630	running	6
3	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Dodge	360	8,990	running	4
10	19	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	337	2,415	running	2
32	6	45	Dick Brooks	Bill Seifert	'71 Mercury	133	1,300	crash	2
29	4	11	Buddy Baker	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Dodge	139	920	crash	1
4	2	28	Fred Lorenzen	Hoss Ellington	'72 Chevrolet	354	4,940	running	0
6	15	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'70 Dodge	348	3,325	running	0
7	5	16	Dave Marcis	AMC Matador (Roger Penske)	'72 Matador	348	2,865	running	0
8	16	31	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	'71 Dodge	343	2,665	running	0
9	21	42	Marty Robbins	Marty Robbins	'71 Dodge	339	2,465	running	0
11	9	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	'71 Mercury	335	2,665	running	0
12	28	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	328	2,365	running	0
13	38	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Ford	327	2,265	running	0
14	34	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'70 Dodge	324	2,165	running	0
15	36	0	J.D. McDuffie	George Altheide	'70 Dodge	318	1,515	running	0
16	30	03	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko	'71 Mercury	305	1,365	running	0
17	39	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'70 Dodge	286	1,765	running	0
18	26	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs	'70 Dodge	280	1,715	oil leak	0
19	17	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'70 Plymouth	258	1,165	crash	0
20	27	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	249	1,715	crash	0
21	31	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'71 Mercury	245	1,560	crash	0
22	32	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	228	1,485	crash	0
23	35	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'72 Plymouth	205	960	engine	0
24	29	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'71 Ford	167	1,450	engine	0
25	25	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith	'71 Ford	165	940	crash	0
26	24	65	Buck Baker	Joe Phipps	'72 Chevrolet	157	935	engine	0
27	33	13	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro	'70 Plymouth	147	930	engine	0
28	12	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'71 Mercury	145	1,425	crash	0
30	23	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'70 Plymouth	138	1,415	overheating	0
31	37	83	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed	'71 Mercury	135	810	engine	0
33	20	61	Clarence Lovell	Bierschwale-Haverlah (Don Bierschwale)	'71 Ford	104	795	engine	0
34	40	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	58	790	engine	0
35	8	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Mercury	43	1,285	engine	0
36	22	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'71 Ford	37	1,280	engine	0
37	14	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	'72 Dodge	34	775	crash	0
38	11	15	Donnie Allison	Bud Moore	'72 Ford	12	770	crash	0
39	10	90	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junie Donlavey	'71 Ford	12	1,265	crash	0
40	7	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'71 Dodge	12	2,760	crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	14	14
Dick Brooks	15	15	1
H.B. Bailey	16	21	6
Coo Coo Marlin	22	23	2
Bobby Allison	24	36	13
David Pearson	37	40	4
Bobby Allison	41	46	6
Dick Brooks	47	47	1
Buddy Baker	48	48	1
David Pearson	49	73	25
Bobby Allison	74	79	6
David Pearson	80	80	1
Bobby Allison	81	107	27
David Pearson	108	122	15
Bobby Allison	123	137	15
Richard Petty	138	138	1
David Pearson	139	151	13
Richard Petty	152	154	3
Bobby Allison	155	185	31
David Pearson	186	196	11
Bobby Allison	197	218	22
David Pearson	219	240	22
Bobby Allison	241	275	35
David Pearson	276	278	3
Bobby Allison	279	280	2
David Pearson	281	293	13
Bobby Allison	294	311	18
David Pearson	312	312	1
Bobby Allison	313	346	34
David Pearson	347	361	15
Bobby Allison	362	367	6

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