1972 National 500

Race 29 of 31

Charlotte
334 laps
Time of race: 3:45:37
Average speed of winner: 133.234 mph
Margin of victory: 2 car lengths
Lead changes: 21 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 40 laps
Lap leaders: Pearson 1-3, Baker 4-5, Pearson 6-9, Isaac 10-15, Baker 16-55, Isaac 56-59, Baker 60-79, Isaac 80, Baker 81-96, B. Allison 97-130, Baker 131-154, B. Allison 155-180, Petty 181, B. Allison 182-194, Baker 195-200, Foyt 201-208, Baker 209-212, B. Allison 213-326, Baker 327-328, B. Allison 329, Baker 330, B. Allison 331-334

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'72 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab		334	6	192	running	21450	0
2	2	Buddy Baker	71	K&K Insurance	'72 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		334	9	115	running	12400	0
3	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'71 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	158.539	332	2	7	running	6815	0
4	3	A.J. Foyt	41		'71 Mercury	Wood Brothers			332	1	8	running	4090	0
5	26	Butch Hartman	90		'72 Ford	Donlavey			326	0	0	running	3570	0
6	21	Darrell Waltrip	95		'71 Mercury	Waltrip			322	0	0	running	1900	0
7	15	James Hylton	48		'71 Mercury	Hylton			322	0	0	running	2165	0
8	20	Buddy Arrington	67		'70 Dodge	Arrington			320	0	0	running	1550	0
9	7	Joe Frasson	18		'72 Dodge	Frasson			319	0	0	running	1515	0
10	8	Richard Petty	43	STP	'72 Dodge	Petty	Inman		318	1	1	accident	3965	0
11	39	Larry Smith	92		'71 Ford	Harley Smith			317	0	0	running	1400	0
12	29	Ron Keselowski	88		'70 Dodge	Lubinski			310	0	0	running	1325	0
13	40	Raymond Williams	47		'72 Ford	Raymond Williams			310	0	0	running	1845	0
14	23	Ben Arnold	76		'71 Ford	Ben Arnold			310	0	0	running	1825	0
15	22	Neil Castles	06		'72 Plymouth	Castles			309	0	0	running	1300	0
16	17	John Sears	4		'70 Plymouth	J. Marvin Mills			306	0	0	running	1806	0
17	10	Cecil Gordon	24		'71 Mercury	Cecil Gordon			305	0	0	running	1795	0
18	42	Bill Champion	10		'71 Mercury	Bill Champion			305	0	0	running	1720	0
19	16	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			304	0	0	running	1729	0
20	32	David Ray Boggs	83		'71 Mercury	Norris Reed			304	0	0	running	1194	0
21	41	Frank Warren	79		'70 Dodge	Frank Warren			301	0	0	running	1651	0
22	44	Henley Gray	19		'71 Ford T-Bird	Henley Gray			298	0	0	running	1633	0
23	30	Tommy Gale	03		'71 Mercury	Vasko			297	0	0	running	1152	0
24	35	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Mercury	Dean Dalton			271	0	0	running	1601	0
25	12	Donnie Allison	15		'72 Ford	Moore	Moore		266	0	0	battery	1106	0
26	14	Dave Marcis	16		'72 Matador	Penske			246	0	0	engine	1096	0
27	19	Roger McCluskey	2		'72 Dodge	Marcis			241	0	0	engine	1586	0
28	5	Bobby Isaac	27		'71 Chevrolet	Banjo Matthews	Banjo Matthews		224	3	11	engine	1269	0
29	25	Bill Dennis	17		'71 Chevrolet	Brooking			219	0	0	engine	1024	0
30	31	Harry Schilling	04		'72 Chevrolet				214	0	0	handling	954	0
31	34	Earle Canavan	01		'71 Plymouth	Canavan			213	0	0	transmission	943	0
32	11	Pete Hamilton	9		'72 Plymouth	Housby			205	0	0	accident	950	0
33	37	Jim Vandiver	31		'71 Dodge	O.L. Nixon			193	0	0	engine	953	0
34	13	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'72 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			119	0	0	engine	894	0
35	33	Elmo Langley	64		'71 Ford	Langley			103	0	0	engine	1293	0
36	27	G.C. Spencer	0		'70 Dodge	Altheide			95	0	0	steering	785	0
37	36	Jabe Thomas	05		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie McGee			94	0	0	steering	814	0
38	9	Benny Parsons	72		'71 Mercury	L.G. DeWitt			88	0	0	engine	1273	0
39	6	Cale Yarborough	28		'72 Chevrolet	Ellington			82	0	0	steering	757	0
40	38	Dick Brooks	45		'71 Mercury	Seifert			81	0	0	ignition	1246	0
41	18	Richard D. Brown	98		'71 Ford	Donlavey			48	0	0	steering	663	0
42	24	Gordon Johncock	22		'72 Plymouth	Jimmy Crawford			44	0	0	brakes	649	0
43	28	Bobby Unser	99		'72 Chevrolet	Nichels			8	0	0	engine	603	0
44	43	Ed Negre	8		'70 Dodge	Negre			8	0	0	engine	1058	0