1972 Texas 500

Race 31 of 31

Texas World
250 laps
Time of race: 3:24:00
Average speed of winner: 147.059 mph
Margin of victory: 1/2 car length
Lead changes: 23 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 29 laps
Lap leaders: Foyt 1, Petty 2, Baker 3-17, Foyt 18-19, Baker 20-44, Petty 45-85, Baker 86-91, Petty 92-105, Baker 106-142, Petty 143, Baker 144-146, Petty 147-148, Baker 149-172, Petty 173-183, Baker 184, Foyt 185-187, Petty 188, Foyt 189-194, Petty 195-200, Foyt 201, Petty 202-212, Foyt 213-219, Petty 220-228, Baker 229-250

Race notes: Debut for Rick Newsom. Finale for Paul Feldner and Bill Shirey.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Buddy Baker	71	K&K Insurance	'71 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		250	8	133	running	14920	0
2	1	A.J. Foyt	21	Purolator	'71 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	170.273	250	6	20	running	7545	0
3	3	Richard Petty	43	STP	'72 Dodge	Petty	Inman		250	10	97	running	8220	0
4	4	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'72 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab		249	0	0	running	7345	0
5	5	Hershel McGriff	04		'72 Plymouth	Beryl Jackson			248	0	0	running	3725	0
6	8	Benny Parsons	72		'71 Mercury	L.G. DeWitt			246	0	0	running	3320	0
7	6	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'72 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			246	0	0	running	2325	0
8	12	Cecil Gordon	24		'71 Mercury	Cecil Gordon			246	0	0	running	2300	0
9	11	Cale Yarborough	28		'72 Chevrolet	Ellington			245	0	0	running	1450	0
10	10	Joe Frasson	18		'72 Dodge	Frasson			243	0	0	running	1300	0
11	14	James Hylton	48		'71 Mercury	Hylton			242	0	0	running	1675	0
12	15	Dave Marcis	2		'72 Dodge	Marcis			240	0	0	running	1600	0
13	16	Ramo Stott	45		'71 Ford	Seifert			238	0	0	running	1525	0
14	13	J.D. McDuffie	70		'71 Chevrolet	McDuffie			237	0	0	running	1400	0
15	17	Ben Arnold	76		'71 Ford	Ben Arnold			236	0	0	running	1355	0
16	27	John Sears	4		'70 Plymouth	J. Marvin Mills			235	0	0	running	1340	0
17	21	Dick Brooks	1		'71 Ford				232	0	0	running	930	0
18	25	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			232	0	0	running	1320	0
19	35	Jim Whitt	42		'71 Ford				232	0	0	running	815	0
20	38	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Mercury	Dean Dalton			231	0	0	running	1310	0
21	24	Raymond Williams	47		'71 Ford	Raymond Williams			231	0	0	running	1330	0
22	40	Rick Newsom	98		'71 Ford	Newsom			231	0	0	running	800	0
23	34	Harry Schilling	84		'72 Chevrolet				229	0	0	running	795	0
24	42	Elmo Langley	64		'71 Ford	Langley			229	0	0	running	1290	0
25	22	Ed Negre	8		'70 Dodge	Negre			225	0	0	running	1360	0
26	9	Johnny Rutherford	90		'72 Ford	Donlavey			224	0	0	engine	1280	0
27	23	David Sisco	05		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie McGee			221	0	0	running	825	0
28	32	Charlie Roberts	77		'71 Ford	Charlie Roberts			213	0	0	running	1200	0
29	33	Bill Shirey	57		'70 Dodge	Boggs			212	0	0	running	765	0
30	39	Mel Larson	5		'70 Plymouth	Faustina			209	0	0	running	760	0
31	19	Larry Smith	92		'71 Ford	Harley Smith			199	0	0	engine	755	0
32	31	Paul Feldner	3		'70 Plymouth				198	0	0	engine	750	0
33	26	Clarence Lovell	61		'71 Ford	Bierschwale-Haverlah			196	0	0	engine	770	0
34	18	Buddy Arrington	67		'70 Dodge	Arrington			184	0	0	engine	740	0
35	7	Gordon Johncock	22		'72 Plymouth	Jimmy Crawford			182	0	0	engine	735	0
36	30	H.B. Bailey	66		'71 Pontiac	Blank-Kalashian			106	0	0	rear end	725	0
37	43	Jabe Thomas	25		'70 Plymouth	Don Robertson			93	0	0	suspension	1220	0
38	41	Frank Warren	79		'70 Dodge	Frank Warren			92	0	0	engine	1215	0
39	44	Henley Gray	19		'71 Ford T-Bird	Henley Gray			68	0	0	engine	1210	0
40	28	Bill Hollar	29		'71 Mercury	Hollar			64	0	0	engine	705	0
41	20	Ron Keselowski	88		'70 Dodge	Lubinski			38	0	0	engine	705	0
42	29	Earle Canavan	01		'71 Plymouth	Canavan			30	0	0	windshield	705	0
43	37	Bill Champion	10		'71 Ford	Bill Champion			16	0	0	engine	1205	0
44	36	Bill Seifert	44		'71 Mercury	Giachetti Brothers			1	0	0	clutch	705	0