1972 Winston 500

Race 11 of 31

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:43:15
Average speed of winner: 134.400 mph
Margin of victory: 4.9 sec.
Lead changes: 53 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 62 laps
Lap leaders: Isaac pole, Pearson 1-3, Petty 4, B. Allison 5-7, Petty 8-9, B. Allison 10-12, Petty 13, Bud. Baker 14-16, B. Allison 17-18, Bud. Baker 19, B. Allison 20-21, Petty 22-24, Bud. Baker 25-26, B. Allison 27-29, Petty 30, B. Allison 31, Petty 32, Bud. Baker 33-36, Pearson 37, Bud. Baker 38-44, Marlin 45-49, Pearson 50-53, Isaac 54, Bud. Baker 55-57, Pearson 58-62, Petty 63, Marlin 64-66, Bud. Baker 67, Pearson 68-69, Isaac 70-76, Lorenzen 77, Isaac 78-81, Pearson 82-84, Isaac 85-89, Pearson 90-100, Isaac 101-107, Petty 108, Bud. Baker 109-112, Isaac 113-118, Pearson 119, Bud. Baker 120-124, Pearson 125-130, Bud. Baker 131-132, Petty 133-134, Pearson 135-137, Isaac 138-148, Pearson 149-153, Isaac 154-162, Pearson 163-169, Petty 170, Lorenzen 171-173, Pearson 174-179, Isaac 180-186, Pearson 187-188

Race notes: Debut for Clarence Lovell, Robert Wales, and Darrell Waltrip. Richard Petty took the points lead from James Hylton.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'71 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		188	14	59	running	23745	0
2	1	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'72 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde	192.428	188	9	57	running	15895	0
3	5	Buddy Baker	11	STP	'72 Dodge	Petty			188	10	32	running	9995	0
4	28	Fred Lorenzen	28		'72 Ford	Ellington			188	2	4	running	6095	0
5	3	Richard Petty	43	STP	'72 Dodge	Petty	Inman		187	10	14	running	6970	0
6	26	Joe Frasson	18		'72 Dodge	Frasson			186	0	0	running	2695	0
7	40	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45		'72 Mercury	Seifert			185	0	0	running	2895	0
8	44	Dick Brooks	98		'71 Ford	Donlavey			185	0	0	running	2545	0
9	8	Frank Warren	79		'70 Dodge	Frank Warren			185	0	0	running	2370	0
10	30	Benny Parsons	72		'71 Mercury	L.G. DeWitt			184	0	0	running	2245	0
11	33	Dave Marcis	2		'72 Dodge	Marcis			183	0	0	running	2220	0
12	36	David Ray Boggs	57		'70 Dodge	Boggs			182	0	0	running	1695	0
13	42	Jabe Thomas	25		'70 Plymouth	Don Robertson			182	0	0	running	2195	0
14	14	Cecil Gordon	24		'71 Mercury	Cecil Gordon			182	0	0	running	2170	0
15	15	Ed Negre	8		'70 Dodge	Negre			182	0	0	running	2120	0
16	11	Jimmy Crawford	3		'72 Plymouth	Jimmy Crawford			181	0	0	accident	1695	0
17	16	Ben Arnold	76		'71 Ford	Ben Arnold			180	0	0	out of gas	1620	0
18	37	Ron Keselowski	88		'70 Dodge	Lubinski			179	0	0	running	1545	0
19	10	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			179	0	0	running	2020	0
20	17	Larry Smith	92		'71 Ford	Harley Smith			178	0	0	running	1495	0
21	23	John Sears	4		'70 Plymouth	J. Marvin Mills			178	0	0	running	1970	0
22	19	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Mercury	Dean Dalton			173	0	0	running	1445	0
23	32	Bobby Mausgrover	00		'70 Dodge	Mausgrover			173	0	0	running	1420	0
24	39	Elmo Langley	64		'71 Ford	Langley			172	0	0	running	1895	0
25	43	Henley Gray	19		'71 Ford T-Bird	Henley Gray			172	0	0	running	1945	0
26	22	Raymond Williams	47		'71 Ford	Raymond Williams			167	0	0	running	1345	0
27	18	Richard D. Brown	91		'72 Chevrolet	McNabb			155	0	0	throttle	1320	0
28	6	Donnie Allison	27		'72 Chevrolet	Monty Myers			145	0	0	engine	1295	0
29	47	Dub Simpson	51		'70 Chevrolet	Strong			136	0	0	windshield	1270	0
30	49	Bill Champion	10		'71 Mercury	Bill Champion			132	0	0	running	1255	0
31	24	Buddy Arrington	67		'70 Dodge	Arrington			122	0	0	engine	1220	0
32	21	Clarence Lovell	61		'71 Ford	Bierschwale-Haverlah			121	0	0	running	1190	0
33	29	James Hylton	48		'71 Ford	Hylton			112	0	0	accident	1670	0
34	46	J.D. McDuffie	70		'71 Chevrolet	McDuffie			88	0	0	axle	1645	0
35	27	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'72 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			87	2	8	engine	1570	0
36	12	Jim Vandiver	31		'70 Dodge	O.L. Nixon			83	0	0	engine	1095	0
37	13	David Sisco	05		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie McGee			72	0	0	engine	1095	0
38	25	Darrell Waltrip	95		'71 Mercury	Waltrip			69	0	0	engine	680	0
39	7	Red Farmer	97		'72 Ford	Humphries			67	0	0	heating	1020	0
40	20	Buck Baker	93		'72 Chevrolet	Furr			67	0	0	engine	650	0
41	41	Wayne Smith	33		'71 Chevrolet	Wayne Smith			59	0	0	rear end	1020	0
42	38	Roy Mayne	46		'72 Chevrolet	Tom Hunter			56	0	0	engine	945	0
43	45	Charlie Roberts	77		'71 Ford	Charlie Roberts			56	0	0	engine	920	0
44	31	Jackie Oliver	90		'72 Ford	Donlavey			50	0	0	engine	1395	0
45	4	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'72 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab		34	6	14	engine	3720	0
46	35	Bill Dennis	23		'70 Plymouth	Don Robertson			23	0	0	engine	845	0
47	48	Neil Castles	06		'70 Dodge	Castles			19	0	0	clutch	1320	0
48	34	Robert Wales	63		'70 Dodge	Charlie Roberts			13	0	0	oil leak	795	0
49	50	Bill Ward	53		'72 Ford	Hopper-Crews			10	0	0	oil leak	770	0
50	9	Marty Robbins	42		'72 Dodge	Robbins			179	0	0	disqualified	745	0