1972 Volunteer 500

Race 18 of 31

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 2:30:28
Average speed of winner: 92.735 mph
Margin of victory: 3 laps
Lead changes: 4 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 30 laps
Lap leaders: Allison 1-142, Yarbrough 143-146, Allison 147-159, Petty 160-210, Allison 211-500

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'72 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab	107.279	500	3	445	running	8400	0
2	2	Richard Petty	43	STP	'72 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		497	1	51	running	5700	0
3	6	Dave Marcis	2		'72 Dodge	Marcis			489	0	0	running	2775	0
4	5	Benny Parsons	72		'71 Mercury	L.G. DeWitt			477	0	0	running	1750	0
5	20	J.D. McDuffie	70		'70 Dodge	Tarr			466	0	0	running	1300	0
6	10	John Sears	4		'70 Plymouth	J. Marvin Mills			464	0	0	running	1085	0
7	29	Raymond Williams	47		'71 Ford	Raymond Williams			461	0	0	running	1035	0
8	4	Cecil Gordon	24		'71 Mercury	Cecil Gordon			459	0	0	running	960	0
9	19	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			458	0	0	running	885	0
10	18	Ben Arnold	76		'71 Ford	Ben Arnold			457	0	0	running	860	0
11	30	Elmo Langley	64		'71 Ford	Langley			456	0	0	running	720	0
12	12	James Hylton	48		'70 Ford	Hylton			454	0	0	running	835	0
13	16	Bill Champion	10		'71 Ford	Bill Champion			446	0	0	running	800	0
14	26	Charlie Roberts	77		'71 Ford	Charlie Roberts			442	0	0	running	790	0
15	14	Jabe Thomas	25		'70 Plymouth	Don Robertson			430	0	0	throttle	805	0
16	21	Henley Gray	19		'71 Ford T-Bird	Henley Gray			413	0	0	running	770	0
17	22	Ed Negre	8		'70 Dodge	Negre			358	0	0	heating	760	0
18	11	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'72 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		345	0	0	rear end	2060	0
19	3	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45		'71 Ford	Seifert			293	1	4	engine	765	0
20	28	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Mercury	Dean Dalton			289	0	0	engine	770	0
21	17	Robert Brown	58		'72 Chevrolet				287	0	0	suspension	465	0
22	9	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'72 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			277	0	0	throttle	455	0
23	24	David Ray Boggs	57		'70 Dodge	Boggs			217	0	0	drive shaft	445	0
24	23	David Sisco	05		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie McGee			78	0	0	engine	435	0
25	27	Johnny Halford	32		'70 Plymouth	Dick Brooks			60	0	0	heating	425	0
26	25	Richard Childress	96		'71 Chevrolet	Childress			43	0	0	engine	420	0
27	7	Ron Keselowski	88		'70 Dodge	Lubinski			42	0	0	suspension	410	0
28	15	G.C. Spencer	49		'70 Plymouth	G.C. Spencer			33	0	0	engine	400	0
29	13	Frank Warren	79		'70 Dodge	Frank Warren			27	0	0	rear end	665	0
30	8	Richard D. Brown	91		'72 Chevrolet	McNabb			16	0	0	accident	630	0