1972 Old Dominion 500

Race 27 of 31

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:45:02
Average speed of winner: 69.989 mph
Margin of victory: 6 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 58 laps
Lap leaders: Allison 1-131, Petty 132-147, Allison 148-220, Pearson 221, Allison 222, Pearson 223-224, Allison 225-278, Pearson 279, Allison 280-435, Petty 436-440, Allison 441, Petty 442-445, Allison 446-461, Petty 462-500

Race notes: Finale for James Cox, Fred Lorenzen, and LeeRoy Yarbrough.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Richard Petty	43	STP	'72 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		500	4	64	running	7350	0
2	1	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'72 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab	85.890	500	7	432	running	10600	0
3	2	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'71 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		498	3	4	running	2775	0
4	3	Buddy Baker	71	K&K Insurance	'70 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		496	0	0	running	3225	0
5	7	Jimmy Hensley	90		'71 Ford	Donlavey			493	0	0	running	1400	0
6	11	Benny Parsons	72		'71 Mercury	L.G. DeWitt			488	0	0	running	1250	0
7	18	Buddy Arrington	67		'70 Dodge	Arrington			485	0	0	running	900	0
8	10	James Hylton	48		'71 Ford	Hylton			484	0	0	running	1100	0
9	14	Elmo Langley	64		'71 Ford	Langley			478	0	0	running	1050	0
10	19	Cecil Gordon	24		'71 Mercury	Cecil Gordon			477	0	0	running	1000	0
11	9	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'71 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			476	0	0	running	725	0
12	25	Bill Champion	10		'71 Ford	Bill Champion			468	0	0	running	950	0
13	21	Raymond Williams	47		'71 Ford	Raymond Williams			467	0	0	running	925	0
14	12	J.D. McDuffie	70		'71 Chevrolet	McDuffie			460	0	0	running	900	0
15	20	John Sears	4		'70 Plymouth	J. Marvin Mills			459	0	0	transmission	875	0
16	24	Ben Arnold	76		'71 Ford	Ben Arnold			457	0	0	running	850	0
17	31	Neil Castles	06		'72 Plymouth	Castles			456	0	0	running	875	0
18	34	Ed Negre	8		'70 Dodge	Negre			450	0	0	running	965	0
19	28	Charlie Roberts	77		'71 Ford	Charlie Roberts			446	0	0	running	775	0
20	23	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			444	0	0	running	750	0
21	29	Jabe Thomas	25		'70 Plymouth	Don Robertson			433	0	0	running	725	0
22	36	James Cox	23		'70 Plymouth	Don Robertson			430	0	0	running	595	0
23	30	Henley Gray	19		'71 Ford T-Bird	Henley Gray			369	0	0	heating	675	0
24	26	David Ray Boggs	57		'70 Dodge	Boggs			328	0	0	engine	400	0
25	17	Ray Hendrick	2		'70 Dodge	Marcis			311	0	0	accident	625	0
26	22	Tiny Lund	55		'71 Chevrolet				272	0	0	rear end	350	0
27	5	Fred Lorenzen	28		'72 Chevrolet	Ellington			216	0	0	engine	425	0
28	15	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Mercury	Dean Dalton			134	0	0	heating	550	0
29	13	Dave Marcis	16		'72 Matador	Penske			108	0	0	rear end	275	0
30	16	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45		'71 Ford	Seifert			108	0	0	accident	510	0
31	6	Bill Dennis	17		'72 Chevrolet	Bill Dennis			105	0	0	accident	250	0
32	35	Frank Warren	79		'70 Dodge	Frank Warren			95	0	0	rear end	655	0
33	27	Richard Childress	96		'71 Chevrolet	Childress			88	0	0	rear end	250	0
34	32	Larry Smith	92		'71 Ford	Harley Smith			77	0	0	engine	450	0
35	8	Bobby Isaac	98		'72 Ford	Donlavey			19	0	0	heating	250	0
36	33	Bill Shirey	74		'70 Plymouth	Shirey			19	0	0	heating	425	0