1972 Atlanta 500

Race 6 of 31

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:53:37
Average speed of winner: 128.214 mph
Margin of victory: 0.16 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 47 laps
Lap leaders: B. Allison 1-58, Isaac 59-63, Petty 64-65, Isaac 66-116, Pearson 117, D. Allison 118-128, Isaac 129-141, Petty 142-163, Pearson 164, Foyt 165, Petty 166-172, B. Allison 173-223, Pearson 224, B. Allison 225, Isaac 226-238, B. Allison 239-266, Isaac 267-316, Foyt 317-324, B. Allison 325-328

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	156.245	328	5	142	running	21605	0
2	4	A.J. Foyt	21	Purolator	'71 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		328	2	9	running	10600	0
3	2	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'72 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		328	5	132	running	10380	0
4	5	David Pearson	15		'72 Ford	Moore	Moore		327	3	3	running	4800	0
5	6	Donnie Allison	27		'72 Chevrolet	Monty Myers			327	1	11	running	3530	0
6	3	Richard Petty	43	STP	'72 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		325	3	31	running	5480	0
7	9	Benny Parsons	72		'71 Mercury	L.G. DeWitt			324	0	0	running	3225	0
8	10	Buddy Baker	11	STP	'72 Dodge	Petty			323	0	0	running	2575	0
9	12	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45		'71 Ford	Seifert			323	0	0	running	2555	0
10	7	James Hylton	48		'71 Ford	Hylton			320	0	0	running	2425	0
11	25	Buddy Arrington	67		'71 Dodge	Arrington			318	0	0	running	1150	0
12	23	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'72 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			317	0	0	running	1700	0
13	30	Richard D. Brown	91		'72 Chevrolet	McNabb			316	0	0	running	1600	0
14	14	G.C. Spencer	49		'70 Plymouth	G.C. Spencer			316	0	0	running	1475	0
15	11	Mark Donohue	16		'72 Matador	Penske			314	0	0	running	1325	0
16	28	Bill Dennis	23		'70 Plymouth	Don Robertson			314	0	0	running	1200	0
17	20	Cecil Gordon	24		'71 Mercury	Cecil Gordon			312	0	0	running	1675	0
18	37	Ed Negre	8		'70 Dodge	Negre			308	0	0	running	1625	0
19	27	Jabe Thomas	25		'70 Plymouth	Don Robertson			307	0	0	running	1600	0
20	32	Charlie Roberts	77		'71 Ford	Charlie Roberts			306	0	0	running	1125	0
21	33	John Sears	4		'71 Plymouth	J. Marvin Mills			301	0	0	running	1580	0
22	31	George Altheide	0		'70 Dodge	Altheide			299	0	0	running	1105	0
23	16	Dave Marcis	2		'72 Dodge	Marcis			286	0	0	running	1605	0
24	39	Henley Gray	19		'71 Ford	Henley Gray			286	0	0	running	1480	0
25	13	Frank Warren	79		'71 Dodge	Frank Warren			260	0	0	running	1480	0
26	18	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Ford	Vic Ballard			253	0	0	running	1470	0
27	34	Tommy Gale	03		'71 Mercury	Vasko			224	0	0	engine	935	0
28	29	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Mercury	Dean Dalton			214	0	0	oil pan	920	0
29	35	Ben Arnold	76		'71 Ford	Ben Arnold			208	0	0	engine	910	0
30	24	Joe Frasson	18		'72 Dodge	Frasson			157	0	0	engine	900	0
31	19	Red Farmer	97		'72 Ford	Humphries			126	0	0	transmission	920	0
32	8	Jim Vandiver	31		'70 Dodge	O.L. Nixon			112	0	0	engine	915	0
33	22	Raymond Williams	47		'71 Ford	Raymond Williams			103	0	0	transmission	885	0
34	36	Elmo Langley	64		'71 Ford	Langley			81	0	0	clutch	1380	0
35	38	Dick May	53		'71 Ford	Hopper-Crews			66	0	0	axle	875	0
36	26	Ron Keselowski	88		'70 Dodge	Lubinski			59	0	0	accident	870	0
37	40	David Sisco	05		'71 Chevrolet	Charlie McGee			59	0	0	engine	865	0
38	15	Larry Smith	92		'71 Ford	Harley Smith			58	0	0	accident	865	0
39	21	Lem Blankenship	83	Howard Racing	'72 Dodge				50	0	0	ignition	855	0
40	17	Dick Brooks	90		'72 Ford	Donlavey			11	0	0	accident	1400	0