1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series standings

1972 season results

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Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Money	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Races Led	Races Led Most	X Led	Laps Led	Races Led Points	Avg % Led	% Beat	Laps	DNFs
1	Richard Petty	8701.4	31	3	8	25	28	339405	4.10	4.68	30	3	120	2093	22	19.16	90.18	10282	4
2	Bobby Allison	8573.5	31	12	10	25	27	348939	4.00	5.32	30	14	159	4343	2	34.73	88.46	10063	3
3	James Hylton	8158.7	31	0	1	9	23	126705	14.90	9.45	4	1	10	111	7	1.89	77.43	9706	4
4	Cecil Gordon	7326.05	31	0	0	4	16	73126	12.48	14.52	2	0	2	3	0	0.04	63.91	9033	6
5	Benny Parsons	6844.15	31	0	0	10	19	102043	11.23	14.52	2	0	3	19	0	0.25	63.91	7922	11
6	Walter Ballard	6781.45	31	0	0	0	7	59745	23.03	17.84	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	55.04	8460	6
7	Elmo Langley	6656.25	30	0	0	1	9	59644	24.83	16.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	58.11	8150	9
8	John Sears	6298.5	28	0	0	2	7	51314	22.14	16.36	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	58.37	7882	9
9	Dean Dalton	6295.05	29	0	0	0	4	42299	27.62	18.62	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	52.82	7533	9
10	Ben Arnold	6179	26	0	0	0	7	44547	19.73	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	60.49	6976	6
11	Frank Warren	5788.6	30	0	0	0	2	45048	23.67	22.70	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.98	7091	13
12	Jabe Thomas	5772.55	28	0	0	0	4	43438	26.86	19.61	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	49.56	7132	12
13	Bill Champion	5740.7	29	0	0	0	4	42242	25.86	20.21	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.57	7044	11
14	Raymond Williams	5712.65	28	0	0	0	5	37000	25.39	18.93	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	51.92	6759	9
15	Dave Marcis	5459.65	27	0	0	5	11	45012	14.52	17.52	2	0	2	4	0	0.05	55.67	6708	11
16	Charlie Roberts	5354.45	26	0	0	0	1	32488	29.88	20.42	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.05	6437	7
17	Henley Gray	5093.65	28	0	0	0	2	38461	29.71	23.11	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.27	6121	10
18	J.D. McDuffie	5075.85	27	0	0	1	2	36833	27.41	21.11	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	45.75	6229	12
19	Bobby Isaac	5050.85	27	8	1	10	10	133257	3.44	19.26	20	3	73	1326	0	14.38	51.71	5636	16
20	David Pearson	4718	17	4	6	12	13	141848	5.12	7.88	16	7	84	1571	0	30.93	82.41	4902	5
21	Ed Negre	4696.9	26	0	0	0	0	30538	25.81	23.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.50	5755	15
22	Buddy Arrington	4555.9	20	0	0	1	10	28700	16.60	15.60	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	62.37	5503	7
23	Larry Smith	4173.7	23	0	0	0	7	24212	17.22	22.26	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.43	4320	13
24	Buddy Baker	3936.7	17	1	2	8	9	102540	5.59	12.88	14	1	53	594	0	9.78	70.03	4641	8
25	Coo Coo Marlin	3852.9	20	0	0	2	5	28124	10.20	20.95	5	0	6	31	0	0.49	47.91	4072	12
26	David Ray Boggs	3739	24	0	0	0	0	19489	24.88	25.42	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.74	3968	19
27	Ron Keselowski	3475.6	22	0	0	1	3	21905	21.50	25.45	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	36.71	3398	14
28	Joe Frasson	3152.8	16	0	0	1	4	21570	12.44	24.06	2	0	3	9	0	0.27	43.40	3013	10
29	Richard D. Brown	2939	16	0	0	1	1	19283	17.44	22.44	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.21	3403	10
30	Neil Castles	2789.6	21	0	0	0	1	18760	25.71	27.38	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.58	4075	14
31	Jim Vandiver	2514.35	16	0	0	2	3	27983	16.44	25.81	1	0	1	6	0	0.13	35.02	2871	12
32	Clarence Lovell	2360.3	12	0	0	0	0	10770	20.83	26.17	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.11	2202	9
33	David Sisco	2310.75	12	0	0	0	2	13700	23.42	21.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	47.17	2067	6
34	LeeRoy Yarbrough	2157.5	18	0	0	5	9	40705	12.94	17.56	4	0	4	8	0	0.11	55.65	4174	9
35	George Altheide	1916.75	11	0	0	0	0	10405	25.45	25.55	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.41	1578	6
36	Donnie Allison	1849.15	10	0	0	2	3	16826	12.40	23.70	4	0	6	35	0	1.52	45.17	1385	7
37	Richard Childress	1521.25	15	0	0	0	0	7245	26.53	26.87	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	22.71	1681	12
38	Bill Shirey	1468.5	13	0	0	0	0	8070	30.38	30.08	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	22.86	1812	11
39	Fred Lorenzen	1333.55	8	0	0	3	4	19505	9.00	14.00	1	0	2	4	0	0.27	67.19	1801	4
40	Wendell Scott	1317.5	6	0	0	0	0	5830	29.67	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	47.14	1763	3
41	Tommy Gale	1298	6	0	0	0	0	7197	31.33	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.35	1144	3
42	Bill Dennis	1279.25	11	0	0	2	2	9604	16.27	23.91	1	0	2	2	0	0.05	37.16	2327	8
43	G.C. Spencer	1238.25	10	0	0	0	1	8040	21.00	28.90	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.59	1492	8
44	Dick May	1229.25	6	0	0	0	1	5370	31.00	22.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	45.80	955	2
45	Hershel McGriff	1199.75	4	0	0	2	3	12290	6.50	7.00	1	0	2	3	0	0.49	85.96	727	0
46	Les Covey	1128	7	0	0	0	0	5070	34.57	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	36.12	1347	5
47	Johnny Halford	1103.75	5	0	0	0	1	4955	23.00	19.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	51.35	1032	2
48	Pete Hamilton	1083.25	5	0	0	1	1	8005	10.80	22.20	2	0	4	8	0	0.87	49.28	1044	4
49	Dick Brooks	1023.5	14	0	0	0	1	14146	19.57	32.50	2	0	3	3	0	0.06	23.17	1156	12
50	Eddie Yarboro	1007.65	6	0	0	0	0	3435	27.83	20.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.50	1728	2
	Carl Adams		2	0	0	0	1		32.50	18.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	60.67	320	0
	Johnny Anderson		4	0	0	0	0		29.75	26.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	40.94	385	2
	H.B. Bailey		5	0	0	1	1		21.40	21.00	1	0	1	6	0	0.33	49.75	1167	2
	Buck Baker		5	0	0	0	0		15.20	30.60	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	22.51	651	4
	Ivan Baldwin		1	0	0	0	0		36.00	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	51.28	123	0
	Max Berrier		1	0	0	0	0		7.00	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.38	349	1
	Lem Blankenship		1	0	0	0	0		21.00	39.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.56	50	1
	Chuck Bown		3	0	0	0	0		26.67	26.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	40.63	391	3
	Dick Bown		3	0	0	0	0		7.67	14.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	67.97	459	0
	Earl Brooks		6	0	0	0	0		29.17	27.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.17	609	5
	Robert Brown		2	0	0	0	0		16.50	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.57	324	2
	Bill Butts		2	0	0	0	0		31.50	17.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	62.92	313	0
	Earle Canavan		7	0	0	0	0		27.14	33.71	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	19.65	777	6
	Tru Cheek		1	0	0	0	0		30.00	36.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	10.26	12	1
	Ronnie Chumley		1	0	0	0	0		44.00	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.19	200	0
	Les Covey		7	0	0	0	0		34.57	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	36.12	1347	5
	A.J. Cox		1	0	0	0	0		32.00	33.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	1
	James Cox		2	0	0	0	0		36.50	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	29.73	527	1
	Jimmy Crawford		1	0	0	0	0		11.00	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	69.39	181	1
	Ronnie Daniel		2	0	0	0	0		27.50	23.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.82	490	1
	Jim Danielson		2	0	0	0	0		35.00	24.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	47.19	282	1
	Larry Dickson		1	0	0	0	0		30.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.72	103	1
	Mark Donohue		4	0	0	0	0		7.75	33.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	22.75	390	3
	Paul Dorrity		2	0	0	0	0		28.50	25.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	37.18	208	2
	Fred Drake		1	0	0	0	0		33.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	21.88	93	1
	Sonny Easley		1	0	0	0	0		36.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	23.08	35	1
	Ray Elder		3	0	1	3	3		6.33	3.33	2	0	3	50	0	18.57	94.53	493	0
	Vic Elford		1	0	0	0	1		13.00	10.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	76.92	182	0
	Larry Esau		1	0	0	0	0		15.00	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.03	118	0
	Red Farmer		5	0	0	1	1		15.40	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.05	474	4
	Doc Faustina		5	0	0	0	0		28.80	31.80	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.32	607	3
	Paul Feldner		1	0	0	0	0		31.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	27.91	198	1
	Jimmy Finger		2	0	0	0	0		21.50	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	55.06	214	1
	Phil Finney		1	0	0	0	0		20.00	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.28	321	1
	George Follmer		1	0	0	0	0		41.00	49.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.00	4	1
	A.J. Foyt		6	3	2	5	5		2.00	6.33	6	2	33	344	0	17.22	87.35	1417	1
	Cliff Garner		1	0	0	0	0		48.00	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	70.00	185	0
	Ron Gautsche		2	0	0	0	0		44.00	35.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	23.60	215	1
	Charlie Glotzbach		3	0	0	2	2		9.00	11.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	73.45	709	1
	Ron Grana		1	0	0	0	0		40.00	37.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.69	31	1
	Bob Greeley		1	0	0	0	0		28.00	13.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	62.50	182	0
	Dick Guldstrand		1	0	0	0	0		21.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.51	28	1
	Pete Hamilton		5	0	0	0	0		10.80	22.20	0	0	0	0	0	0.87	49.28	1044	4
	Butch Hartman		1	0	0	1	1		26.00	5.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	90.70	326	0
	Friday Hassler		1	0	0	0	1		7.00	9.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	79.49	137	0
	Ray Hendrick		1	0	0	0	0		17.00	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.43	311	1
	Jimmy Hensley		2	0	0	1	1		9.50	19.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.57	548	1
	Ed Hessert		2	0	0	0	0		28.00	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.21	157	2
	Bill Hollar		1	0	0	0	0		28.00	40.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.30	64	1
	John Hren		1	0	0	0	0		39.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.21	45	1
	Jim Hurtubise		1	0	0	0	0		9.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.15	100	1
	Ron Hutcherson		1	0	0	0	0		20.00	40.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	29	1
	Jimmy Insolo		1	0	0	0	0		10.00	19.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	53.85	130	0
	Frank James		2	0	0	0	1		16.50	17.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	58.97	259	1
	Mike James		2	0	0	0	0		36.50	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.34	180	1
	Paul Jett		2	0	0	0	1		40.00	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	71.74	391	0
	Gordon Johncock		2	0	0	0	0		15.50	38.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.79	226	2
	Ray Johnstone		1	0	0	0	0		25.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.90	62	1
	Carl Joiner		2	0	0	1	1		31.00	8.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	80.77	283	0
	Bob Kauf		2	0	0	0	0		39.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.84	178	2
	Dick Kranzler		3	0	0	0	0		31.33	25.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	42.97	391	0
	Mel Larson		4	0	0	0	0		35.50	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.24	609	1
	Les Loeser		1	0	0	0	0		46.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.00	164	1
	Tiny Lund		4	0	0	0	0		23.00	25.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.88	638	3
	Bobby Mausgrover		6	0	0	0	0		36.33	30.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.80	655	4
	Roy Mayne		4	0	0	0	0		35.50	39.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.93	362	4
	Roger McCluskey		1	0	0	0	0		19.00	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.53	241	1
	Jack McCoy		3	0	0	0	0		20.33	28.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.16	228	2
	Rick Newsom		1	0	0	0	0		40.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	51.16	231	0
	Don Noel		2	0	0	0	0		18.50	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.34	159	1
	Jackie Oliver		7	0	0	1	1		18.43	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.74	1034	6
	Jerry Oliver		1	0	0	0	0		27.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.15	122	0
	Bill Osborne		1	0	0	0	0		50.00	46.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	10.00	36	1
	Vic Parsons		1	0	0	0	1		19.00	9.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	72.41	380	0
	Jim Paschal		1	0	0	0	0		25.00	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	61.54	338	1
	Clem Proctor		1	0	0	0	0		14.00	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.64	37	1
	Marty Robbins		5	0	0	0	2		19.20	26.60	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.82	1096	3
	Gene Romero		1	0	0	0	0		36.00	39.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.00	105	1
	Ken Rush		1	0	0	0	0		31.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.21	149	1
	Johnny Rutherford		1	0	0	0	0		9.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.86	224	1
	Harry Schilling		3	0	0	0	0		25.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.20	587	2
	Bill Seifert		6	0	0	0	1		28.17	29.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.56	472	5
	Dub Simpson		5	0	0	0	0		29.40	28.60	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.41	563	4
	Wayne Smith		3	0	0	0	1		32.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.86	270	2
	John Soares, Jr.		3	0	0	0	0		25.33	19.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	56.25	337	1
	Sam Stanley		1	0	0	0	0		26.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.38	17	1
	Ramo Stott		5	0	0	2	3		14.60	13.00	1	0	3	3	0	0.32	72.73	1113	1
	G.T. Tallas		1	0	0	0	0		20.00	40.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	22.00	88	1
	Kevin Terris		3	0	0	0	1		18.33	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	67.19	454	0
	Paul Tyler		4	0	0	0	1		26.00	20.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	52.41	1125	3
	D.K. Ulrich		4	0	0	0	0		30.00	20.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.68	1001	1
	Bobby Unser		1	0	0	0	0		28.00	43.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.33	8	1
	Robert Wales		2	0	0	0	0		39.50	49.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.04	14	2
	Darrell Waltrip		5	0	0	1	3		18.60	16.40	1	0	1	7	0	0.74	62.80	1211	2
	Bill Ward		1	0	0	0	0		50.00	49.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.04	10	1
	Don White		1	0	0	0	0		21.00	38.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.00	114	1
	Jim Whitt		3	0	0	0	0		33.67	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	49.26	607	0
	Cale Yarborough		5	0	0	1	4		11.80	13.00	1	0	1	9	0	0.45	70.44	1196	1