1972 - Winston Cup Series - Volunteer 500 Race Results

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1972 - Volunteer 500 Race Results

Race Name - Volunteer 500
Date - 7/9/1972
Race Track - Bristol International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.533 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 267 miles
Pole Speed - 107.279 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 30
Average Race Speed - 92.735 mph
Lead Changes - 4
Total Race Purse - $38,575
Race Number - 18

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	500	72 Chevrol	445	$8,400
2	2	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	497	72 Plymout	51	$5,700
3	6	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	489	70 Dodge	0	$2,775
4	5	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	477	71 Mercury	0	$1,750
5	20	JD McDuffie	70	Don Tarr	466	70 Dodge	0	$1,300
6	10	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	464	70 Plymout	0	$1,085
7	29	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	461	71 Ford	0	$1,035
8	4	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	459	71 Mercury	0	$960
9	19	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	458	71 Mercury	0	$885
10	18	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	457	71 Ford	0	$860
11	30	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	456	71 Ford	0	$720
12	12	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	454	70 Ford	0	$835
13	16	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	446	71 Ford	0	$800
14	26	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	442	71 Ford	0	$790
15	14	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	430	70 Plymout	0	$805
16	21	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	413	71 Ford	0	$770
17	22	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	358	70 Dodge	0	$760
18	11	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	345	72 Dodge	0	$2,060
19	3	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45	Bill Seifert	293	71 Ford	4	$765
20	28	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	289	71 Mercury	0	$770
21	17	Robert Brown	58	Allan Brown	287	72 Chevrol	0	$465
22	9	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	277	72 Chevrol	0	$455
23	24	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	217	70 Dodge	0	$445
24	23	David Sisco	5	Charlie McGee	78	72 Chevrol	0	$435
25	27	Johnny Halford	32	Dick Brooks	60	70 Plymout	0	$425
26	25	Richard Childress	96	Richard Childress	43	71 Chevrol	0	$420
27	7	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	42	70 Dodge	0	$410
28	15	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	33	70 Plymout	0	$400
29	13	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	27	70 Dodge	0	$665
30	8	Richard D Brown	91	Ralph McNabb	16	72 Chevrol	0	$630