1972 - Winston Cup Series - Capital City 500 Race Results

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1972 - Capital City 500 Race Results

Race Name - Capital City 500
Date - 9/10/1972
Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.542 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 271 miles
Pole Speed - 89.669 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 57
Average Race Speed - 75.899 mph
Lead Changes - 18
Total Race Purse - $36,075
Race Number - 25

More Races from 1972

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	3	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	500	72 Plymout	330	$8,775
2	1	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	500	72 Chevrol	168	$4,825
3	2	Bill Dennis	17	HJ Brooking	492	72 Chevrol	0	$2,100
4	6	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	482	71 Ford	0	$1,650
5	8	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	479	72 Dodge	0	$1,400
6	24	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	456	71 Ford	0	$1,175
7	19	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	453	71 Ford	0	$1,025
8	29	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	451	71 Mercury	0	$950
9	30	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	445	70 Plymout	0	$925
10	15	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	444	70 Dodge	0	$650
11	23	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	439	71 Ford	0	$775
12	17	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	431	71 Mercury	0	$765
13	14	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	431	70 Plymout	0	$770
14	21	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	425	71 Ford	0	$735
15	9	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	422	70 Dodge	0	$750
16	28	Eddie Yarboro	13	Eddie Yarboro	421	70 Plymout	0	$450
17	4	Buddy Baker	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	391	71 Dodge	1	$1,970
18	25	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	352	70 Dodge	0	$690
19	12	Larry Smith	92	Harley Smith	289	71 Ford	0	$475
20	13	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	200	71 Mercury	0	$700
21	7	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	181	72 Plymout	0	$400
22	10	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	142	71 Ford	0	$640
23	5	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	124	71 Mercury	0	$655
24	11	David Pearson	90	Junie Donlavey	86	71 Ford	1	$680
25	27	Richard Childress	96	Richard Childress	79	71 Chevrol	0	$360
26	20	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	78	70 Dodge	0	$350
27	22	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	50	71 Ford	0	$575
28	16	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	23	70 Dodge	0	$300
29	26	George Altheide	0	George Altheide	4	70 Dodge	0	$285
30	18	JD McDuffie	5	Doc Faustina	3	70 Plymout	0	$275