1972 - Winston Cup Series - Wilkes 400 Race Results

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1972 - Wilkes 400 Race Results

Race Name - Wilkes 400
Date - 10/1/1972
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 105.922 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 12
Average Race Speed - 95.816 mph
Lead Changes - 16
Total Race Purse - $33,295
Race Number - 28

More Races from 1972

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	3	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	400	72 Plymout	160	$7,200
2	2	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	400	72 Chevrol	239	$4,550
3	1	Buddy Baker	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	396	72 Dodge	1	$3,950
4	6	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	392	71 Mercury	0	$1,475
5	8	John Sears	28	Hoss Ellington	388	72 Chevrol	0	$950
6	12	Dave Marcis	6	Neil Castles	382	72 Plymout	0	$650
7	5	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	382	71 Mercury	0	$875
8	14	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	381	71 Ford	0	$825
9	19	Vic Parsons	45	Bill Seifert	380	71 Ford	0	$800
10	10	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	378	71 Ford	0	$795
11	17	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	376	70 Dodge	0	$535
12	24	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	375	70 Plymout	0	$775
13	22	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	371	71 Ford	0	$790
14	25	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	370	71 Ford	0	$755
15	27	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	367	71 Mercury	0	$745
16	13	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	359	70 Dodge	0	$760
17	4	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	351	71 Ford	0	$750
18	7	Max Berrier	90	Junie Donlavey	349	71 Ford	0	$740
19	20	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	349	71 Mercury	0	$705
20	30	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	332	70 Plymout	0	$420
21	29	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	274	71 Ford	0	$660
22	23	Ed Negre	37	Buddy Arrington	167	70 Dodge	0	$425
23	21	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	116	71 Chevrol	0	$665
24	18	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	99	70 Dodge	0	$380
25	16	Richard Childress	96	Richard Childress	95	72 Chevrol	0	$345
26	15	Tiny Lund	55	Hank Richardson	92	71 Chevrol	0	$365
27	28	Henley Gray	23	Don Robertson	81	70 Plymout	0	$330
28	26	Larry Smith	92	Harley Smith	69	71 Ford	0	$320
29	9	Ron Keselowski	8	Roger Lubinski	15	70 Dodge	0	$410
30	11	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	6	72 Chevrol	0	$350