1972 - Winston Cup Series - Richmond 500 Race Results

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1972 - Richmond 500 Race Results

Race Name - Richmond 500
Date - 2/27/1972
Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.542 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 271 miles
Pole Speed - 90.573 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 46
Average Race Speed - 76.258 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $30,575
Race Number - 3

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	219	$5,300
2	1	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	499	72 Chevrol	240	$4,025
3	2	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	493	72 Dodge	41	$3,175
4	7	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	488	70 Dodge	0	$1,575
5	4	Bill Dennis	90	Junie Donlavey	485	71 Ford	0	$1,400
6	10	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	484	70 Dodge	0	$1,175
7	5	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	483	71 Ford	0	$1,050
8	9	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	483	71 Ford	0	$950
9	8	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	478	71 Mercury	0	$925
10	11	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	468	70 Dodge	0	$875
11	6	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	458	72 Dodge	0	$775
12	13	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	451	71 Chevrol	0	$765
13	17	Eddie Yarboro	13	Eddie Yarboro	406	70 Plymout	0	$495
14	24	Richard D Brown	91	Ralph McNabb	402	72 Chevrol	0	$485
15	15	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	388	70 Plymout	0	$725
16	20	Phil Finney	80	Wallace Finney	321	72 Chevrol	0	$450
17	28	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	263	70 Plymout	0	$695
18	18	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	233	70 Dodge	0	$440
19	14	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	183	71 Ford	0	$685
20	12	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	136	71 Ford	0	$675
21	30	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	130	70 Plymout	0	$650
22	19	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	126	70 Plymout	0	$390
23	16	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	82	71 Ford	0	$380
24	29	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	76	70 Dodge	0	$370
25	27	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	72	71 Mercury	0	$360
26	25	Dub Simpson	51	Bill Strong	36	70 Chevrol	0	$350
27	23	Les Covey	89	Jack Mercer	19	70 Chevrol	0	$325
28	21	Jim Vandiver	31	OL Nixon	9	70 Dodge	0	$300
29	22	Richard Childress	96	Richard Childress	8	71 Chevrol	0	$285
30	26	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	7	70 Chevrol	0	$525