1972 - Winston Cup Series - Southeastern 500 Race Results

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1972 - Southeastern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southeastern 500
Date - 4/9/1972
Race Track - Bristol International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.533 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 267 miles
Pole Speed - 106.875 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 25
Average Race Speed - 92.826 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $36,955
Race Number - 7

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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	458	$8,325
2	3	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	496	72 Dodge	11	$5,350
3	2	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	491	72 Plymout	15	$4,225
4	5	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45	Jarrett Ford (Bill Seifert)	483	71 Ford	0	$1,720
5	7	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	474	71 Mercury	0	$1,325
6	6	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	473	72 Chevrol	16	$825
7	12	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	470	71 Ford	0	$1,065
8	14	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	470	71 Ford	0	$950
9	11	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	466	70 Plymout	0	$685
10	23	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	462	70 Plymout	0	$850
11	16	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	451	71 Ford	0	$810
12	22	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	442	71 Ford	0	$800
13	17	Dean Dalton	7	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	437	71 Mercury	0	$540
14	27	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	429	70 Ford	0	$530
15	30	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	423	70 Plymout	0	$770
16	21	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	417	71 Ford	0	$760
17	9	Jim Vandiver	31	OL Nixon	407	70 Dodge	0	$500
18	28	Richard Childress	96	Richard Childress	403	71 Chevrol	0	$490
19	26	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	387	71 Chevrol	0	$730
20	10	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	357	70 Dodge	0	$470
21	4	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	320	71 Mercury	0	$720
22	19	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	315	70 Dodge	0	$700
23	15	David Sisco	5	Charlie McGee	272	72 Chevrol	0	$465
24	25	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	221	71 Ford	0	$430
25	29	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	147	70 Plymout	0	$670
26	13	Dave Marcis	2	IHRA (Dave Marcis)	126	70 Dodge	0	$690
27	20	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	82	71 Ford	0	$405
28	8	George Altheide	0	George Altheide	54	70 Dodge	0	$395
29	24	Ronnie Daniel	85	Ronnie Daniel	41	70 Chevrol	0	$385
30	18	Richard D Brown	91	Ralph McNabb	32	72 Chevrol	0	$375