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1972 - Virginia 500 Race Results


Race Name - Virginia 500
Date - 4/30/1972
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.525 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 263 miles
Pole Speed - 84.163 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 24
Average Race Speed - 72.657 mph
Lead Changes - 15
Total Race Purse - $41,710
Race Number - 10
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 500 72 Plymout 102 $8,250
2 1 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Richard Howard) 493 72 Chevrol 27 $5,800
3 11 Dave Marcis 2 Dave Marcis 487 72 Dodge 0 $2,675
4 13 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 485 71 Mercury 0 $1,825
5 9 Richard D Brown 91 Ralph McNabb 479 72 Chevrol 0 $1,250
6 20 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 478 71 Ford 0 $1,250
7 22 James Hylton 48 Pop Kola (James Hylton) 477 70 Ford 0 $1,150
8 4 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 470 71 Ford 102 $1,050
9 15 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 468 71 Mercury 0 $1,050
10 26 Raymond Williams 47 Raymond Williams 468 71 Ford 0 $750
11 27 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 467 71 Ford 0 $975
12 17 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 464 71 Dodge 0 $950
13 19 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 462 71 Chevrol 0 $925
14 31 Dean Dalton 7 Dean Dalton 461 71 Mercury 0 $650
15 18 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 455 71 Ford 0 $875
16 34 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 436 71 Ford 0 $850
17 35 Eddie Yarboro 13 Eddie Yarboro 425 70 Plymout 0 $575
18 28 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 410 70 Plymout 0 $800
19 2 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 407 72 Dodge 268 $2,525
20 14 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 344 70 Mercury 0 $750
21 36 Les Covey 89 Jack Mercer 341 70 Chevrol 0 $475
22 16 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills) 255 70 Plymout 0 $700
23 5 LeeRoy Yarbrough 45 Bill Seifert 220 72 Mercury 1 $775
24 33 Charlie Roberts 77 Charlie Roberts 204 71 Ford 0 $400
25 6 Bill Dennis 23 Don Robertson 190 70 Plymout 0 $375
26 29 Bill Shirey 74 Bill Shirey 141 70 Plymout 0 $350
27 7 Buddy Arrington 67 Buddy Arrington 118 70 Dodge 0 $375
28 8 Charlie Glotzbach 6 Cotton Owens 115 71 Plymout 0 $300
29 30 Richard Childress 96 Richard Childress 81 72 Chevrol 0 $275
30 23 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 80 70 Dodge 0 $510
31 25 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 68 70 Plymout 0 $750
32 24 Jim Vandiver 51 Bill Strong 66 70 Chevrol 0 $250
33 12 Jimmy Hensley 90 Junie Donlavey 55 71 Ford 0 $500
34 32 Earl Brooks 26 Earl Brooks 44 71 Ford 0 $250
35 10 Larry Smith 92 Harley Smith 40 71 Ford 0 $250
36 21 David Ray Boggs 57 David Ray Boggs 35 70 Dodge 0 $250