1972 - Winston Cup Series - Nashville 420 Race Results

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1972 - Nashville 420 Race Results

Race Name - Nashville 420
Date - 8/27/1972
Race Track - Nashville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.596 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 116.932 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 53
Average Race Speed - 92.578 mph
Lead Changes - 7
Total Race Purse - $31,955
Race Number - 23

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	420	72 Chevrol	283	$6,925
2	2	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	420	72 Plymout	136	$5,010
3	12	Darrell Waltrip	95	Darrell Waltrip	404	71 Mercury	0	$2,040
4	6	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	400	71 Mercury	0	$1,630
5	8	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	387	71 Ford	0	$1,400
6	4	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	383	71 Mercury	1	$1,125
7	18	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	381	71 Ford	0	$1,025
8	9	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	369	71 Ford	0	$925
9	25	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	363	71 Mercury	0	$875
10	17	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	357	71 Chevrol	0	$850
11	19	DK Ulrich	40	DK Ulrich	320	71 Ford	0	$560
12	28	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	277	70 Plymout	0	$800
13	15	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	158	71 Ford	0	$540
14	21	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	153	70 Plymout	0	$775
15	24	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	118	70 Dodge	0	$485
16	23	Richard Childress	96	Richard Childress	106	71 Chevrol	0	$445
17	7	David Sisco	5	Charlie McGee	105	72 Chevrol	0	$415
18	27	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	56	71 Ford	0	$615
19	20	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	46	71 Ford	0	$565
20	10	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	40	71 Ford	0	$515
21	16	Robert Brown	58	Allan Brown	37	70 Chevrol	0	$245
22	26	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	37	70 Plymout	0	$485
23	11	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	34	71 Mercury	0	$480
24	22	George Altheide	0	George Altheide	29	70 Dodge	0	$225
25	14	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	3	71 Ford	0	$475
26	3	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	0	71 Chevrol	0	$300
27	5	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	0	71 Dodge	0	$1,750
28	13	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45	Bill Seifert	0	71 Ford	0	$475