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1972 - Southern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/4/1972
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.366 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 152.228 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 43
Average Race Speed - 128.12 mph
Lead Changes - 30
Total Race Purse - $109,900
Race Number - 24
 More Races from 1972
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Richard Howard) 367 72 Chevrol 229 $23,990
2 13 David Pearson 21 Purolator Special (Wood Brothers) 367 71 Mercury 123 $11,065
3 3 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 360 72 Dodge 4 $8,990
4 2 Fred Lorenzen 28 Hoss Ellington 354 72 Chevrol 0 $4,940
5 18 HB Bailey 66 Blank Kalashian (Vernon Blank) 351 71 Pontiac 6 $4,630
6 15 Buddy Arrington 67 Buddy Arrington 348 70 Dodge 0 $3,325
7 5 Dave Marcis 16 AMC Matador (Roger Penske) 348 72 Matador 0 $2,865
8 16 Jim Vandiver 31 OL Nixon 343 71 Dodge 0 $2,665
9 21 Marty Robbins 42 Marty Robbins 339 71 Dodge 0 $2,465
10 19 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 337 72 Chevrol 2 $2,415
11 9 James Hylton 48 Pop Kola (James Hylton) 335 71 Mercury 0 $2,665
12 28 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 328 71 Mercury 0 $2,365
13 38 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 327 71 Ford 0 $2,265
14 34 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 324 70 Dodge 0 $2,165
15 36 JD McDuffie 0 George Altheide 318 70 Dodge 0 $1,515
16 30 Tommy Gale 3 Frank Vasko 305 71 Mercury 0 $1,365
17 39 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 286 70 Dodge 0 $1,765
18 26 David Ray Boggs 57 David Ray Boggs 280 70 Dodge 0 $1,715
19 17 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 258 70 Plymout 0 $1,165
20 27 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 249 70 Plymout 0 $1,715
21 31 Dean Dalton 7 Dean Dalton 245 71 Mercury 0 $1,560
22 32 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 228 71 Ford 0 $1,485
23 35 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 205 72 Plymout 0 $960
24 29 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 167 71 Ford 0 $1,450
25 25 Larry Smith 92 Harley Smith 165 71 Ford 0 $940
26 24 Buck Baker 65 Joe Phipps 157 72 Chevrol 0 $935
27 33 Eddie Yarboro 13 Eddie Yarboro 147 70 Plymout 0 $930
28 12 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 145 71 Mercury 0 $1,425
29 4 Buddy Baker 11 STP (Petty Enterprises) 139 72 Dodge 1 $920
30 23 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills) 138 70 Plymout 0 $1,415
31 37 Paul Tyler 83 Norris Reed 135 71 Mercury 0 $810
32 6 Dick Brooks 45 Bill Seifert 133 71 Mercury 2 $1,300
33 20 Clarence Lovell 61 BierschwaleHaverlah (Don Bierschwale) 104 71 Ford 0 $795
34 40 Ron Keselowski 88 Roger Lubinski 58 70 Dodge 0 $790
35 8 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 43 71 Mercury 0 $1,285
36 22 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 37 71 Ford 0 $1,280
37 14 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 34 72 Dodge 0 $775
38 11 Donnie Allison 15 Bud Moore 12 72 Ford 0 $770
39 10 LeeRoy Yarbrough 90 Junie Donlavey 12 71 Ford 0 $1,265
40 7 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 12 71 Dodge 0 $2,760