1972 - Winston Cup Series - Texas 500 Race Results

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1972 - Texas 500 Race Results

Race Name - Texas 500
Date - 11/12/1972
Race Track - Texas World Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 170.273 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 29
Average Race Speed - 147.05 mph
Lead Changes - 23
Total Race Purse - $88,270
Race Number - 31

More Races from 1972

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Buddy Baker	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	250	71 Dodge	133	$14,920
2	1	AJ Foyt	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	250	71 Mercury	20	$7,545
3	3	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	250	72 Dodge	97	$8,220
4	4	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	249	72 Chevrol	0	$7,345
5	5	Hershel McGriff	4	Beryl Jackson	248	72 Plymout	0	$3,725
6	8	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	246	71 Mercury	0	$3,320
7	6	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	246	72 Chevrol	0	$2,325
8	12	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	246	71 Mercury	0	$2,300
9	11	Cale Yarborough	28	Hoss Ellington	245	72 Chevrol	0	$1,450
10	10	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	243	72 Dodge	0	$1,300
11	14	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	242	71 Mercury	0	$1,675
12	15	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	240	72 Dodge	0	$1,600
13	16	Ramo Stott	45	Bill Seifert	238	71 Ford	0	$1,525
14	13	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	237	71 Chevrol	0	$1,400
15	17	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	236	71 Ford	0	$1,355
16	27	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	235	70 Plymout	0	$1,340
17	21	Dick Brooks	1	Bill Champion	232	71 Ford	0	$930
18	25	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	232	71 Mercury	0	$1,320
19	35	Jim Whitt	42	Dean Barnicle	232	71 Ford	0	$815
20	38	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	231	71 Mercury	0	$1,310
21	24	Raymond Williams	47	Jet Way Wax (Raymond Williams)	231	71 Ford	0	$1,330
22	40	Rick Newsom	98	Rick Newsom	231	71 Ford	0	$800
23	34	Harry Schilling	84	Thomas Hynes	229	72 Chevrol	0	$795
24	42	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	229	71 Ford	0	$1,290
25	22	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	225	70 Dodge	0	$1,360
26	9	Johnny Rutherford	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	224	72 Ford	0	$1,280
27	23	David Sisco	5	Charlie McGee	221	72 Chevrol	0	$825
28	32	Charlie Roberts	77	Sunny King (Charlie Roberts)	213	71 Ford	0	$1,200
29	33	Bill Shirey	57	David Ray Boggs	212	70 Dodge	0	$765
30	39	Mel Larson	5	Doc Faustina	209	70 Plymout	0	$760
31	19	Larry Smith	92	Harley Smith	199	71 Ford	0	$755
32	31	Paul Feldner	3		198	70 Plymout	0	$750
33	26	Clarence Lovell	61	Lone Star Special BierschwaleHaverlah (Don Bierschwale)	196	71 Ford	0	$770
34	18	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	184	70 Dodge	0	$740
35	7	Gordon Johncock	22	Crawford Racing (Crawford Brothers)	182	72 Plymout	0	$735
36	30	HB Bailey	66	Blank Kalashian (Vernon Blank)	106	71 Pontiac	0	$725
37	43	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	93	70 Plymout	0	$1,220
38	41	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	92	70 Dodge	0	$1,215
39	44	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	68	71 Ford	0	$1,210
40	28	Bill Hollar	29	Bill Hollar	64	71 Mercury	0	$705
41	20	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	38	70 Dodge	0	$705
42	29	Earle Canavan	1	Buanno Transportation (Earle Canavan)	30	71 Plymout	0	$705
43	37	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	16	71 Ford	0	$1,205
44	36	Bill Seifert	44	Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti)	1	71 Mercury	0	$705