1972 - Winston Cup Series - Gwyn Staley 400 Race Results

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1972 - Gwyn Staley 400 Race Results

Race Name - Gwyn Staley 400
Date - 4/23/1972
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 107.506 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 45
Average Race Speed - 86.381 mph
Lead Changes - 17
Total Race Purse - $33,000
Race Number - 9

More Races from 1972

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	3	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	400	72 Plymout	84	$6,600
2	2	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	400	72 Chevrol	79	$4,375
3	1	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	400	72 Dodge	237	$3,950
4	10	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	392	70 Ford	0	$1,550
5	5	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	392	70 Mercury	0	$1,200
6	17	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45	Bill Seifert	390	71 Ford	0	$900
7	6	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	390	70 Dodge	0	$875
8	11	Larry Smith	92	Harley Smith	384	71 Ford	0	$575
9	19	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	382	71 Mercury	0	$805
10	23	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	381	70 Plymout	0	$820
11	22	Dub Simpson	51	Bill Strong	372	70 Chevrol	0	$560
12	13	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	365	71 Ford	0	$525
13	8	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	365	71 Dodge	0	$790
14	14	Richard D Brown	91	Ralph McNabb	364	72 Chevrol	0	$530
15	30	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	359	71 Mercury	0	$495
16	29	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	357	70 Ford	0	$485
17	27	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	354	70 Ford	0	$725
18	4	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	354	71 Mercury	0	$740
19	24	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	352	71 Ford	0	$480
20	21	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	347	70 Plymout	0	$695
21	12	Buck Baker	93	Harold Furr	332	71 Chevrol	0	$485
22	20	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	283	70 Dodge	0	$675
23	15	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	256	71 Ford	0	$690
24	18	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	125	71 Ford	0	$655
25	28	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	121	71 Chevrol	0	$670
26	7	Jim Vandiver	31	OL Nixon	111	70 Dodge	0	$415
27	26	Richard Childress	96	Richard Childress	93	72 Chevrol	0	$380
28	9	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	71	70 Plymout	0	$620
29	25	Eddie Yarboro	13	Eddie Yarboro	42	70 Plymout	0	$360
30	16	Bill Dennis	23	Don Robertson	14	70 Plymout	0	$375