| Teams for 1972 National 500 |
|---|
| Car | Team | Driver | Mfg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Canavan Racing | Earle Canavan |  |
| 2 | Marcis Auto Racing | Roger McCluskey |  |
| 05 | McGee Racing | Jabe Thomas | |
| 7 | Dalton Racing | Dean Dalton |  |
| 8 | Negre Racing | Ed Negre | |
| 9 | Housby Racing | Pete Hamilton |  |
| 10 | Champion Racing | Bill Champion | |
| 12 | Howard & Egerton Racing | Bobby Allison | |
| 14 | Cunningham-Kelley Racing | Coo Coo Marlin | |
| 15 | Bud Moore Engineering | Donnie Allison |  |
| 16 | Team Penske | Dave Marcis | AMC Matador |
| 18 | Frasson Racing | Joe Frasson | |
| 19 | Henley Gray Racing | Henley Gray | |
| 24 | Gordon Racing | Cecil Gordon | |
| 27 | Matthews Racing | Bobby Isaac | |
| 28 | Ellington Racing | Cale Yarborough | |
| 31 | O.L. Nixon Racing | Jim Vandiver | |
| 43 | Petty Enterprises | Richard Petty | |
| 45 | Siefert Racing | Dick Brooks | |
| 47 | Williams Racing | Raymond Williams | |
| 48 | Hylton Engineering | James Hylton | |
| 64 | Langley Racing | Elmo Langley | |
| 67 | Arrington Racing | Buddy Arrington | |
| 71 | K&K Racing | Buddy Baker | |
| 72 | DeWitt Racing | Benny Parsons | |
| 79 | Warren Racing | Frank Warren | |
| 88 | Lubinski Racing | Ron Keselowski | |
| 90 | Donlavey Racing | Butch Hartman | |
| 95 | Darrell Waltrip Motorsports | Darrell Waltrip | |
| 98 | Donlavey Racing | Richard D. Brown | |
| 99 | Nichels Engineering | Bobby Unser | |
