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Richmond 500
1972 NASCAR Cup Series Race 3 of 31
Race InformationTrack Information
Total Purse:$30,575Race Date:Feb 27, 1972Richmond Raceway
Margin of Victory:1 LapRace Duration:3Hr 32Min 12Sec.Richmond, Virginia
Lead Changes:13Average Speed:76.258 MPH.750 Mile D-Shaped Oval
No. of Cars:30No. of Cautions:3 For 46 Lapsrichmondraceway.com

Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information
Winner InformationPole InformationManufacturer Points
Driver: Richard Petty R. PettyDriver: Bobby Allison B. AllisonPlymouth:9
Car No.:#43 PlymouthCar No.:#12 ChevroletChevrolet:0
Team:Petty EnterprisesTeam:Howard & Egerton RacingDodge:0
Crew Chief:Dale InmanCrew Chief:Herb NabFord:0
Laps Led:219 of 500Pole Speed:90.573 MPH

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Official 1972 Richmond 500 Results
FinishStartNumDriverSponsorMfgPointsLapsLedStatus
1343 Richard Petty R. PettyRichard PettySTP0500127Running
2112 Bobby Allison B. AllisonBobby AllisonCoca-Cola0499127Running
3271 Bobby Isaac B. IsaacBobby IsaacK & K Insurance049341Running
472 Dave Marcis D. MarcisDave MarcisMarcis Racing04880Running
5490 Bill Dennis B. DennisBill DennisDonlavey Racing04850Running
61048 James Hylton J. HyltonJames HyltonPop Kola04840Running
7564 Elmo Langley E. LangleyElmo LangleyLangley Racing04830Running
8972 Benny Parsons B. ParsonsBenny ParsonsDeWitt Racing04830Running
9824 Cecil Gordon C. GordonCecil GordonGordon Racing04780Running
10114 John Sears J. SearsJohn SearsJ. Marvin Mills Heating & Air04680Running
11606 Neil Castles N. CastlesNeil CastlesCastles Racing04580Running
121370 J.D. McDuffie J. McDuffieJ.D. McDuffieMcDuffie Racing04510Running
131713 Eddie Yarboro E. YarboroEddie YarboroYarboro Racing04060Running
142491 Richard D. Brown R. BrownRichard D. BrownRalph McNabb (Car Owner)04020Rear Gear
151579 Frank Warren F. WarrenFrank WarrenWarren Racing03880Running
162080 Phil Finney P. FinneyPhil FinneyFinney Racing03210Fan Blade
172825 Jabe Thomas J. ThomasJabe ThomasRobertson Racing02630A Frame
181857 David Ray Boggs D. BoggsDavid Ray BoggsDavid Ray Boggs (Car Owner)02330Engine
191445 Bill Seifert B. SeifertBill SeifertSiefert Racing01830Transmission
201210 Bill Champion B. ChampionBill ChampionChampion Racing01360Rear Gear
213030 Walter Ballard W. BallardWalter BallardBallard Racing01300Accident
221974 Bill Shirey B. ShireyBill ShireyShirey Racing01260Accident
231647 Raymond Williams R. WilliamsRaymond WilliamsWilliams Racing0820Engine
242988 Ron Keselowski R. KeselowskiRon KeselowskiLubinski Racing0760Accident
25277 Dean Dalton D. DaltonDean DaltonDean Dalton (Car Owner)0720Suspension
262551 Dub Simpson D. SimpsonDub SimpsonStrong Racing0360Oil Leak
272389 Les Covey L. CoveyLes CoveyJack Mercer (Car Owner)0190Engine
282131 Jim Vandiver J. VandiverJim VandiverO.L. Nixon Racing090Transmission
292296 Richard Childress R. ChildressRichard ChildressRichard Childress Racing080Oil Leak
30268 Ed Negre E. NegreEd NegreNegre Racing070Rear Gear
(R) Denotes Rookie  ◄► (I) Driver is Ineligible For Points
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