Capital City 500
1972 NASCAR Cup Series Race 25 of 31
Race InformationTrack Information
Total Purse:$36,075Race Date:Sep 10, 1972Richmond Raceway
Margin of Victory:1 LapRace Duration:3Hr 34Min 14Sec.Richmond, Virginia
Lead Changes:18Average Speed:75.889 MPH.750 Mile D-Shaped Oval
No. of Cars:30No. of Cautions:8 For 57 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 RacingFord:0
Crew Chief:Dale InmanCrew Chief:Herb NabDodge:0
Laps Led:330 of 500Pole Speed:89.669 MPH
Official 1972 Capital City 500 Results
FinishStartNumDriverSponsorMfgPointsLapsLedStatus
1343 Richard Petty R. PettyRichard PettySTP0500127Running
2112 Bobby Allison B. AllisonBobby AllisonCoca-Cola0500127Running
3217 Bill Dennis B. DennisBill DennisH.J. Brooking (Car Owner)04920Running
4648 James Hylton J. HyltonJames HyltonPop Kola04820Running
582 Dave Marcis D. MarcisDave MarcisMarcis Racing04790Running
62410 Bill Champion B. ChampionBill ChampionChampion Racing04560Running
71976 Ben Arnold B. ArnoldBen ArnoldArnold Racing04530Running
8297 Dean Dalton D. DaltonDean DaltonDean Dalton (Car Owner)04510Running
93025 Jabe Thomas J. ThomasJabe ThomasRobertson Racing04450Running
101567 Buddy Arrington B. ArringtonBuddy ArringtonBuddy Arrington (Car Owner)04440Running
112347 Raymond Williams R. WilliamsRaymond WilliamsWilliams Racing04390Running
121730 Walter Ballard W. BallardWalter BallardBallard Racing04310Running
13144 John Sears J. SearsJohn SearsJ. Marvin Mills Heating & Air04310Running
142119 Henley Gray H. GrayHenley GrayHenley Gray Racing04250Running
1598 Ed Negre E. NegreEd NegreNegre Racing04220Running
162813 Eddie Yarboro E. YarboroEddie YarboroYarboro Racing04210Running
17471 Buddy Baker B. BakerBuddy BakerK & K Insurance03911Accident
182579 Frank Warren F. WarrenFrank WarrenWarren Racing03520Rear Gear
191292 Larry Smith L. Smith (R)Larry SmithHarley Smith (Car Owner)02890Engine
201324 Cecil Gordon C. GordonCecil GordonGordon Racing02000Accident
21706 Neil Castles N. CastlesNeil CastlesCastles Racing01810Engine
221064 Elmo Langley E. LangleyElmo LangleyLangley Racing01420Engine
23572 Benny Parsons B. ParsonsBenny ParsonsDeWitt Racing01240Engine
241190 David Pearson D. PearsonDavid PearsonDonlavey Racing0861Overheating
252796 Richard Childress R. ChildressRichard ChildressRichard Childress Racing0790Oil Leak
262057 David Ray Boggs D. BoggsDavid Ray BoggsDavid Ray Boggs (Car Owner)0780Engine
272277 Charlie Roberts C. RobertsCharlie RobertsCharlie Roberts (Car Owner)0500Accident
281688 Ron Keselowski R. KeselowskiRon KeselowskiLubinski Racing0230Driveshaft
29260 George Altheide G. AltheideGeorge AltheideGeorge Altheide (Car Owner)040Clutch
30185 J.D. McDuffie J. McDuffieJ.D. McDuffieFaustina Racing030Transmission

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