1972 - Winston Cup Series - World 600 Race Results

Winston Cup Series Series by Race

NASCAR's premier series has been known as the NASCAR Cup Series since 2020, previously known as the Monster Energy Cup Series. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the top top racing series of NASCAR. It holds 36 races over the season at tracks loacted in the United States. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

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1972 - World 600 Race Results

Race Name - World 600
Date - 5/28/1972
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 600 miles
Pole Speed - 158.162 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 24
Average Race Speed - 142.25 mph
Lead Changes - 22
Total Race Purse - $134,100
Race Number - 12

More Races from 1972

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	6	Buddy Baker	11	STP (Petty Enterprises)	400	72 Dodge	39	$22,075
2	1	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	400	72 Chevrol	239	$18,950
3	13	Charlie Glotzbach	6	Cotton Owens	395	72 Dodge	0	$9,625
4	14	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	391	71 Mercury	0	$7,350
5	26	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45	Bill Seifert	382	71 Mercury	0	$6,325
6	22	Larry Smith	92	Harley Smith	381	72 Ford	0	$4,025
7	23	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	378	70 Dodge	0	$3,575
8	19	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	376	71 Mercury	0	$3,025
9	12	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	370	70 Dodge	0	$3,050
10	21	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	367	71 Ford	0	$2,775
11	34	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	362	71 Mercury	0	$2,625
12	24	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	360	70 Dodge	0	$2,025
13	30	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	359	71 Ford	0	$2,460
14	35	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	356	70 Plymout	0	$2,375
15	28	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	351	71 Mercury	0	$2,325
16	25	Jim Paschal	27	Richard Howard	338	72 Chevrol	0	$1,825
17	39	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	336	71 Mercury	0	$2,175
18	10	Fred Lorenzen	28	Hoss Ellington	332	72 Ford	0	$1,670
19	9	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	328	72 Dodge	0	$4,230
20	20	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	312	71 Ford	0	$2,025
21	5	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	306	71 Dodge	0	$1,600
22	11	Wendell Scott	34	Howard Furniture (Wendell Scott)	283	71 Chevrol	0	$1,710
23	3	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	274	72 Dodge	93	$4,750
24	38	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	269	70 Plymout	0	$1,850
25	2	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	251	71 Mercury	29	$1,750
26	36	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	247	71 Ford	0	$1,730
27	18	Clarence Lovell	61	BierschwaleHaverlah (Don Bierschwale)	203	72 Ford	0	$1,220
28	7	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	184	72 Chevrol	0	$1,235
29	31	Ken Rush	2	Dave Marcis	149	70 Dodge	0	$1,625
30	27	Richard D Brown	91	Ralph McNabb	142	71 Chevrol	0	$1,640
31	8	Dave Marcis	16	Roger Penske	106	72 Matador	0	$1,120
32	16	Jackie Oliver	90	Junie Donlavey	103	71 Ford	0	$1,575
33	32	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	98	71 Chevrol	0	$1,490
34	17	Donnie Allison	15	Bud Moore	96	72 Ford	0	$980
35	40	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	88	70 Dodge	0	$895
36	37	Dick Brooks	73	Marvin Welty	61	71 Ford	0	$935
37	29	Wayne Smith	33	Wayne Smith	60	72 Chevrol	0	$875
38	33	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	39	70 Dodge	0	$815
39	15	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	33	70 Plymout	0	$870
40	4	Jim Vandiver	31	OL Nixon	11	70 Dodge	0	$925