Winston Cup Series Series by Race
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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.
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1972 - Nashville 420 Race Results
| Race Name - Nashville 420Date - 8/27/1972Race Track - Nashville SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.596 milesRace Length (Miles) - 250 milesPole Speed - 116.932 mphNumber of Cautions - 3Caution Laps - 53Average Race Speed - 92.578 mphLead Changes - 7Total Race Purse - $31,955Race Number - 23 | More Races from 1972 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 1 | Bobby Allison | 12 | CocaCola (Richard Howard) | 420 | 72 Chevrol | 283 | $6,925 |
| 2 | 2 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 420 | 72 Plymout | 136 | $5,010 |
| 3 | 12 | Darrell Waltrip | 95 | Darrell Waltrip | 404 | 71 Mercury | 0 | $2,040 |
| 4 | 6 | Benny Parsons | 72 | LG DeWitt | 400 | 71 Mercury | 0 | $1,630 |
| 5 | 8 | Elmo Langley | 64 | Elmo Langley | 387 | 71 Ford | 0 | $1,400 |
| 6 | 4 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Cecil Gordon | 383 | 71 Mercury | 1 | $1,125 |
| 7 | 18 | Henley Gray | 19 | Henley Gray | 381 | 71 Ford | 0 | $1,025 |
| 8 | 9 | James Hylton | 48 | Pop Kola (James Hylton) | 369 | 71 Ford | 0 | $925 |
| 9 | 25 | Walter Ballard | 30 | Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) | 363 | 71 Mercury | 0 | $875 |
| 10 | 17 | JD McDuffie | 70 | JD McDuffie | 357 | 71 Chevrol | 0 | $850 |
| 11 | 19 | DK Ulrich | 40 | DK Ulrich | 320 | 71 Ford | 0 | $560 |
| 12 | 28 | John Sears | 4 | J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills) | 277 | 70 Plymout | 0 | $800 |
| 13 | 15 | Earl Brooks | 26 | Earl Brooks | 158 | 71 Ford | 0 | $540 |
| 14 | 21 | Frank Warren | 79 | Frank Warren | 153 | 70 Plymout | 0 | $775 |
| 15 | 24 | David Ray Boggs | 57 | David Ray Boggs | 118 | 70 Dodge | 0 | $485 |
| 16 | 23 | Richard Childress | 96 | Richard Childress | 106 | 71 Chevrol | 0 | $445 |
| 17 | 7 | David Sisco | 5 | Charlie McGee | 105 | 72 Chevrol | 0 | $415 |
| 18 | 27 | Raymond Williams | 47 | Raymond Williams | 56 | 71 Ford | 0 | $615 |
| 19 | 20 | Charlie Roberts | 77 | Charlie Roberts | 46 | 71 Ford | 0 | $565 |
| 20 | 10 | Ben Arnold | 76 | Ben Arnold | 40 | 71 Ford | 0 | $515 |
| 21 | 16 | Robert Brown | 58 | Allan Brown | 37 | 70 Chevrol | 0 | $245 |
| 22 | 26 | Jabe Thomas | 25 | Don Robertson | 37 | 70 Plymout | 0 | $485 |
| 23 | 11 | Dean Dalton | 7 | Dean Dalton | 34 | 71 Mercury | 0 | $480 |
| 24 | 22 | George Altheide | 0 | George Altheide | 29 | 70 Dodge | 0 | $225 |
| 25 | 14 | Bill Champion | 10 | Bill Champion | 3 | 71 Ford | 0 | $475 |
| 26 | 3 | Coo Coo Marlin | 14 | CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) | 0 | 71 Chevrol | 0 | $300 |
| 27 | 5 | Bobby Isaac | 71 | K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | 0 | 71 Dodge | 0 | $1,750 |
| 28 | 13 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | 45 | Bill Seifert | 0 | 71 Ford | 0 | $475 |
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