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1972 - Wilkes 400 Race Results


Race Name - Wilkes 400
Date - 10/1/1972
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 105.922 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 12
Average Race Speed - 95.816 mph
Lead Changes - 16
Total Race Purse - $33,295
Race Number - 28
 More Races from 1972
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 400 72 Plymout 160 $7,200
2 2 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Richard Howard) 400 72 Chevrol 239 $4,550
3 1 Buddy Baker 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 396 72 Dodge 1 $3,950
4 6 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 392 71 Mercury 0 $1,475
5 8 John Sears 28 Hoss Ellington 388 72 Chevrol 0 $950
6 12 Dave Marcis 6 Neil Castles 382 72 Plymout 0 $650
7 5 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 382 71 Mercury 0 $875
8 14 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 381 71 Ford 0 $825
9 19 Vic Parsons 45 Bill Seifert 380 71 Ford 0 $800
10 10 Raymond Williams 47 Raymond Williams 378 71 Ford 0 $795
11 17 Buddy Arrington 67 Buddy Arrington 376 70 Dodge 0 $535
12 24 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 375 70 Plymout 0 $775
13 22 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 371 71 Ford 0 $790
14 25 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 370 71 Ford 0 $755
15 27 Dean Dalton 7 Dean Dalton 367 71 Mercury 0 $745
16 13 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 359 70 Dodge 0 $760
17 4 James Hylton 48 Pop Kola (James Hylton) 351 71 Ford 0 $750
18 7 Max Berrier 90 Junie Donlavey 349 71 Ford 0 $740
19 20 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 349 71 Mercury 0 $705
20 30 Bill Shirey 74 Bill Shirey 332 70 Plymout 0 $420
21 29 Charlie Roberts 77 Charlie Roberts 274 71 Ford 0 $660
22 23 Ed Negre 37 Buddy Arrington 167 70 Dodge 0 $425
23 21 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 116 71 Chevrol 0 $665
24 18 David Ray Boggs 57 David Ray Boggs 99 70 Dodge 0 $380
25 16 Richard Childress 96 Richard Childress 95 72 Chevrol 0 $345
26 15 Tiny Lund 55 Hank Richardson 92 71 Chevrol 0 $365
27 28 Henley Gray 23 Don Robertson 81 70 Plymout 0 $330
28 26 Larry Smith 92 Harley Smith 69 71 Ford 0 $320
29 9 Ron Keselowski 8 Roger Lubinski 15 70 Dodge 0 $410
30 11 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 6 72 Chevrol 0 $350