1972 - Winston Cup Series - Atlanta 500 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.

NASCAR Cup Series Champions
NASCAR Cup Series Rookie/Popular Driver/Manufacturer by Year
NASCAR Cup Series by Year

1972 - Atlanta 500 Race Results

Race Name - Atlanta 500
Date - 3/26/1972
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 156.245 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 47
Average Race Speed - 128.21 mph
Lead Changes - 18
Total Race Purse - $113,885
Race Number - 6

More Races from 1972

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	328	72 Chevrol	142	$31,605
2	4	AJ Foyt	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	328	71 Mercury	9	$10,600
3	2	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	328	72 Dodge	132	$10,380
4	5	David Pearson	15	Bud Moore	327	72 Ford	3	$4,800
5	6	Donnie Allison	27	Monty Myers	327	72 Chevrol	11	$3,530
6	3	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	325	72 Plymout	31	$5,480
7	9	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	324	71 Mercury	0	$3,225
8	10	Buddy Baker	11	STP (Petty Enterprises)	323	72 Dodge	0	$2,575
9	12	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45	Bill Seifert	323	71 Ford	0	$2,555
10	7	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	320	71 Ford	0	$2,425
11	25	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	318	71 Dodge	0	$1,150
12	23	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	317	72 Chevrol	0	$1,700
13	30	Richard D Brown	91	Ralph McNabb	316	72 Chevrol	0	$1,600
14	14	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	316	70 Plymout	0	$1,475
15	11	Mark Donohue	16	Roger Penske	314	72 Matador	0	$1,325
16	28	Bill Dennis	23	Don Robertson	314	70 Plymout	0	$1,200
17	20	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	312	71 Mercury	0	$1,675
18	37	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	308	70 Dodge	0	$1,625
19	27	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	307	70 Plymout	0	$1,600
20	32	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	306	71 Ford	0	$1,125
21	33	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	301	71 Plymout	0	$1,580
22	31	George Altheide	0	George Altheide	299	70 Dodge	0	$1,105
23	16	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	286	72 Dodge	0	$1,605
24	39	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	286	71 Ford	0	$1,480
25	13	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	260	71 Dodge	0	$1,480
26	18	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	253	71 Ford	0	$1,470
27	34	Tommy Gale	3	Frank Vasko	224	71 Mercury	0	$935
28	29	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	214	71 Mercury	0	$920
29	35	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	208	71 Ford	0	$910
30	24	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	157	72 Dodge	0	$900
31	19	Red Farmer	97	Willie Humphries	126	72 Ford	0	$920
32	8	Jim Vandiver	31	OL Nixon	112	70 Dodge	0	$915
33	22	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	103	71 Ford	0	$885
34	36	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	81	71 Ford	0	$1,380
35	38	Dick May	53	HopperCrews (JC Crews)	66	71 Ford	0	$875
36	26	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	59	70 Dodge	0	$870
37	40	David Sisco	5	Charlie McGee	59	71 Chevrol	0	$865
38	15	Larry Smith	92	Harley Smith	58	71 Ford	0	$885
39	21	Lem Blankenship	83	Richard Howard	50	72 Dodge	0	$855
40	17	Dick Brooks	90	Junie Donlavey	11	72 Ford	0	$1,400