Home Baseball Hockey Football Racing Basketball Events Privacy
Racing SectionRacing Section NASCAR SectionNASCAR General Cup SectionNASCAR Cup Series Xfinity Series SectionNASCAR O'Reilly Series Camping World Truck Series SectionNASCAR Truck Series IndyCar SectionIndyCar Indy Lights SectionIndy Lights F1 SectionF1 CARTChamp Car (CART) IROC SectionIROC
+

Winston Cup Series Series by Race

Sprint Cup

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.

Nascar Cup Series

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 - Gwyn Staley 400 Race Results


Race Name - Gwyn Staley 400
Date - 4/23/1972
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 107.506 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 45
Average Race Speed - 86.381 mph
Lead Changes - 17
Total Race Purse - $33,000
Race Number - 9
 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 84 $6,600
2 2 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Richard Howard) 400 72 Chevrol 79 $4,375
3 1 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 400 72 Dodge 237 $3,950
4 10 James Hylton 48 Pop Kola (James Hylton) 392 70 Ford 0 $1,550
5 5 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 392 70 Mercury 0 $1,200
6 17 LeeRoy Yarbrough 45 Bill Seifert 390 71 Ford 0 $900
7 6 Dave Marcis 2 Dave Marcis 390 70 Dodge 0 $875
8 11 Larry Smith 92 Harley Smith 384 71 Ford 0 $575
9 19 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 382 71 Mercury 0 $805
10 23 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills) 381 70 Plymout 0 $820
11 22 Dub Simpson 51 Bill Strong 372 70 Chevrol 0 $560
12 13 Raymond Williams 47 Raymond Williams 365 71 Ford 0 $525
13 8 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 365 71 Dodge 0 $790
14 14 Richard D Brown 91 Ralph McNabb 364 72 Chevrol 0 $530
15 30 Dean Dalton 7 Dean Dalton 359 71 Mercury 0 $495
16 29 Charlie Roberts 77 Charlie Roberts 357 70 Ford 0 $485
17 27 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 354 70 Ford 0 $725
18 4 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 354 71 Mercury 0 $740
19 24 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 352 71 Ford 0 $480
20 21 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 347 70 Plymout 0 $695
21 12 Buck Baker 93 Harold Furr 332 71 Chevrol 0 $485
22 20 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 283 70 Dodge 0 $675
23 15 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 256 71 Ford 0 $690
24 18 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 125 71 Ford 0 $655
25 28 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 121 71 Chevrol 0 $670
26 7 Jim Vandiver 31 OL Nixon 111 70 Dodge 0 $415
27 26 Richard Childress 96 Richard Childress 93 72 Chevrol 0 $380
28 9 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 71 70 Plymout 0 $620
29 25 Eddie Yarboro 13 Eddie Yarboro 42 70 Plymout 0 $360
30 16 Bill Dennis 23 Don Robertson 14 70 Plymout 0 $375