1972 - Winston Cup Series - Winston 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.

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1972 - Winston 500 Race Results

Race Name - Winston 500
Date - 5/7/1972
Race Track - Alabama International Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.66 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 192.428 mph
Number of Cautions - 9
Caution Laps - 62
Average Race Speed - 134.4 mph
Lead Changes - 53
Total Race Purse - $133,700
Race Number - 11

More Races from 1972

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	188	71 Mercury	59	$23,745
2	1	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	188	72 Dodge	57	$15,895
3	5	Buddy Baker	11	STP (Petty Enterprises)	188	72 Dodge	32	$9,995
4	28	Fred Lorenzen	28	Hoss Ellington	188	72 Ford	4	$6,095
5	3	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	187	72 Dodge	14	$6,970
6	26	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	186	72 Dodge	0	$2,695
7	40	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45	Bill Seifert	185	72 Mercury	0	$2,895
8	44	Dick Brooks	98	Junie Donlavey	185	71 Ford	0	$2,545
9	8	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	185	70 Dodge	0	$2,370
10	30	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	184	71 Mercury	0	$2,245
11	33	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	183	70 Dodge	0	$2,220
12	36	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	182	70 Dodge	0	$1,695
13	42	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	182	70 Plymout	0	$2,195
14	14	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	182	71 Mercury	0	$2,170
15	15	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	182	70 Dodge	0	$2,120
16	11	Jimmy Crawford	3	Crawford Racing (Crawford Brothers)	181	72 Plymout	0	$1,695
17	16	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	180	71 Ford	0	$1,620
18	37	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	179	70 Dodge	0	$1,545
19	10	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	179	71 Mercury	0	$2,020
20	17	Larry Smith	92	Harley Smith	178	71 Ford	0	$1,495
21	23	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	178	70 Plymout	0	$1,970
22	19	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	173	71 Mercury	0	$1,445
23	32	Bobby Mausgrover	0	Bobby Mausgrover	173	70 Dodge	0	$1,420
24	39	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	172	71 Ford	0	$1,895
25	43	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	172	71 Ford	0	$1,945
26	22	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	167	71 Ford	0	$1,345
27	18	Richard D Brown	91	Ralph McNabb	155	72 Chevrol	0	$1,320
28	6	Donnie Allison	27	Monty Myers	145	72 Chevrol	0	$1,295
29	47	Dub Simpson	51	Bill Strong	136	70 Chevrol	0	$1,270
30	49	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	132	71 Mercury	0	$1,255
31	24	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	122	70 Dodge	0	$1,220
32	21	Clarence Lovell	61	BierschwaleHaverlah (Don Bierschwale)	121	71 Ford	0	$1,195
33	29	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	112	71 Ford	0	$1,670
34	46	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	88	71 Chevrol	0	$1,645
35	27	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	87	72 Chevrol	8	$1,570
36	12	Jim Vandiver	31	OL Nixon	83	70 Dodge	0	$1,095
37	13	David Sisco	5	Charlie McGee	72	72 Chevrol	0	$1,095
38	25	Darrell Waltrip	95	Darrell Waltrip	69	71 Mercury	0	$680
39	7	Red Farmer	97	Willie Humphries	67	72 Ford	0	$1,020
40	20	Buck Baker	93	Harold Furr	67	72 Chevrol	0	$650
41	41	Wayne Smith	33	Wayne Smith	59	71 Chevrol	0	$1,020
42	38	Roy Mayne	46	Tom Hunter	56	72 Chevrol	0	$945
43	45	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	56	71 Ford	0	$920
44	31	Jackie Oliver	90	Junie Donlavey	50	72 Ford	0	$1,395
45	4	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	34	72 Chevrol	14	$3,720
46	35	Bill Dennis	23	Don Robertson	23	70 Plymout	0	$845
47	48	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	19	70 Dodge	0	$1,320
48	34	Robert Wales	63	Pleasant Grove Union (Charlie Roberts)	13	70 Dodge	0	$795
49	50	Bill Ward	53	HopperCrews (JC Crews)	10	72 Ford	0	$770
50	9	Marty Robbins	42	Marty Robbins	179	72 Dodge	0	$745