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1972 - Capital City 500 Race Results


Race Name - Capital City 500
Date - 9/10/1972
Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.542 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 271 miles
Pole Speed - 89.669 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 57
Average Race Speed - 75.899 mph
Lead Changes - 18
Total Race Purse - $36,075
Race Number - 25
 More Races from 1972
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 500 72 Plymout 330 $8,775
2 1 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Richard Howard) 500 72 Chevrol 168 $4,825
3 2 Bill Dennis 17 HJ Brooking 492 72 Chevrol 0 $2,100
4 6 James Hylton 48 Pop Kola (James Hylton) 482 71 Ford 0 $1,650
5 8 Dave Marcis 2 Dave Marcis 479 72 Dodge 0 $1,400
6 24 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 456 71 Ford 0 $1,175
7 19 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 453 71 Ford 0 $1,025
8 29 Dean Dalton 7 Dean Dalton 451 71 Mercury 0 $950
9 30 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 445 70 Plymout 0 $925
10 15 Buddy Arrington 67 Buddy Arrington 444 70 Dodge 0 $650
11 23 Raymond Williams 47 Raymond Williams 439 71 Ford 0 $775
12 17 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 431 71 Mercury 0 $765
13 14 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills) 431 70 Plymout 0 $770
14 21 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 425 71 Ford 0 $735
15 9 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 422 70 Dodge 0 $750
16 28 Eddie Yarboro 13 Eddie Yarboro 421 70 Plymout 0 $450
17 4 Buddy Baker 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 391 71 Dodge 1 $1,970
18 25 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 352 70 Dodge 0 $690
19 12 Larry Smith 92 Harley Smith 289 71 Ford 0 $475
20 13 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 200 71 Mercury 0 $700
21 7 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 181 72 Plymout 0 $400
22 10 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 142 71 Ford 0 $640
23 5 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 124 71 Mercury 0 $655
24 11 David Pearson 90 Junie Donlavey 86 71 Ford 1 $680
25 27 Richard Childress 96 Richard Childress 79 71 Chevrol 0 $360
26 20 David Ray Boggs 57 David Ray Boggs 78 70 Dodge 0 $350
27 22 Charlie Roberts 77 Charlie Roberts 50 71 Ford 0 $575
28 16 Ron Keselowski 88 Roger Lubinski 23 70 Dodge 0 $300
29 26 George Altheide 0 George Altheide 4 70 Dodge 0 $285
30 18 JD McDuffie 5 Doc Faustina 3 70 Plymout 0 $275