1972 - Winston Cup Series - Old Dominion 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 - Old Dominion 500 Race Results

Race Name - Old Dominion 500
Date - 9/24/1972
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.525 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 263 miles
Pole Speed - 85.89 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 58
Average Race Speed - 69.989 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $46,650
Race Number - 27

More Races from 1972

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	500	72 Plymout	64	$7,350
2	1	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	500	72 Chevrol	432	$10,600
3	2	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	498	71 Mercury	4	$2,775
4	3	Buddy Baker	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	496	70 Dodge	0	$3,225
5	7	Jimmy Hensley	90	Junie Donlavey	493	71 Ford	0	$1,400
6	11	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	488	71 Mercury	0	$1,250
7	18	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	485	70 Dodge	0	$900
8	10	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	484	71 Ford	0	$1,100
9	14	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	478	71 Ford	0	$1,050
10	19	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	477	71 Mercury	0	$1,000
11	9	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	476	71 Chevrol	0	$725
12	25	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	468	71 Ford	0	$950
13	21	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	467	71 Ford	0	$925
14	12	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	460	71 Chevrol	0	$900
15	20	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	459	70 Plymout	0	$875
16	24	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	457	71 Ford	0	$850
17	31	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	456	72 Plymout	0	$875
18	34	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	450	70 Dodge	0	$965
19	28	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	446	71 Ford	0	$775
20	23	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	444	71 Mercury	0	$750
21	29	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	433	70 Plymout	0	$725
22	36	James Cox	23	Don Robertson	430	70 Plymout	0	$595
23	30	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	369	71 Ford	0	$675
24	26	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	328	70 Dodge	0	$400
25	17	Ray Hendrick	2	Dave Marcis	311	70 Dodge	0	$625
26	22	Tiny Lund	55	Hank Richardson	272	71 Chevrol	0	$350
27	5	Fred Lorenzen	28	Hoss Ellington	216	72 Chevrol	0	$425
28	15	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	134	71 Mercury	0	$550
29	13	Dave Marcis	16	Roger Penske	108	72 Matador	0	$275
30	16	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45	Bill Seifert	108	71 Ford	0	$510
31	6	Bill Dennis	17	HJ Brooking	105	72 Chevrol	0	$250
32	35	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	95	70 Dodge	0	$655
33	27	Richard Childress	96	Richard Childress	88	71 Chevrol	0	$250
34	32	Larry Smith	92	Harley Smith	77	71 Ford	0	$450
35	8	Bobby Isaac	98	Junie Donlavey	19	72 Ford	0	$250
36	33	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	19	70 Plymout	0	$425