1972 - Winston Cup Series - Carolina 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 - Carolina 500 Race Results

Race Name - Carolina 500
Date - 3/12/1972
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 137.539 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 57
Average Race Speed - 113.89 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $91,765
Race Number - 5

More Races from 1972

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	492	72 Dodge	210	$17,250
2	2	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	491	72 Plymout	12	$11,825
3	16	Jim Vandiver	31	OL Nixon	491	70 Dodge	0	$5,550
4	9	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45	Bill Seifert	477	71 Ford	0	$6,250
5	5	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	477	70 Dodge	0	$3,300
6	19	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	474	71 Mercury	0	$2,500
7	3	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	473	71 Ford	0	$2,300
8	17	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	469	70 Dodge	0	$1,725
9	8	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	466	71 Ford	0	$2,125
10	32	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	463	70 Dodge	0	$1,925
11	12	Larry Smith	92	Harley Smith	462	71 Ford	0	$1,350
12	7	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	462	70 Dodge	0	$1,325
13	14	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	460	70 Plymout	0	$1,800
14	27	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	459	70 Dodge	0	$1,775
15	29	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	455	71 Ford	0	$1,275
16	13	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	453	70 Plymout	0	$1,725
17	24	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	444	70 Dodge	0	$1,200
18	34	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	442	71 Mercury	0	$1,175
19	33	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	441	70 Dodge	0	$1,650
20	25	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	440	71 Ford	0	$1,625
21	21	HB Bailey	53	HopperCrews (JC Crews)	439	72 Ford	0	$1,100
22	28	George Altheide	0	George Altheide	438	70 Dodge	0	$1,075
23	18	Richard D Brown	91	Ralph McNabb	436	72 Chevrol	0	$1,050
24	23	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	430	71 Ford	0	$1,025
25	11	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	418	70 Dodge	0	$1,000
26	31	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	409	71 Ford	0	$1,475
27	39	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	345	72 Chevrol	260	$2,925
28	36	Johnny Halford	32	Dick Brooks	337	70 Plymout	0	$925
29	20	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	307	71 Ford	0	$1,400
30	15	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	259	70 Plymout	0	$900
31	40	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	177	70 Plymout	0	$870
32	38	Walter Ballard	65	Joe Phipps	167	70 Chevrol	0	$865
33	37	Les Covey	89	Jack Mercer	127	70 Chevrol	0	$860
34	4	Buddy Baker	11	STP (Petty Enterprises)	90	72 Dodge	10	$1,430
35	22	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	85	71 Ford	0	$850
36	6	Buck Baker	93	Harold Furr	59	72 Chevrol	0	$535
37	30	Richard Childress	96	Richard Childress	56	70 Chevrol	0	$840
38	26	Dub Simpson	51	Bill Strong	11	70 Chevrol	0	$835
39	35	Bobby Mausgrover	0	Bobby Mausgrover	10	70 Dodge	0	$830
40	10	Jackie Oliver	90	Junie Donlavey	1	71 Ford	0	$1,325