Dixie 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1972

Bobby Allison

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1972 Dixie 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 104 of 328 laps. Richard Petty finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

9 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		328	—	Running	104	100
2	5	+3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	328	—	Running	10	98
3	1	-2	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	325	—	Running	181	96
4	16	+12	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	323	—	Running	—	94
5	18	+13	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Donlavey Racing		322	—	Running	2	92
6	6	—	Fred Lorenzen	Ellington Racing		321	—	Running	—	0
7	9	+2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	319	—	Running	3	88
8	12	+4	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	317	—	Running	—	86
9	11	+2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	312	—	Running	—	84
10	14	+4	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	311	—	Running	—	82
11	23	+12	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	310	—	Running	—	80
12	13	+1	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		310	—	Running	—	78
13	10	-3	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	310	—	Running	—	76
14	30	+16	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		309	—	Running	—	74
15	24	+9	Johnny Halford	Team SABCO	Plymouth	305	—	Running	—	72
16	17	+1	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	305	—	Running	—	70
17	34	+17	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	305	—	Running	—	68
18	39	+21	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		300	—	Running	—	66
19	33	+14	Bobby Mausgrover	J.C. Crews (Owner)		298	—	Running	—	64
20	38	+18	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		292	—	Running	—	62
21	29	+8	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	287	—	Running	—	60
22	32	+10	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	283	—	Running	—	58
23	26	+3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	266	—	Running	—	56
24	21	-3	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing		257	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	40	+15	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	219	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	37	+11	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	201	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	22	-5	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing		182	—	DNF	—	48
28	31	+3	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	172	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	4	-25	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		157	—	DNF	4	44
30	28	-2	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		155	—	DNF	—	42
31	2	-29	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	148	—	DNF - Engine	19	40
32	7	-25	Donnie Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		132	—	DNF	4	38
33	19	-14	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	123	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	36	+2	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	118	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	35	—	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		114	—	DNF - Engine	1	32
36	8	-28	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		102	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	15	-22	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	88	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	20	-18	Dick Brooks	Marvin Welty (Owner)		12	—	DNF	—	26
39	27	-12	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		8	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	25	-15	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	6	—	DNF - Engine	—	22