Volunteer 500

Bristol Motor Speedway — January 1, 1972

Bobby Allison

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1972 Volunteer 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 445 of 500 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Dave Marcis rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Bristol Motor Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

3 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		500	—	Running	445	100
2	2	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	497	—	Running	51	98
3	6	+3	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	489	—	Running	—	96
4	5	+1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	477	—	Running	—	94
5	20	+15	J.D. McDuffie	Don Tarr (Owner)	Dodge	466	—	Running	—	92
6	10	+4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	464	—	Running	—	90
7	29	+22	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		461	—	Running	—	88
8	4	-4	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	459	—	Running	—	86
9	19	+10	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	458	—	Running	—	84
10	18	+8	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		457	—	Running	—	82
11	30	+19	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		456	—	Running	—	80
12	12	—	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		454	—	Running	—	78
13	16	+3	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		446	—	Running	—	76
14	26	+12	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		442	—	Running	—	74
15	14	-1	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	430	—	DNF	—	72
16	21	+5	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		413	—	Running	—	70
17	22	+5	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	358	—	DNF	—	68
18	11	-7	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	345	—	DNF	—	66
19	3	-16	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing		293	—	DNF - Engine	4	64
20	28	+8	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		289	—	DNF	—	62
21	17	-4	Robert Brown	Allan Brown (Owner)		287	—	DNF	—	60
22	9	-13	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		277	—	DNF	—	58
23	24	+1	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	217	—	DNF	—	56
24	23	-1	David Sisco	McGee Racing		78	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	27	+2	Johnny Halford	Team SABCO	Plymouth	60	—	DNF	—	52
26	25	-1	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		43	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	7	-20	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing		42	—	DNF	—	48
28	15	-13	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	33	—	DNF	—	46
29	13	-16	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	27	—	DNF	—	44
30	8	-22	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing		16	—	DNF - Crash	—	42