National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1972

Bobby Allison

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1972 National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 192 of 334 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		334	—	Running	192	100
2	2	—	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	334	—	Running	115	98
3	1	-2	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	332	—	Running	7	96
4	3	-1	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	332	—	Running	8	0
5	26	+21	Butch Hartman	Donlavey Racing		326	—	Running	—	0
6	21	+15	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	322	—	Running	—	90
7	15	+8	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	322	—	Running	—	88
8	20	+12	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	320	—	Running	—	86
9	7	-2	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	319	—	Running	—	84
10	8	-2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	318	—	DNF - Crash	1	82
11	39	+28	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		317	—	Running	—	80
12	29	+17	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	310	—	Running	—	78
13	40	+27	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		310	—	Running	—	76
14	23	+9	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		310	—	Running	—	74
15	22	+7	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	309	—	Running	—	72
16	17	+1	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	306	—	Running	—	70
17	10	-7	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	305	—	Running	—	68
18	42	+24	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	305	—	Running	—	66
19	16	-3	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	304	—	Running	—	64
20	32	+12	David Ray Boggs	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	304	—	Running	—	62
21	41	+20	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	301	—	Running	—	60
22	44	+22	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		298	—	Running	—	58
23	30	+7	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko (Owner)	Mercury	297	—	Running	—	56
24	35	+11	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	271	—	Running	—	54
25	12	-13	Donnie Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		266	—	DNF	—	52
26	14	-12	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	246	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	19	-8	Roger McCluskey	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	241	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
28	5	-23	Bobby Isaac	Matthews Racing		224	—	DNF	11	46
29	25	-4	Bill Dennis	H.J. Brooking (Owner)		219	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	31	+1	Harry Schilling	Thomas Hynes (Owner)		214	—	DNF	—	42
31	34	+3	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	213	—	DNF	—	40
32	11	-21	Pete Hamilton	Housby Racing	Plymouth	205	—	DNF - Crash	—	38
33	37	+4	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	193	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	13	-21	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		119	—	DNF	—	34
35	33	-2	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		103	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	27	-9	G.C. Spencer	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	95	—	DNF	—	30
37	36	-1	Jabe Thomas	McGee Racing		94	—	DNF	—	28
38	9	-29	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	88	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	6	-33	Cale Yarborough	Ellington Racing		82	—	DNF	—	0
40	38	-2	Dick Brooks	Seifert Racing	Mercury	81	—	DNF	—	0
41	18	-23	Richard D. Brown	Donlavey Racing		48	—	DNF	—	20
42	24	-18	Gordon Johncock		Plymouth	44	—	DNF	—	0
43	28	-15	Bobby Unser	Nichels Engineering		8	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
44	43	-1	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	8	—	DNF	—	14