Mason-Dixon 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1972

Bobby Allison

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1972 Mason-Dixon 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 252 of 500 laps. Richard Petty finished second; LeeRoy Yarbrough rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		500	—	Running	252	100
2	4	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	499	—	Running	240	98
3	7	+4	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Mercury	486	—	Running	—	96
4	21	+17	Jackie Oliver	Donlavey Racing		486	—	Running	—	0
5	9	+4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	484	—	Running	—	92
6	5	-1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	480	—	Running	6	90
7	6	-1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		478	—	Running	—	88
8	10	+2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	477	—	Running	—	86
9	17	+8	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	473	—	Running	—	84
10	16	+6	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	466	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
11	32	+21	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		460	—	Running	—	80
12	26	+14	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		459	—	Running	—	78
13	23	+10	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	459	—	Running	—	76
14	1	-13	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	459	—	Running	2	74
15	18	+3	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	457	—	Running	—	72
16	14	-2	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	456	—	Running	—	70
17	13	-4	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		455	—	Running	—	68
18	31	+13	Ronnie Daniel	Daniel Racing		449	—	Running	—	66
19	27	+8	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	445	—	Running	—	64
20	35	+15	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		344	—	DNF - Engine	—	62
21	8	-13	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing		339	—	DNF	—	60
22	22	—	Jim Vandiver	A.J. Cox (Owner)	Dodge	299	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
23	34	+11	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	287	—	DNF	—	56
24	3	-21	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		280	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	29	+4	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		268	—	DNF	—	52
26	12	-14	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		188	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	38	+11	Dick May	J.C. Crews (Owner)		173	—	DNF	—	48
28	39	+11	Les Covey	Jack Mercer (Owner)		169	—	DNF	—	46
29	40	+11	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	150	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	33	+3	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		118	—	DNF	—	42
31	15	-16	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	104	—	DNF	—	40
32	37	+5	James Cox	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	97	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
33	30	-3	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	61	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	11	-23	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		47	—	DNF	—	34
35	25	-10	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	47	—	DNF	—	32
36	19	-17	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	30	—	DNF	—	30
37	36	-1	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		18	—	DNF	—	28
38	28	-10	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		14	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	24	-15	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		3	—	DNF - Crash	—	24
40	20	-20	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing		2	—	DNF - Crash	—	55