American 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1972

Bobby Allison

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1972 American 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 217 of 492 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		492	—	Running	217	100
2	3	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	490	—	Running	53	98
3	2	-1	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	489	—	Running	83	96
4	1	-3	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	488	—	Running	126	94
5	4	-1	Pete Hamilton	Housby Racing	Dodge	486	—	Running	—	92
6	6	—	Cale Yarborough	Ellington Racing		485	—	Running	9	90
7	10	+3	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	475	—	Running	—	88
8	18	+10	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		469	—	Running	—	86
9	39	+30	David Sisco	McGee Racing		466	—	Running	—	84
10	12	+2	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	461	—	Running	—	82
11	19	+8	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	461	—	Running	—	80
12	24	+12	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing		459	—	Running	—	78
13	38	+25	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		456	—	Running	—	76
14	29	+15	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		452	—	Running	—	74
15	23	+8	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	451	—	Running	—	72
16	22	+6	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	446	—	Running	—	70
17	37	+20	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	439	—	Running	—	68
18	30	+12	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		430	—	Running	—	66
19	21	+2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		428	—	DNF	—	64
20	15	-5	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	428	—	Running	—	62
21	13	-8	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	427	—	Running	—	60
22	35	+13	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing		422	—	Running	—	58
23	32	+9	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	418	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
24	16	-8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		392	—	Running	—	54
25	36	+11	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	360	—	DNF	—	52
26	34	+8	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	332	—	DNF	—	50
27	14	-13	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		331	—	DNF	—	48
28	40	+12	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	297	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	31	+2	Roy Mayne	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	267	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	25	-5	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	257	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
31	28	-3	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	219	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	8	-24	Bill Dennis	H.J. Brooking (Owner)		204	—	DNF	2	38
33	27	-6	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	139	—	DNF	—	0
34	7	-27	Dick Brooks	Bud Moore Engineering		119	—	DNF - Engine	1	0
35	11	-24	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	90	—	DNF - Crash	—	32
36	9	-27	Bobby Isaac	Matthews Racing		67	—	DNF - Engine	1	30
37	26	-11	Henley Gray	Hollar Racing	Mercury	57	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	17	-21	Tiny Lund	Hank Richardson (Owner)		45	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
39	33	-6	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko (Owner)	Mercury	37	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	20	-20	Ron Hutcherson	Donlavey Racing		29	—	DNF - Crash	—	22