Texas 500

Texas World Speedway — January 1, 1972

Buddy Baker

Winner

250

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Buddy Baker won the 1972 Texas 500 at Texas World Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 133 of 250 laps. A.J. Foyt finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Texas World Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

Buddy Baker

Leaders

3 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	250	—	Running	133	100
2	1	-1	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	250	—	Running	20	0
3	3	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	250	—	Running	97	96
4	4	—	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		249	—	Running	—	94
5	5	—	Hershel McGriff	Smokey Yunick Racing	Plymouth	248	—	Running	—	92
6	8	+2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	246	—	Running	—	90
7	6	-1	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		246	—	Running	—	88
8	12	+4	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		246	—	Running	—	86
9	11	+2	Cale Yarborough	Ellington Racing		245	—	Running	—	84
10	10	—	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	243	—	Running	—	82
11	14	+3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	242	—	Running	—	80
12	15	+3	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	240	—	Running	—	78
13	16	+3	Ramo Stott	Seifert Racing		238	—	Running	—	76
14	13	-1	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		237	—	Running	—	74
15	17	+2	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		236	—	Running	—	72
16	27	+11	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	235	—	Running	—	70
17	21	+4	Dick Brooks	Champion Racing		232	—	Running	—	68
18	25	+7	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	232	—	Running	—	66
19	35	+16	Jim Whitt	Dean Barnicle (Owner)		232	—	Running	—	64
20	38	+18	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	231	—	Running	—	62
21	24	+3	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		231	—	Running	—	60
22	40	+18	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		231	—	Running	—	58
23	34	+11	Harry Schilling	Thomas Hynes (Owner)		229	—	Running	—	56
24	42	+18	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		229	—	Running	—	54
25	22	-3	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	225	—	Running	—	52
26	9	-17	Johnny Rutherford	Donlavey Racing		224	—	DNF	—	0
27	23	-4	David Sisco	McGee Racing		221	—	Running	—	48
28	32	+4	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		213	—	Running	—	46
29	33	+4	Bill Shirey	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	212	—	Running	—	44
30	39	+9	Mel Larson	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	209	—	Running	—	42
31	19	-12	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		199	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	31	-1	Paul Feldner		Plymouth	198	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
33	26	-7	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing		196	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	18	-16	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	184	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	7	-28	Gordon Johncock		Plymouth	182	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
36	30	-6	H.B. Bailey	Blank & Kalashian		106	—	DNF	—	30
37	43	+6	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	93	—	DNF	—	28
38	41	+3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	92	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	44	+5	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		68	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	28	-12	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing	Mercury	64	—	DNF - Engine	—	22
41	20	-21	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	38	—	DNF - Engine	—	20
42	29	-13	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	30	—	DNF	—	18
43	37	-6	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	16	—	DNF - Engine	—	16
44	36	-8	Bill Seifert	Giachetti Brothers	Mercury	1	—	DNF	—	14