Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1972

Bobby Allison

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1972 Atlanta 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 142 of 328 laps. A.J. Foyt finished second; Bobby Isaac rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		328	—	Running	142	100
2	4	+2	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	328	—	Running	9	0
3	2	-1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	328	—	Running	132	96
4	5	+1	David Pearson	Bud Moore Engineering		327	—	Running	3	94
5	6	+1	Donnie Allison	Monty Myers (Owner)		327	—	Running	11	92
6	3	-3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	325	—	Running	31	90
7	9	+2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	324	—	Running	—	88
8	10	+2	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	323	—	Running	—	86
9	12	+3	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing		323	—	Running	—	84
10	7	-3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		320	—	Running	—	82
11	25	+14	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	318	—	Running	—	0
12	23	+11	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		317	—	Running	—	78
13	30	+17	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing		316	—	Running	—	76
14	14	—	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	316	—	Running	—	74
15	11	-4	Mark Donohue	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	314	—	Running	—	0
16	28	+12	Bill Dennis	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	314	—	Running	—	70
17	20	+3	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	312	—	Running	—	68
18	37	+19	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	308	—	Running	—	66
19	27	+8	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	307	—	Running	—	64
20	32	+12	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		306	—	Running	—	62
21	33	+12	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	301	—	Running	—	60
22	31	+9	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	299	—	Running	—	58
23	16	-7	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	286	—	Running	—	56
24	39	+15	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		286	—	Running	—	54
25	13	-12	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	260	—	Running	—	52
26	18	-8	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		253	—	Running	—	50
27	34	+7	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko (Owner)	Mercury	224	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	29	+1	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	214	—	DNF	—	46
29	35	+6	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		208	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	24	-6	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	157	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
31	19	-12	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries (Owner)		126	—	DNF	—	40
32	8	-24	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	112	—	DNF - Engine	—	38
33	22	-11	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		103	—	DNF	—	36
34	36	+2	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		81	—	DNF	—	34
35	38	+3	Dick May	J.C. Crews (Owner)		66	—	DNF	—	32
36	26	-10	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	59	—	DNF - Crash	—	30
37	40	+3	David Sisco	McGee Racing		59	—	DNF	—	28
38	15	-23	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		58	—	DNF - Crash	—	26
39	21	-18	Lem Blankenship	Howard & Egerton Racing	Dodge	50	—	DNF	—	24
40	17	-23	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		11	—	DNF - Crash	—	22