Rebel 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1972

David Pearson

Winner

293

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1972 Rebel 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1972, leading 202 of 293 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Joe Frasson rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1972

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	293	—	Running	202	100
2	3	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	292	—	Running	27	98
3	15	+12	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	285	—	Running	—	96
4	9	+5	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	284	—	Running	—	94
5	10	+5	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		281	—	Running	—	92
6	12	+6	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	279	—	Running	—	90
7	2	-5	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		278	—	Running	29	88
8	22	+14	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	277	—	Running	—	86
9	27	+18	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	275	—	Running	—	84
10	11	+1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	274	—	Running	—	82
11	30	+19	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		269	—	Running	—	80
12	19	+7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	269	—	Running	—	78
13	26	+13	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		262	—	Running	—	76
14	36	+22	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		262	—	Running	—	74
15	28	+13	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		261	—	Running	—	72
16	5	-11	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	260	—	DNF - Engine	6	70
17	21	+4	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		258	—	Running	—	68
18	23	+5	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	258	—	Running	—	66
19	34	+15	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		255	—	Running	—	64
20	7	-13	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	242	—	DNF - Engine	27	62
21	33	+12	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	222	—	DNF	—	60
22	13	-9	Jackie Oliver	Donlavey Racing		205	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
23	35	+12	Bill Dennis	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	196	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
24	24	—	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	178	—	DNF	—	54
25	18	-7	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	154	—	DNF	—	52
26	8	-18	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Bud Moore Engineering		145	—	DNF - Engine	1	0
27	31	+4	Bobby Mausgrover	Buxton Racing	Dodge	129	—	DNF	—	48
28	4	-24	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	76	—	DNF	1	46
29	6	-23	Fred Lorenzen	Ellington Racing		46	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
30	14	-16	Buck Baker	Harold Furr (Owner)		45	—	DNF	—	0
31	29	-2	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	43	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	25	-7	H.B. Bailey	J.C. Crews (Owner)		41	—	DNF	—	38
33	16	-17	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		36	—	DNF	—	36
34	17	-17	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		25	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	20	-15	Dick Brooks	Blank & Kalashian		21	—	DNF	—	0
36	32	-4	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	7	—	DNF - Engine	—	30