Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1972

Bobby Allison

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1972 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1972, leading 229 of 367 laps. David Pearson finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1972

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		367	—	Running	229	100
2	13	+11	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	367	—	Running	123	98
3	3	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	360	—	Running	4	96
4	2	-2	Fred Lorenzen	Ellington Racing		354	—	Running	—	94
5	18	+13	H.B. Bailey	Blank & Kalashian		351	—	Running	6	0
6	15	+9	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	348	—	Running	—	90
7	5	-2	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	348	—	Running	—	88
8	16	+8	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	343	—	Running	—	86
9	21	+12	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	339	—	Running	—	84
10	19	+9	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		337	—	Running	2	82
11	9	-2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	335	—	Running	—	80
12	28	+16	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	328	—	Running	—	78
13	38	+25	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		327	—	Running	—	76
14	34	+20	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	324	—	Running	—	74
15	36	+21	J.D. McDuffie	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	318	—	Running	—	72
16	30	+14	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko (Owner)	Mercury	305	—	Running	—	70
17	39	+22	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	286	—	Running	—	68
18	26	+8	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	280	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
19	17	-2	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	258	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
20	27	+7	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	249	—	DNF - Crash	—	62
21	31	+10	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		245	—	DNF - Crash	—	60
22	32	+10	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		228	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
23	35	+12	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	205	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
24	29	+5	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		167	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	25	—	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		165	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
26	24	-2	Buck Baker	Joe Phipps (Owner)		157	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
27	33	+6	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	147	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	12	-16	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	145	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
29	4	-25	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	139	—	DNF - Crash	1	44
30	23	-7	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	138	—	DNF	—	42
31	37	+6	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	135	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	6	-26	Dick Brooks	Seifert Racing	Mercury	133	—	DNF - Crash	2	0
33	20	-13	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing		104	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	40	+6	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	58	—	DNF	—	34
35	8	-27	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	43	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	22	-14	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		37	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	14	-23	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	34	—	DNF - Crash	—	28
38	11	-27	Donnie Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		12	—	DNF - Crash	—	26
39	10	-29	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Donlavey Racing		12	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
40	7	-33	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	12	—	DNF - Crash	—	22