Delaware 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1972

David Pearson

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1972 Delaware 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 350 of 500 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Ramo Stott rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	500	—	Running	350	100
2	4	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	497	—	Running	1	98
3	9	+6	Ramo Stott	Donlavey Racing		486	—	Running	—	0
4	13	+9	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		478	—	Running	—	94
5	21	+16	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	477	—	Running	—	92
6	7	+1	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		476	—	Running	—	90
7	16	+9	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		467	—	Running	—	88
8	18	+10	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	467	—	Running	—	86
9	37	+28	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	457	—	Running	—	84
10	27	+17	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		448	—	Running	—	82
11	3	-8	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	447	—	DNF	115	0
12	33	+21	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	446	—	Running	—	78
13	12	-1	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	441	—	Running	—	76
14	35	+21	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		424	—	Running	—	74
15	24	+9	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	402	—	DNF - Engine	—	72
16	32	+16	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		386	—	Running	—	70
17	29	+12	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	358	—	DNF	—	68
18	26	+8	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	344	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
19	28	+9	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		344	—	Running	—	64
20	1	-19	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		331	—	DNF - Engine	34	62
21	30	+9	Les Covey	Jack Mercer (Owner)		330	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
22	20	-2	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		299	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
23	14	-9	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	294	—	DNF	—	56
24	34	+10	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		288	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	25	—	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	272	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	15	-11	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing		267	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	8	-19	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	261	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	36	+8	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	182	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	38	+9	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		163	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	23	-7	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		147	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
31	10	-21	Harry Schilling	Thomas Hynes (Owner)		144	—	DNF	—	40
32	22	-10	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	126	—	DNF	—	38
33	31	-2	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		111	—	DNF	—	36
34	6	-28	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	92	—	DNF	—	34
35	17	-18	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	5	-31	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		73	—	DNF	—	30
37	11	-26	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	70	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	19	-19	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	49	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	40	+1	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Mercury	47	—	DNF	—	24
40	39	-1	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	36	—	DNF	—	22