Lone Star 500

Texas World Speedway — January 1, 1972

Richard Petty

Winner

250

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1972 Lone Star 500 at Texas World Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 186 of 250 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Coo Coo Marlin rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Texas World Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	250	—	Running	186	100
2	2	—	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		249	—	Running	10	98
3	21	+18	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		244	—	Running	—	96
4	5	+1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	244	—	Running	—	94
5	3	-2	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	244	—	Running	52	92
6	22	+16	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		242	—	Running	—	90
7	7	—	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		241	—	Running	—	88
8	11	+3	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		232	—	Running	—	86
9	39	+30	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	232	—	Running	—	84
10	15	+5	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		231	—	Running	—	82
11	13	+2	H.B. Bailey	Blank & Kalashian		230	—	Running	—	80
12	38	+26	Tiny Lund	Hank Richardson (Owner)		229	—	Running	—	0
13	9	-4	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	226	—	Running	—	76
14	16	+2	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		226	—	Running	—	74
15	8	-7	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	226	—	Running	—	72
16	31	+15	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	225	—	Running	—	70
17	30	+13	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		222	—	Running	—	68
18	33	+15	Paul Jett	Paul Jett (Owner)		220	—	Running	—	66
19	12	-7	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing		218	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
20	40	+20	Dick May	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Plymouth	217	—	Running	—	62
21	41	+20	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	217	—	Running	—	60
22	37	+15	Les Covey	Jack Mercer (Owner)		207	—	Running	—	58
23	28	+5	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	207	—	Running	—	56
24	4	-20	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	200	—	DNF - Engine	2	54
25	44	+19	Ronnie Chumley	Gordon Van Liew (Owner)		200	—	Running	—	52
26	29	+3	Jim Whitt	Dean Barnicle (Owner)		197	—	Running	—	50
27	34	+7	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		193	—	DNF	—	48
28	18	-10	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	192	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	32	+3	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		186	—	Running	—	44
30	27	-3	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	155	—	DNF - Crash	—	42
31	19	-12	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		144	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
32	35	+3	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		143	—	DNF - Crash	—	38
33	26	-7	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	138	—	DNF	—	36
34	20	-14	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	126	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	25	-10	Dick Brooks	Marvin Welty (Owner)		114	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	23	-13	Jackie Oliver	Donlavey Racing		83	—	DNF	—	0
37	14	-23	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	82	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	36	-2	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		81	—	DNF	—	26
39	42	+3	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		72	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	10	-30	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	56	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
41	6	-35	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing		52	—	DNF	—	20
42	43	+1	Johnny Anderson	Don Nuzum (Owner)		28	—	DNF - Engine	—	18
43	24	-19	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	28	—	DNF	—	16
44	17	-27	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	14	—	DNF	—	14