Wilkes 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway — January 1, 1972

Richard Petty

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1972 Wilkes 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 160 of 400 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

3 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	—	Running	160	100
2	2	—	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		400	—	Running	239	98
3	1	-2	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	396	—	Running	1	96
4	6	+2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	392	—	Running	—	94
5	8	+3	John Sears	Ellington Racing		388	—	Running	—	92
6	12	+6	Dave Marcis	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	382	—	Running	—	90
7	5	-2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	382	—	Running	—	88
8	14	+6	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		381	—	Running	—	86
9	19	+10	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing		380	—	Running	—	0
10	10	—	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		378	—	Running	—	82
11	17	+6	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	376	—	Running	—	80
12	24	+12	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	375	—	Running	—	78
13	22	+9	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		371	—	Running	—	76
14	25	+11	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		370	—	Running	—	74
15	27	+12	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	367	—	Running	—	72
16	13	-3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	359	—	Running	—	70
17	4	-13	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		351	—	DNF - Crash	—	68
18	7	-11	Max Berrier	Donlavey Racing		349	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
19	20	+1	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	349	—	Running	—	64
20	30	+10	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	332	—	Running	—	62
21	29	+8	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		274	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
22	23	+1	Ed Negre	Arrington Racing	Dodge	167	—	DNF	—	58
23	21	-2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		116	—	DNF	—	56
24	18	-6	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	99	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	16	-9	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		95	—	DNF	—	52
26	15	-11	Tiny Lund	Hank Richardson (Owner)		92	—	DNF	—	50
27	28	+1	Henley Gray	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	81	—	DNF	—	48
28	26	-2	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		69	—	DNF	—	46
29	9	-20	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	15	—	DNF	—	44
30	11	-19	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		6	—	DNF	—	42