Old Dominion 500

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1972

Richard Petty

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1972 Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 64 of 500 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

3 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	—	Running	64	100
2	1	-1	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		500	—	Running	432	98
3	2	-1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	498	—	Running	4	96
4	3	-1	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	496	—	Running	—	94
5	7	+2	Jimmy Hensley	Donlavey Racing		493	—	Running	—	92
6	11	+5	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	488	—	Running	—	90
7	18	+11	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	485	—	Running	—	88
8	10	+2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		484	—	Running	—	86
9	14	+5	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		478	—	Running	—	84
10	19	+9	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	477	—	Running	—	82
11	9	-2	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		476	—	Running	—	80
12	25	+13	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		468	—	Running	—	78
13	21	+8	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		467	—	Running	—	76
14	12	-2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		460	—	Running	—	74
15	20	+5	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	459	—	DNF	—	72
16	24	+8	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		457	—	Running	—	70
17	31	+14	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	456	—	Running	—	68
18	34	+16	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	450	—	Running	—	66
19	28	+9	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		446	—	Running	—	64
20	23	+3	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	444	—	Running	—	62
21	29	+8	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	433	—	Running	—	60
22	36	+14	James Cox	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	430	—	Running	—	58
23	30	+7	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		369	—	DNF	—	56
24	26	+2	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	328	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	17	-8	Ray Hendrick	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	311	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
26	22	-4	Tiny Lund	Hank Richardson (Owner)		272	—	DNF	—	50
27	5	-22	Fred Lorenzen	Ellington Racing		216	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	15	-13	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	134	—	DNF	—	46
29	13	-16	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	108	—	DNF	—	44
30	16	-14	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing		108	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
31	6	-25	Bill Dennis	H.J. Brooking (Owner)		105	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
32	35	+3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing		95	—	DNF	—	38
33	27	-6	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		88	—	DNF	—	36
34	32	-2	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		77	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	8	-27	Bobby Isaac	Donlavey Racing		19	—	DNF	—	32
36	33	-3	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	19	—	DNF	—	30