Capital City 500

Richmond Raceway — January 1, 1972

Richard Petty

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1972 Capital City 500 at Richmond Raceway on January 1, 1972, leading 330 of 500 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Bill Dennis rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Richmond Raceway

Season

1972

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	—	Running	330	100
2	1	-1	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		500	—	Running	168	98
3	2	-1	Bill Dennis	H.J. Brooking (Owner)		492	—	Running	—	0
4	6	+2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		482	—	Running	—	94
5	8	+3	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	479	—	Running	—	92
6	24	+18	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		456	—	Running	—	90
7	19	+12	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		453	—	Running	—	88
8	29	+21	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		451	—	Running	—	86
9	30	+21	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	445	—	Running	—	84
10	15	+5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	444	—	Running	—	82
11	23	+12	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		439	—	Running	—	80
12	17	+5	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	431	—	Running	—	78
13	14	+1	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	431	—	Running	—	76
14	21	+7	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		425	—	Running	—	74
15	9	-6	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	422	—	Running	—	72
16	28	+12	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	421	—	Running	—	70
17	4	-13	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	391	—	DNF - Crash	1	68
18	25	+7	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	352	—	DNF	—	66
19	12	-7	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		289	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
20	13	-7	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	200	—	DNF - Crash	—	62
21	7	-14	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	181	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
22	10	-12	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		142	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
23	5	-18	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	124	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
24	11	-13	David Pearson	Donlavey Racing		86	—	DNF	1	54
25	27	+2	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	20	-6	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	78	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	22	-5	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		50	—	DNF - Crash	—	48
28	16	-12	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	23	—	DNF	—	46
29	26	-3	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	4	—	DNF	—	44
30	18	-12	J.D. McDuffie	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	3	—	DNF	—	42