Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1972

Bobby Isaac

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Isaac won the 1972 Carolina 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 210 of 492 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Jim Vandiver rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

Bobby Isaac

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	492	—	Running	210	100
2	2	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	491	—	Running	12	98
3	16	+13	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	479	—	Running	—	96
4	9	+5	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing		477	—	Running	—	94
5	5	—	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	477	—	Running	—	92
6	19	+13	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	474	—	Running	—	90
7	3	-4	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		473	—	Running	—	88
8	17	+9	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	469	—	Running	—	86
9	8	-1	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		466	—	Running	—	84
10	32	+22	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	463	—	Running	—	82
11	12	+1	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		462	—	Running	—	80
12	7	-5	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	462	—	Running	—	78
13	14	+1	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	460	—	Running	—	76
14	27	+13	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	459	—	Running	—	74
15	29	+14	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		455	—	Running	—	72
16	13	-3	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	453	—	Running	—	70
17	24	+7	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	444	—	Running	—	68
18	34	+16	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	442	—	Running	—	66
19	33	+14	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	441	—	Running	—	64
20	25	+5	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		440	—	Running	—	62
21	21	—	H.B. Bailey	J.C. Crews (Owner)		439	—	Running	—	60
22	28	+6	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	438	—	Running	—	58
23	18	-5	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing		436	—	Running	—	56
24	23	-1	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		430	—	Running	—	54
25	11	-14	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	418	—	Running	—	52
26	31	+5	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		409	—	DNF	—	50
27	39	+12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		345	—	DNF - Engine	260	48
28	36	+8	Johnny Halford	Team SABCO	Plymouth	337	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	20	-9	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		307	—	DNF - Crash	—	44
30	15	-15	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	259	—	DNF	—	42
31	40	+9	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	177	—	DNF	—	40
32	38	+6	Walter Ballard	Joe Phipps (Owner)		167	—	DNF	—	38
33	37	+4	Les Covey	Jack Mercer (Owner)		127	—	DNF	—	36
34	4	-30	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	90	—	DNF - Engine	10	34
35	22	-13	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		85	—	DNF	—	32
36	6	-30	Buck Baker	Harold Furr (Owner)		59	—	DNF	—	0
37	30	-7	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		56	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	26	-12	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		11	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	35	-4	Bobby Mausgrover	Buxton Racing	Dodge	10	—	DNF	—	24
40	10	-30	Jackie Oliver	Donlavey Racing		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	0