Southeastern 500

Bristol Motor Speedway — January 1, 1972

Bobby Allison

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1972 Southeastern 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 458 of 500 laps. Bobby Isaac finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Bristol Motor Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		500	—	Running	458	100
2	3	+1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	496	—	Running	11	98
3	2	-1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	491	—	Running	15	96
4	5	+1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing		483	—	Running	—	94
5	7	+2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	474	—	Running	—	92
6	6	—	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		473	—	Running	16	90
7	12	+5	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		470	—	Running	—	88
8	14	+6	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		470	—	Running	—	86
9	11	+2	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	466	—	Running	—	84
10	23	+13	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	462	—	Running	—	82
11	16	+5	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		451	—	Running	—	80
12	22	+10	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		442	—	Running	—	78
13	17	+4	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	437	—	Running	—	76
14	27	+13	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		429	—	Running	—	74
15	30	+15	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	423	—	Running	—	72
16	21	+5	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		417	—	Running	—	70
17	9	-8	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	407	—	Running	—	68
18	28	+10	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		403	—	Running	—	66
19	26	+7	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		387	—	DNF	—	64
20	10	-10	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	357	—	DNF	—	62
21	4	-17	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	320	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
22	19	-3	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	315	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
23	15	-8	David Sisco	McGee Racing		272	—	DNF	—	56
24	25	+1	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		221	—	DNF	—	54
25	29	+4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	147	—	DNF	—	52
26	13	-13	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	126	—	DNF	—	50
27	20	-7	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		82	—	DNF	—	48
28	8	-20	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	54	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	24	-5	Ronnie Daniel	Daniel Racing		41	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	18	-12	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing		32	—	DNF	—	42