Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1972

James Hylton

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

James Hylton won the 1972 Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1972, leading 106 of 188 laps. Ramo Stott finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1972

Winner

James Hylton

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	22	+21	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	188	—	Running	106	100
2	14	+12	Ramo Stott	Donlavey Racing		188	—	Running	3	0
3	5	+2	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		183	—	Running	22	96
4	27	+23	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries (Owner)		180	—	Running	—	94
5	29	+24	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	179	—	Running	—	92
6	10	+4	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		178	—	Running	—	90
7	3	-4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	177	—	Running	4	88
8	30	+22	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		175	—	Running	—	86
9	19	+10	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		173	—	Running	—	84
10	47	+37	Paul Jett	Richard Hammond (Owner)		171	—	Running	—	82
11	32	+21	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	170	—	Running	—	80
12	31	+19	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	167	—	Running	—	78
13	25	+12	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	165	—	Running	—	76
14	37	+23	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		164	—	DNF - Engine	—	74
15	20	+5	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	163	—	Running	—	72
16	9	-7	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		156	—	DNF	—	70
17	18	+1	David Sisco	McGee Racing		156	—	Running	—	68
18	28	+10	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	151	—	Running	—	66
19	7	-12	Pete Hamilton	Housby Racing	Plymouth	147	—	DNF - Engine	7	64
20	8	-12	Fred Lorenzen	Ellington Racing		147	—	DNF	—	62
21	40	+19	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	146	—	DNF	—	60
22	4	-18	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	131	—	DNF - Engine	8	58
23	13	-10	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing		127	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
24	42	+18	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing		124	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	26	+1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	121	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	2	-24	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	105	—	DNF	12	50
27	23	-4	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	99	—	DNF	7	48
28	35	+7	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko (Owner)	Plymouth	99	—	DNF	—	46
29	39	+10	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	83	—	DNF	—	44
30	38	+8	Mel Larson	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	69	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
31	41	+10	Donnie Allison		Plymouth	61	—	DNF - Engine	19	40
32	50	+18	Charlie Roberts	Gray Racing		49	—	DNF	—	38
33	15	-18	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing		47	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	12	-22	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	46	—	DNF	—	34
35	33	-2	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	43	—	DNF	—	32
36	44	+8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		42	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	17	-20	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		41	—	DNF	—	28
38	48	+10	Bobby Mausgrover	J.C. Crews (Owner)		36	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	46	+7	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	35	—	DNF	—	24
40	11	-29	Dick Brooks	Marvin Welty (Owner)		28	—	DNF	—	22
41	6	-35	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	22	—	DNF - Crash	—	20
42	1	-41	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	22	—	DNF - Crash	—	18
43	16	-27	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	21	—	DNF - Crash	—	16
44	21	-23	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	21	—	DNF - Crash	—	14
45	34	-11	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	9	—	DNF	—	12
46	43	-3	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	9	—	DNF	—	10
47	49	+2	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	5	—	DNF	—	8
48	24	-24	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	1	—	DNF	—	6
49	36	-13	Roy Mayne	Joe Phipps (Owner)		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	4
50	45	-5	Robert Wales	Roberts Racing	Dodge	1	—	DNF - Engine	—	2