Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1972

Richard Petty

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1972 Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 102 of 500 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Dave Marcis rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

5 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	102	100
2	1	-1	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		493	—	Running	27	98
3	11	+8	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	487	—	Running	—	96
4	13	+9	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	485	—	Running	—	94
5	9	+4	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing		479	—	Running	—	92
6	20	+14	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		478	—	Running	—	90
7	22	+15	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		477	—	Running	—	88
8	4	-4	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing		470	—	DNF	102	86
9	15	+6	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	468	—	Running	—	84
10	26	+16	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		468	—	Running	—	82
11	27	+16	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		467	—	Running	—	80
12	17	+5	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	464	—	Running	—	78
13	19	+6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		462	—	Running	—	76
14	31	+17	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	461	—	Running	—	74
15	18	+3	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		455	—	Running	—	72
16	34	+18	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		436	—	Running	—	70
17	35	+18	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	425	—	Running	—	68
18	28	+10	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	410	—	Running	—	66
19	2	-17	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	407	—	DNF - Engine	268	64
20	14	-6	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	344	—	DNF	—	62
21	36	+15	Les Covey	Jack Mercer (Owner)		341	—	Running	—	60
22	16	-6	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	255	—	DNF	—	58
23	5	-18	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Mercury	220	—	DNF	1	0
24	33	+9	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		204	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	6	-19	Bill Dennis	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	190	—	DNF	—	52
26	29	+3	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	141	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	7	-20	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	118	—	DNF	—	48
28	8	-20	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Plymouth	115	—	DNF	—	0
29	30	+1	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		81	—	DNF	—	44
30	23	-7	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	80	—	DNF	—	42
31	25	-6	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	68	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	24	-8	Jim Vandiver	Strong Racing		66	—	DNF	—	38
33	12	-21	Jimmy Hensley	Donlavey Racing		55	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
34	32	-2	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		44	—	DNF	—	34
35	10	-25	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		40	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	21	-15	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	35	—	DNF	—	30