Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1972

David Pearson

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1972 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1972, leading 59 of 188 laps. Bobby Isaac finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1972

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	188	—	Running	59	100
2	1	-1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	188	—	Running	57	98
3	5	+2	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	188	—	Running	32	96
4	28	+24	Fred Lorenzen	Ellington Racing		188	—	Running	4	94
5	3	-2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	187	—	Running	14	92
6	26	+20	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	186	—	Running	—	90
7	40	+33	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Mercury	185	—	Running	—	88
8	44	+36	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		185	—	Running	—	86
9	8	-1	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	185	—	Running	—	84
10	30	+20	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	184	—	Running	—	82
11	33	+22	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	183	—	Running	—	80
12	36	+24	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	182	—	Running	—	78
13	42	+29	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	182	—	Running	—	76
14	14	—	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	182	—	Running	—	74
15	15	—	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	182	—	Running	—	72
16	11	-5	Jimmy Crawford		Plymouth	181	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
17	16	-1	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		180	—	DNF	—	68
18	37	+19	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	179	—	Running	—	66
19	10	-9	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	179	—	Running	—	64
20	17	-3	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		178	—	Running	—	62
21	23	+2	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	178	—	Running	—	60
22	19	-3	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	173	—	Running	—	58
23	32	+9	Bobby Mausgrover	Buxton Racing	Dodge	173	—	Running	—	56
24	39	+15	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		172	—	Running	—	54
25	43	+18	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		172	—	Running	—	52
26	22	-4	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		167	—	Running	—	50
27	18	-9	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing		155	—	DNF	—	48
28	6	-22	Donnie Allison	Monty Myers (Owner)		145	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	47	+18	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		136	—	DNF	—	44
30	49	+19	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	132	—	Running	—	42
31	24	-7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	122	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	21	-11	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing		121	—	Running	—	38
33	29	-4	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		112	—	DNF - Crash	—	36
34	46	+12	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		88	—	DNF	—	34
35	27	-8	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		87	—	DNF	8	32
36	12	-24	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	83	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	13	-24	David Sisco	McGee Racing		72	—	DNF	—	28
38	25	-13	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	69	—	DNF	—	0
39	7	-32	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries (Owner)		67	—	DNF	—	24
40	20	-20	Buck Baker	Harold Furr (Owner)		67	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
41	41	—	Wayne Smith	Wayne Smith (Owner)		59	—	DNF	—	20
42	38	-4	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		56	—	DNF	—	18
43	45	+2	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		56	—	DNF - Engine	—	16
44	31	-13	Jackie Oliver	Donlavey Racing		50	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
45	4	-41	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		34	—	DNF	14	12
46	35	-11	Bill Dennis	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	23	—	DNF - Engine	—	10
47	48	+1	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	19	—	DNF	—	8
48	34	-14	Robert Wales	Roberts Racing	Dodge	13	—	DNF - Engine	—	6
49	50	+1	Bill Ward	J.C. Crews (Owner)		10	—	DNF - Engine	—	4
50	9	-41	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	179	—	Running	—	0