World 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1972

Buddy Baker

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Buddy Baker won the 1972 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 39 of 400 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Charlie Glotzbach rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

Buddy Baker

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	—	Running	39	100
2	1	-1	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		400	—	Running	240	98
3	13	+10	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	395	—	Running	—	96
4	14	+10	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	391	—	Running	—	94
5	26	+21	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Mercury	382	—	Running	—	0
6	22	+16	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		381	—	Running	—	90
7	23	+16	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	378	—	Running	—	88
8	19	+11	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	376	—	Running	—	86
9	12	+3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	370	—	Running	—	84
10	21	+11	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		367	—	Running	—	82
11	34	+23	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	362	—	Running	—	80
12	24	+12	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	360	—	Running	—	78
13	30	+17	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		359	—	Running	—	76
14	35	+21	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	356	—	Running	—	74
15	28	+13	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	351	—	Running	—	72
16	25	+9	Jim Paschal	Howard & Egerton Racing		338	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
17	39	+22	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	336	—	Running	—	68
18	10	-8	Fred Lorenzen	Ellington Racing		332	—	DNF	—	66
19	9	-10	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	328	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
20	20	—	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		312	—	Running	—	62
21	5	-16	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	306	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
22	11	-11	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		283	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
23	3	-20	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	274	—	DNF - Engine	93	56
24	38	+14	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	269	—	DNF	—	54
25	2	-23	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	251	—	DNF	28	52
26	36	+10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		247	—	DNF	—	50
27	18	-9	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing		203	—	DNF	—	48
28	7	-21	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		184	—	DNF	—	46
29	31	+2	Ken Rush	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	149	—	DNF	—	0
30	27	-3	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing		142	—	DNF	—	42
31	8	-23	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	106	—	DNF	—	40
32	16	-16	Jackie Oliver	Donlavey Racing		103	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
33	32	-1	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		98	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	17	-17	Donnie Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		96	—	DNF	—	34
35	40	+5	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	88	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	37	+1	Dick Brooks	Marvin Welty (Owner)		61	—	DNF	—	30
37	29	-8	Wayne Smith	Wayne Smith (Owner)		60	—	DNF	—	28
38	33	-5	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	39	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	15	-24	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	33	—	DNF	—	24
40	4	-36	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	11	—	DNF	—	22