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Nashville 420
NASCAR Winston Cup race
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville, TN
August 27, 1972
420 laps on 0.596 mile paved oval; 250.32 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 1
| Bobby Allison
| 12
| Junior Johnson
| 1972 Chevrolet
| 420
| 6,925
| running
| 283 |
| 2
| 2
| Richard Petty
| 43
| Petty Enterprises
| 1972 Plymouth
| 420
| 5,010
| running
| 136 |
| 3
| 12
| Darrell Waltrip
| 95
| Darrell Waltrip
| 1971 Mercury
| 404
| 2,040
| running
| 0 |
| 4
| 6
| Benny Parsons
| 72
| L.G. DeWitt
| 1971 Mercury
| 400
| 1,630
| running
| 0 |
| 5
| 8
| Elmo Langley
| 64
| Elmo Langley
| 1971 Ford
| 387
| 1,400
| running
| 0 |
| 6
| 4
| Cecil Gordon
| 24
| Cecil Gordon
| 1971 Mercury
| 383
| 1,125
| running
| 1 |
| 7
| 18
| Henley Gray
| 19
| Henley Gray
| 1971 Ford
| 381
| 1,025
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 9
| James Hylton
| 48
| James Hylton
| 1971 Ford
| 369
| 925
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 25
| Walter Ballard
| 30
| Vic Ballard
| 1971 Mercury
| 363
| 875
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 17
| J.D. McDuffie
| 70
| J.D. McDuffie
| 1971 Chevrolet
| 357
| 850
| running
| 0 |
| 11
| 19
| D.K. Ulrich
| 40
| D.K. Ulrich
| 1971 Ford
| 320
| 560
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 28
| John Sears
| 4
| J. Marvin Mills
| 1970 Plymouth
| 277
| 800
| engine
| 0 |
| 13
| 15
| Earl Brooks
| 26
| Earl Brooks
| 1971 Ford
| 158
| 540
| rear end
| 0 |
| 14
| 21
| Frank Warren
| 79
| Frank Warren
| 1970 Plymouth
| 153
| 775
| driveshaft
| 0 |
| 15
| 24
| David Boggs
| 57
| David Ray Boggs
| 1970 Dodge
| 118
| 485
| engine
| 0 |
| 16
| 23
| Richard Childress
| 96
| Richard Childress
| 1971 Chevrolet
| 106
| 445
| steering
| 0 |
| 17
| 7
| David Sisco
| 05
| Charlie McGee
| 1972 Chevrolet
| 105
| 415
| engine
| 0 |
| 18
| 27
| Ray Williams
| 47
| Raymond Williams
| 1971 Ford
| 56
| 615
| accident
| 0 |
| 19
| 20
| Charlie Roberts
| 77
| Charlie Roberts
| 1971 Ford
| 46
| 565
| brakes
| 0 |
| 20
| 10
| Ben Arnold
| 76
| Ben Arnold
| 1971 Ford
| 40
| 515
| accident
| 0 |
| 21
| 16
| Robert Brown
| 58
| Allan Brown
| 1970 Chevrolet
| 37
| 245
| engine
| 0 |
| 22
| 26
| Jabe Thomas
| 25
| Don Robertson
| 1970 Plymouth
| 37
| 485
| accident
| 0 |
| 23
| 11
| Dean Dalton
| 7
| Dean Dalton
| 1971 Mercury
| 34
| 480
| accident
| 0 |
| 24
| 22
| George Altheide
| 0
| George Altheide
| 1970 Dodge
| 29
| 225
| steering
| 0 |
| 25
| 14
| Bill Champion
| 10
| Bill Champion
| 1971 Ford
| 3
| 475
| engine
| 0 |
| 26
| 3
| Coo Coo Marlin
| 14
| H.B. Cunningham
| 1971 Chevrolet
| 0
| 300
| accident
| 0 |
| 27
| 5
| Bobby Isaac
| 71
| Nord Krauskopf
| 1971 Dodge
| 0
| 1,750
| accident
| 0 |
| 28
| 13
| LeeRoy Yarbrough
| 45
| Bill Seifert
| 1971 Ford
| 0
| 475
| quit
| 0 |
Time of race: 02:42:14
Average Speed: 92.578 MPH
Pole Speed: 18.349 seconds
3 cautions for 53 laps
Attendance: 19,500