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1972 Carolina 500
The 1972 Carolina 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on March 12, 1972, at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina. ABC tape-delayed coverage of this race until March 18, 1972, when it was shown as ''ABC Championship Auto Racing'' and abbreviated to 90 minutes including commercials. Race report The race took place on a paved track spanning , it took four hours and twenty-three minutes to complete all 492 laps of the race. Bobby Isaac defeated Richard Petty by at one lap in front of 42500 people; marking his final career win. Isaac would earn the pole position with a qualifying speed of . Meanwhile, the average race speed was . Eight cautions slowed the race for 57 laps. Jimmy Vandiver finished in 3rd place with a ragtag crew of repairmen who had never worked a NASCAR race before and were assembled just hours before the race began; he improved on his qualifying position of 16th place even though he was unable to lead any laps. Baker onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 24th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 1st modern-era NASCAR Cup series season. The season began on Sunday January 23 and ended on Sunday November 12. Richard Petty won his second consecutive Winston Cup Championship and fourth overall. Larry Smith was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year. This season is considered to be the first of NASCAR's "modern era". The number of races was reduced from 48 to 31, all dirt tracks were removed from the schedule, and a minimum race distance of 250 miles (402 km) was established for oval tracks. Schedule Season recap Notes: *Winston Western 500: Petty makes his debut under STP sponsorship. *Texas World Speedway held two NASCAR races for the only time. Race summaries :*Western 500 Richard Petty and Bobby Allison made important debuts in their careers - Petty debuted under the sponsorship of STP while Allison was making his maiden voyage with the Richard Howard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |