Auto race held at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1972
1972 World 600
Race details
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Layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway
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Date
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May 28, 1972
(
1972-May-28
)
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Location
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Charlotte Motor Speedway
,
Concord, North Carolina
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Course
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Permanent racing facility
1.500 mi (2.410 km)
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Distance
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400 laps, 600 mi (965 km)
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Weather
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Temperatures reaching of 73.9 °F (23.3 °C); wind speeds of 14 miles per hour (23 km/h)
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Average speed
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142.255 miles per hour (228.937 km/h)
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Driver
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Howard & Egerton Racing
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Time
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34.142
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Driver
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Bobby Allison
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Howard & Egerton Racing
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Laps
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239
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No. 11
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Buddy Baker
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Petty Enterprises
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Network
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untelevised
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Announcers
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none
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Motor car race
The
1972 World 600
, the 13th running of the
event
, was a
NASCAR
Winston Cup Series
racing event that was held on May 28, 1972, at
Charlotte Motor Speedway
in
Concord, North Carolina
. Wendell Scott was promised a good car, what he actually got was a hunk of junk. In practice, the car was 9 miles per hour off the pace; this led to jeers from his fellow drivers that he just could not drive the best level of equipment that was available at the time. Bobby Allison climbed in the car afterward and went the same speed while Wendell did the best he could with it until the engine grenaded. This resulted in Wendell obtaining a result of 22nd place DNF on lap 283.
[2]
South Carolina's
blue laws
were in full force during the era of the race.
[4]
The pace car driver was Robert "Bob" Colvin who was nearly arrested for violating the "blue laws" before he found out that they were for someone else's bad
checks
.
[4]
In addition to watching the event live, NASCAR followers who either lived or visited the Concord, North Carolina region could listen to it on their
transistor radios
.
Race report
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It took four hours and thirteen minutes to race 400 spanning 1.500 miles (2.414 km) per lap.
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Amateur home video helped capture the most important 49 minutes of this event. Three cautions were waved for 24 laps.
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[3]
More than 80,000 spectators would see
Buddy Baker
defeat
Bobby Allison
by 24 seconds at speeds averaging 142.555 miles per hour or 229.420 kilometres per hour.
[2]
[3]
The
pole position
speed would be 158.162 miles per hour or 254.537 kilometres per hour.
[2]
Jim Vandiver
would become the last-place finisher due to a
transmission
problem on lap 11.
[2]
James Hylton
became the lowest-finishing driver to finish this race.
[2]
[3]
Richard Petty
would suffer an
engine
problem.
[2]
[3]
His first win from the
World 600
(now
Coca-Cola 600
) series of racing events would come in
1975
.
Larry Smith
, who would go on to become
NASCAR's Rookie of the Year
, finished sixth in this race.
[2]
[3]
A Rookie of the Year from 1957,
Ken Rush
, would make his final NASCAR Cup Series appearance in this event. He would make a 29th-place finish out of a 31st place start.
[2]
Long-time NASCAR driver
Jim Paschal
would make his final start as well.
Out of the 40-car grid, all except Formula 1 driver
Jackie Oliver
were born in the United States.
[2]
Oliver was born in
Walton-on-Thames
,
England
.
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Notable crew chiefs included
Harry Hyde
,
Dale Inman
,
Tom Vandiver
,
Darrell Bryant
, and
Lee Gordon
.
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Qualifying
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Finishing order
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Section reference:
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* Driver failed to finish race
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased
References
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Preceded by
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NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season
1972
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Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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World 600 races
1972
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Succeeded by
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