Results
"Southern 500"
September 4, 1972
Darlington, South Carolina
| Average Speed: 122.655 mph | Race
Time: 4-
hours 4- minutes 14- seconds
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| Pos | Driver | Car Make |
| 1 | Bobby Allison | Chevrolet |
| 2 | David Pearson | Mercury |
| 3 | Richard Petty | Dodge |
| 4 | Fred Lorenzen | Chevrolet |
| 5 | H. B. Bailey | Pontiac |
| 6 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge |
| 7 | Dave Marcis | Matador |
| 8 | Jim Vandiver | Dodge |
| 9 | Marty Robbins | Dodge |
| 10 | Coo Coo Marlin | Chevrolet |
| 11 | James Hylton | Mercury |
| 12 | Walter Ballard | Mercury |
| 13 | Bill Champion | Ford |
| 14 | Ed Negre | Dodge |
| 15 | J. D. McDuffie | Dodge |
| 16 | Tommy Gale | Mercury |
| 17 | Frank Warren | Dodge |
| 18 | David Ray Boggs | Dodge |
| 19 | G. C. Spencer | Plymouth |
| 20 | Jabe Thomas | Plymouth |
| 21 | Dean Dalton | Mercury |
| 22 | Elmo Langley | Ford |
| 23 | Neil Castles | Plymouth |
| 24 | Henley Gray | Ford T-Bird |
| 25 | Larry Smith | Ford |
| 26 | Buck Baker | Chevrolet |
| 27 | Eddie Yarboro | Plymouth |
| 28 | Cecil Gordon | Mercury |
| 29 | Buddy Baker | Dodge |
| 30 | John Sears | Plymouth |
| 31 | Paul Tyler | Mercury |
| 32 | Dick Brooks | Mercury |
| 33 | Clarence Lovell | Ford |
| 34 | Ron Keselowski | Dodge |
| 35 | Benny Parsons | Mercury |
| 36 | Ben Arnold | Ford |
| 37 | Joe Frasson | Dodge |
| 38 | Donnie Allison | Ford |
| 39 | Lee Roy Yarbrough | Ford |
| 40 | Bobby Isaac | Dodge |