1972 Winston 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 11 of 31 in the 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
Layout of Talladega Superspeedway
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| Date | May 7, 1972 | ||
| Official name | Winston 500 | ||
| Location | Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, Alabama | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.660 mi (4.280 km) |
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| Distance | 188 laps, 500.1 mi (804.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Mild with temperatures up to 75 °F (24 °C); wind speeds reaching a maximum sustained speed of 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 134.4 miles per hour (216.3 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | K&K Insurance Racing | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | |
| Laps | 59 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 21 | David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC | ||
| Announcers |
Keith Jackson Chris Economaki |
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The 1972 Winston 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that occurred on May 7, 1972, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama.
Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day.
Talladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. The track is a Tri-oval and was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in the 1960s. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line - located just past the exit to pit road. The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the Monster Energy Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. Talladega Superspeedway is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66 miles (4.28 km), and the track at its peak had a seating capacity of 175,000 spectators.
There were fifty drivers on the racing grid. It took nearly three hours and forty-five minutes for 188 laps of racing to be resolved. There were nine cautions for a duration of 62 racing laps with 53 changes in the first-place position and David Pearson defeating Bobby Isaac by almost five seconds. More than 71000 people would see 500.1 miles or 804.8 kilometres of racing action with speeds reaching up to 134.4 miles per hour (216.3 km/h).
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