NASCAR Seri Piala Winston musim 1972

NASCAR Seri Piala Winston 1972
Sebelum:	1971	Sesudah:	1973

NASCAR Seri Piala Winston musim 1972 adalah musim ke-24 kejuaraan balap mobil stok profesional di Amerika Serikat dan musim Seri Piala era modern ke-1. Musim dimulai pada hari Minggu 23 Januari dan berakhir pada hari Minggu 12 November. Richard Petty memenangkan Kejuaraan Piala Winston kedua berturut-turut dan keempat secara keseluruhan. Larry Smith dinobatkan sebagai NASCAR Rookie of the Year.

Richard Petty (foto 2021) meraih gelar keempatnya pada musim 1972.

Musim ini dianggap sebagai yang pertama dari "era modern" NASCAR. Jumlah balapan dikurangi dari 48 menjadi 31, semua trek tanah dihapus dari jadwal, dan jarak balapan minimum 250 mil (402 km) ditetapkan untuk trek oval.

Rekapitulasi musim

Tanggal	Lomba	Sirkuit	Pemenang
January 23	Winston Western 500	Riverside International Raceway	Richard Petty
February 20	Daytona 500	Daytona International Speedway	A. J. Foyt
February 27	Richmond 500	Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway	Richard Petty
March 5	Miller High Life 500	Ontario Motor Speedway	A. J. Foyt
March 12	Carolina 500	North Carolina Speedway	Bobby Isaac
March 26	Atlanta 500	Atlanta International Raceway	Bobby Allison
April 9	Southeastern 500	Bristol International Speedway	Bobby Allison
April 16	Rebel 500	Darlington Raceway	David Pearson
April 23	Gwyn Staley 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Richard Petty
April 30	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway	Richard Petty
May 7	Winston 500	Alabama International Motor Speedway	David Pearson
May 28	World 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Buddy Baker
June 4	Mason-Dixon 500	Dover Downs International Speedway	Bobby Allison
June 11	Motor State 400	Michigan International Speedway	David Pearson
June 18	Golden State 400	Riverside International Raceway	Ray Elder
June 25	Lone Star 500	Texas World Speedway	Richard Petty
July 4	Firecracker 400	Daytona International Speedway	David Pearson
July 9	Volunteer 500	Bristol International Speedway	Bobby Allison
July 16	Northern 300	Trenton Speedway	Bobby Allison
July 23	Dixie 500	Atlanta International Raceway	Bobby Allison
August 6	Talladega 500	Alabama International Motor Speedway	James Hylton
August 20	Yankee 400	Michigan International Speedway	David Pearson
August 27	Nashville 420	Nashville Speedway	Bobby Allison
September 4	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway	Bobby Allison
September 10	Capital City 500	Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway	Richard Petty
September 17	Delaware 500	Dover Downs International Speedway	David Pearson
September 24	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway	Richard Petty
October 1	Wilkes 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Richard Petty
October 8	National 500	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Bobby Allison
October 22	American 500	North Carolina Speedway	Bobby Allison
November 12	Texas 500	Texas World Speedway	Buddy Baker

Klasemen akhir musim

Pos.	Pembalap	Poin	Start	Menang	Top 5	Top 10	Pole
1	Richard Petty	8701.40	31	8	25	28	3
2	Bobby Allison	8573.50	31	10	25	27	11
3	James Hylton	8158.70	31	1	9	23	0
4	Cecil Gordon	7326.05	31	0	4	16	0
5	Benny Parsons	6844.15	31	0	10	19	0
6	Walter Ballard	6781.45	31	0	0	7	0
7	Elmo Langley	6656.25	30	0	1	9	0
8	John Sears	6298.50	28	0	2	7	0
9	Dean Dalton	6295.05	29	0	0	4	0
10	Ben Arnold	6179.00	26	0	0	7	0
11	Frank Warren	5788.60	30	0	0	2	0
12	Jabe Thomas	5772.55	28	0	0	4	0
13	Bill Champion	5470.70	29	0	0	4	0
14	Raymond Williams	5712.65	28	0	0	5	0
15	Dave Marcis	5459.65	27	0	5	11	0
16	Charlie Roberts	5354.45	26	0	0	1	0
17	Henley Gray	5093.64	28	0	0	2	0
18	J.D. McDuffie	5075.85	27	0	1	2	0
19	Bobby Isaac	5050.85	27	1	10	10	9
20	David Pearson	4718.00	17	6	12	13	4
21	Ed Negre	4696.89	26	0	0	0	0
22	Buddy Arrington	4555.89	20	0	1	10	0
23	Larry Smith	4173.70	23	0	0	7	0
24	Buddy Baker	3936.70	17	2	8	9	1
25	Coo Coo Marlin	3852.90	20	0	2	5	0
26	David Ray Boggs	3739.00	24	0	0	0	0
27	Ron Keselowski	3475.60	22	0	1	3	0
28	Joe Frasson	3152.80	16	0	1	4	0
29	Richard D. Brown	2939.00	16	0	1	1	0
30	Neil Castles	2789.60	21	0	0	1	0
31	Jim Vandiver	2514.35	16	0	2	3	0
32	Clarence Lovell	2630.30	12	0	0	0	0
33	David Sisco	2310.75	12	0	0	2	0
34	LeeRoy Yarbrough	2157.50	18	0	5	9	0
35	George Altheide	1916.75	11	0	0	0	0
36	Donnie Allison	1849.15	10	0	2	3	0
37	Richard Childress	1521.25	15	0	0	0	0
38	Bill Shirey	1468.50	13	0	0	0	0
39	Fred Lorenzen	1333.55	8	0	3	4	0
40	Wendell Scott	1317.50	6	0	0	0	0
41	Tommy Gale	1298.00	6	0	0	0	0
42	Bill Dennis	1279.25	11	0	2	2	0
43	G.C. Spencer	1238.25	10	0	0	1	0
44	Dick May	1229.25	6	0	0	1	0
45	Hershel McGriff	1199.75	4	0	2	3	0
46	Les Covey	1128.00	7	0	0	0	0
47	Johnny Halford	1103.75	5	0	0	1	0
48	Pete Hamilton	1083.25	5	0	1	1	0
49	Dick Brooks	1023.50	14	0	0	1	0
50	Eddie Yarboro	1007.65	6	0	0	0	0
51	Cale Yarborough	949.50	5	0	1	4	0
52	Ray Elder	902.25	3	1	3	3	0
53	Paul Tyler	893.75	4	0	0	1	0
54	Marty Robbins	860.80	5	0	0	2	0
55	Bobby Mausgrover	833.05	6	0	0	0	0
56	Darrell Waltrip	827.00	5	0	1	3	0
57	Jim Whitt	813.50	3	0	0	0	0
58	H.B. Bailey	792.20	5	0	1	1	0
59	Dick Bown	791.75	3	0	0	0	0
60	Kevin Terris	783.50	3	0	0	1	0
61	Doc Faustina	770.50	5	0	0	0	0
62	Earle Canavan	755.50	7	0	0	0	0
63	Red Farmer	749.50	5	0	1	1	0
64	D.K. Ulrich	749.00	4	0	0	0	0
65	Charlie Glotzbach	739.00	3	0	2	2	0
66	Ramo Stott	675.25	5	0	2	3	0
67	Johnny Anderson	672.25	4	0	0	0	0
68	Dick Kranzler	642.75	3	0	0	0	0
69	Chuck Bown	636.75	3	0	0	0	0
70	John Soares, Jr.	609.25	3	0	0	0	0
71	Harry Schilling	599.50	3	0	0	0	0
72	Paul Jett	581.75	1	0	0	0	0
73	Earl Brooks	568.25	6	0	0	0	0
74	Bill Seifert	551.25	6	0	0	1	0
75	Carl Adams	530.00	2	0	0	1	0
76	Bill Butts	525.25	2	0	0	0	0
77	Carl Joiner	523.75	2	0	1	1	0
78	Dub Simpson	507.50	5	0	0	0	0
79	Frank James	459.75	2	0	0	1	0
80	J.C. Danielsen	458.50	2	0	0	0	0
81	Wayne Smith	439.50	3	0	0	1	0
82	Jack McCoy	419.00	3	0	0	0	0
83	Jimmy Finger	387.50	2	0	0	0	0
84	Paul Dorrity	362.00	2	0	0	0	0
85	Ronnie Daniel	344.75	2	0	0	0	0
86	Roy Mayne	338.25	4	0	0	0	0
87	Ron Gautsche	332.75	2	0	0	0	0
88	Markey James	301.00	2	0	0	0	0
89	Jimmy Crawford	296.25	1	0	0	0	0
90	Bob Kauf	290.50	2	0	0	0	0
91	Rick Newsom	289.00	1	0	0	0	0
92	Don Noel	274.75	2	0	0	0	0
93	Friday Hassler	255.25	1	0	0	1	0
94	Ronnie Chumley	252.00	1	0	0	0	0
95	Mel Larson	251.00	4	0	0	0	0
96	Les Loeser	239.00	1	0	0	0	0
97	Jimmy Insolo	226.50	1	0	0	0	0
98	Ivan Baldwin	215.75	1	0	0	0	0
99	Jimmy Hensley	215.25	2	0	1	1	0
100	Bob Greeley	212.50	1	0	0	0	0
101	Jerry Oliver	210.50	1	0	0	0	0
102	Larry Esau	201.50	1	0	0	0	0
103	Robert Brown	201.00	2	0	0	0	0
104	Tiny Lund	191.00	4	0	0	0	0
105	James Cox	165.50	2	0	0	0	0
106	Gene Romero	155.25	1	0	0	0	0
107	Phil Finney	150.25	1	0	0	0	0
108	G.T. Tallas	132.00	1	0	0	0	0
109	Ray Johnstone	127.50	1	0	0	0	0
110	John Hren	100.25	1	0	0	0	0
111	Clem Proctor	88.25	1	0	0	0	0
112	Bill Hollar	86.00	1	0	0	0	0
113	Sonny Easley	83.75	1	0	0	0	0
114	Ed Hessert	83.50	2	0	0	0	0
115	Dick Guldstrand	73.00	1	0	0	0	0
116	Sam Stanley	55.25	1	0	0	0	0
117	Bill Osborne	55.00	1	0	0	0	0
118	Robert Wales	25.50	2	0	0	0	0
119	Bill Ward	16.50	1	0	0	0	0
120	George Follmer	9.00	1	0	0	0	0
	Ray Hendrick		1	0	0	0	0
	Jim Hurtubise		2	0	0	1	0
	Ron Hutcherson		1	0	0	0	0
	Gordon Johncock		2	0	0	0	0
	Roger McCluskey		1	0	0	0	0
	Jackie Oliver		7	0	1	1	0
	Vic Parsons		1	0	0	1	0
	Jim Paschal		1	0	0	0	0
	Ken Rush		1	0	0	0	0
	Johnny Rutherford		1	0	0	0	0
	Bobby Unser		1	0	0	0	0
	Butch Hartman		1	0	1	1	0
	Ron Grana		1	0	0	0	0
	Cliff Garner		1	0	0	0	0
	Buck Baker		5	0	0	0	0
	Max Berrier		1	0	0	0	0
	Lem Blankenship		1	0	0	0	0
	Tru Cheek		1	0	0	0	0
	A.J. Cox		1	0	0	0	0
	Larry Dickson		1	0	0	0	0
	Mark Donohue		4	0	0	0	0
	Fred Drake		1	0	0	0	0
	Vic Elford		1	0	0	1	0
	Paul Feldner		1	0	0	0	0
	A.J. Foyt		6	2	5	5	3
	Don White		1	0	0	0	0

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