|| *Comments on the 1972 American 500:* View the most recent comment <#7> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. RaceFanX posted: 02.23.2008 - 12:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Richard Petty's last race in a Plymouth 2. DozierTheGreat posted: 01.25.2014 - 5:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #90 sponsor was Truxmore 3. RaceFanX posted: 08.21.2015 - 6:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pete Hamilton scores his final top-5 and top-10 finish. This was his final start of 1972 and he would only make two further starts in 1973, both of which ended in DNFs. 4. Anonymoose posted: 01.01.2016 - 5:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Points after race 30: 1) Richard Petty 8355.4 2) Bobby Allison 8230.5 Drivers outside the top 2 are mathematically eliminated. Points available: 350 3) James Hylton 7836.7 4) Cecil Gordon 6994.05 5) Benny Parsons 6512.15 6) Walter Ballard 6489.45 7) Elmo Langley 6377.25 8) Dean Dalton 6006.05 9) John Sears 5997.5 10) Ben Arnold 5871 11) Bill Champion 5710.7 12) Frank Warren 5672.6 13) Jabe Thomas 5653.55 14) Raymond Williams 5421.65 15) Dave Marcis 5142.9 16) Charlie Roberts 5095.45 17) Bobby Isaac 5054.85 16) Henley Gray 4995.65 19) J.D. McDuffie 4768.35 20) David Pearson 4718 5. Ivan Balakhonov posted: 11.02.2016 - 12:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cautions: 32-42 - #90 crash T4; 66-75 - #29 engine; 91-101 - #16, #72 crash T1 250-256 - debris 6. BOBO83329521 posted: 06.28.2020 - 2:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Richard Petty's 100th runner up finish. 7. rateus posted: 02.21.2021 - 1:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bill Hollar qualified for Henley Gray. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: