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1972 Old Dominion 500

Index 1972 Old Dominion 500

The 1972 Old Dominion 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that was held on September 24, 1972, at Martinsville Speedway in the American community of Martinsville, Virginia. [1]

59 relations: Banked turn, Ben Arnold (racing driver), Benny Parsons, Bill Champion (racing driver), Bill Dennis, Bill Shirey, Bobby Allison, Bobby Isaac, Buddy Arrington, Buddy Baker, Cecil Gordon, Chevrolet, Coo Coo Marlin, Dale Inman, Dave Marcis, David Pearson (racing driver), David Ray Boggs, Degree (angle), Dodge, Ed Negre, Elmo Langley, Ford Motor Company, Frank Warren (racing driver), Fred Lorenzen, Harry Hyde, Henley Gray, Homologation (motorsport), J. D. McDuffie, Jabe Thomas, James Hylton, Jimmy Hensley, Joe Frasson, John Sears (racing driver), Larry Smith (racing driver), LeeRoy Yarbrough, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia, Mercury (automobile), Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR, Neil Castles, Oval track racing, Petty Enterprises, Plymouth (automobile), Pole position, Ralph Moody, Ray Hendrick, Restrictor plate, Richard Childress, Richard Petty, ..., Short track motor racing, The Last American Hero, Tiny Lund, United States, Virginia, Walter Ballard, 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 2013 Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500. Expand index (9 more) »

Banked turn

A banked turn (or banking turn) is a turn or change of direction in which the vehicle banks or inclines, usually towards the inside of the turn.

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Ben Arnold (racing driver)

Ben Arnold (July 30, 1936 – March 20, 2011) was an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Benny Parsons

Benjamin Stewart "Benny" Parsons (July 12, 1941 – January 16, 2007) was an American NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst/pit reporter on SETN, TBS, ABC, ESPN, NBC, and TNT.

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Bill Champion (racing driver)

Bill Champion (October 21, 1921 - May 20, 1991) was an American stock car racing driver, who competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series from 1951 to 1976.

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Bill Dennis

Bill Dennis (born December 9, 1935) is a former NASCAR driver and rookie of the year in the Grand National Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series).

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Bill Shirey

Bill Shirey (born February 28, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan) is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver.

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Bobby Allison

Robert Arthur "Bobby" Allison (born December 3, 1937) is a former American professional stock car racing driver and owner.

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Bobby Isaac

Bobby Isaac (August 1, 1932 – August 14, 1977) was an American stock car racer.

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Buddy Arrington

Buddy Arrington (born July 26, 1938) is a retired American NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver.

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Buddy Baker

Elzie Wylie "Buddy" Baker Jr. (January 25, 1941 – August 10, 2015) was an American NASCAR driver and sports commentator.

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Cecil Gordon

Cecil Gordon (June 21, 1941 – September 19, 2012) was an American stock car racing driver.

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Chevrolet

Chevrolet, colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM).

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Coo Coo Marlin

Clifton Burton "Coo Coo" Marlin (January 3, 1932 – August 14, 2005) was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver who spent 14 years in the series.

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Dale Inman

Dale Inman (born August 19, 1936) is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) crew chief from Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina.

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Dave Marcis

David Marcis (born March 1, 1941 in Wausau, Wisconsin) is a retired driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit whose career spanned five decades.

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David Pearson (racing driver)

David Gene Pearson (born December 22, 1934) is a former American stock car racer from Spartanburg, South Carolina.

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David Ray Boggs

David Ray Boggs (born September 8, 1943 in Morrisville, North Carolina) is an American stock car racing driver.

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Degree (angle)

A degree (in full, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually denoted by ° (the degree symbol), is a measurement of a plane angle, defined so that a full rotation is 360 degrees.

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Dodge

Dodge is an American brand of automobile manufactured by Fiat Chrysler (formerly known as Chrysler Group LLC), based in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

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Ed Negre

Ed Negre (July 16, 1927 - June 4, 2014) was a NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver who raced from 1955 to 1979.

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Elmo Langley

Elmo Langley (August 21, 1928 – November 21, 1996) was a NASCAR driver and owner.

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Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as "Ford") is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

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Frank Warren (racing driver)

Frank Warren (born September 8, 1933 - Augusta, Georgia, USA) is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver who raced from 1963 to 1980.

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Fred Lorenzen

Frederick "Fred" Lorenzen, Jr. (born December 30, 1934), nicknamed The Golden Boy, Fast Freddie, The Elmhurst Express and Fearless Freddy, is a former NASCAR driver from Elmhurst, Illinois.

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Harry Hyde

Harry Hyde (January 17, 1925 – May 13, 1996) was a leading crew chief in NASCAR stock car racing in the 1960s through the 1980s, winning 56 races and 88 pole positions.

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Henley Gray

Henley Gray (born January 12, 1933 – Rome, Georgia) is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver whose career spanned from 1964 to 1977.

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Homologation (motorsport)

In motorsports, homologation is the approval process through which a vehicle, a race track, or a standardised part is required to go for certification to race in a given league or series.

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J. D. McDuffie

John Delphus "J.D." McDuffie Jr.

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Jabe Thomas

Cerry Ezra "Jabe" Thomas (May 12, 1930 – June 4, 2015) was a NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver who competed from the mid-1960s through the late 1970s.

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James Hylton

James Harvey Hylton (August 26, 1934 – April 28, 2018) was an American stock car racing driver.

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Jimmy Hensley

James Hensley (born October 11, 1945) is a former NASCAR driver.

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Joe Frasson

Joseph "Joe" Frasson (September 3, 1935 - November 21, 2016) was a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) driver.

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John Sears (racing driver)

"Big" John Sears (May 9, 1936 – November 1, 1999) was a NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver from Ellerbe, North Carolina, USA.

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Larry Smith (racing driver)

Larry Grayson Smith (June 2, 1942 – August 12, 1973), born in Lenoir, North Carolina, United States, was a NASCAR driver.

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LeeRoy Yarbrough

Lonnie "LeeRoy" Yarbrough (September 17, 1938 – December 7, 1984) was an American stock car racer.

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Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville.

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Martinsville, Virginia

Martinsville is an independent city near the southern border of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Mercury (automobile)

Mercury is a defunct division of the American automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company.

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (often shortened to the Cup Series) is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR).

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NASCAR

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock-car racing.

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Neil Castles

Neil "Soapy" Castles (born October 1, 1934 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is a retired NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver who raced from 1957 to 1976.

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Oval track racing

Oval track racing is a form of closed-circuit automobile racing that is contested on an oval-shaped track.

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Petty Enterprises

Petty Enterprises (formerly Lee Petty Engineering) was a NASCAR racing team based in Randleman, North Carolina, USA.

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Plymouth (automobile)

Plymouth was a brand of automobiles based in the United States, produced by the Chrysler Corporation and its successor DaimlerChrysler.

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Pole position

In motorsport the pole position is the position at the inside of the front row at the start of a racing event.

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Ralph Moody

Ralph Moody (September 10, 1917 – June 9, 2004) was an American stock car racer.

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Ray Hendrick

Ray Hendrick (April 1, 1929 – September 28, 1990) was an American race car driver. He was known as "Mr. Modified" during his 36-year career in motorsports, mainly in the modified stock car racing class. The Virginia native collected more than 700 victories in modifieds, NASCAR Winston Cup series, and late model sportsman series (later known as Busch Grand National division). Ray Hendrick was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2012, and was inducted in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2007. Hendrick raced his famous winged No. 11 Modified coupe fielded by Jack Tant and Clayton Mitchell. Rick Hendrick (no relation) was a pit crew member on his car in the 1960s. The Richmond, Virginia star won five track championships at South Boston Speedway, four of them while competing in the NASCAR Modified division and one in the NASCAR Late Model Sportsman division. Ray never won the National Modified Championship but finished in the Top 10 in Points nine times.

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Restrictor plate

A restrictor plate or air restrictor is a device installed at the intake of an engine to limit its power.

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Richard Childress

Richard Childress (born September 21, 1945) is a former NASCAR driver and the current team owner of Richard Childress Racing (RCR).

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Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed The King, is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

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Short track motor racing

In North American auto racing, particularly with regard to NASCAR, a short track is a racetrack of less than one mile (1.6 km) in length.

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The Last American Hero

The Last American Hero (also known as Hard Driver) is a 1973 sports drama film based on the true story of American NASCAR driver Junior Johnson.

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Tiny Lund

DeWayne Louis "Tiny" Lund (November 14, 1929 – August 17, 1975) was an American stock car racer.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Walter Ballard

Walter Ballard (born January 12, 1933) is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver from Houston, Texas.

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1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 24th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 1st modern-era NASCAR Cup series season.

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1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 25th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 2nd modern-era Cup season.

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2013 Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500

The 2013 Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on October 27, 2013, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Old_Dominion_500

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