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The 1972 World 600, the 13th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that was held on May 28, 1972, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the American community of Concord, North Carolina. South Carolina's blue laws were in full force during the era of the race and ''bull-baiting'' was considered to be illegal on a Sunday along with several other things that were considered to be prohibited. The pace car driver was Robert "Bob" Colvin who nearly got arrested for violating the "blue laws" before he found out that they were for someone else's bad checks.〔 In addition to watching the event live, NASCAR followers who either lived or visited the Concord, North Carolina region could watch it on their transistor radios; a key to following the major NASCAR races prior to ESPN and Twitter. ==Summary== It took four hours and thirteen minutes to resolve 400 laps of action spanning per lap.〔〔 Amateur home video helped to capture the most important 49 minutes of this racing event. Three cautions were handed by NASCAR for 24 laps.〔〔 More than 80,000 live spectators would see Buddy Baker defeat Bobby Allison by almost 24 seconds while going at speeds of up to .〔〔 The pole position speed would be .〔 Jim Vandiver would become the last-place finisher due to a transmission problem on lap 11.〔 James Hylton became the lowest-finishing driver to finish this race.〔〔 Even the mighty Richard Petty would suffer an engine problem.〔〔 His first win from the ''World 600'' (now ''Coca-Cola 600'') series of racing events would come in 1975. Larry Smith, who would go on to become NASCAR's Rookie of the Year, finished sixth in this race.〔〔 A Rookie of the Year from 1957, Mr. Ken Rush, would make his final NASCAR Cup Series appearance in this racing event. He would only make a 29th place finish out of a 31st place start.〔 Out of the 40-car grid, all except one (Jackie Oliver) were born in the United States.〔 Oliver was born in Walton-on-Thames, England. More notable for his Formula One appearances, he was like the Juan Pablo Montoya of the late 1960s and the early 1970s.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1972 World 600」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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