1972 Tennessee 200 USAC Stock Car Race
September 16, 1972 - Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway

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Pre-race press party - Gordon Johncock, Darrell Waltrip, Bobby Unser

Darrell at the driver's meeting

Al Unser crashed in practice, loaded up early and was a DNS

Although he did get introduced during driver intros

After meeting Mayor Briley, Al was probably happier to meet the race queen

Butch Hartman

Roger McCluskey

Gordon Johncock

Bobby Unser waves to the crowd

Then Bobby shakes hands with the mayor

Darrell meets the race queen


The queen presents Darrell a trophy for qualifying on the pole

Joe Carver interviews Darrell about his qualifying lap as Mayor Briley looks on

That sly grin on Darrell's face should have told the field what was shortly in store

Darrell and Bobby Unser lead the field off turn 4 to the green flag

Roger McCluskey (3) leads Gordon Johncock (25) and Bobby Unser (5)

Bay Darnell (12), Ron North (18), a car hidden behind Darnell (which I think is Unser), and Ramo Stott (47)

Cars in the distance in turn two

Darrell down the front straight

Jack Bowsher (21), Ray Bolander (100), and Wayne Andrews (97)

Darrell on cruise control off turn 4

Wayne Andrews leads Bobby Unser and an unidentified Camaro

More turn two action


Bolander, Bowsher, Waltrip, and McCluskey

Waltrip makes his only pit stop

Sign boards are out (in the days before radios) for drivers to pit

Butch Hartman pits his Dodge



Waltrip about to put a lap on Gordy - Johncock would finish 3rd, 4 laps down

Johncock and Stott battle off turn 4 with Fred Zack well behind

Unser and Andrews off turn four

Unser drives off turn 4 - he would finish 2nd to Darrell, one lap down

Bay Darnell, Wayne Andrews, Terry Ryan, and John Reimer on the banks in turns 3 & 4

Waltrip headed to the checkered

A happy Darrell is congratulated in victory lane









Results for the 1972 Tennessee 200
| Finish |
Start |
CarNo |
Driver |
Laps |
Status |
| 1 |
1 |
95 |
Darrell Waltrip |
200 |
Running |
| 2 |
2 |
5 |
Bobby Unser |
199 |
Running |
| 3 |
3 |
25 |
Gordon Johncock |
196 |
Running |
| 4 |
4 |
47 |
Ramo Stott |
196 |
Running |
| 5 |
8 |
3 |
Roger McCluskey |
193 |
Running |
| 6 |
6 |
75 |
Butch Hartman |
193 |
Running |
| 7 |
7 |
20 |
Ralph Latham |
192 |
Running |
| 8 |
5 |
21 |
Jack Bowsher |
191 |
Running |
| 9 |
10 |
97 |
Wayne Andrews |
191 |
Running |
| 10 |
13 |
54 |
Terry Ryan |
187 |
Running |
| 11 |
15 |
84 |
Harold Fair |
183 |
Running |
| 12 |
11 |
93 |
John Reimer |
183 |
Running |
| 13 |
20 |
7 |
Paul Feldner |
181 |
Running |
| 14 |
21 |
12 |
Bay Darnell |
179 |
Running |
| 15 |
17 |
18 |
Ron North |
177 |
Running |
| 16 |
19 |
100 |
Ray Bolander |
174 |
Running |
| 17 |
16 |
8 |
Sal Tovella |
114 |
Broken wheel |
| 18 |
14 |
78 |
Kenny Reiter |
107 |
Oil pressure |
| 19 |
23 |
31 |
Fred Zack |
64 |
Engine failure |
| 20 |
25 |
94 |
Kenny McEldowney |
49 |
Broken weld |
| 21 |
22 |
63 |
Cleve Smith |
22 |
Black flagged |
| 22 |
9 |
26 |
Bobby Wawak |
16 |
Oil pressure |
| 23 |
18 |
19 |
Bud Schroyer |
16 |
Spilling oil |
| 24 |
24 |
16 |
Jim Tobin |
8 |
Handling |
| 25 |
12 |
6 |
Lem Blakenship |
3 |
Engine failure |