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COLUMBIA S.C. (NASCAR) April 4, 1972 -
Max Berrier overhauled Neil
Castles 37 laps from the finish and coasted to victory in the Columbia 200 at
New Columbia Speedway. Berrier, a veteran of Modified and Grand American
racing, drove a Mustang to the first Grand National East win of his career.
At the finish he was a quarter of a lap ahead of Castles, who three days
previous won the first race of his career.
Elmo Langley of Charlotte and driving a Ford was a half lap back in the third
spot. Fourth was Wayne Andrews who was lapped just two laps from the
finish. Castles and Langley traded the lead the first 163 laps of the race
before yielding to Berrier. Tiny Lund started from the pole position after
qualifying Walter Ballard's Mercury. However, the car dropped from the
race when the oil pressure went down.
|
Fin |
St |
Driver |
# |
Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Laps Led |
| 1
|
7
|
Max Berrier
|
15
|
Reid Shaw |
1972 Ford Mustang
|
200
|
1,300
|
running
|
37 |
| 2
|
2 |
Neil Castles
|
06
|
Neil Castles |
1971 Dodge
|
200 |
800
|
running
|
47 |
| 3
|
3 |
Elmo Langley
|
64
|
Elmo Langley |
1971 Ford
|
200 |
500
|
running
|
16 |
| 4
|
5 |
Wayne Andrews
|
97
|
J F St Clair |
1970 Ford Mustang
|
199 |
350
|
running
|
0 |
| 5
|
8 |
Frank Sessoms
|
21
|
W C Barnett |
1969 Chevrolet Camaro
|
198 |
325
|
running
|
0 |
| 6
|
4 |
Bobby Allison
|
49 |
Melvin Joesph |
1969 Ford Mustang
|
195 |
300
|
running
|
0 |
| 7
|
14 |
Ernie Shaw
|
17 |
Reid Shaw |
1970 Ford Mustang
|
194 |
275
|
running
|
0 |
| 8
|
12 |
Baxter Price
|
3 |
Patsy Price |
1969 Chevrolet Camaro
|
192 |
270
|
running
|
0 |
| 9
|
15 |
Jim Vaughan
|
7 |
Wayne Vaughn |
1969 Chevrolet Camaro
|
191 |
265
|
running
|
0 |
| 10
|
18 |
Glenn Brewer
|
19 |
Bobby Brewer |
1969 Chevrolet Camaro
|
191 |
260
|
running
|
0 |
| 11
|
9 |
Ed Negre
|
8 |
Ed Negre |
1970 Dodge
|
189 |
255
|
running
|
0 |
| 12
|
16 |
Wendell Scott
|
34 |
Wendell Scott |
1971 Ford
|
180 |
250
|
running
|
0 |
| 13
|
10 |
Frank Warren
|
79 |
Frank Warren |
1970 Plymouth
|
17 |
245
|
running
|
0 |
| 14
|
22 |
Charlie Blanton
|
57 |
R L Boggs |
1970 Dodge
|
166 |
240
|
overheating
|
0 |
| 15
|
21 |
Larry Miller
|
27 |
Gwen Blackwell |
1969 Chevrolet Camaro
|
158 |
235
|
running |
0 |
| 16
|
1 |
Tiny Lund
|
30 |
Walter Ballard |
1971 Mercury
|
119 |
430
|
oil pressure
|
0 |
| 17
|
19 |
Bobby Fleming
|
87 |
Buck Baker |
1972 Chevrolet Camaro
|
103 |
225
|
wrecked |
0 |
| 18
|
6 |
Buck Baker
|
74 |
Buck Baker |
1971 Pontiac Firebird
|
97 |
220
|
overheating |
0 |
| 19
|
11 |
Bill Shirey
|
96 |
Bill Shirey |
1970 Plymouth
|
70 |
215
|
overheating |
0 |
| 20
|
17 |
Richard Childress
|
60 |
Judy Childress |
1972 Chevrolet
|
22 |
210
|
head gasket |
0 |
| 21
|
20 |
Phil Gibson
|
6 |
Phil Gibson |
1969 Chevrolet Camaro
|
16 |
205
|
wrecked |
0 |
| 22
|
13
|
Pee Wee Wentz
|
4
|
Roscoe Leonard
|
1971 AMC Javelin
|
7
|
200
|
head gasket
|
0 |
Time of race: 01:33:11
Average Speed: 65.677 MPH
Pole Speed: 21.456 seconds
4 cautions for 38 laps
Race Purse: $ 7,575
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