1972 Daytona 500

Race #2 of 31 in the 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1972 Running of the Daytona 500

1972 Daytona 500
*Held on February 20, 1972 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL*
200 L, 500 M, 804.6 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	21	A.J. Foyt	Purolator	1971 Mercury	200	167	running	0
2	6	6	Charlie Glotzbach	American Brakeblok, Signal Stat	1971 Dodge	199	0	running	346.75
3	8	31	Jim Vandiver	Nixon Racing	1970 Dodge	194	0	running	338.5
4	33	72	Benny Parsons	Carolina 500	1970 Mercury	194	0	running	336.5
5	35	48	James Hylton	Madden Food Systems	1971 Ford	191	0	running	330.75
6	16	3	Cale Yarborough	Woolco	1971 Plymouth	188	0	running	0
7	23	05	David Sisco	DeLong	1972 Chevrolet	186	0	running	320.5
8	21	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	1970 Plymouth	184	0	running	316
9	15	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air	1970 Plymouth	183	0	running	312.75
10	13	23	Vic Elford	Nolen's Restaurant	1970 Plymouth	182	0	running	0
11	26	03	Tommy Gale	Alray Tires	1971 Mercury	182	0	running	307.5
12	38	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing	1971 Ford	181	0	running	304.25
13	5	91	Richard D. Brown	Dogwood Valley Golf Course	1972 Chevrolet	179	0	running	299.75
14	37	19	Henley Gray	Cayuga Speedway	1971 Ford	179	0	running	297.75
15	34	0	George Altheide	Rossmeyer Dodge	1970 Dodge	177	0	running	293.5
16	4	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	1972 Chevrolet	177	2	running	291.5
17	20	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	1971 Ford	176	0	running	288
18	7	79	Frank Warren	Talladega 500, SSP	1970 Dodge	170	0	engine	278.5
19	25	57	David Ray Boggs	Sponsor Wanted	1970 Dodge	165	0	running	270.25
20	27	86	Ed Hessert	Jetway Corporation	1970 Dodge	107	0	distributor	0
21	30	44	Larry Dickson	Custom Trim Products	1971 Ford	103	0	engine	0
22	9	56	Jim Hurtubise	Miller High Life	1970 Chevrolet	100	0	engine	0
23	14	90	Bill Dennis	Tecorp 10 Refuse Bodies	1972 Ford	85	0	valve	162.25
24	19	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	1971 Chevrolet	84	0	oil pressure	159
25	3	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	1972 Chevrolet	81	0	valve	153.25
26	32	43	Richard Petty	STP	1972 Plymouth	80	31	valve	150
27	12	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Racing	1972 Dodge	57	0	engine	119.25
28	28	88	Ron Keselowski	Messina Trucking	1970 Dodge	44	0	piston	101
29	36	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	1971 Ford	44	0	steering	99
30	18	97	Red Farmer	Long-Lewis Ford	1972 Ford	32	0	engine	82
31	17	61	Jimmy Finger	Bierschwale-Haverlah Racing	1971 Ford	26	0	head gasket	72.5
32	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Kentucky Fried Chicken	1970 Plymouth	21	0	accident	64.25
33	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance	1972 Dodge	19	0	engine	59.75
34	31	11	Buddy Baker	STP	1972 Dodge	18	0	accident	56.5
35	10	16	Mark Donohue	American Motors, AMC	1972 AMC Matador	18	0	push rod	0
36	29	30	Walter Ballard	Hekimian's Foreign Car Sales	1971 Ford	16	0	accident	50
37	24	9	Ramo Stott	Housby Racing	1972 Dodge	13	0	oil pressure	44.25
38	39	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	1971 Ford	13	0	crank	42.25
39	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Casa Linda Motel	1971 Mercury	11	0	valve	37.75
40	40	47	Raymond Williams	Jet Way Products	1971 Ford	4	0	steering	27
DID NOT QUALIFY
		32	Johnny Halford	Brooks Racing	1970 Plymouth			DNQ
		8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	1971 Ford			DNQ
		34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	1971 Ford			DNQ
		84	Dick May	Davis Racing	1970 Dodge			DNQ
		06	Neil Castles	Castles Racing	1971 Dodge			DNQ
		95	Len Blanchard	Blanchard Racing	1971 Ford			DNQ
		5	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	1970 Plymouth			DNQ
		99	LeeRoy Yarbrough	L&M, STP	1972 Plymouth			DNQ
		50	Dave Chase	Race Car Engineering	1970 Chevrolet			DNQ
		39	Friday Hassler	See Rock City in Chattanooga	1970 Chevrolet			DNQ
		89	Les Covey	Mercer Racing	1970 Chevrolet			DNQ
		53	Rod Eulenfeld	Hopper-Crews Racing	1972 Ford			DNQ
		18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	1972 Dodge			DNQ
		74	Bill Shirey	Wings & Wheels	1970 Plymouth			DNQ
		78	Jackie Oliver	Frasson Racing	1970 Dodge			DNQ
		49	G.C. Spencer	Spencer Racing	1970 Plymouth			DNQ
		55	Ron Grana	Grana Racing	1970 Dodge			DNQ
		94	Verlin Eaker	Dodge	1970 Dodge			DNQ
		82	Darwin Sandstrom	Sandstrom Racing	1971 Ford			DNQ
		7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	1971 Mercury			DNQ
		92	Larry Smith	Smith Racing	1971 Ford			DNQ
		54	Jimmy Crawford	Crawford Enterprises	1970 Dodge			DNQ
		68	Dick Beinlich	Dick's Crane Service	1971 Ford			DNQ
		59	Don Tarr	Pistone Racing	1971 Ford			DNQ
		65	Dick Poling	Phipps Racing	1971 Chevrolet			DNQ
		80	Phil Finney	Finney Racing	1972 Chevrolet			DNQ
		87	Bobby Johns	Bobby Johns	1972 Chevrolet			DNQ
		35	Bub Strickler	Strickler Racing	1970 Chevrolet			DNQ
		83	Lem Blankenship	Indiana Bank	1972 Dodge			DNQ
		77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King Ford	1971 Ford			DNQ
		15	David Pearson	Palm Coast Ford	1972 Ford			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 3h:05:42
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials + Duel Races
Fast Qualifier: Bobby Isaac - 48.223 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}\|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}\|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: Bobby Isaac, Bobby Allison
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}\|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}\|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}\|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}\|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 1 lap
Average Speed: 161.550 mph
Cautions: 3 for 17 laps - Laps 20-26 (#11,30,67 accident turn 4); Laps 96-99 (#70 stalled pit entry); Laps 115-120 (#56 engine)
Lead Changes: 13 among 3 drivers - A.J. Foyt (1-3); Bobby Allison (4-5); A.J. Foyt (6-20); Richard Petty (21); A.J. Foyt (22-26); Richard Petty (27); A.J. Foyt (28-33); Richard Petty (34-39); A.J. Foyt (40-41); Richard Petty (42-58); A.J. Foyt (59-74); Richard Petty (75-80); A.J. Foyt (81-200)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered