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1972 Firecracker 400
Held on July 4, 1972 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL
160 L, 400 M, 643.68 KM - Scheduled Distance

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RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator	'71 Mercury	160	93	running
2	4	43	Richard Petty	STP	'72 Dodge	160	29	running
3	5	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	'72 Chevrolet	160	13	running
4	7	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	'72 Chevrolet	157	0	running
5	11	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola	'70 Ford	157	0	running
6	16	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Bill Seifert	'71 Mercury	153	0	running
7	10	88	Ron Keselowski	Messina Trucking	'70 Dodge	152	0	running
8	12	15	Donnie Allison	Moore Racing	'72 Ford	152	0	running
9	26	33	Wayne Smith	Smith Racing	'71 Chevrolet	151	0	running
10	14	32	Johnny Halford	Brooks Racing	'70 Plymouth	150	0	running
11	17	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	'71 Mercury	150	0	running
12	25	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	'71 Ford	148	0	running
13	21	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Racing	'72 Dodge	145	0	running
14	20	91	Richard D. Brown	McNabb Racing	'72 Chevrolet	144	0	running
15	32	23	Mel Larson	Robertson Racing	'70 Plymouth	144	0	running
16	24	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	'71 Ford	143	0	running
17	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	'70 Dodge	137	0	engine
18	33	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	'71 Mercury	136	0	running
19	30	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	'70 Plymouth	128	0	running
20	23	0	George Altheide	Altheide Racing	'70 Dodge	125	0	overheating
21	13	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	'70 Dodge	122	0	engine
22	35	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	'71 Ford	112	0	running
23	38	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	'71 Mercury	112	0	running
24	3	11	Buddy Baker	STP	'72 Dodge	107	23	oil cooler
25	15	90	Jackie Oliver	Donlavey Racing	'72 Ford	106	0	engine
26	31	57	David Ray Boggs	Boggs Racing	'70 Dodge	90	0	engine
27	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance	'72 Dodge	86	1	engine
28	36	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	'71 Chevrolet	84	0	engine
29	27	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	'72 Chevrolet	77	0	ignition
30	18	61	Clarence Lovell	Bierschwale-Haverlah	'71 Ford	61	0	engine
31	34	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	'71 Mercury	61	0	engine
32	29	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air	'70 Plymouth	60	0	engine
33	6	9	Pete Hamilton	Housby Racing	'72 Plymouth	51	1	engine
34	39	74	Bill Shirey	Shirey Racing	'70 Plymouth	51	0	engine
35	40	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing	'71 Ford	49	0	wheel bearing
36	9	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	'71 Mercury	48	0	engine
37	19	06	Neil Castles	Castles Racing	'71 Dodge	42	0	engine
38	28	92	Larry Smith	Smith Racing	'71 Ford	42	0	fuel line
39	37	46	Roy Mayne	Hunter Racing	'72 Chevrolet	38	0	engine
40	8	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	'72 Dodge	4	0	engine
DID NOT QUALIFY
		51	Dub Simpson		Chevy			DNQ
		41	Bobby Johns		Chevy			DNQ
		5	Doc Faustina		Plymouth			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
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:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered