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1972 Motor State 400

Michigan International Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	3	40	21	3	6	155	200	400

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	155	running	100
2	4	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	200	10	running	98
3	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	18	running	96
4	9	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	195	2	running	94
5	30	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	194		running	92
6	11	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	191		running	90
7	16	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	189		running	88
8	29	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	189		running	86
9	10	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	189		running	84
10	15	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	188		running	82
11	12	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	187		running	80
12	28	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	186		running	78
13	17	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	185		running	76
14	19	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	184		running	74
15	21	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	184		running	72
16	24	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	181		running	70
17	14	32	Johnny Halford	Team SABCO	Plymouth	180		running	68
18	37	53	Dick May	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Ford	180		running	66
19	33	96	Richard Childress	Warren Racing	Plymouth	179		running	64
20	35	5	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	178		running	62
21	18	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	166		running	60
22	26	9	Pete Hamilton	Housby Racing	Plymouth	155		engine	58
23	40	89	Les Covey	Jack Mercer (Owner)	Chevrolet	154		differential	56
24	23	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	147		a-frame	54
25	31	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	140		engine	52
26	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	138	14	suspension	50
27	8	90	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Ford	129		piston	0
28	7	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Mercury	96		push rod	0
29	22	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	92		valve	44
30	36	87	Dave Marcis	Hammer Mason (Owner)	Mercury	90		clutch	42
31	32	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	62		engine	40
32	25	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	54		transmission	38
33	6	15	Donnie Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	44	1	transmission	36
34	27	91	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing	Chevrolet	42		ignition	34
35	5	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	15		engine	32
36	13	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	11		engine	30
37	38	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	11		control arm	28
38	39	00	Bobby Mausgrover	Buxton Racing	Dodge	9		engine	26
39	20	2	Bill Seifert	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	3		vibration	0
40	34	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	1		engine	22

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	David Pearson	155	77.5%	P1
2	Richard Petty	18	9.0%	P3
3	Bobby Isaac	14	7.0%	P26
4	Bobby Allison	10	5.0%	P2
5	James Hylton	2	1.0%	P4
6	Donnie Allison	1	0.5%	P33

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