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1972 Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	2	40	20	3	6	93	160	400

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	160	93	running	100
2	4	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	160	29	running	98
3	5	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	160	13	running	96
4	7	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	157		running	94
5	11	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	157		running	92
6	16	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Mercury	153		running	90
7	10	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	152		running	88
8	12	15	Donnie Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	152		running	86
9	26	33	Wayne Smith	Wayne Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	151		running	84
10	14	32	Johnny Halford	Team SABCO	Plymouth	150		running	82
11	17	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	150		running	80
12	25	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	148		running	78
13	21	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	145		running	76
14	20	91	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing	Chevrolet	144		running	74
15	32	23	Mel Larson	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	144		running	0
16	24	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	143		running	70
17	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	137		engine	68
18	33	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	136		running	64
19	30	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	128		running	62
20	23	0	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	125		overheating	60
21	13	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	122		engine	58
22	35	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	112		running	54
23	38	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	112		running	52
24	3	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	107	23	oil cooler	50
25	15	90	Jackie Oliver	Donlavey Racing	Ford	106		engine	0
26	31	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	90		valve	44
27	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	86	1	valve	42
28	36	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	84		timing chain	40
29	27	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	77		ignition	38
30	18	61	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing	Ford	61		valve spring	36
31	34	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	61		valve	34
32	29	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	60		head gasket	32
33	6	9	Pete Hamilton	Housby Racing	Plymouth	51	1	head gasket	30
34	39	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	51		engine	28
35	40	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	49		wheel bearing	26
36	9	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	48		engine	24
37	19	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	42		valve spring	22
38	28	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	42		fuel line	20
39	37	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	38		head gasket	18
40	8	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	4		engine	16

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	David Pearson	93	58.1%	P1
2	Richard Petty	29	18.1%	P2
3	Buddy Baker	23	14.4%	P24
4	Bobby Allison	13	8.1%	P3
5	Bobby Isaac	1	0.6%	P27
6	Pete Hamilton	1	0.6%	P33

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