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1972 Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
A.J. Foyt	2	40	18	1	3	167	200	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	21	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	167	running	0
2	6	6	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	199		running	98
3	8	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	194		running	96
4	33	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	194		running	94
5	35	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	191		running	92
6	16	3	Cale Yarborough	Fox Racing	Plymouth	188		running	0
7	23	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	186		running	88
8	21	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	184		running	86
9	15	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	183		running	84
10	13	23	Vic Elford	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	182		running	0
11	26	03	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko (Owner)	Mercury	182		running	80
12	38	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	181		running	78
13	5	91	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing	Chevrolet	179		running	76
14	37	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	179		running	74
15	34	0	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	177		running	72
16	4	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	177	2	running	70
17	20	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	176		running	68
18	7	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	170		bearing	66
19	25	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	165		running	64
20	27	86	Ed Hessert	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	107		distributor	0
21	30	44	Larry Dickson	Giachetti Brothers	Ford	103		engine	0
22	9	56	Jim Hurtubise	Richard Hammond (Owner)	Chevrolet	100		engine	0
23	14	90	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Ford	85		valve	56
24	19	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	84		oil pressure	54
25	3	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	81		valve	52
26	32	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	80	31	valve	50
27	12	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	57		engine	48
28	28	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	44		piston	46
29	36	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	44		steering	44
30	18	97	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries (Owner)	Ford	32		engine	42
31	17	61	Jimmy Finger	B & B Racing	Ford	26		head gasket	40
32	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	21		accident	38
33	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	19		engine	36
34	31	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	18		accident	34
35	10	16	Mark Donohue	Penske Racing	Chevrolet	18		push rod	0
36	29	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Ford	16		accident	30
37	24	9	Ramo Stott	Housby Racing	Dodge	13		oil pressure	28
38	39	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	13		crank	26
39	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	11		valve	24
40	40	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	4		steering	22

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	A.J. Foyt	167	83.5%	P1
2	Richard Petty	31	15.5%	P26
3	Bobby Allison	2	1.0%	P16

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