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1972 Yankee 400

Michigan International Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	4	40	29	2	7	124	200	400

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	124	running	100
2	3	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	200	26	running	98
3	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	199	34	running	96
4	1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	199	6	running	94
5	20	98	Cale Yarborough	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	196		running	92
6	10	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	195	2	running	90
7	22	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	195		running	88
8	23	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Mercury	194		running	86
9	27	2	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	194		running	84
10	11	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Ford	193		running	82
11	14	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	192		running	80
12	15	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	191		running	78
13	32	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	191		running	76
14	13	61	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing	Ford	190		running	74
15	12	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	189		running	72
16	34	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	188		running	70
17	33	23	Mel Larson	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	187		running	0
18	19	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	187		running	66
19	30	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	185		running	64
20	24	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	185		running	62
21	21	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	185		running	60
22	18	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	184		running	58
23	16	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	184		running	56
24	37	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	184		running	54
25	17	84	Dick May	Buster Davis (Owner)	Dodge	178		running	52
26	38	77	Charlie Roberts	Gray Racing	Ford	177		running	50
27	36	5	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	171		running	48
28	28	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	155		running	46
29	35	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	154		running	44
30	7	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	151	7	accident	42
31	25	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	145		valve spring	40
32	6	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	110		water pump	38
33	8	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	104		valve	36
34	5	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	91	1	rear end	34
35	29	0	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	87		transmission	32
36	26	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	34		engine	30
37	40	55	Ron Grana	Ron Grana (Owner)	Chevrolet	31		transmission	0
38	39	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	19		engine	26
39	31	01	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	12		engine	24
40	9	90	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Ford	9		engine	22

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	David Pearson	124	62.0%	P1
2	Bobby Isaac	34	17.0%	P3
3	Bobby Allison	26	13.0%	P2
4	Joe Frasson	7	3.5%	P30
5	Richard Petty	6	3.0%	P4
6	James Hylton	2	1.0%	P6
7	Coo Coo Marlin	1	0.5%	P34

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