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1972 Daytona 500
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Winston Cup race number 2 of 31
February 20, 1972 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:05:42
Average Speed: 161.55 mph
Pole Speed: 186.632 mph Cautions: 3 for 17 laps
Margin of Victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 98,600

Glossary 1972 Winston Cup results / 1972 standings

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Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	21	A.J. Foyt	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	200	45,400	running	167
2	6	6	Charlie Glotzbach	American Brakeblok / Signal Stat (Cotton Owens)	'71 Dodge	199	16,250	running	0
3	8	31	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	'70 Dodge	194	10,475	running	0
4	33	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'70 Mercury	194	7,150	running	0
5	35	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	191	5,925	running	0
6	16	3	Cale Yarborough	Ray Fox	'71 Plymouth	188	4,660	running	0
7	23	05	David Sisco	Charlie McGee	'72 Chevrolet	186	4,215	running	0
8	21	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	184	4,365	running	0
9	15	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'70 Plymouth	183	4,145	running	0
10	13	23	Vic Elford	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	182	3,445	running	0
11	26	03	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko	'71 Mercury	182	2,405	running	0
12	38	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	181	2,700	running	0
13	5	91	Richard D. Brown	Ralph McNabb	'72 Chevrolet	179	3,525	running	0
14	37	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'71 Ford	179	2,395	running	0
15	34	0	George Altheide	George Altheide	'70 Dodge	177	1,750	running	0
16	4	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Richard Howard)	'72 Chevrolet	177	4,900	running	2
17	20	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'71 Ford	176	1,760	running	0
18	7	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'70 Dodge	170	2,300	engine	0
19	25	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs	'70 Dodge	165	1,630	running	0
20	27	86	Ed Hessert	Neil Castles	'70 Dodge	107	1,170	distributor	0
21	30	44	Larry Dickson	Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti)	'71 Ford	103	1,535	engine	0
22	9	56	Jim Hurtubise	Richard Hammond	'70 Chevrolet	100	1,700	engine	0
23	14	90	Bill Dennis	Junie Donlavey	'72 Ford	85	2,120	valve	0
24	19	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'71 Chevrolet	84	2,010	oil pressure	0
25	3	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	81	1,975	valve	0
26	32	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Plymouth	80	5,060	valve	31
27	12	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'72 Dodge	57	2,025	engine	0
28	28	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	44	1,370	piston	0
29	36	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'71 Ford	44	1,830	steering	0
30	18	97	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries	'72 Ford	32	1,375	engine	0
31	17	61	Jimmy Finger	Bierschwale-Haverlah (Don Bierschwale)	'71 Ford	26	1,350	head gasket	0
32	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'70 Plymouth	21	1,300	crash	0
33	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'72 Dodge	19	10,230	engine	0
34	31	11	Buddy Baker	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Dodge	18	2,300	crash	0
35	10	16	Mark Donohue	American Motors (Roger Penske)	'72 Matador	18	1,375	push rod	0
36	29	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Ford	16	1,660	crash	0
37	24	9	Ramo Stott	Housby Racing (Jack Housby)	'72 Dodge	13	1,165	oil pressure	0
38	39	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Ford	13	1,585	crank	0
39	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'71 Mercury	11	1,725	valve	0
40	40	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	'71 Ford	4	800	steering	0

Lap leaders: A. Foyt 1-3, B. Allison 4-5, A. Foyt 6-20, R. Petty 21, A. Foyt 22-26, R. Petty 27, A. Foyt 28-33, R. Petty 34-39, A. Foyt 40-41, R. Petty 42-58, A. Foyt 59-74, R. Petty 75-80, A. Foyt 81-200

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