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1972 Firecracker 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 17 of 31
Tuesday, July 4, 1972 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:29:14
Average Speed: 160.821 mph
Pole Speed: 186.277 mph

Cautions: 2 for 14 laps
Margin of Victory: 4 feet
Attendance: 67,200
Lead changes: 23

Glossary 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1972 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
20	23	0	George Altheide	George Altheide	'70 Dodge	125	1,075	overheating	0
29	27	05	David Sisco	Charlie McGee	'72 Chevrolet	77	735	ignition	0
37	19	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'71 Dodge	42	735	engine	0
18	33	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'71 Mercury	136	1,675	running	0
24	3	11	Buddy Baker	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Dodge	107	1,050	oil cooler	23
3	5	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Richard Howard)	'72 Chevrolet	160	8,925	running	13
4	7	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	157	4,275	running	0
8	12	15	Donnie Allison	Bud Moore	'72 Ford	152	1,750	running	0
40	8	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	'72 Dodge	4	670	engine	0
22	35	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'71 Ford	112	1,500	running	0
13	21	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'72 Dodge	145	1,750	running	0
1	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	160	15,650	running	93
15	32	23	Mel Larson	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	144	1,275	running	0
11	17	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'71 Mercury	150	1,900	running	0
19	30	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'70 Plymouth	128	1,600	running	0
23	38	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	112	1,400	running	0
10	14	32	Johnny Halford	Dick Brooks	'70 Plymouth	150	1,350	running	0
9	26	33	Wayne Smith	Wayne Smith	'71 Chevrolet	151	1,550	running	0
32	29	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'70 Plymouth	60	1,210	engine	0
2	4	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'72 Dodge	160	11,725	running	29
6	16	45	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Bill Seifert	'71 Mercury	153	2,750	running	0
39	37	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'72 Chevrolet	38	675	engine	0
5	11	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	'70 Ford	157	3,600	running	0
26	31	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs	'70 Dodge	90	890	engine	0
30	18	61	Clarence Lovell	Bierschwale-Haverlah (Don Bierschwale)	'71 Ford	61	805	engine	0
35	40	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'71 Ford	49	1,195	wheel bearing	0
17	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'70 Dodge	137	1,150	engine	0
31	34	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	'71 Mercury	61	1,250	engine	0
28	36	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'71 Chevrolet	84	1,245	engine	0
27	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'72 Dodge	86	3,755	engine	1
36	9	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Mercury	48	1,190	engine	0
34	39	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey	'70 Plymouth	51	700	engine	0
16	24	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'71 Ford	143	1,675	running	0
12	25	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	'71 Ford	148	1,775	running	0
21	13	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'70 Dodge	122	1,550	engine	0
7	10	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'70 Dodge	152	1,850	running	0
33	6	9	Pete Hamilton	Housby Racing (Jack Housby)	'72 Plymouth	51	705	engine	1
25	15	90	Jackie Oliver	Junie Donlavey	'72 Ford	106	1,275	engine	0
14	20	91	Richard D. Brown	Ralph McNabb	'72 Chevrolet	144	1,750	running	0
38	28	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith	'71 Ford	42	680	fuel line	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buddy Baker	1	1	1
David Pearson	2	2	1
Buddy Baker	3	3	1
David Pearson	4	4	1
Buddy Baker	5	10	6
David Pearson	11	15	5
Buddy Baker	16	27	12
Bobby Allison	28	30	3
Pete Hamilton	31	31	1
Bobby Allison	32	33	2
Bobby Isaac	34	34	1
David Pearson	35	62	28
Richard Petty	63	67	5
Bobby Allison	68	70	3
David Pearson	71	88	18
Buddy Baker	89	91	3
Richard Petty	92	101	10
David Pearson	102	135	34
Richard Petty	136	146	11
Bobby Allison	147	150	4
Richard Petty	151	153	3
Bobby Allison	154	154	1
David Pearson	155	160	6

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