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1972 Qualifying Race #1

   

NASCAR Daytona Qualifier race number 1
Thursday, February 17, 1972 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
50 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (125.000 miles)

Time of race: 0:59:00
Average speed: 127.118 mph
Pole speed: 186.632 mph		Cautions: 2 for 14 laps
Margin of victory: 44 sec
Attendance: 40000
Lead changes: 4

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PosSt#DriverCarLapsMoneyStatusLed
1 171   Bobby Isaac K&K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf)'72 Dodge501200running23
2 414   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham)'72 Chevrolet50800running0
31691   Richard D. Brown Dogwood Valley Golf Course   (Ralph McNabb)'72 Chevrolet49550running0
4 579   Frank Warren Talladega 500 / SSP   (Frank Warren)'70 Dodge49500running0
52056   Jim Hurtubise Miller High Life   (Richard Hammond)'70 Chevrolet48450running0
6 724   Cecil Gordon Casa Linda Motel   (Cecil Gordon)'71 Mercury48400running0
7–23   Vic Elford Nolen's Restaurant   (Don Robertson)'70 Plymouth48345running0
8–4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills)'70 Plymouth48335running0
9–61   Jimmy Finger Bierschwale-Haverlah   (Don Bierschwale)'71 Ford48325running0
10–70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie'71 Chevrolet48310running0
111425   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson'70 Plymouth48300running0
121905   David Sisco DeLong   (Charlie McGee)'72 Chevrolet47290running0
131857   David Ray Boggs Sponsor Wanted   (R.L. Boggs)'70 Dodge46280running0
14–86   Ed Hessert Jetway Corp.   (Neil Castles)'70 Dodge46270running0
15 930   Walter Ballard Hekimian's Foreign Car Sales   (Vic Ballard)'71 Ford46260running0
16 845   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert'71 Ford45255running0
17–32   Johnny Halford Dick Brooks'70 Plymouth44245running0
18–34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott'71 Ford42235running0
191184   Dick May Buster Davis'70 Dodge42225running0
20 211   Buddy Baker STP   (Petty Enterprises)'72 Dodge36220valve27
21–5   Doc Faustina Doc Faustina'70 Plymouth28215valve0
22 343   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises)'72 Plymouth26210fuel pump0
231739   Friday Hassler See Rock City in Chattanooga   (Friday Hassler)'70 Chevrolet18205crash0
241064   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley'71 Ford18200crash0
25–18   Joe Frasson Joe Frasson'72 Dodge18 crash0
261547   Raymond Williams Jet Way Products   (Raymond Williams)'71 Ford17 crash0
27–49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer'70 Plymouth17 crash0
28–94   Verlin Eaker Dodge   (Billy Moyer)'70 Dodge17 crash0
29–7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton'71 Mercury17 crash0
30–54   Jimmy Crawford Crawford Enterprises   (Jimmy Crawford)'70 Dodge17 crash0
31–59   Don Tarr Tom Pistone'71 Ford17 crash0
321348   James Hylton Madden Food Systems   (James Hylton)'71 Ford11 engine0
331280   Phil Finney Wallace Finney'72 Chevrolet4 engine0
34 672   Benny Parsons Carolina 500   (L.G. DeWitt)'71 Ford2 ball joint0
35–83   Lem Blankenship Howard Racing   (Richard Howard)'72 Dodge0 rear end0

Caution flag breakdown:
ConditionFrom
Lap		To
Lap		# Of
Laps		ReasonFree
Pass
11111  
12165   #48 spun turn 4 
17171  
18269   #7,18,25,30,32,39,47,49,54,56,57,59,64,94 accident backstretch 
275024  
  Percent of race run under caution: 28.0%             Average green flag run: 12.0 laps