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1972 Qualifying Race #2     Post NASCAR Daytona Qualifier race number 2 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: 0:48:45 Average speed: 178.217 mph Pole speed: 184.804 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: 6 sec Attendance: 40000 Lead changes: 1 Glossary    Daytona Qualifier Page

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 11 – 67   Buddy Arrington Kentucky Fried Chicken / Bacon Enterprises   (Buddy Arrington) '70 Dodge 47 300 running 0 20 – 95   Leonard Blanchard Leonard Blanchard '71 Ford 44 220 running 0 19 – 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '71 Dodge 45 225 running 0 21 – 99   LeeRoy Yarbrough L&M   (Ray Nichels) '72 Plymouth 44 215 running 0 17 – 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '71 Ford 46 245 running 0 22 – 50   Dave Chase Race Car Eng. '70 Chevrolet 44 210 running 0 15 – 44   Larry Dickson Custom Trim Products   (Richard Giachetti) '71 Ford 46 260 running 0 23 – 89   Les Covey Jack Mercer '70 Chevrolet 43 205 running 0 24 – 53   Rod Eulenfeld Hopper-Crews '72 Ford 43 200 running 0 12 – 9   Ramo Stott Housby Racing   (Jack Housby) '72 Dodge 47 290 running 0 25 – 74   Bill Shirey Wings & Wheels   (Bill Shirey) '70 Plymouth 42   running 0 26 – 78   Jackie Oliver Joe Frasson '70 Dodge 41   running 0 27 – 55   Ron Grana Ron Grana '70 Dodge 40   oil pressure 0 28 – 82   Darwin Sandstrom Darwin Sandstrom '71 Ford 37   oil pressure 0 29 – 92   Larry Smith Harley Smith '71 Ford 35   engine 0 30 – 68   Dick Beinlich Donna Beinlich '71 Ford 26   engine 0 32 – 65   Dick Poling Joe Phipps '71 Chevrolet 11   oil pressure 0 33 – 87   Bobby Johns – '72 Chevrolet 8   overheating 0 34 – 35   Bub Strickler Bub Strickler '70 Chevrolet 1   a frame 0 2 1 21   A.J. Foyt Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 50 800 running 1 1 2 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Richard Howard) '72 Chevrolet 50 1200 running 49 3 3 6   Charlie Glotzbach American Brakeblok / Signal Stat   (Cotton Owens) '71 Dodge 49 550 running 0 6 4 2   Dave Marcis Dave Marcis '72 Dodge 49 400 running 0 4 5 31   Jim Vandiver O.L. Nixon '70 Dodge 49 500 running 0 5 6 16   Mark Donohue American Motors   (Roger Penske) '72 Matador 49 450 running 0 8 7 3   Cale Yarborough Woolco   (Ray Fox) '71 Plymouth 48 335 running 0 9 8 97   Red Farmer Long-Lewis Ford   (Willie Humphries) '72 Ford 48 325 running 0 10 9 76   Ben Arnold Jack Dykstra Ford / Taylor Speed Sport Center   (Ben Arnold) '71 Ford 47 310 running 0 13 11 03   Tommy Gale Alray Tires   (Frank Vasko) '71 Mercury 47 280 running 0 31 12 0   George Altheide Rossmeyer Dodge   (George Altheide) '70 Dodge 21   overheating 0 7 13 90   Bill Dennis Tecorp 10 Refuse Bodies   (Junie Donlavey) '72 Ford 49 350 running 0 18 14 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '71 Ford 46 235 running 0 14 16 88   Ron Keselowski Messina Trucking   (Roger Lubinski) '70 Dodge 46 270 running 0 16 17 19   Henley Gray Cayuga Speedway   (Henley Gray) '71 Ford 46 255 running 0