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1972 Qualifying Race #1     Post 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 Glossary    Daytona Qualifier Page

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 2 4 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 50 800 running 0 3 16 91   Richard D. Brown Dogwood Valley Golf Course   (Ralph McNabb) '72 Chevrolet 49 550 running 0 5 20 56   Jim Hurtubise Miller High Life   (Richard Hammond) '70 Chevrolet 48 450 running 0 10 – 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '71 Chevrolet 48 310 running 0 12 19 05   David Sisco DeLong   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 47 290 running 0 23 17 39   Friday Hassler See Rock City in Chattanooga   (Friday Hassler) '70 Chevrolet 18 205 crash 0 33 12 80   Phil Finney Wallace Finney '72 Chevrolet 4   engine 0 1 1 71   Bobby Isaac K&K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '72 Dodge 50 1200 running 23 4 5 79   Frank Warren Talladega 500 / SSP   (Frank Warren) '70 Dodge 49 500 running 0 13 18 57   David Ray Boggs Sponsor Wanted   (R.L. Boggs) '70 Dodge 46 280 running 0 14 – 86   Ed Hessert Jetway Corp.   (Neil Castles) '70 Dodge 46 270 running 0 19 11 84   Dick May Buster Davis '70 Dodge 42 225 running 0 20 2 11   Buddy Baker STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Dodge 36 220 valve 27 25 – 18   Joe Frasson Joe Frasson '72 Dodge 18   crash 0 28 – 94   Verlin Eaker Dodge   (Billy Moyer) '70 Dodge 17   crash 0 30 – 54   Jimmy Crawford Crawford Enterprises   (Jimmy Crawford) '70 Dodge 17   crash 0 35 – 83   Lem Blankenship Howard Racing   (Richard Howard) '72 Dodge 0   rear end 0 9 – 61   Jimmy Finger Bierschwale-Haverlah   (Don Bierschwale) '71 Ford 48 325 running 0 15 9 30   Walter Ballard Hekimian's Foreign Car Sales   (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford 46 260 running 0 16 8 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '71 Ford 45 255 running 0 18 – 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '71 Ford 42 235 running 0 24 10 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '71 Ford 18 200 crash 0 26 15 47   Raymond Williams Jet Way Products   (Raymond Williams) '71 Ford 17   crash 0 31 – 59   Don Tarr Tom Pistone '71 Ford 17   crash 0 32 13 48   James Hylton Madden Food Systems   (James Hylton) '71 Ford 11   engine 0 34 6 72   Benny Parsons Carolina 500   (L.G. DeWitt) '71 Ford 2   ball joint 0 6 7 24   Cecil Gordon Casa Linda Motel   (Cecil Gordon) '71 Mercury 48 400 running 0 29 – 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton '71 Mercury 17   crash 0 7 – 23   Vic Elford Nolen's Restaurant   (Don Robertson) '70 Plymouth 48 345 running 0 8 – 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '70 Plymouth 48 335 running 0 11 14 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 48 300 running 0 17 – 32   Johnny Halford Dick Brooks '70 Plymouth 44 245 running 0 21 – 5   Doc Faustina Doc Faustina '70 Plymouth 28 215 valve 0 22 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Plymouth 26 210 fuel pump 0 27 – 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '70 Plymouth 17   crash 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 11 11     12 16 5   #48 spun turn 4   17 17 1     18 26 9   #7,18,25,30,32,39,47,49,54,56,57,59,64,94 accident backstretch   27 50 24       Percent of race run under caution: 28.0%             Average green flag run: 12.0 laps