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1972 Daytona 500
Held on February 20, 1972 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL
200 L, 500 M, 804.6 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	21	A.J. Foyt	Purolator	'71 Mercury	200	167	running
2	6	6	Charlie Glotzbach	American Brakeblok, Signal Stat	'71 Dodge	199	0	running
3	8	31	Jim Vandiver	Nixon Racing	'70 Dodge	194	0	running
4	33	72	Benny Parsons	Carolina 500	'70 Mercury	194	0	running
5	35	48	James Hylton	Madden Food Systems	'71 Ford	191	0	running
6	16	3	Cale Yarborough	Woolco	'71 Plymouth	188	0	running
7	23	05	David Sisco	DeLong	'72 Chevrolet	186	0	running
8	21	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	'70 Plymouth	184	0	running
9	15	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air	'70 Plymouth	183	0	running
10	13	23	Vic Elford	Nolen's Restaurant	'70 Plymouth	182	0	running
11	26	03	Tommy Gale	Alray Tires	'71 Mercury	182	0	running
12	38	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing	'71 Ford	181	0	running
13	5	91	Richard D. Brown	Dogwood Valley Golf Course	'72 Chevrolet	179	0	running
14	37	19	Henley Gray	Cayuga Speedway	'71 Ford	179	0	running
15	34	0	George Altheide	Rossmeyer Dodge	'70 Dodge	177	0	running
16	4	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	'72 Chevrolet	177	2	running
17	20	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	'71 Ford	176	0	running
18	7	79	Frank Warren	Talladega 500, SSP	'70 Dodge	170	0	engine
19	25	57	David Ray Boggs	Sponsor Wanted	'70 Dodge	165	0	running
20	27	86	Ed Hessert	Jetway Corporation	'70 Dodge	107	0	distributor
21	30	44	Larry Dickson	Custom Trim Products	'71 Ford	103	0	engine
22	9	56	Jim Hurtubise	Miller High Life	'70 Chevrolet	100	0	engine
23	14	90	Bill Dennis	Tecorp 10 Refuse Bodies	'72 Ford	85	0	valve
24	19	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	'71 Chevrolet	84	0	oil pressure
25	3	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	'72 Chevrolet	81	0	valve
26	32	43	Richard Petty	STP	'72 Plymouth	80	31	valve
27	12	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Racing	'72 Dodge	57	0	engine
28	28	88	Ron Keselowski	Messina Trucking	'70 Dodge	44	0	piston
29	36	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	'71 Ford	44	0	steering
30	18	97	Red Farmer	Long-Lewis Ford	'72 Ford	32	0	engine
31	17	61	Jimmy Finger	Bierschwale-Haverlah Racing	'71 Ford	26	0	head gasket
32	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	'70 Plymouth	21	0	accident
33	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance	'72 Dodge	19	0	engine
34	31	11	Buddy Baker	STP	'72 Dodge	18	0	accident
35	10	16	Mark Donohue	American Motors	'72 Matador	18	0	push rod
36	29	30	Walter Ballard	Hekimian's Foreign Car Sales	'71 Ford	16	0	accident
37	24	9	Ramo Stott	Housby Racing	'72 Dodge	13	0	oil pressure
38	39	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	'71 Ford	13	0	crank
39	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Casa Linda Motel	'71 Mercury	11	0	valve
40	40	47	Raymond Williams	Jet Way Products	'71 Ford	4	0	steering
DID NOT QUALIFY
			Doc Faustina					DNQ
			Neil Castles					DNQ
			Dean Dalton					DNQ
			Ed Negre					DNQ
			Joe Frasson					DNQ
			Johnny Halford					DNQ
			Wendell Scott					DNQ
			Bub Strickler					DNQ
			Friday Hassler					DNQ
			G.C. Spencer					DNQ
			Dave Chase					DNQ
			Rod Eulenfeld					DNQ
			Jimmy Crawford					DNQ
			Ron Grana					DNQ
			Don Tarr					DNQ
			Dick Poling					DNQ
			Dick Beinlich					DNQ
			Bill Shirey					DNQ
			Charlie Roberts					DNQ
			Jackie Oliver					DNQ
			Phil Finney					DNQ
			Darwin Sandstrom					DNQ
			Lem Blankenship					DNQ
			Dick May					DNQ
			Bobby Johns					DNQ
			Les Covey					DNQ
			Larry Smith					DNQ
			Verlin Eaker					DNQ
			Len Blanchard					DNQ
			LeeRoy Yarbrough					DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered