1972 Daytona 500
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The 1972 Daytona 500 was won by A.J. Foyt driving a 1971 Mercury
Mercury (automobile)
Mercury was an automobile marque of the Ford Motor Company launched in 1938 by Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford, to market entry-level luxury cars slotted between Ford-branded regular models and Lincoln-branded luxury vehicles, similar to General Motors' Buick brand, and Chrysler's namesake brand...

 on February 20, 1972.

Summary

Foyt drove his number 21 to victory in more than three hours after starting the race outside front-row position. There were three cautions flags which slowed the race for a total of 17 laps. Foyt dominated the event, winning by almost two laps over his closest competitor. The victory over Charlie Glotzbach
Charlie Glotzbach
Charles "Charlie: Glotzbach is a former ARCA and was a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver. Charlie holds one of the oldest race records in NASCAR. He was also known as "The Chargin' Comet" and "Chargin' Charlie"....

 was Foyt's first win of the season.

The 1972 Daytona 500
Daytona 500
The Daytona 500 is a -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is one of four restrictor plate races on the Cup schedule....

 has the distinction of being the event which had the fewest number of leaders for a NASCAR race held at Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, one of the most prestigious races in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, Grand-Am and Motocross...

; with only Foyt, Richard Petty
Richard Petty
Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series...

, and Bobby Allison
Bobby Allison
Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....

 recorded as leading a lap during the competition. The Daytona 500 was the second event held during the 1972 season, and completed in three hours and five minutes with an average speed of 161 mph. There were a total of 13 lead changes between Foyt, Allison, and Petty throughout the race.

Statistics

Reference:
Finish Start Car no. Driver Owner/Sponsor Car make
1 2 21 A.J. Foyt Purolator (Wood Brothers
Wood Brothers
Wood Brothers may refer to the following:* Wood Brothers Racing, an American auto racing team* The Wood Brothers, musical siblings Chris and Oliver Wood* Wood Brothers TV, tv presenter siblings Danny, Ben and Sam Wood...

)
'71 Mercury
2 6 6 Charlie Glotzbach American Brakeblok / Signal Stat (Cotton Owens
Cotton Owens
Everett "Cotton" Owens "the King of the Modifieds" was a NASCAR driver. For five straight years , Owens captured at least one Grand National series win.-Modified driving career:...

)
'71 Dodge
3 8 31 Jim Vandiver O.L. Nixon 70 Dodge
4 33 72 Benny Parsons L.G. DeWitt
L.G. DeWitt
L.G. DeWitt was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car owner from 1965 to 1980.-Career summary:His ownership career consists of employing the famous names in NASCAR history like John Sears, Henley Gray, Elmo Langley, LeeRoy Yarborough, Benny Parsons, and Joe Millikan...

'70 Mercury
5 35 48 James Hylton Pop Kola (James Hylton
James Hylton
James Harvey Hylton is a part-time race car driver. He is a two-time winner in NASCAR and competes in the ARCA RE/MAX Series,finishing 16th in points in 2006. He made headlines while attempting to qualify for the 2007 Daytona 500 at age 72...

)
'71 Ford
6 16 3 Cale Yarborough Ray Fox
Ray Fox
Raymond Lee Fox, Sr. is a retired American engine builder, NASCAR car owner and NASCAR engine inspector. His cars won fourteen NASCAR Grand National events and sixteen pole positions....

'71 Plymouth
7 23 5 David Sisco Charlie McGee
Charlie McGee
Charlene Roberta "Charlie" McGee is a fictional character in the book and films, Firestarter and Firestarter 2: Rekindled. She was created by Stephen King. In the first film, she is portrayed by Drew Barrymore...

'72 Chevrolet
8 21 25 Jabe Thomas Don Robertson
Don Robertson
Don Robertson was an American songwriter and pianist, mostly in the country and popular music genres. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. As a performer, he hit the US Top 10 with "The Happy Whistler" in 1956. The track reached #8 in the UK Singles Chart the same...

'70 Plymouth
9 15 4 John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills) '70 Plymouth
10 13 23 Vic Elford Don Robertson
Don Robertson
Don Robertson was an American songwriter and pianist, mostly in the country and popular music genres. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. As a performer, he hit the US Top 10 with "The Happy Whistler" in 1956. The track reached #8 in the UK Singles Chart the same...

'70 Plymouth
11 26 3 Tommy Gale Frank Vasko '71 Mercury
12 38 64 Elmo Langley Elmo Langley
Elmo Langley
Elmo Langley was a NASCAR driver and owner. Langley primarily used the number "64" on his race cars during his NASCAR career.-Racing career:...

'71 Ford
13 5 91 Richard D. Brown Ralph McNabb '72 Chevrolet
14 37 19 Henley Gray Henley Gray
Henley Gray
Henley Gray is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver whose career spanned from 1964 to 1977.-Summary:...

'71 Ford
15 34 0 George Altheide George Altheide '70 Dodge
16 4 12 Bobby Allison Coca-Cola (Richard Howard
Richard Howard
Richard Howard is an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and is a graduate of Columbia University, where he studied under Mark Van Doren, and where he now teaches...

)
'72 Chevrolet
17 20 76 Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '71 Ford
18 7 79 Frank Warren Frank Warren
Frank Warren (NASCAR driver)
Frank Warren is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver who raced from 1963 to 1980.Out of 88863 laps finished in his career, Warren had led 72 of them. Warren's total career earnings were $625,886 and while his average finish was 20th place in his entire career. The total amount of miles...

'70 Dodge
19 25 57 David Ray Boggs David Ray Boggs '70 Dodge
20 27 86 Ed Hessert Neil Castles
Neil Castles
Neil "Soapy" Castles is a retired NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver that participate from 1957 to 1976.-History:...

'70 Dodge
21 30 44 Larry Dickson Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti
Richard Giachetti
Richard Giachetti is a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series race car owner and one half of the Giachetti Brothers. He is from Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.-Summary:...

)
'71 Ford
22 9 56 Jim Hurtubise Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond
Richard Mark Hammond is an English broadcaster, writer, and journalist most noted for co-hosting car programme Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson and James May, as well as presenting Brainiac: Science Abuse on Sky 1.-Early life:...

'70 Chevrolet
23 14 90 Bill Dennis Junie Donlavey
Junie Donlavey
W.C. "Junie" Donlavey , is a former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car owner with a team based in Richmond. Rarely fielding a car without his familiar #90, he began fielding his team in 1950. He drove for his team at first, but soon gave way to other drivers...

'72 Ford
24 19 70 J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie
J.D. McDuffie
John Delphus McDuffie was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver. He raced in the top division of NASCAR from 1963 to 1991. McDuffie had 106 top-tens in his Cup Series career...

'71 Chevrolet
25 3 14 Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet
26 32 43 Richard Petty STP (Petty Enterprises
Petty Enterprises
Petty Enterprises was a NASCAR racing team based in Randleman, North Carolina, USA. The team was owned by Richard Petty, his son Kyle Petty, and Boston Ventures. At the time of its folding the team operated the #43 and #45 Dodge Chargers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Petty Enterprises ran from...

)
'72 Plymouth
27 12 2 Dave Marcis Dave Marcis
Dave Marcis
Dave Marcis is a retired driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit whose career spanned five decades. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond, including his final win in 1982...

'72 Dodge
28 28 88 Ron Keselowski Roger Lubinski '70 Dodge
29 36 45 Bill Seifert Bill Seifert
Bill Seifert
Bill Seifert is a retired NASCAR Sprint Cup Series who raced from 1966 to 1979.-Summary:Seifert raced 41,875 laps for . His grand total for race winnings is $147,831 USD . Seifert's average career start is 21st and his average career finish is 19th...

'71 Ford
30 18 97 Red Farmer Willie Humphries '72 Ford
31 17 61 Jimmy Finger Bierschwale-Haverlah (Don Bierschwale) '71 Ford
32 22 67 Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington
Buddy Arrington
Buddy Arrington is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup driver.- Biography :...

'70 Plymouth
33 1 71 Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf
Nord Krauskopf
Nord Krauskopf was a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series race car owner whose career spanned from 1966 to 1977. He was the owner of K&K Insurance and a part of the business since its foundation in 1952. This was a position that he kept in the corporate world while having a second career in the...

)
'72 Dodge
34 31 11 Buddy Baker STP (Petty Enterprises
Petty Enterprises
Petty Enterprises was a NASCAR racing team based in Randleman, North Carolina, USA. The team was owned by Richard Petty, his son Kyle Petty, and Boston Ventures. At the time of its folding the team operated the #43 and #45 Dodge Chargers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Petty Enterprises ran from...

)
'72 Dodge
35 10 16 Mark Donohue American Motors (Roger Penske
Roger Penske
Roger S. Penske is the owner of the automobile racing team Penske Racing, the Penske Corporation, and other automotive related businesses. A winning racer in the late 1950s, Penske was named 1961's Sports Car Club of America Driver of the Year by Sports Illustrated...

)
'72 Matador
36 29 30 Walter Ballard Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford
37 24 9 Ramo Stott Housby Racing (Jack Housby) '72 Dodge
38 39 10 Bill Champion Bill Champion
Bill Champion
Buford Billy Champion , is a retired American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who played in 202 games in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...

'71 Ford
39 11 24 Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon
Cecil Gordon
Cecil Gordon was a NASCAR driver. He is not related to Sprint Cup driver Jeff Gordon although the two drivers drove in car number 24....

71 Mercury
40 40 47 Raymond Williams Raymond Williams
Raymond Williams
Raymond Henry Williams was a Welsh academic, novelist and critic. He was an influential figure within the New Left and in wider culture. His writings on politics, culture, the mass media and literature are a significant contribution to the Marxist critique of culture and the arts...

'71 Ford
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