1972 - Winston Cup Series - Motor State 400 Race Results

Winston Cup Series Series by Race

NASCAR's premier series has been known as the NASCAR Cup Series since 2020, previously known as the Monster Energy Cup Series. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the top top racing series of NASCAR. It holds 36 races over the season at tracks loacted in the United States. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

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1972 - Motor State 400 Race Results

Race Name - Motor State 400
Date - 6/11/1972
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 160.764 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 12
Average Race Speed - 146.63 mph
Lead Changes - 20
Total Race Purse - $75,985
Race Number - 14

More Races from 1972

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	3	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	200	71 Mercury	155	$12,935
2	4	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	200	72 Chevrol	10	$8,980
3	2	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	200	72 Dodge	18	$6,925
4	9	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	195	70 Ford	2	$3,350
5	30	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	194	70 Dodge	0	$2,150
6	11	Larry Smith	92	Harley Smith	191	71 Ford	0	$1,550
7	16	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	189	71 Ford	0	$1,875
8	29	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	189	71 Mercury	0	$1,775
9	10	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	189	70 Dodge	0	$1,175
10	15	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	188	71 Mercury	0	$1,575
11	12	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	187	71 Mercury	0	$1,550
12	28	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	186	71 Mercury	0	$1,550
13	17	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	185	70 Plymout	0	$1,500
14	19	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	184	71 Ford	0	$1,475
15	21	David Sisco	5	Charlie McGee	184	72 Chevrol	0	$1,450
16	24	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	181	71 Chevrol	0	$915
17	14	Johnny Halford	32	Dick Brooks	180	70 Plymout	0	$905
18	37	Dick May	53	HopperCrews (JC Crews)	180	72 Ford	0	$895
19	33	Richard Childress	96	Frank Warren	179	70 Plymout	0	$880
20	35	Doc Faustina	5	Doc Faustina	178	70 Plymout	0	$865
21	18	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	166	70 Dodge	0	$1,360
22	26	Pete Hamilton	9	Housby Racing (Jim Ruggles)	155	72 Plymout	0	$910
23	40	Les Covey	89	Jack Mercer	154	70 Chevrol	0	$820
24	23	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	147	70 Plymout	0	$1,305
25	31	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	140	71 Mercury	0	$1,290
26	1	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	138	72 Dodge	14	$3,000
27	8	Dick Brooks	90	Junie Donlavey	129	72 Ford	0	$765
28	7	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45	Bill Seifert	96	72 Mercury	0	$1,255
29	22	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	92	71 Ford	0	$1,245
30	36	Dave Marcis	87	Hammer Mason (Hammer Mason)	90	71 Mercury	0	$735
31	32	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	62	70 Plymout	0	$720
32	25	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	54	71 Ford	0	$1,215
33	6	Donnie Allison	15	Bud Moore	44	72 Ford	1	$710
34	27	Richard D Brown	91	Ralph McNabb	42	72 Chevrol	0	$1,255
35	5	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	15	72 Dodge	0	$700
36	13	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	11	70 Dodge	0	$1,195
37	38	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	11	71 Ford	0	$690
38	39	Bobby Mausgrover	0	Bobby Mausgrover	9	70 Dodge	0	$685
39	20	Bill Seifert	2	Dave Marcis	3	72 Dodge	0	$1,180
40	34	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	1	70 Dodge	0	$675