1972 - Winston Cup Series - Firecracker 400 Race Results

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1972 - Firecracker 400 Race Results

Race Name - Firecracker 400
Date - 7/4/1972
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 186.277 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 14
Average Race Speed - 160.82 mph
Lead Changes - 23
Total Race Purse - $92,265
Race Number - 17

More Races from 1972

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	160	71 Mercury	93	$15,650
2	4	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	160	72 Dodge	29	$11,725
3	5	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	160	72 Chevrol	13	$8,925
4	7	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	157	72 Chevrol	0	$4,275
5	11	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	157	70 Ford	0	$3,600
6	16	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45	Bill Seifert	153	71 Mercury	0	$2,750
7	10	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	152	70 Dodge	0	$1,850
8	12	Donnie Allison	15	Bud Moore	152	72 Ford	0	$1,750
9	26	Wayne Smith	33	Wayne Smith	151	71 Chevrol	0	$1,550
10	14	Johnny Halford	32	Dick Brooks	150	70 Plymout	0	$1,350
11	17	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	150	71 Mercury	0	$1,900
12	25	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	148	71 Ford	0	$1,775
13	21	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	145	72 Dodge	0	$1,750
14	20	Richard D Brown	91	Ralph McNabb	144	72 Chevrol	0	$1,750
15	32	Mel Larson	23	Don Robertson	144	70 Plymout	0	$1,275
16	24	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	143	71 Ford	0	$1,675
17	22	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	137	70 Dodge	0	$1,150
18	33	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	136	71 Mercury	0	$1,675
19	30	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	128	70 Plymout	0	$1,600
20	23	George Altheide	0	George Altheide	125	70 Dodge	0	$1,075
21	13	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	122	70 Dodge	0	$1,550
22	35	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	112	71 Ford	0	$1,500
23	38	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	112	71 Mercury	0	$1,400
24	3	Buddy Baker	11	STP (Petty Enterprises)	107	72 Dodge	23	$1,050
25	15	Jackie Oliver	90	Junie Donlavey	106	72 Ford	0	$1,275
26	31	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	90	70 Dodge	0	$890
27	1	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	86	72 Dodge	1	$3,755
28	36	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	84	71 Chevrol	0	$1,245
29	27	David Sisco	5	Charlie McGee	77	72 Chevrol	0	$735
30	18	Clarence Lovell	61	BierschwaleHaverlah (Don Bierschwale)	61	71 Ford	0	$805
31	34	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	61	71 Mercury	0	$1,250
32	29	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	60	70 Plymout	0	$1,210
33	6	Pete Hamilton	9	Housby Racing (Jack Housby)	51	72 Plymout	1	$705
34	39	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	51	70 Plymout	0	$700
35	40	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	49	71 Ford	0	$1,195
36	9	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	48	71 Mercury	0	$1,190
37	19	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	42	71 Dodge	0	$735
38	28	Larry Smith	92	Harley Smith	42	71 Ford	0	$680
39	37	Roy Mayne	46	Tom Hunter	38	72 Chevrol	0	$675
40	8	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	4	72 Dodge	0	$670