Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1972

A.J. Foyt

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

A.J. Foyt won the 1972 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 167 of 200 laps. Charlie Glotzbach finished second; Jim Vandiver rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

A.J. Foyt

Leaders

3 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	167	0
2	6	+4	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	199	—	Running	—	98
3	8	+5	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	194	—	Running	—	96
4	33	+29	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	194	—	Running	—	94
5	35	+30	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		191	—	Running	—	92
6	16	+10	Cale Yarborough	Fox Racing	Plymouth	188	—	Running	—	0
7	23	+16	David Sisco	McGee Racing		186	—	Running	—	88
8	21	+13	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	184	—	Running	—	86
9	15	+6	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	183	—	Running	—	84
10	13	+3	Vic Elford	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	182	—	Running	—	0
11	26	+15	Tommy Gale	Frank Vasko (Owner)	Mercury	182	—	Running	—	80
12	38	+26	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		181	—	Running	—	78
13	5	-8	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing		179	—	Running	—	76
14	37	+23	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		179	—	Running	—	74
15	34	+19	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	177	—	Running	—	72
16	4	-12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		177	—	Running	2	70
17	20	+3	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		176	—	Running	—	68
18	7	-11	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	170	—	DNF	—	66
19	25	+6	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	165	—	Running	—	64
20	27	+7	Ed Hessert	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	107	—	DNF	—	0
21	30	+9	Larry Dickson	Giachetti Brothers		103	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
22	9	-13	Jim Hurtubise	Richard Hammond (Owner)		100	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
23	14	-9	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing		85	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
24	19	-5	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		84	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	3	-22	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		81	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	32	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	80	—	DNF - Engine	31	50
27	12	-15	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	57	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	28	—	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	44	—	DNF	—	46
29	36	+7	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		44	—	DNF	—	44
30	18	-12	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries (Owner)		32	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
31	17	-14	Jimmy Finger	B & B Racing		26	—	DNF	—	40
32	22	-10	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	21	—	DNF - Crash	—	38
33	1	-32	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	19	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	31	-3	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	18	—	DNF - Crash	—	34
35	10	-25	Mark Donohue	Penske Racing		18	—	DNF	—	0
36	29	-7	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		16	—	DNF - Crash	—	30
37	24	-13	Ramo Stott	Housby Racing	Dodge	13	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	39	+1	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		13	—	DNF	—	26
39	11	-28	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	11	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	40	—	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		4	—	DNF	—	22