Yankee 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1972

David Pearson

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1972 Yankee 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 124 of 200 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Bobby Isaac rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	124	100
2	3	+1	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		200	—	Running	26	98
3	2	-1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	199	—	Running	34	96
4	1	-3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	199	—	Running	6	94
5	20	+15	Cale Yarborough	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	196	—	Running	—	92
6	10	+4	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		195	—	Running	2	90
7	22	+15	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	195	—	Running	—	88
8	23	+15	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Mercury	194	—	Running	—	86
9	27	+18	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	194	—	Running	—	84
10	11	+1	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		193	—	Running	—	82
11	14	+3	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	192	—	Running	—	80
12	15	+3	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		191	—	Running	—	78
13	32	+19	David Sisco	McGee Racing		191	—	Running	—	76
14	13	-1	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing		190	—	Running	—	74
15	12	-3	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	189	—	Running	—	72
16	34	+18	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	188	—	Running	—	70
17	33	+16	Mel Larson	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	187	—	Running	—	0
18	19	+1	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		187	—	Running	—	66
19	30	+11	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		185	—	Running	—	64
20	24	+4	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		185	—	Running	—	62
21	21	—	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	185	—	Running	—	60
22	18	-4	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	184	—	Running	—	58
23	16	-7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	184	—	Running	—	56
24	37	+13	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		184	—	Running	—	54
25	17	-8	Dick May	Buster Davis (Owner)	Dodge	178	—	Running	—	52
26	38	+12	Charlie Roberts	Gray Racing		177	—	Running	—	50
27	36	+9	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	171	—	Running	—	48
28	28	—	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	155	—	Running	—	46
29	35	+6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		154	—	Running	—	44
30	7	-23	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	151	—	DNF - Crash	7	42
31	25	-6	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	145	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	6	-26	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	110	—	DNF	—	38
33	8	-25	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	104	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	5	-29	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		91	—	DNF	1	34
35	29	-6	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	87	—	DNF	—	32
36	26	-10	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	34	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	40	+3	Ron Grana	Ron Grana (Owner)		31	—	DNF	—	0
38	39	+1	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	19	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	31	-8	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	12	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	9	-31	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		9	—	DNF - Engine	—	22