Motor State 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1972

David Pearson

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1972 Motor State 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 155 of 200 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	155	100
2	4	+2	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		200	—	Running	10	98
3	2	-1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	—	Running	18	96
4	9	+5	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		195	—	Running	2	94
5	30	+25	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	194	—	Running	—	92
6	11	+5	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		191	—	Running	—	90
7	16	+9	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		189	—	Running	—	88
8	29	+21	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	189	—	Running	—	86
9	10	+1	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	189	—	Running	—	84
10	15	+5	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	188	—	Running	—	82
11	12	+1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	187	—	Running	—	80
12	28	+16	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	186	—	Running	—	78
13	17	+4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Plymouth	185	—	Running	—	76
14	19	+5	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		184	—	Running	—	74
15	21	+6	David Sisco	McGee Racing		184	—	Running	—	72
16	24	+8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		181	—	Running	—	70
17	14	-3	Johnny Halford	Team SABCO	Plymouth	180	—	Running	—	68
18	37	+19	Dick May	J.C. Crews (Owner)		180	—	Running	—	66
19	33	+14	Richard Childress	Warren Racing	Plymouth	179	—	Running	—	64
20	35	+15	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Plymouth	178	—	Running	—	62
21	18	-3	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	166	—	Running	—	60
22	26	+4	Pete Hamilton	Housby Racing	Plymouth	155	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
23	40	+17	Les Covey	Jack Mercer (Owner)		154	—	DNF	—	56
24	23	-1	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	147	—	DNF	—	54
25	31	+6	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	140	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	1	-25	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	138	—	DNF	14	50
27	8	-19	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		129	—	DNF	—	0
28	7	-21	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Seifert Racing	Mercury	96	—	DNF	—	0
29	22	-7	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		92	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	36	+6	Dave Marcis	Hammer Mason (Owner)	Mercury	90	—	DNF	—	42
31	32	+1	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	62	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	25	-7	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		54	—	DNF	—	38
33	6	-27	Donnie Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		44	—	DNF	1	36
34	27	-7	Richard D. Brown	Acton Racing		42	—	DNF	—	34
35	5	-30	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	15	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	13	-23	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	11	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	38	+1	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		11	—	DNF	—	28
38	39	+1	Bobby Mausgrover	Buxton Racing	Dodge	9	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	20	-19	Bill Seifert	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	3	—	DNF	—	0
40	34	-6	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	1	—	DNF - Engine	—	22