1972 Daytona 500

1972 Daytona 500
Race details
Race 2 of 31 in the 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
	1972 Daytona 500 program cover
Date	February 20, 1972
Location	Daytona International Speedway; Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Course	Permanent racing facility; 2.5 mi (4.023 km)
Distance	200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 57 °F (14 °C); wind speeds approaching 15.9 miles per hour (25.6 km/h)
Average speed	161.55 miles per hour (259.99 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Bobby Isaac;
Qualifying race winners
Duel 1 Winner	Bobby Isaac
Duel 2 Winner	Bobby Allison
Most laps led
Driver	A. J. Foyt
Laps	167
Winner
No. 21	A. J. Foyt
Television in the United States
Network	ABC Wide World of Sports
Announcers	Keith Jackson, Chris Economaki

The 1972 Daytona 500, the 14th running of the event, was held on February 20, 1972, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. A. J. Foyt, driving a 1971 Mercury, won the race.

First Daytona 500 starts for David Sisco and Walter Ballard.^[2] Only Daytona 500 start for Richard D. Brown, George Altheide, David Ray Boggs, Ed Hessert, Larry Dickson, Jimmy Finger, Mark Donohue, and Raymond Williams.^[2] Last Daytona 500 starts for Vic Elford, Henley Grey, Ben Arnold, Bill Seifert, Elmo Langley, and Bill Champion.^[2]

^ "Weather of the 1972 Daytona 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
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[1] "Weather of the 1972 Daytona 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2014-03-09.

[Race-Ref-Info_1972-2] Cite error: The named reference Race-Ref-Info 1972 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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