1972 Daytona 500

1972 Daytona 500
Race details
Race 2 of 31 in the 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
1972 Daytona 500 program cover
1972 Daytona 500 program cover
Date February 20, 1972 (1972-02-20)
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)[1]
Average speed 161.55 miles per hour (259.99 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Nord Krauskopf
Qualifying race winners
Duel 1 Winner Bobby Isaac Nord Krauskopf
Duel 2 Winner Bobby Allison Richard Howard
Most laps led
Driver A. J. Foyt Wood Brothers Racing
Laps 167
Winner
No. 21 A. J. Foyt Wood Brothers Racing
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]

  1. ^ "Weather of the 1972 Daytona 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Race-Ref-Info 1972 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).