1972 - Winston Cup Series - Yankee 400 Race Results

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1972 - Yankee 400 Race Results

Race Name - Yankee 400
Date - 8/20/1972
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 157.607 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 26
Average Race Speed - 134.41 mph
Lead Changes - 19
Total Race Purse - $77,255
Race Number - 22

More Races from 1972

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	200	71 Mercury	124	$13,385
2	3	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	200	72 Chevrol	26	$9,230
3	2	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	199	72 Dodge	34	$6,525
4	1	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	199	72 Dodge	6	$5,475
5	20	Cale Yarborough	98	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	196	71 Mercury	0	$2,150
6	10	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	195	71 Ford	2	$2,050
7	22	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	195	71 Mercury	0	$1,875
8	23	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	194	71 Mercury	0	$1,825
9	27	Dave Marcis	2	Roger Penske	194	72 Matador	0	$1,725
10	11	Larry Smith	92	Harley Smith	193	71 Ford	0	$1,125
11	14	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	192	71 Mercury	0	$1,550
12	15	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	191	71 Ford	0	$1,525
13	32	David Sisco	5	Charlie McGee	191	72 Chevrol	0	$1,000
14	13	Clarence Lovell	61	BierschwaleHaverlah (Don Bierschwale)	190	71 Ford	0	$975
15	12	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	189	71 Mercury	0	$1,450
16	34	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	188	70 Plymout	0	$1,415
17	33	Mel Larson	23	Don Robertson	187	70 Plymout	0	$905
18	19	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	187	71 Ford	0	$1,375
19	30	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	185	71 Ford	0	$1,380
20	24	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	185	71 Ford	0	$1,365
21	21	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	185	70 Plymout	0	$1,350
22	18	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	184	70 Dodge	0	$1,335
23	16	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	184	71 Mercury	0	$1,320
24	37	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	184	71 Ford	0	$1,305
25	17	Dick May	84	Buster Davis	178	70 Dodge	0	$790
26	38	Charlie Roberts	77	Henley Gray	177	72 Ford	0	$1,275
27	36	Doc Faustina	5	Doc Faustina	171	70 Plymout	0	$765
28	28	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	155	70 Dodge	0	$1,280
29	35	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	154	71 Chevrol	0	$1,245
30	7	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	151	72 Dodge	7	$735
31	25	David Ray Boggs	57	David Ray Boggs	145	70 Dodge	0	$720
32	6	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	110	70 Dodge	0	$715
33	8	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	104	70 Dodge	0	$710
34	5	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	91	72 Chevrol	1	$705
35	29	George Altheide	0	George Altheide	87	70 Dodge	0	$700
36	26	Jim Vandiver	31	OL Nixon	34	72 Dodge	0	$770
37	40	Ron Grana	55	Ron Grana	31	70 Chevrol	0	$690
38	39	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	19	70 Plymout	0	$685
39	31	Earle Canavan	1	Earle Canavan	12	71 Plymout	0	$680
40	9	Dick Brooks	90	Junie Donlavey	9	72 Ford	0	$1,175