1972 - Winston Cup Series - Motor State 400 Race Results

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1972 - Motor State 400 Race Results

Race Name - Motor State 400
Date - 6/11/1972
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 160.764 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 12
Average Race Speed - 146.63 mph
Lead Changes - 20
Total Race Purse - $75,985
Race Number - 14

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	3	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	200	71 Mercury	155	$12,935
2	4	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Richard Howard)	200	72 Chevrol	10	$8,980
3	2	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	200	72 Dodge	18	$6,925
4	9	James Hylton	48	Pop Kola (James Hylton)	195	70 Ford	2	$3,350
5	30	Ron Keselowski	88	Roger Lubinski	194	70 Dodge	0	$2,150
6	11	Larry Smith	92	Harley Smith	191	71 Ford	0	$1,550
7	16	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	189	71 Ford	0	$1,875
8	29	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	189	71 Mercury	0	$1,775
9	10	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	189	70 Dodge	0	$1,175
10	15	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	188	71 Mercury	0	$1,575
11	12	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	187	71 Mercury	0	$1,550
12	28	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	186	71 Mercury	0	$1,550
13	17	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	185	70 Plymout	0	$1,500
14	19	Raymond Williams	47	Raymond Williams	184	71 Ford	0	$1,475
15	21	David Sisco	5	Charlie McGee	184	72 Chevrol	0	$1,450
16	24	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	181	71 Chevrol	0	$915
17	14	Johnny Halford	32	Dick Brooks	180	70 Plymout	0	$905
18	37	Dick May	53	HopperCrews (JC Crews)	180	72 Ford	0	$895
19	33	Richard Childress	96	Frank Warren	179	70 Plymout	0	$880
20	35	Doc Faustina	5	Doc Faustina	178	70 Plymout	0	$865
21	18	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	166	70 Dodge	0	$1,360
22	26	Pete Hamilton	9	Housby Racing (Jim Ruggles)	155	72 Plymout	0	$910
23	40	Les Covey	89	Jack Mercer	154	70 Chevrol	0	$820
24	23	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	147	70 Plymout	0	$1,305
25	31	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	140	71 Mercury	0	$1,290
26	1	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	138	72 Dodge	14	$3,000
27	8	Dick Brooks	90	Junie Donlavey	129	72 Ford	0	$765
28	7	LeeRoy Yarbrough	45	Bill Seifert	96	72 Mercury	0	$1,255
29	22	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	92	71 Ford	0	$1,245
30	36	Dave Marcis	87	Hammer Mason (Hammer Mason)	90	71 Mercury	0	$735
31	32	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	62	70 Plymout	0	$720
32	25	Charlie Roberts	77	Charlie Roberts	54	71 Ford	0	$1,215
33	6	Donnie Allison	15	Bud Moore	44	72 Ford	1	$710
34	27	Richard D Brown	91	Ralph McNabb	42	72 Chevrol	0	$1,255
35	5	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	15	72 Dodge	0	$700
36	13	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	11	70 Dodge	0	$1,195
37	38	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	11	71 Ford	0	$690
38	39	Bobby Mausgrover	0	Bobby Mausgrover	9	70 Dodge	0	$685
39	20	Bill Seifert	2	Dave Marcis	3	72 Dodge	0	$1,180
40	34	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	1	70 Dodge	0	$675