[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.

[5] The Daytona 500 was the second event held during the 1972 season,[6] and completed in three hours and five minutes with an average speed of 161 mph.

[7] Foyt's victory would earn him a spot on the cover of Sports Illustrated, the first time for a reigning Daytona 500 champion.

[2] Raymond Williams earned the dubious honor of being the only driver ever to both begin and finish in last-place in the same Daytona 500.

As Foyt pulled away Issac's day turned out to be a short one as engine problems put the K&K Insurance Dodge on the trailer before the 10 percent mark of the race.