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Starlight 3 Hour Grand Touring Road Race, Daytona International Speedway
1 april 1972
Winners' average : 170,204km/h
44 starters
Time : 3:01:34,000
| 1 | 23 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Charlie Kemp-Wilbur Pickett | 84 laps | 1.GTO |
| 2 | 1 | PORSCHE 911S | Michael Keyser-Bob Beasley | 82 laps | 1.GTU |
| 3 | 41 | FORD MUSTANG | Danny Moore-Jerry Crew | 80 laps | 1.TO |
| 4 | 17 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Vince Gimondo | 80 laps | 2.TO |
| 5 | 18 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | John Floyd | 79 laps | 2.GTO |
| 6 | 28 | PORSCHE 911S | Juan Carlos Bolanos-Raul Perez Gama | 78 laps | 2.GTU |
| 7 | 42 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Luis Sereix-George Garcia | 78 laps | 3.TO |
| 8 | 58 | PORSCHE 914/6 | Hector Rebaque-Guillermo Rojas | 78 laps | 3.GTU |
| 9 | 19 | PORSCHE 914/6 914 043 1262 | David McClain-Dave White | 77 laps | 4.GTU |
| 10 | 86 | PORSCHE 911S | George Rollin-John Belperche | 75 laps | 5.GTU |
| 11 | 0 | PORSCHE 914/6 | J.Charles Vincent-J.P Knott | 68 laps | 6.GTU |
| 12 | 11 | BMW 2002 | Byron Morris | 68 laps | 1.TU |
| 13 | 34 | SHELBY 350GT | John Jackson-John Goodson | 67 laps | 3.GTO |
| 14 | 31 | PORSCHE 911S | Jim Locke-Bob Bailey | 67 laps | 7.GTU |
| 15 | 68 | FORD CAPRI | Toby Milne-Charles Perry | 66 laps | 2.TU |
| 16 | 22 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Denny Long | 64 laps | 4.GTO |
| 17 | 69 | OPEL MANTA | Steve Coleman-Dennis Shaw | 64 laps | 3.TU |
| 18 | 50 | FIAT 124 124AC0068989 | Steven Shepherd | 62 laps | 4.TU |
| 19 | 8 | FORD PINTO | Joe Amato-George Alderman | 61 laps | 5.TU |
| 20 | 67 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Dave Heinz | 58 laps | 5.GTO |
| 21 | 30 | VOLVO 122S | Robert Whitaker | 56 laps | 6.TU |
| 22 | 4 | FORD PINTO | Rick LaCroix-Tom Wilson | 55 laps | 7.TU |
| 23 | 74 | VOLVO P1800 | David Ellis trown | 55 laps | 8.GTU |
| 24 | 55 | CHEVROLET VEGA | Bob Keslin-Jack Hundertmark | 53 laps | 8.TU |
| 25 | 24 | FORD ESCORT | John Buffum-Steve Behr | 51 laps | 9.TU |
| 26 | 92 | BMW 2002 | John Patrick | 48 laps | 10.TU |
| 27 | 85 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Lee Wiese | 37 laps | 4.TO |
| 28 | 91 | BMW 2002 | Earl Fellin | 32 laps | 11.TU |
| 29 | 12 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Tom Nell | 26 laps | 6.GTO |
| 30 | 59 | PORSCHE 911S | Peter Gregg | 20 laps | 9.GTU |
| 31 | 3 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Tom Nehl | 20 laps | 5.TO |
| 32 | 95 | MGB | Ed Sims | 20 laps | 10.GTU |
| 33 | 93 | FORD PINTO | Jerry Walsh | 19 laps | 12.TU |
| 34 | 9 | PORSCHE 911S 911 230 0056 | Harry Bytzek | 17 laps | 11.GTU |
| 35 | 90 | MGB GT | James McQuaig | 9 laps | 12.GTU |
| 36 | 48 | PORSCHE 914/6 | Robert Quintanilla | 8 laps | 13.GTU |
| 37 | 78 | DATSUN 240Z | Craig Ross-Jacques Groleau | 8 laps | 14.GTU |
| 38 | 43 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Javier Garcia | 7 laps | 6.TO |
| 39 | 80 | SHELBY 350GT | James Pirie | 7 laps | 7.GTO |
| 40 | 15 | DATSUN 240Z | Bill King | 7 laps | 15.GTU |
| 41 | 25 | FORD PINTO | Rick Schiesz | 6 laps | 13.TU |
| 42 | 71 | PORSCHE 911S | Creed Smith | 5 laps | 16.GTU |
| 43 | 81 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Sheldon Stafford | 5 laps | 8.GTO |
| 44 | 51 | ALFA ROMEO GTB | Ray Kessler | 0 lap | 14.TU |
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