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1972.(50th Anniversary countdown)
At American Motors Corp.'s annual meeting, Eric Dansker, age 13, asks about the safety of the AMC Gremlin's braking and steering, having read about problems in enthusiast magazines. He seems unsatisfied with answers from product VP Gerald Meyers.
In the on-again, off-again factory-support tango, Chrysler announces it is pulling NASCAR support. American Motors announces it is getting into NASCAR with Matadors driven by Mark Donohue and Gary Bettenhausen for owner Roger Penske.
Talk about "race on Sunday, sell on Monday'': A headline in Competition Press & Autoweek verily shouts it-"Cops Seduced by Penske Magic, Buy AMC Matadors''-as the LAPD replaces half its fleet.
Doing what they can to boost morale, racers Wally Dallenbach, Art Pollard, Don Garlits, Butch Hartman and Richard Petty go to Vietnam on a goodwill tour.
Big Bill France announces he will retire as president of NASCAR, leaving the post to Bill France Jr. Senior remains in an advisory capacity, continuing as chairman and president of International Speedway Corp.
A Lancia Fulvia wins the Monte Carlo Rally.
After Bobby Isaac secures the Daytona 500 pole position, A.J. Foyt, second in qualifying, coasts to the win with a record average speed of 161.55 mph.
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Source: HighBeam Research, 1972.(50th Anniversary countdown)