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Originally Posted by Theodderthebetter

I am going to go out on a limb here and speculate , I think the 1972 STP cards were ony given out at a STP tent at the Daytona speedway. The only cards made were STP sponsered drivers which would explain the drivers selected. Im sure some drivers like Petty were major sponsers and other drivers were associate or minor sponsers by STP. As far as the Lorenzen cards being so scarce I think his sponsership was pulled befere the race. I have no proof but this makes sense.

The STP cards were indeed available for free at the STP tent at the '72 Daytona 500. Collectors who picked up the cards that year insist the two Lorenzen cards were not available that day. Lorenzen did not lose his STP sponsorship; he retired prior to the '72 Daytona 500 and did not even compete in the race that year (he did subsequently make a handful of starts later that season before retiring for good). Lorenzen was good friends was STP CEO Andy Granatelli, and that has been speculated as the reason why Lorenzen is the only driver with two cards in the set.

Not all the drivers in the set were sponsored by STP.