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1972 Golden State 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 15 of 31 Sunday, June 18, 1972 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 153 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (400.860 miles) Time of race: 4:03:32 Average speed: 98.761 mph Pole speed: 108.688 mph Cautions: 3 for 11 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 28200 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1972 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 7 96W   Ray Elder Olympia Brewing Company   (Fred Elder) '71 Dodge 153 12375 running 47 2 8 72   Benny Parsons L.G. DeWitt '71 Mercury 152 6850 running 0 3 6 16   Donnie Allison American Motors   (Roger Penske) '72 Matador 150 4025 running 0 4 12 48   James Hylton Pop Kola   (James Hylton) '70 Ford 149 3300 running 0 5 22 26W   Carl Joiner Dean Thorne '72 Chevrolet 148 2150 running 0 6 3 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Richard Howard) '72 Chevrolet 147 3550 running 2 7 18 09W   Carl Adams Marck Motors / Quaker State   (Paul Burchard) '71 Ford 146 1325 running 0 8 13 24   Cecil Gordon Collins & Aikman   (Cecil Gordon) '71 Mercury 145 1725 running 0 9 19 00W   Frank James Jim Calder '72 Chevrolet 144 1125 running 0 10 16 64   Dick May Elmo Langley '71 Ford 141 1525 running 0 11 29 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King Ford   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 141 1500 running 0 12 4 04W   Hershel McGriff Beryl Jackson '70 Plymouth 141 975 running 3 13 5 02W   Dick Bown Ober Logging   (Mike Ober) '72 Plymouth 141 950 running 0 14 9 27W   Chuck Bown Rose Auto Wrecking   (Dick Bown) '70 Plymouth 138 925 suspension 0 15 35 19   Henley Gray Richard Rice Travel Trailers & Mobile Homes   (Henley Gray) '71 Ford 136 1400 running 0 16 20 4W   Dick Kranzler Millwee Construction / Goodyear Tire   (Dick Kranzler) '72 Chevrolet 135 875 running 0 17 15 32W   Kevin Terris Dean Barnicle '70 Plymouth 133 855 running 0 18 33 15W   Paul Dorrity Glen Dorrity '72 Chevrolet 130 845 engine 0 19 10 38W   Jimmy Insolo Martin's Union 76 / Stock Car Products   (Roger Paquette) '72 Chevrolet 130 835 running 0 20 23 06W   Bill Butts Speedway Eng. / Floyd Howerton Plumbing   (Gary Sigman) '72 Dodge 128 840 running 0 21 2 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '72 Dodge 109 2875 transmission 16 22 28 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton '71 Mercury 102 1285 transmission 0 23 1 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Plymouth 96 3295 engine 85 24 24 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '71 Ford 87 1255 running 0 25 38 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 69 1240 transmission 0 26 25 6W   Ray Johnstone Concord Olds   (Cos Cancilla) '72 Oldsmobile 62 725 engine 0 27 17 91W   Johnny Anderson Conner Muffler / Adams Machine Shop   (Don Nuzum) '72 Chevrolet 47 715 engine 0 28 31 70   J.D. McDuffie Ed Carver's Auto Parts   (J.D. McDuffie) '71 Chevrolet 46 1205 transmission 0 29 39 46W   John Hren American Tire   (Roger Bracken) '70 Chevrolet 45 720 engine 0 30 14 78W   Clem Proctor Clem Proctor '72 Oldsmobile 37 685 engine 0 31 36 86W   Sonny Easley San Fernando Valley Lumber / Life Tile   (Charles Heckert) '72 Chevrolet 35 670 ignition 0 32 21 9W   Dick Guldstrand Paramount Chevrolet   (Dick Guldstrand) '72 Chevrolet 28 740 engine 0 33 11 73   Dick Brooks Marvin Welty '72 Ford 21 660 transmission 0 34 26 47W   Sam Stanley Speedy Enterprises   (Charles Wagoner) '71 Ford 17 655 engine 0 35 32 3W   John Soares, Jr. John Soares, Jr. '70 Dodge 15 650 engine 0 36 30 62W   Tru Cheek Walt Price '70 Ford 12 645 engine 0 37 37 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '70 Dodge 6 1140 suspension 0 38 27 7W   Jack McCoy Noble Auto Parts   (Ernie Conn) '72 Dodge 5 635 engine 0 39 40 95W   Bob Kauf Wrought Iron Co.   (Paul Stockwell) '72 Chevrolet 4 630 oil line 0 40 34 31W   Markey James Tony Oddo '72 Chevrolet 1 625 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 41 Jim Danielson 84W Danielson Dist. Jim Danielson Mercury 42 Ron Gautsche 82W Tognotti's Speed Shop Ron Gautsche Ford 43 Don Noel 88W Rainbow Western Sales Don Noel Ford 44 Clint Hutchins 89W B&B Racing Enterprise Robert Wainscott Chevrolet 45 Dan Geiger 85W Universal Crane Service M.J. Baker Plymouth 46 D.K. Ulrich 40 Jak-Trak D.K. Ulrich Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 57 57     58 61 4   #9 oil on track   62 62 1     63 65 3   #6 spun turn 3   66 120 55     121 123 3   #16 spun turn 4   124 153 30       Percent of race run under caution: 6.5%             Average green flag run: 35.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Richard Petty 1 3 3   Bobby Allison 4 5 2   Richard Petty 6 24 19   Bobby Isaac 25 26 2   Hershel McGriff 27 27 1   Richard Petty 28 58 31   Bobby Isaac 59 59 1   Hershel McGriff 60 61 2   Richard Petty 62 63 2   Ray Elder 64 66 3   Richard Petty 67 96 30   Bobby Isaac 97 109 13   Ray Elder 110 153 44