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1972 Golden State 400

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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

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
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

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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