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1972 Tony Bettenhausen 200

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 7 of 10
Sunday, August 13, 1972 at Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI
200 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:47:28
Average speed: 111.652 mph
Pole speed: 127.932 mph

Cautions: 4 for 26 laps
Margin of victory: 4 laps +
Attendance: 24650
Lead changes: 1

Glossary 1972 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1972 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	1	Joe Leonard	Samsonite (Vel Miletich)	Parnelli / Offy	200	15139	running	93	400
2	8	3	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell)	Eagle / Offy	196	7553	running	0	320
3	9	16	Johnny Rutherford	Thermo King (Don Gerhardt)	Gerhardt / Offy	193	4333	running	0	280
4	12	10	Lee Kunzman	Gilmore Racing (Lindsey Hopkins)	Eagle / Offy	192	3001	running	0	240
5	11	98	Rick Muther	Vivitar (Ralph Wilke)	Watson / Offy	191	2547	running	0	200
6	19	94	Johnny Parsons	Niagara Falls Wine (Tassi Vatis)	Finley / Offy	185	2333	running	0	160
7	20	58	Tom Bigelow	Midwest Manufacturing Dura-Pot (Carl Gehlhausen)	Gerhardt / Offy	171	2119	running	0	120
8	25	71	John Hubbard	Lloyd Gifford	Gerhardt / Foyt	149	2012	running	0	100
9	6	42	Swede Savage	Michner Industries (Pat Patrick-Walt Michner)	Eagle / Offy	146	1904	cut tire	0	80
10	14	36	Bentley Warren	Bay State Racing	Eagle / Offy	122	1797	crash	0	60
11	1	9	Mario Andretti	Viceroy (Vel Miletich)	Parnelli / Offy	108	2760	locked wheel	107	40
12	13	88	Dick Simon	TraveLodge (Dick Simon)	Lola / Foyt	88	1583	half shaft	0	20
13	24	51	Dee Jones	Serendipity (Pat O'Reilly)	Watson / Ford	88	1476	heat exhaustion	0
14	5	15	Steve Krisiloff	Grant King	King / Offy	83	1369	cam stud	0
15	3	4	Al Unser	Viceroy (Vel Miletich)	Parnelli / Offy	79	1262	suspension	0
16	16	23	Mel Kenyon	Gilmore Racing (Lindsey Hopkins)	Coyote / Foyt	55	1154	valve	0
17	21	61	Lee Brayton	Eisenhour-Brayton Racing Team	Coyote / Foyt	40	1048	clutch	0
18	10	29	George Snider	MVS Inc.	Coyote / Foyt	35	941	valve	0
19	4	14	Roger McCluskey	American Marine (Lindsey Hopkins)	Kuzma / Offy	23	833	crash	0
20	15	92	John Martin	Automotive Technology	Gilbert / Offy	23	833	fuel tank	0
21	18	63	Larry McCoy	Eastern Racing Associates	Gerhardt / Offy	21	833	suspension	0
22	7	7	Gordon Johncock	Sunoco (Roger Penske)	McLaren / Offy	10	833	transmission	0
23	23	57	Joe Tetz	Tetz Racing (Joe Tetz)	Watson / Chevy	6	833	head gasket	0
24	17	28	Bill Simpson	Woehle Construction (Bill Simpson)	Eagle / Offy	3	833	throttle link	0
25	22	31	John Mahler	Harbor Fuel Oil (Vanguard Racing)	McLaren / Offy	1	833	ignition	0

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

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	22	22
	23	30	8	#14 spun turn 1
	31	107	77
	108	114	7	#9 pit crash
	115	118	4
	119	124	6	#10 spun turn 2
	125	127	3
	128	132	5	#36 accident turn 3
	133	200	68
Percent of race run under caution: 13.0% Average green flag run: 34.8 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Mario Andretti	1	107	107
Joe Leonard	108	200	93