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1972 Winston Western 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 31 Sunday, January 23, 1972 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 191 laps* on a 2.620 mile road course (500.420 miles) Time of race: 3:45:11 Average speed: 104.016 mph Pole speed: 110.033 mph Cautions: 3 for 7 laps Margin of victory: 61.5 sec Attendance: 47200 Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1972 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1972 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '72 Plymouth 149 18170 running 39 2 16 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Richard Howard) '72 Chevrolet 149 10720 running 102 3 9 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '71 Dodge 146 7845 running 0 4 4 96   Ray Elder Olympia Brewing Company   (Fred Elder) '72 Dodge 146 4945 running 0 5 6 04   Hershel McGriff Beryl Jackson '70 Plymouth 145 3120 running 0 6 12 32   Kevin Terris Black & Decker   (Dean Barnicle) '72 Plymouth 141 2020 running 0 7 10 48   James Hylton Madden Food Systems   (James Hylton) '69 Ford 141 2270 running 0 8 11 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '71 Ford 139 2120 running 0 9 7 39   Friday Hassler See Rock City   (Friday Hassler) '70 Chevrolet 137 2020 running 0 10 13 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '71 Mercury 137 1920 running 0 11 25 3   John Soares, Jr. John Soares Racing Ent.   (John Soares, Jr.) '71 Dodge 136 1320 running 0 12 40 26   Carl Joiner Dean Thorne '72 Chevrolet 135 1270 running 0 13 5 02   Dick Bown Ober Logging   (Mike Ober) '72 Plymouth 134 1345 running 0 14 20 30   Walter Ballard Hekiman's Foreign Car Sales   (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford 132 1720 running 0 15 33 47   Raymond Williams Raymond Williams '71 Ford 132 1195 running 0 16 21 89   Don Noel Noel's Welding   (Don Noel) '71 Ford 132 1170 running 0 17 38 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King Ford   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 131 1145 running 0 18 34 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '71 Chevrolet 128 1640 running 0 19 26 91   Johnny Anderson Star Body Shop   (Don Nuzum) '72 Chevrolet 126 1130 running 0 20 36 07   Ivan Baldwin Ivan Baldwin '69 Chevrolet 123 1120 running 0 21 28 19   Henley Gray Fairway Ford   (Henley Gray) '69 Ford 122 1610 running 0 22 27 6   Jerry Oliver Concord Olds   (Cos Cancilla) '72 Oldsmobile 122 1100 running 0 23 29 4   Dick Kranzler Dick Kranzler '72 Chevrolet 119 1090 running 0 24 15 42   Larry Esau Barnicle Oil   (Dean Barnicle) '71 Ford 118 1080 running 0 25 14 00   Frank James Varner Brothers   (Jim Calder) '72 Chevrolet 115 1070 fan blade 0 26 31 15   David Pearson Bud Moore '72 Ford 112 3060 radiator 0 27 23 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '69 Ford 107 1550 engine 0 28 1 21   A.J. Foyt Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 107 2010 transmission 8 29 18 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '71 Dodge 102 1530 running 0 30 35 61   J.C. Danielsen J&L Body Shop   (J.C. Danielsen) '71 Mercury 98 1020 brakes 0 31 32 57   David Ray Boggs David Ray Boggs '70 Dodge 94 1015 rear end 0 32 22 27   Chuck Bown Dick Bown '70 Plymouth 88 1015 crash 0 33 24 75   Paul Dorrity Glen Dorrity '72 Chevrolet 78 1015 ignition 0 34 30 88   Ron Keselowski Messina Trucking   (Roger Lubinski) '71 Dodge 60 1015 engine 0 35 37 82   Ron Gautsche Tognotti's Speed Shops   (Ron Gautsche) '71 Ford 55 1015 oil pressure 0 36 19 7   Jack McCoy Ernie Conn '72 Dodge 37 1015 ignition 0 37 39 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '71 Dodge 35 1515 suspension 0 38 17 18   Joe Frasson Mario Frasson Cement Co.   (Joe Frasson) '70 Dodge 30 1015 engine 0 39 3 16   Mark Donohue American Motors   (Roger Penske) '72 Matador 13 1265 rear end 0 40 8 72   Benny Parsons L.G. DeWitt '71 Ford 13 1515 crash 0 * Race shortened to 149 laps due to fog.

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 41 Markey James 31 Tony Oddo Chevrolet 42 Harry Jefferson 94 Ram Race Car George Jefferson Ford 43 John Lyons 9W 10,000 RPM Speed Shop Dave Tennant Chevrolet 44 Roger Mears 3 Stock Car Specialties/ Isky Cams Roger Mears Chevrolet 45 Bill Butts 06W Floyd & Howerton Plumbing Gary Sigman Dodge 46 Bob England 8W Bob England Chevrolet 47 Bill Osborne 9 Rialto Tool Paul Burchard Ford 48 Patrick McIntyre 09 Marck Motors Ford Sam Rose Ford 49 Bob Kauf 95 Wrought Iron Co. Paul Stockwell Chevrolet 50 Pete Halsmer 17 Stancil-Seeley Pete Halsmer Ford 51 Roger Parr 21W Continental Accessories Roger Parr Dodge 52 Gene Riniker 34W Thomas McKenna Chevrolet 53 D.K. Ulrich 40 Gus Davis Marinautomotive Mike Austin Ford 54 John Hren 46 American Tire Roger Bracken Chevrolet 55 Sam Stanley 47W Speedy Enterprises Charles Wagoner Ford 56 Ray Wulfenstein 51 Dennis Williams Plymouth 57 Tru Cheek 62 Empire Automotive Walt Price Chevrolet 58 Bill Simpson 63 Action / American Bill Simpson Plymouth 59 Dan Geiger 85 Universal Crane Service M.J. Baker Plymouth 60 Johnny Steele 2 Johnny Steele Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 16 16     17 18 2     19 92 74     93 95 3     96 117 22     118 119 2     120 149 30       Percent of race run under caution: 4.7%             Average green flag run: 35.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   A.J. Foyt 1 2 2   Richard Petty 3 4 2   A.J. Foyt 5 6 2   Bobby Allison 7 73 67   A.J. Foyt 74 77 4   Bobby Allison 76 110 35   Richard Petty 111 117 7   Bobby Allison 118 119 2   Richard Petty 120 149 30