1972 Winston Western 500

Riverside International Raceway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	2	40	25	2	3	39	149	390.4

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	149	39	running	100
2	16	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	149	102	running	98
3	9	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	146		running	96
4	4	96	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	146		running	94
5	6	04	Hershel McGriff	Smokey Yunick Racing	Plymouth	145		running	92
6	12	32	Kevin Terris	Dean Barnicle (Owner)	Plymouth	141		running	90
7	10	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	141		running	88
8	11	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	139		running	86
9	7	39	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)	Chevrolet	137		running	84
10	13	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	137		running	82
11	25	3	John Soares Jr.	John Soares Jr. (Owner)	Dodge	136		running	80
12	40	26	Carl Joiner	Joiner Racing	Chevrolet	135		running	78
13	5	02	Dick Bown	Ober Logging	Plymouth	134		running	76
14	20	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Ford	132		running	74
15	33	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	132		running	72
16	21	89	Don Noel	Don Noel (Owner)	Dodge	132		running	70
17	38	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	131		running	68
18	34	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	128		running	66
19	26	91	Johnny Anderson	Don Nuzum (Owner)	Chevrolet	126		running	64
20	36	07	Ivan Baldwin	Ivan Baldwin Engineering	Chevrolet	123		running	62
21	28	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	122		running	60
22	27	6	Jerry Oliver	Coz Concilla (Owner)	Oldsmobile	122		running	58
23	29	4	Dick Kranzler	Kranzler Racing	Chevrolet	119		running	56
24	15	42	Larry Esau		Chevrolet	118		running	54
25	14	00	Frank James	Jim Calder (Owner)	Chevrolet	115		fan	52
26	31	15	David Pearson	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	112		radiator	50
27	23	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Ford	107		engine	48
28	1	21	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	107	8	transmission	0
29	18	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	102		running	44
30	35	61	Jim Danielson	Jim Danielson (Owner)	Mercury	98		brakes	42
31	32	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	94		rear end	40
32	22	27	Chuck Bown	Bown Racing	Plymouth	88		accident	38
33	24	75	Paul Dorrity	Glen Dorrity (Owner)	Chevrolet	78		ignition	36
34	30	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	60		oil pump	34
35	37	82	Ron Gautsche	Ron Gautsche (Owner)	Ford	55		oil pressure	32
36	19	7	Jack McCoy	Ernie Conn (Owner)	Dodge	37		ignition	30
37	39	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	35		suspension	28
38	17	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	30		engine	26
39	3	16	Mark Donohue	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	13		shocks	24
40	8	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Ford	13		accident	22

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	102	68.5%	P2
2	Richard Petty	39	26.2%	P1
3	A.J. Foyt	8	5.4%	P28

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