1972 Golden State 400

Riverside International Raceway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Ray Elder	7	40	19	1	5	47	153	400.9

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	96	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	153	47	running	100
2	8	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	152		running	98
3	6	16	Donnie Allison	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	150		running	96
4	12	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	149		running	94
5	22	26	Carl Joiner	Joiner Racing	Chevrolet	148		running	92
6	3	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	147	2	running	90
7	18	09	Carl Adams	Paul Burchard (Owner)	Ford	146		running	88
8	13	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	145		running	86
9	19	00	Frank James	Jim Calder (Owner)	Chevrolet	144		running	84
10	16	64	Dick May	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	141		running	82
11	29	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	141		running	80
12	4	04	Hershel McGriff	Smokey Yunick Racing	Plymouth	141	3	running	78
13	5	02	Dick Bown	Ober Logging	Plymouth	141		running	76
14	9	27	Chuck Bown	Bown Racing	Plymouth	138		ball joint	74
15	35	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	136		running	72
16	20	4	Dick Kranzler	Kranzler Racing	Chevrolet	135		running	70
17	15	32	Kevin Terris	Dean Barnicle (Owner)	Plymouth	133		running	68
18	33	15	Paul Dorrity	Glen Dorrity (Owner)	Chevrolet	130		oil pressure	66
19	10	38	Jimmy Insolo	Roger Paquette (Owner)	Chevrolet	130		running	64
20	23	06	Bill Butts	Gary Sigman (Owner)	Dodge	128		running	62
21	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	109	16	transmission	60
22	28	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	102		transmission	58
23	1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	96	85	engine	56
24	24	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	87		running	54
25	38	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	69		transmission	52
26	25	6	Ray Johnstone	Coz Concilla (Owner)	Oldsmobile	62		engine	50
27	17	91	Johnny Anderson	Don Nuzum (Owner)	Chevrolet	47		engine	48
28	31	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	46		transmission	46
29	39	46	John Hren		Chevrolet	45		engine	44
30	14	78	Clem Proctor	Clem Proctor (Owner)	Oldsmobile	37		engine	42
31	36	86	Sonny Easley	Charles Heckert (Owner)	Chevrolet	35		ignition	40
32	21	9	Dick Guldstrand	Dick Gulstrand (Owner)	Chevrolet	28		oil pressure	38
33	11	73	Dick Brooks	Marvin Welty (Owner)	Ford	21		transmission	36
34	26	47	Sam Stanley		Ford	17		engine	34
35	32	3	John Soares Jr.	John Soares Jr. (Owner)	Dodge	15		valve	32
36	30	62	Tru Cheek		Ford	12		engine	0
37	37	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	6		suspension	28
38	27	7	Jack McCoy	Ernie Conn (Owner)	Dodge	5		engine	26
39	40	95	Bob Kauf	Paul Stockwell (Owner)	Chevrolet	4		oil line	24
40	34	31	Mike James	James Racing	Chevrolet	1		crank shaft	22

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Richard Petty	85	55.6%	P23
2	Ray Elder	47	30.7%	P1
3	Bobby Isaac	16	10.5%	P21
4	Hershel McGriff	3	2.0%	P12
5	Bobby Allison	2	1.3%	P6

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