1972 Miller High Life 500

Ontario Motor Speedway · 1972 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
A.J. Foyt	1	51	32	3	7	132	200	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	21	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	132	running	0
2	2	12	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	200	20	running	98
3	4	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	6	running	96
4	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	199	17	running	94
5	8	96	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	194	3	running	92
6	11	4	Hershel McGriff	Smokey Yunick Racing	Plymouth	193		running	90
7	25	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	191		running	88
8	22	42	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	190		running	86
9	24	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	188		running	84
10	10	9	Ramo Stott	Housby Racing	Plymouth	188		running	82
11	26	61	Jimmy Finger	B & B Racing	Ford	188		running	80
12	15	17	Jack McCoy	Ernie Conn (Owner)	Dodge	186		running	78
13	19	3	John Soares Jr.	John Soares Jr. (Owner)	Dodge	186		running	76
14	9	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	185	13	running	74
15	40	6	Bill Butts	Gary Sigman (Owner)	Dodge	185		running	72
16	48	1	Cliff Garner		Ford	185		running	0
17	33	91	Johnny Anderson	Don Nuzum (Owner)	Chevrolet	184		running	68
18	13	2	Dick Bown	Ober Logging	Plymouth	184		running	66
19	35	84	Jim Danielson	Jim Danielson (Owner)	Mercury	184		running	64
20	17	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	182		running	62
21	31	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	182		running	60
22	28	32	Kevin Terris	Dean Barnicle (Owner)	Plymouth	180		running	58
23	43	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	180		running	56
24	39	34	Mike James	James Racing	Chevrolet	179		running	54
25	42	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	179		running	52
26	30	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	179		too slow	50
27	37	44	Jim Whitt		Ford	178		running	48
28	12	20	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	178		running	46
29	38	95	Bob Kauf	Paul Stockwell (Owner)	Chevrolet	174		engine	44
30	47	39	Carl Adams	Paul Burchard (Owner)	Ford	174		running	42
31	32	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	173		running	40
32	34	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	173		running	38
33	49	27	Chuck Bown	Bown Racing	Plymouth	165		valve	36
34	46	40	Les Loeser		Chevrolet	164		tire	34
35	51	82	Ron Gautsche	Ron Gautsche (Owner)	Ford	160		running	32
36	14	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	138		accident	30
37	45	14	Dick Kranzler	Kranzler Racing	Chevrolet	137		running	28
38	21	99	Don White	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	114		fuel pump	0
39	36	52	Gene Romero		Plymouth	105		engine	24
40	20	23	G.T. Tallas	G.T. Tallas (Owner)	Ford	88		clutch	22
41	6	97	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries (Owner)	Ford	69		engine	20
42	27	41	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	65		overheating	18
43	29	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	55		clutch	16
44	7	16	Mark Donohue	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	45		accident	0
45	5	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	45	9	accident	12
46	50	29	Bill Osborne		Ford	36		a-frame	10
47	44	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Ford	33		accident	8
48	16	89	Don Noel	Don Noel (Owner)	Ford	27		engine	6
49	41	18	George Follmer	Frasson Racing	Dodge	4		engine	4
50	18	57	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	2		clutch	2
51	23	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	1		bearing	2

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	A.J. Foyt	132	66.0%	P1
2	Bobby Allison	20	10.0%	P2
3	Richard Petty	17	8.5%	P4
4	Benny Parsons	13	6.5%	P14
5	Bobby Isaac	9	4.5%	P45
6	Buddy Baker	6	3.0%	P3
7	Ray Elder	3	1.5%	P5

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