1972 Miller High Life 500

Race #4 of 31 in the 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

Race #2 of 30 in the 1972 NASCAR Winston West Series Season

1972 Miller High Life 500
*Held on March 5, 1972 at Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, CA*
200 L, 500 M, 804.6 KM - Scheduled Distance

RESULTS Note: 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series drivers denoted in white rows, 1972 NASCAR Winston West Series in gold.

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	1	21	A.J. Foyt	Purolator	'71 Mercury	200	132	running
2	2	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	'72 Chevrolet	200	20	running
3	4	11	Buddy Baker	STP	'72 Dodge	200	6	running
4	3	43	Richard Petty	STP	'72 Plymouth	199	17	running
5	8	96W	Ray Elder	Olympia Brewing Company	'72 Dodge	194	3	running
6	11	4W	Hershel McGriff	The Cousins	'70 Plymouth	193	0	running
7	25	48	James Hylton	Madden Food Systems, Pop Kola	'71 Ford	191	0	running
8	22	42	Marty Robbins	KLAC 570 Radio	'72 Dodge	190	0	running
9	24	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing	'71 Ford	188	0	running
10	10	9	Ramo Stott	Housby Racing	'72 Plymouth	188	0	running
11	26	61	Jimmy Finger	Brookehill-Dellcrest Funeral Homes	'71 Ford	188	0	running
12	15	17W	Jack McCoy	Rebel Shops, House of Lords	'71 Dodge	186	0	running
13	19	3W	John Soares, Jr.	John Soares Racing Enterprises	'70 Dodge	186	0	running
14	9	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Mercury	185	13	running
15	40	6W	Bill Butts	Speedway Eng., Floyd & Howerton Plumbing	'72 Dodge	185	0	running
16	48	1W	Cliff Garner	Anderson Pea Soup	'71 Ford	185	0	running
17	33	91W	Johnny Anderson	Conner's Muffler, Adams Machine Shop	'72 Chevrolet	184	0	running
18	13	2W	Dick Bown	Ober Logging	'72 Plymouth	184	0	running
19	35	84W	J.C. Danielsen	J&L Body Shop	'71 Mercury	184	0	running
20	17	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	'71 Ford	182	0	running
21	31	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	'71 Ford	182	0	running
22	28	32W	Kevin Terris	Sta-Power, Brunswick Industries	'72 Plymouth	180	0	running
23	43	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Engineering	'71 Chevrolet	180	0	running
24	39	34W	Markey James	Tony Oddo	'72 Chevrolet	179	0	running
25	42	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt	'71 Mercury	179	0	running
26	30	47	Raymond Williams	Wheaton Van Lines	'71 Ford	179	0	flagged
27	37	44W	Jim Whitt	Barnicle Oil	'71 Ford	178	0	running
28	12	20	George Altheide	Altheide Racing	'70 Dodge	178	0	running
29	38	95W	Bob Kauf	Wrought Iron Company	'72 Chevrolet	174	0	engine
30	47	39W	Carl Adams	Marck Motors	'71 Ford	174	0	running
31	32	19	Henley Gray	Cayuga Speedway	'71 Ford	173	0	running
32	34	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King Ford	'71 Ford	173	0	running
33	49	27W	Chuck Bown	Rose Auto Wrecking	'70 Plymouth	165	0	engine
34	46	40W	Les Loeser	San Fernando Valley Lumber Co.	'72 Chevrolet	164	0	tires
35	51	82W	Ron Gautsche	Tognotti's Speed Shop	'71 Ford	160	0	running
36	14	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	'71 Mercury	138	0	crash
37	45	14	Dick Kranzler	Goodyear Tire Center	'72 Chevrolet	137	0	running
38	21	99	Don White	Nichels-Goldsmith	'72 Plymouth	114	0	fuel pump
39	36	52W	Gene Romero	Sta-Power	'70 Plymouth	105	0	engine
40	20	23W	G.T. Tallas	Richard's Service Center	'71 Ford	88	0	clutch
41	6	97	Red Farmer	Long-Lewis Ford	'72 Ford	69	0	engine
42	27	41	Earle Canavan	Budget Tapes, River Oaks Chrysler-Plymouth	'72 Plymouth	65	0	running
43	29	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	'70 Dodge	55	0	clutch
44	7	16	Mark Donohue	American Motors	'72 Matador	45	0	crash
45	5	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance	'72 Dodge	45	9	crash
46	50	29W	Bill Osborne		'72 Ford	36	0	a frame
47	44	30	Walter Ballard	Hekiman Foreign Car Service	'71 Ford	33	0	crash
48	16	89W	Don Noel	Rainbow Western Sales Co.	'71 Ford	27	0	engine
49	41	18W	George Follmer	Norris Industries, Roy Woods Racing	'72 Dodge	4	0	engine
50	18	57	David Ray Boggs	Boggs Racing Enterprises	'70 Dodge	2	0	clutch
51	23	31	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	'70 Dodge	1	0	engine

RACE DATA
Failed to Qualify: Bobby Mausgrover, Les Covey, Mike Saint, Ron Keselowski, Allen Jennings, Dan Geiger, Harry Schilling, Dick May, Marion Collins, Joe Frasson, Bill Shirey, Perry Cottingham, Dale Lee, Tru Cheek, Clint Hutchins, Bill Dennis, Richard D. Brown, Charlie Glotzbach, Jerry Oliver, Neil Castles, Doc Faustina, John Sears, Emiliano Zapata, Tommy Gale, Johnny Steele, Pat Fay, Richard Childress, Harry Jefferson, Larry Smith , Verlin Eaker, Don Graham, Ken Shoemaker, Jabe Thomas, Jim Gilliam, Nels Miller, Paul Dorrity, Arnie Kruger, Willie McNeal, Larry Esau, Phil Pedaler, John Lyons, Ed Negre, Bob England, Steve Pfeifer, Ivan Baldwin, Chuck Hetrick, Carl Joiner, Johnny Halford, Jerry Barnett, John Fairchild, Sam Stanley, Bill Seifert, D.K. Ulrich, George Wiltshire, Jimmy Insolo, Don Tarr, Frank Burnett, Bub Strickler, Gene Riniker, Wendell Scott, Glenn Francis, Frank James
Time of Race: ???
Fast Qualifier:
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Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}\|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
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Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}\|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available