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Race #1 of 30 in the 1972 NASCAR Winston West Series Season

1972 Winston Western 500
Held on January 23, 1972 at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, CA
149 L, 372.5 M, 599.427 KM - Shortened by Fog

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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	Pts
1	2	43	Richard Petty	STP	'72 Plymouth	149	39	running
2	16	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	'72 Chevrolet	149	102	running
3	9	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance	'71 Dodge	146	0	running
4	4	96	Ray Elder	Fred Elder	'72 Dodge	146	0	running
5	6	04	Hershel McGriff	Beryl Jackson	'70 Plymouth	145	0	running
6	12	32	Kevin Terris	Dean Barnicle	'72 Plymouth	141	0	running
7	10	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola	'69 Ford	141	0	running
8	11	64	Elmo Langley		'71 Ford	139	0	running
9	7	39	Friday Hassler		'70 Chevrolet	137	0	running
10	13	24	Cecil Gordon		'71 Mercury	137	0	running
11	25	3	John Soares, Jr.		'71 Dodge	136	0	running
12	40	26	Carl Joiner	Dean Thorne	'72 Chevrolet	135	0	running
13	5	02	Dick Bown	Mike Ober	'72 Plymouth	134	0	running
14	20	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	'71 Ford	132	0	running
15	33	47	Raymond Williams		'71 Ford	132	0	running
16	21	88	Don Noel		'71 Dodge	132	0	running
17	38	77	Charlie Roberts		'71 Ford	131	0	running
18	34	70	J.D. McDuffie		'71 Chevrolet	128	0	running
19	26	91	Johnny Anderson	Don Nuzum	'72 Chevrolet	126	0	running
20	36	07	Ivan Baldwin		'69 Chevrolet	123	0	running
21	28	19	Henley Gray		'69 Ford	122	0	running
22	27	6	Jerry Oliver	Coz Concilla	'72 Oldsmobile	122	0	running
23	29	4	Dick Kranzler		'72 Chevrolet	119	0	running
24	15	42	Larry Esau		'72 Chevrolet	118	0	running
25	14	00	Frank James	Jim Calder	'72 Chevrolet	115	0	fan blade
26	31	15	David Pearson	Bud Moore	'72 Ford	112	0	radiator
27	23	8	Ed Negre		'69 Ford	107	0	engine
28	1	21	A.J. Foyt	Purolator	'71 Mercury	107	8	transmission
29	18	79	Frank Warren		'71 Dodge	102	0	running
30	35	61	Jim Danielson		'71 Mercury	98	0	brakes
31	32	57	David Ray Boggs		'70 Dodge	94	0	rear end
32	22	27	Chuck Bown	Dick Bown	'70 Plymouth	88	0	crash
33	24	75	Paul Dorrity	Glen Dorrity	'72 Chevrolet	78	0	ignition
34	30	88	Ron Keselowski	Roger Lubinski	'71 Dodge	60	0	engine
35	37	82	Ron Gautsche		'71 Ford	55	0	oil pressure
36	19	7	Jack McCoy	Ernie Conn	'72 Dodge	37	0	ignition
37	39	06	Neil Castles		'71 Dodge	35	0	suspension
38	17	18	Joe Frasson		'70 Dodge	30	0	engine
39	3	16	Mark Donohue	Roger Penske	'72 Matador	13	0	rear end
40	8	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Ford	13	0	crash

RACE DATA
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Margin of Victory:
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Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
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