1972 Winston Western 500

Race #1 of 31 in the 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

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

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	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	Olympia Brewing Company	'72 Dodge	146	0	running
5	6	04	Hershel McGriff	Beryl Jackson	'70 Plymouth	145	0	running
6	12	32	Kevin Terris	Black & Decker	'72 Plymouth	141	0	running
7	10	48	James Hylton	Pop Kola, Madden Food Systems	'69 Ford	141	0	running
8	11	64	Elmo Langley		'71 Ford	139	0	running
9	7	39	Friday Hassler	See Rock City	'70 Chevrolet	137	0	running
10	13	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	'71 Mercury	137	0	running
11	25	3	John Soares, Jr.	John Soares Racing Enterprises	'71 Dodge	136	0	running
12	40	26	Carl Joiner	Dean Thorne	'72 Chevrolet	135	0	running
13	5	02	Dick Bown	Ober Logging	'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	Noel Welding	'71 Dodge	132	0	running
17	38	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King Ford	'71 Ford	131	0	running
18	34	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	'71 Chevrolet	128	0	running
19	26	91	Johnny Anderson	Star Body Shop	'72 Chevrolet	126	0	running
20	36	07	Ivan Baldwin		'69 Chevrolet	123	0	running
21	28	19	Henley Gray	Fairway Ford	'69 Ford	122	0	running
22	27	6	Jerry Oliver	Concord Olds	'72 Oldsmobile	122	0	running
23	29	4	Dick Kranzler	Kranzler Racing	'72 Chevrolet	119	0	running
24	15	42	Larry Esau	Barnicle Oil	'72 Chevrolet	118	0	running
25	14	00	Frank James	Varner Brothers	'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	Warren Racing	'71 Dodge	102	0	running
30	35	61	J.C. Danielsen	J&L Body Shop	'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	Messina Trucking	'71 Dodge	60	0	engine
35	37	82	Ron Gautsche	Tognotti's Speed Shops	'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	Mario Frasson Cement Company	'70 Dodge	30	0	engine
39	3	16	Mark Donohue	American Motors, Roger Penske	'72 Matador	13	0	rear end
40	8	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'71 Ford	13	0	crash

RACE DATA
Failed to Qualify: Markey James, Harry Jefferson, John Lyons, Roger Mears, Bill Butts, Bob England, Bill Osborne, Patrick McIntyre, Bob Kauf, Pete Halsmer, Roger Parr, Gene Riniker, D.K. Ulrich, John Hren, Sam Stanley, Ray Wulfenstein, Tru Cheek, Bill Simpson, Dan Geiger, Johnny Steele
Time of Race: ???
Fast Qualifier:
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}\|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}\|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}\|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
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