Golden State 400

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1972

Ray Elder

Winner

153

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Ray Elder won the 1972 Golden State 400 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1972, leading 47 of 153 laps. Benny Parsons finished second; Donnie Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1972

Winner

Ray Elder

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

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