Miller High Life 500

Ontario Motor Speedway — January 1, 1972

A.J. Foyt

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

A.J. Foyt won the 1972 Miller High Life 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway on January 1, 1972, leading 132 of 200 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Ontario Motor Speedway

Season

1972

Winner

A.J. Foyt

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

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