Winston Western 500

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1972

Richard Petty

Winner

149

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1972 Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1972, leading 39 of 149 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Bobby Isaac rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1972

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1972

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

3 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	149	—	Running	39	100
2	16	+14	Bobby Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		149	—	Running	102	98
3	9	+6	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	146	—	Running	—	96
4	4	—	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	146	—	Running	—	94
5	6	+1	Hershel McGriff	Smokey Yunick Racing	Plymouth	145	—	Running	—	92
6	12	+6	Kevin Terris	Dean Barnicle (Owner)	Plymouth	141	—	Running	—	90
7	10	+3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		141	—	Running	—	88
8	11	+3	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		139	—	Running	—	86
9	7	-2	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		137	—	Running	—	84
10	13	+3	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	137	—	Running	—	82
11	25	+14	John Soares Jr.	John Soares Jr. (Owner)	Dodge	136	—	Running	—	80
12	40	+28	Carl Joiner	Joiner Racing		135	—	Running	—	78
13	5	-8	Dick Bown	Ober Logging	Plymouth	134	—	Running	—	76
14	20	+6	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		132	—	Running	—	74
15	33	+18	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		132	—	Running	—	72
16	21	+5	Don Noel	Don Noel (Owner)	Dodge	132	—	Running	—	70
17	38	+21	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		131	—	Running	—	68
18	34	+16	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		128	—	Running	—	66
19	26	+7	Johnny Anderson	Don Nuzum (Owner)		126	—	Running	—	64
20	36	+16	Ivan Baldwin	Ivan Baldwin Engineering		123	—	Running	—	62
21	28	+7	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		122	—	Running	—	60
22	27	+5	Jerry Oliver	Coz Concilla (Owner)		122	—	Running	—	58
23	29	+6	Dick Kranzler	Kranzler Racing		119	—	Running	—	56
24	15	-9	Larry Esau			118	—	Running	—	54
25	14	-11	Frank James	Jim Calder (Owner)		115	—	DNF	—	52
26	31	+5	David Pearson	Bud Moore Engineering		112	—	DNF	—	50
27	23	-4	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		107	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	1	-27	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	107	—	DNF	8	0
29	18	-11	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	102	—	Running	—	44
30	35	+5	Jim Danielson	Jim Danielson (Owner)	Mercury	98	—	DNF	—	42
31	32	+1	David Ray Boggs	David Ray Boggs (Owner)	Dodge	94	—	DNF	—	40
32	22	-10	Chuck Bown	Bown Racing	Plymouth	88	—	DNF - Crash	—	38
33	24	-9	Paul Dorrity	Glen Dorrity (Owner)		78	—	DNF	—	36
34	30	-4	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	60	—	DNF	—	34
35	37	+2	Ron Gautsche	Ron Gautsche (Owner)		55	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	19	-17	Jack McCoy	Ernie Conn (Owner)	Dodge	37	—	DNF	—	30
37	39	+2	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	35	—	DNF	—	28
38	17	-21	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	30	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	3	-36	Mark Donohue	Penske Racing	American Motors Company	13	—	DNF	—	24
40	8	-32	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		13	—	DNF - Crash	—	22