1972 Miller High Life 500 Results | NASCAR Winston Cup

Race: Miller High Life 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 4 of 31
Date: March 5, 1972
Track: Ontario Motor Speedway

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Miller High Life 500 Race Information

Winner	A.J. Foyt	Car	No. 21 Mercury
Team / Owner	Wood Brothers	Sponsor	Purolator
Winner Start	1st	Winner Laps Led	132
Started First	A.J. Foyt	Most Laps Led	A.J. Foyt (132)
Race Distance	500 miles (200 laps)	Track Length	2.5 miles
Track Type	Paved oval	Starters	51
Total Purse	$175,345	Winner Earnings	$31,695
Different Leaders	7	Lead-Lap Finishers	3
Points Leader After Race	A.J. Foyt	Season Race	4 of 31

Miller High Life 500 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Sponsor	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points	Earnings
1	1	21	A.J. Foyt	Purolator	Wood Brothers	Mercury	200	132	running	—	$31,695
2	2	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	Richard Howard	Chevrolet	200	20	running	—	$16,945
3	4	11	Buddy Baker	STP	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	6	running	—	$11,670
4	3	43	Richard Petty	STP	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	199	17	running	—	$9,970
5	8	96W	Ray Elder	Olympia Brewing Company	Fred Elder	Dodge	194	3	running	—	$5,845
6	11	04W	Hershel McGriff	The Cousins	Beryl Jackson	Plymouth	193	0	running	—	$4,470
7	25	48	James Hylton	Madden Food Systems	James Hylton	Ford	191	0	running	—	$4,435
8	22	42	Marty Robbins	KLAC 570 Radio	Marty Robbins	Dodge	190	0	running	—	$3,445
9	24	64	Elmo Langley	—	Elmo Langley	Ford	188	0	running	—	$3,370
10	10	9	Ramo Stott	Dodge	Jack Housby	Dodge	188	0	running	—	$2,575
11	26	61	Jimmy Finger	Brookehill-Dellcrest Funeral Homes	Don Bierschwale	Ford	188	0	running	—	$2,480
12	15	17W	Jack McCoy	Rebel Shops / House of Lords	Ernie Conn	Dodge	186	0	running	—	$2,420
13	19	3W	John Soares, Jr.	John Soares Racing Enterprises	John Soares, Jr.	Dodge	186	0	running	—	$2,345
14	9	72	Benny Parsons	Carolina 500	L.G. DeWitt	Mercury	185	13	running	—	$2,845
15	40	06W	Bill Butts	Speedway Eng. / Floyd & Howerton Plumbing	Gary Sigman	Dodge	185	0	running	—	$2,220
16	48	1W	Cliff Garner	Anderson Pea Soup	Bill Champion	Ford	185	0	running	—	$1,495
17	33	91W	Johnny Anderson	Conner's Muffler / Adams Machine Shop	Don Nuzum	Chevrolet	184	0	running	—	$2,170
18	13	02W	Dick Bown	Ober Logging	Mike Ober	Plymouth	184	0	running	—	$2,170
19	35	84W	J.C. Danielsen	J&L Body Shop	J.C. Danielsen	Mercury	184	0	running	—	$2,120
20	17	10	Bill Champion	—	Bill Champion	Ford	182	0	running	—	$2,620
21	31	76	Ben Arnold	—	Ben Arnold	Ford	182	0	running	—	$2,085
22	28	32W	Kevin Terris	Sta-Power / Brunswick Industries	Dean Barnicle	Plymouth	180	0	running	—	$2,070
23	43	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Engineering	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	180	0	running	—	$2,545
24	39	34W	Markey James	McLaren's Automotive	Tony Oddo	Chevrolet	179	0	running	—	$1,995
25	42	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt	Dean Dalton	Mercury	179	0	running	—	$2,025
26	30	47	Raymond Williams	Wheaton Van Lines	Raymond Williams	Ford	179	0	flagged	—	$1,970
27	37	44W	Jim Whitt	Barnacle Oil	Dean Barnicle	Ford	178	0	running	—	$1,920
28	12	20	George Altheide	—	George Altheide	Dodge	178	0	running	—	$1,920
29	38	95W	Bob Kauf	Wrought Iron Company	Paul Stockwell	Chevrolet	174	0	engine	—	$1,870
30	47	39W	Carl Adams	Marck Motors	Paul Burchard	Ford	174	0	running	—	$1,845
31	32	19	Henley Gray	Cayuga Speedway	Henley Gray	Ford	173	0	running	—	$2,330
32	34	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King Ford	Charlie Roberts	Ford	173	0	running	—	$1,795
33	49	27W	Chuck Bown	Rose Auto Wrecking	Dick Bown	Plymouth	165	0	engine	—	$1,770
34	46	40W	Les Loeser, Jr.	San Fernando Valley Lumber Co.	Jerry Lankford	Chevrolet	164	0	tires	—	$1,745
35	51	82W	Ron Gautsche	Tognotti's Speed Shops	Ron Gautsche	Ford	160	0	running	—	$1,720
36	14	24	Cecil Gordon	—	Cecil Gordon	Mercury	138	0	crash	—	$2,220
37	45	14	Dick Kranzler	John Millwee Racing Special	Dick Kranzler	Chevrolet	137	0	running	—	$1,670
38	21	99	Don White	Housby Mack	Ray Nichels	Plymouth	114	0	fuel pump	—	$1,745
39	36	52W	Gene Romero	Sta-Power	Kevin Terris	Plymouth	105	0	engine	—	$1,620
40	20	23W	G.T. Tallas	Richard's Service Center	G.T. Tallas	Ford	88	0	clutch	—	$1,620
41	6	97	Red Farmer	Long-Lewis Ford	Willie Humphries	Ford	69	0	engine	—	$1,720
42	27	41	Earle Canavan	Budget Tapes / River Oaks Chrysler-Plymouth	Earle Canavan	Plymouth	65	0	running	—	$1,570
43	29	79	Frank Warren	—	Frank Warren	Dodge	55	0	clutch	—	$2,040
44	7	16	Mark Donohue	American Motors	Roger Penske	Matador	45	0	crash	—	$1,615
45	5	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	45	9	crash	—	$3,665
46	50	29W	Bill Osborne	—	Paul Burchard	Ford	36	0	a frame	—	$1,440
47	44	30	Walter Ballard	Hekiman Foreign Car Service	Vic Ballard	Plymouth	33	0	crash	—	$1,915
48	16	89W	Don Noel	Rainbow Western Sales Co.	Don Noel	Ford	27	0	engine	—	$1,415
49	41	18W	George Follmer	Norris Industries / Roy Woods Racing	Joe Frasson	Dodge	4	0	engine	—	$1,440
50	18	57	David Ray Boggs	Boggs Racing Enterprises	David Ray Boggs	Dodge	2	0	clutch	—	$1,365
51	23	31	Jim Vandiver	—	O.L. Nixon	Dodge	1	0	engine	—	$1,375

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