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1972 California 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 8 of 10 Sunday, September 3, 1972 at Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:17:58 Average speed: 151.54 mph Pole speed: 199.6 mph Cautions: 11 for 57 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1972 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1972 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 8 14   Roger McCluskey American Marine   (Lindsey Hopkins) McLaren / Offy 200 131081 running 40 1000 2 20 66   Mike Hiss Sunoco DX   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Offy 199 70409 running 0 800 3 13 3   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) Eagle / Offy 199 43659 running 5 700 4 11 84   Sammy Sessions ITT / Thompson   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 196 25569 running 0 600 5 10 98   Mike Mosley Vivitar   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 195 23609 transmission 23 500 6 18 77   Salt Walther Dayton Steel Wheel   (George Walther) McLaren / Offy 195 17287 running 0 400 7 31 20   Art Pollard STP Oil Filter   (Andy Granatelli) Lola / Foyt 194 13934 running 0 300 8 22 29   George Snider MVS Inc. Coyote / Foyt 192 13099 running 0 250 9 29 28   Bill Simpson St. Louis   (Bill Simpson) Eagle / Offy 183 12264 running 0 200 10 24 16   Johnny Rutherford Thermo King   (Don Gerhardt) Eagle / Offy 178 11429 differential 0 150 11 14 15   Steve Krisiloff RAC   (Grant King) King / Offy 178 10594 running 0 100 12 7 52   Jimmy Caruthers Wynn's   (Gene White) Atlanta / Offy 171 9759 water line 0 50 13 3 24   Gordon Johncock Gulf   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Offy 169 15550 crash 94   14 27 61   Carl Williams Eisenhour-Brayton Racing Team Coyote / Foyt 164 9342 throttle 0   15 30 97   Rick Muther Vivitar   (Vel Miletich) Eagle / Offy 162 8924 running 0   16 9 1   Joe Leonard Samsonite   (Ralph Wilke) Parnelli / Offy 162 9133 piston 0   17 16 5   Lloyd Ruby Wynn's   (Gene White) Lola / Foyt 149 8715 turbocharger 0   18 15 68   John Mahler Roy Woods Racing   (Roy Woods) McLaren / Offy 134 8507 crash 0   19 12 34   Sam Posey Norris Industries   (Champ Carr Inc.) Eagle / Offy 123 8298 ignition 0   20 19 18   Swede Savage Michner Industries   (Pat Patrick-Walt Michner) Brabham / Offy 118 8089 turbocharger 0   21 32 40   Wally Dallenbach STP Oil Treatment   (Andy Granatelli) Lola / Foyt 109 7880 valve 0   22 33 94   Johnny Parsons Niagara Falls Wine   (Tassi Vatis) Finley / Offy 88 7672 valve 0   23 2 12   Peter Revson Gulf   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Offy 81 8963 oil pressure 0   24 23 6   Bobby Unser Olsonite   (Oscar Olson) Eagle / Offy 73 8254 engine 11   25 17 27   Dennis Zimmerman Bryant Heating & Air Conditioning   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 58 7045 oil pressure 0   26 21 10   Lee Kunzman Gilmore Racing   (Lindsey Hopkins) Eagle / Offy 56 6837 spun out 0   27 5 9   Mario Andretti Viceroy   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Offy 52 7378 engine 0   28 26 23   Mel Kenyon Gilmore Racing   (Lindsey Hopkins) Eagle / Offy 48 6419 differential 0   29 25 83   Jerry Karl Oriente Express   (Smokey Yunick) Eagle / Chevy 45 6210 transmission 0   30 6 2   A.J. Foyt ITT / Thompson   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 28 9502 differential 27   31 4 4   Al Unser Viceroy   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Offy 27 5793 throttle 0   32 28 89   John Martin Automotive Technology Brabham / Offy 19 5584 piston 0   33 1 48   Jerry Grant Olsonite   (Oscar Olson) Eagle / Offy 0 11041 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Billy Vukovich, Jr. 32 Sugaripe Prune Greg Weld 37 Alex's XLNT Foods Al Loquasto 43 Martin Guitar Dick Simon 44 TraveLodge Sleeper Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 3 3     4 10 7   jackrabbits turn 2   11 11 1     12 15 4   jackrabbits backstretch   16 20 5     21 25 5   #28 spun turn 4   26 30 5     31 34 4   #2 tow-in   35 61 27     62 68 7   rain   69 73 5     74 76 3   #6 engine   77 78 2   rain   79 94 16     95 98 4   #94 stalled turn 2   99 125 27     126 133 8   #34 tow-in   134 137 4     138 145 8   #68 accident turn 2   146 170 25     171 175 5   #24 accident turn 3   176 200 25       Percent of race run under caution: 28.5%             Average green flag run: 13.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   A.J. Foyt 1 27 27   Gordon Johncock 28 31 4   Mike Mosley 32 39 8   Billy Vukovich, Jr. 40 44 5   Bobby Unser 45 55 11   Gordon Johncock 56 128 73   Mike Mosley 129 143 15   Gordon Johncock 144 160 17   Roger McCluskey 161 200 40