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1972 Sacramento 100 Previous race results / Next race results                         Post NASCAR Winston West Series race number 29 of 30 Sunday, October 1, 1972 at West Capitol Raceway, Sacramento, CA 100 laps* on a 0.500 mile dirt track (50.000 miles) Time of race: 0:40:00 Average speed: 56.25 mph Pole speed: 73.876 mph Cautions: 4 for 19 laps Margin of victory: 1 sec Attendance: 4000 Lead changes: 7 Glossary    1972 NASCAR Winston West Series results   /   1972 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 96   Ray Elder Olympia Brewing Co.   (Fred Elder) '71 Dodge 75 1750 running 62 68.75 2 3 04   Hershel McGriff Beryl Jackson '70 Plymouth 75 1050 running 13 67.75 3 10 02   Dick Bown Mike Ober '72 Plymouth 75 675 running 0 66.75 4 12 7   Jack McCoy Ernie Conn '72 Dodge 75 425 running 0 65.75 5 6 86   Sonny Easley Jerry Lankford '69 Ford 75 350 running 0 64.75 6 7 09   Carl Adams Paul Burchard '71 Ford 75 250 running 0 63.75 7 8 84   J.C. Danielsen Jim Danielson '71 Mercury 75 200 running 0 62.75 8 13 26   Carl Joiner Dean Thorne '69 Chevrolet 73 175 running 0 61.25 9 15 37   Chuck Wahl DuWayne Wahl '71 Ford 73 150 running 0 60.25 10 17 4   Dick Kranzler Dick Kranzler '72 Chevrolet 71 150 running 0 58.75 11 11 3   John Soares, Jr. John Soares, Jr. '70 Dodge 71 125 running 0 57.75 12 5 82   Ron Gautsche Tognotti's Speed Shop   (Ron Gautsche) '71 Ford 65 120 running 0 55.25 13 16 75   Larry Pries – '69 Chevrolet 57 100 running 0 52.25 14 14 57   Don Graham Don Guy '72 Chevrolet 56 100 running 0 51 15 19 31   Markey James Tony Oddo '72 Chevrolet 44 100 a frame 0 47 16 20 2   Johnny Steele Johnny Steele '70 Ford 39 100 shocks 0 44.75 17 18 63   Frank Burnett Paul Jenkins '69 Plymouth 34 100 differential 0 42.5 18 4 06   Bill Butts Gary Sigman '72 Dodge 34 100 head gasket 0 41.5 19 9 88   Don Noel Don Noel '70 Ford 1 95 crash 0 32.25 20 1 27   Chuck Bown Dick Bown '70 Plymouth 1 90 crash 0 31.25 21 21 01   Pete Torres Pete Torres '69 Ford 1 85 engine 0 30.25 * Race shortened to 75 laps due to track conditions.

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 1 1     2 7 6   #02,27,82,88 accident turn 1   8 24 17     25 28 4   debris   29 46 18     47 50 4   debris   51 58 8     59 63 5   track condition   64 75 12       Percent of race run under caution: 25.3%             Average green flag run: 11.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Ray Elder 1 9 9   Hershel McGriff 10 15 6   Ray Elder 16 16 1   Hershel McGriff 17 19 3   Ray Elder 20 41 22   Hershel McGriff 42 45 4   Ray Elder 46 75 30