1972 NASCAR Winston West Series

1972 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1972 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 19th season of the series. The title was won by Ray Elder, his fourth in succession.

Schedule and results

The 1972 season included 30 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway, Sierra Mesa National Raceway, Yakima Speedway, Evergreen Speedway, and Portland Speedway hosted two races each.[1] The races at Riverside and the race at Ontario Motor Speedway were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.[2][3][4]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
January 23 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Richard Petty[5][6]
March 5 Miller High Life 500 Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California A. J. Foyt
March 19 San Jose 150 San Jose Speedway San Jose, California Jack McCoy[7]
May 13 Stockton 150 Stockton 99 Speedway Stockton, California Dick Bown
May 14 Sierra Mesa 100 Sierra Mesa National Raceway Marysville, California Ray Elder
May 26 Tri-City 150 Tri-City Raceway West Richland, Washington Jack McCoy
May 27 Yakima 500 Yakima Speedway Yakima, Washington Hershel McGriff
May 28 Evergreen 200 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Ray Elder
June 18 Golden State 400 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Ray Elder[8]
June 23 Medford 100 Medford Speedway Medford, Oregon Hershel McGriff
June 25 Portland 100 Portland Speedway Portland, Oregon Hershel McGriff
June 28 Spokane 100 Interstate Fairground Speedway Spokane, Washington Hershel McGriff
June 30 Meridian 100 Meridian Speedway Meridian, Idaho Ray Elder
July 1 Spanaway 150 Spanaway Speedway Spanaway, Washington Jack McCoy
July 2 Langley 150 Langley Speedway Langley, British Columbia Hershel McGriff
July 3 Victoria 150 Western Speedway Victoria, British Columbia Dick Bown
July 4 Skagit 150 Skagit Speedway Mount Vernon, Washington Hershel McGriff
July 11 Redwood Acres 100 Redwood Acres Speedway Eureka, California Hershel McGriff
August 4 Las Vegas Lucky 21 150 Craig Wood Speedway North Las Vegas, Nevada Hershel McGriff
August 5 Orange 150 Orange Show Speedway San Bernardino, California Hershel McGriff
August 12 Saugus 150 Saugus Speedway Saugus, California Hershel McGriff
August 18 Clovis Vineyard 100 Clovis Speedway Clovis, California Jack McCoy
August 19 Bakersfield 150 Bakersfield Speedway Oildale, California Hershel McGriff
September 3 Ranier Beer 250 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Ray Elder
September 8 Umatilla 125 Umatilla Speedway Hermiston, Oregon Ray Elder
September 9 Yakima 125 Yakima Speedway Yakima, Washington Jack McCoy
September 10 Portland 200 Portland Speedway Portland, Oregon Hershel McGriff
September 16 Oly 250 Ascot Park Gardena, California Dick Bown
October 1 Sacramento 100 West Capitol Raceway Sacramento, California Ray Elder
October 22 Sierra Mesa 200 Sierra Mesa National Raceway Marysville, California Jack McCoy

Full Drivers' Championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led. † – Ineligible for West Series points

Pos Driver RSD ONT SJS S99 SMN TCR YAK EVG RSD MED POR IFS MER SPS LSP WSP SKA RAS CRS OSS SGS CSP BKS EVG USP YAK POR ASP WCR SMN Pts
1 Ray Elder 4 5 10 6 1 3 2 1* 1 2 5 5 1* 4 4 6 2* 4 12* 12 13 4 6 1* 1* 8 6 7 1* 2 3108.5
2 Hershel McGriff 5 6 17 2 8 6* 1* 17 12 1* 1* 1 2 2 1* 2 1 1* 1 1* 1* 2 1* 22 4 4 1* 8 2 3 2742
3 Dick Bown 13 18 2 1* 2* 2 10 3 13 5 2 9 4 3 10 1* 5 2 2 3 2 3 21 17 18 16* 7 1* 3 6 2665
4 Jack McCoy 36 12 1* 3 16 1 7 14 38 14 3 2 3 1* 15 15 17 7 4 4 19 1* 4 2 15 1 2 2 4 1* 2434
5 John Soares Jr. 11 13 5 11 13 13 14 11 35 13 10 8 14 10 16 4 9 8 17 22 17 9 8 16 14 23 15 4 11 21 2324.75
6 Carl Adams 30 7 7 5 4 2 7 6 6 15 10 8 8 13 15 13 6 6 8 7 9 15 6 11 11 11 6 4 2289.25
7 Chuck Bown 32 33 3 4 4 19 5 22 14 11 17 6 5 6 7 14 3 5 3 20 20 10 17 4 3 10 20 26 20 12 2200
8 J. C. Danielsen 30 19 9 7 9 12 DNQ 13 12 9 5 9 4 9 7 7 11 5 10 8 13 6 16 23 7 7 2178.75
9 Dick Kranzler 23 37 12 21 5 22 6 7 16 12 14 14 13 23 13 10 19 20 24 14 17 13 11 8 12 14 10 10 14 2075.75
10 Ron Gautsche 35 35 6 22 22 14 18 DNQ 7 9 13 11 13 12 5 8 6 8 9 14 11 5 10 15 9 17 12 9 2074
11 Bill Butts DNQ 15 26 20 10 20 15 21 20 3 19 4 8 15 3 19 14 3 23 15 16 6 22 DNQ 2 3 5 3 18 13 1897
12 Sonny Easley 14 3 24 3 4 31 4 15 17 7 19 3 16 10 13 2 4 21 2 7 9 9 18 15 5 5 1798.75
13 Bob Kauf DNQ 29 19 16 7 39 15 5 18 11 5 10 5 21 10 21 1165.5
14 Markey James DNQ 24 9 24 18 40 5 13 7 12 21 19 14 17 5 15 1165
15 Johnny Anderson 19 17 18 8 24 23 27 16 11 6 13 16 20 21 1139.75
16 Carl Joiner 12 DNQ 5 11 20 6 5 8 4 6 18 25 QL 3 8 1018
17 Don Noel 16 48 4 17 DNQ 10 5 11 21 13 12 5 6 19 999.5
18 Kevin Terris 6 22 17 12 17 17 7 10 856.5
19 Frank James 25 DNQ 12 5 9 12 3 13 17 13 16 828.5
20 Jack Jeffery 4 22 8 7 3 7 2 16 12 23 7 759.5
21 Ernie Stierly 8 11 10 10 7 9 6 7 13 706
22 Ed Brown 16 18 10 12 9 9 8 21 12 20 639.5
23 Ron McKenna 13 13 9 15 13 13 10 22 16 584
24 Bob England DNQ DNQ 25 14 16 16 14 14 15 15 14 16 25 12 15 509.25
25 Jimmy Insolo DNQ 19 21 8 3 8 18 30 22 21 24 481.75
26 Johnny Steele DNQ DNQ 23 15 20 15 27 23 18 19 16 8 457.25
27 Paul Dorrity 33 DNQ 21 12 6 18 17 415.5
28 Chuck Wahl 15 7 9 9 9 11 410
29 Sam Stanley DNQ DNQ 34 18 18 10 23 24 13 378.75
30 Ralph Arnold 15 11 12 19 7 29 356.25
31 Don Graham DNQ 14 16 12 14 10 356
32 Les Loeser Jr. 34 24 23 15 349.75
33 Jack Simpson 18 16 18 18 11 20 24 340.75
34 Jackie Kuper 18 20 6 11 6 12 325.75
35 Sam Rose 9 8 20 8 18 303.35
Jim Whitt 25 306
Roger Parr DNQ 19 23 9 17 21 22 303.25
Cliff Garner 16 301
Pete Torres 14 DNQ 14 14 21 20 265.25
John Hren DNQ 29 22 10 23 240.25
Tru Cheek DNQ DNQ 36 12 19 20 18 231.75
Glenn Francis DNQ 17 21 23 DNQ 22 DNQ 19 220.75
Ivan Baldwin 20 DNQ 202
Larry Esau 24 DNQ 202
Vic Irvan 11 15 20 201.75
Dave Alonzo 8 10 19 196.5
George Wiltshire DNQ 15 18 19 20 192.25
Don Simkins 14 19 19 180.75
Sam Fairchild 21 16 16 DNQ 162.5
Donnie Allison 12 19 8 161.75
Pat Mintey 11 19 24 157.5
Gene Romero 39 155
Harry Jefferson DNQ DNQ 16 3 2 4 153.5
Chuck Bigelow 18 5 153.5
Don Hall 19 11 20 26 134.75
Dave Cooper 18 9 130.5
Ray Johnstone 26 127.5
Larry Snodderly 19 11 17 122.75
Wally Dunham 11 20 122.75
Willie McNeal DNQ DNQ 19 21 DNQ 24 DNQ 24 118
Harry Schilling DNQ 11 17 115.5
Dale Lee DNQ 12 21 107.5
Clem Proctor 30 88.25
Frank Burnett DNQ 23 17 18 87.75
T. B. Smallwood 22 20 83.5
Dick Barton 16 24 82.75
Chuck Hetrick DNQ 9 DNQ 78
Dick Guldstrand 32 73
Jim McMillan 21 20 70.25
Jack Roberts 16 68.75
Phil Pedlar DNQ 20 56.25
Bill Osborne DNQ 46 55
Tony Heckart 17 53.5
Larry Pries 13 52.25
Gus Stanfield 17 49
Bill O'Neil 14 48
Clint Hutchins DNQ DNQ 19 36.5
Dave Hall 22 32.5
Perry Cottingham DNQ DNQ 27 29
Bruce Kratt 24 DNQ DNQ DNQ 27.25
Robert Banuelos DNQ 28 25.5
Jim Ruff 21 15
Louis Williams 28 22
Jim Walker 11
Bill Crow 12
Fred Ade 18
Bill Amick 20
D. K. Ulrich DNQ DNQ DNQ
Dan Geiger DNQ DNQ DNQ
John Lyons DNQ DNQ
Gene Riniker DNQ DNQ
Jerry Oliver DNQ DNQ
Roger Mears DNQ
Patrick McIntyre DNQ
Pete Halsmer DNQ
Ray Wulfenstein DNQ
Bill Simpson DNQ
Bobby Mausgrover DNQ
Tommy Gale DNQ
Emiliano Zapata DNQ
John Sears DNQ
Doc Faustina DNQ
Neil Castles DNQ
Charlie Glotzbach DNQ
Ed Negre DNQ
Steve Pfeifer DNQ
Arnie Krueger DNQ
Nels Miller DNQ
Jim Gilliam DNQ
Jabe Thomas DNQ
Johnny Halford DNQ
Wendell Scott DNQ
Bub Strickler DNQ
Don Tarr DNQ
Bill Seifert DNQ
John Fairchild DNQ
Jerry Barnett DNQ
Ken Shoemaker DNQ
Bill Shirey DNQ
Marion Collins DNQ
Joe Frasson DNQ
Dick May DNQ
Allen Jennings DNQ
Ron Keselowski DNQ
Mike Saint DNQ
Les Covey DNQ
Bill Dennis DNQ
Richard D. Brown DNQ
Verlin Eaker DNQ
Larry Smith DNQ
Richard Childress DNQ
Pat Fay DNQ
Bob Earnshaw DNQ
Bob Clough DNQ
Ron Rea QL

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1972 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  2. ↑ "1972 Winston Western 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  3. ↑ "1972 Miller High Life 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  4. ↑ "1972 Golden State 400 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  5. ↑ Finch, Phil (January 24, 1972). "Frustrations at Riverside". San Francisco Examiner. p. 50. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Littlefield, Larry (January 24, 1972). "Petty parts the fog, nabs 'patriotic' win". Daily Times-Advocate. p. A8. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Finch, Phil (March 20, 1972). "Importance of Racing Tires". San Francisco Examiner. p. 53. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Elder Drives 1972 Dodge To Golden State 400 Victory". The New York Times. June 19, 1972. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
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