1972 Indianapolis 500
Race results

1972 Indianapolis 500

Section Title: Race results
Table Section Text: None

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Time/Retired

1	3	66	United States Mark Donohue	191.408	3	200	3:04:05.54

2	19	4	United States Al Unser (W)	183.617	13	200	+3:10.95

3	6	1	United States Joe Leonard	185.223	10	200	+4:12.07

4	24	52	United States Sammy Sessions	180.415	26	200	+5:17.34

5	7	34	United States Sam Posey (R)	184.379	12	198	Flagged, +2 laps

6	11	5	United States Lloyd Ruby	181.415	20	196	Flagged, +4 laps

7	25	60	United States Mike Hiss (R)	179.015	31	196	Flagged, +4 laps

8	5	9	United States Mario Andretti (W)	187.617	9	194	Out of fuel

9	31	11	United States Jimmy Caruthers (R)	178.909	32	194	Flagged, +6 laps

10	32	21	United States Cale Yarborough	178.864	33	193	Flagged, +7 laps

11	21	84	United States George Snider	181.855	16	190	Flagged, +10 laps

12	15	48	United States Jerry Grant	189.294	4	188	Penalized

13	23	44	United States Dick Simon	180.424	25	186	Out of Fuel

14	4	7	United States Gary Bettenhausen	188.877	7	182	Ignition

15	33	40	United States Wally Dallenbach Sr.	181.626	18	182	Flagged

16	14	89	United States John Martin (R)	179.614	28	161	Fuel Leak

17	30	37	United States Lee Kunzman (R)	179.265	30	131	Lost Tire

18	12	23	United States Mel Kenyon	181.388	21	126	Fuel Injection

19	28	17	United States Denny Zimmerman	180.027	27	116	Ignition Rotor

20	26	24	United States Gordon Johncock	188.511	8	113	Exhaust Valve

21	10	15	United States Steve Krisiloff	181.433	19	102	Ignition Rotor

22	29	31	United States John Mahler (R)	179.497	29	99	Piston

23	13	56	United States Jim Hurtubise	181.050	22	94	Penalized

24	20	14	United States Roger McCluskey	182.686	15	92	Valve

25	17	2	United States A. J. Foyt (W)	188.996	6	60	Turbocharger

26	16	98	United States Mike Mosley	189.145	5	56	Crash T4

27	8	18	United States Johnny Rutherford	183.234	14	55	Rod

28	18	3	United States Bill Vukovich II	184.814	11	54	Rear End

29	22	95	United States Carl Williams	180.469	24	52	Oil Cooler

30	1	6	United States Bobby Unser (W)	195.940	1	31	Ignition Rotor

31	2	12	United States Peter Revson	192.885	2	23	Gearbox

32	9	42	United States Swede Savage (R)	181.726	17	5	Rod

33	27	33	United States Salt Walther (R)	180.542	23	0	Magneto

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