Schaefer 500
Pocono International Raceway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
July 29, 1972

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 6 Joe Leonard 1 Samsonite Parnelli Offy TC 200 154.781 1,000
2 13 Johnny Rutherford 16 Thermo King Eagle Offy TC 200 Finished 800
3 4 Al Unser 4 Viceroy Parnelli Offy TC 199 Flagged 700
4 28 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 3 Sugaripe Prune Eagle Offy TC 198 Flagged 600
5 14 Sam Posey 34 Norris Industries Eagle Offy TC 198 Flagged 500
6 16 Mike Hiss 72 Page Racing Eagle Offy TC 196 Flagged 400
7 3 Mario Andretti 9 Viceroy Parnelli Offy TC 188 Flagged 300
8 12 Salt Walther 77 Dayton Steel Wheel McLaren Offy TC 187 Flagged 250
9 17 Lee Kunzman 10 Gilmore Racing Eagle Offy TC 174 Flagged 200
10 18 Jimmy Caruthers 11 US Armed Forces Scorpion Foyt TC 160 Wrecked 150
11 9 Roger McCluskey 14 American Marine McLaren Offy TC 135 Broken turbocharger hose 100
12 11 Rick Muther 98 Vivitar Eagle Offy TC 146 Overheated 50
13 25 Mel Kenyon 23 Gilmore Racing Coyote Foyt TC 130 Broken pinion gear
14 15 Wally Dallenbach 40 STP Oil Treatment Lola Foyt TC 129 Rear end
15 20 Sam Sessions 84 ITT Thompson Coyote Foyt TC 118 Wrecked
16 22 Dick Simon 44 TraveLodge Lola Foyt TC 127 Rear end
17 19 John Martin 89 Unsponsored Brabham Offy TC 89 Turbo
18 30 Bentley Warren 36 Bay State Racing Eagle Offy TC 82 Oil leak
19 5 Gary Bettenhausen 7 Sunoco McLaren Offy TC 77 Ignition
20 1 Bobby Unser 6 Olsonite Eagle Offy TC 77 Broken gear
21 29 George Snider 29 MVS Coyote Foyt TC X Dropped valve
22 2 Gordon Johncock 24 Gulf McLaren Offy TC 64 Broken connecting rod
23 27 Swede Savage 42 Michner Industries Brabham Offy TC 63 Gear box
24 21 Bill Simpson 28 Woehle Bros. Eagle Offy TC 41 Broken connecting rod
25 31 Denny Zimmerman 17 Patriot Vollstedt Offy TC X Broken throttle
26 8 Lloyd Ruby 5 Wynn's Lola Foyt TC 34 Wrecked
27 10 John Mahler 31 Harbor Fuel Oil McLaren Offy TC 34 Broken connecting rod
28 24 Jerry Karl 92 Trailer Train Gilbert Offy TC 20 Split fuel tank
29 23 Bob Harkey 94 Niagara Falls Wine Finley Offy TC 13 Burned piston
30 32 Carl Williams 95 City of Terre Haute Eagle Offy TC 8 Burned piston
31 26 Peter Revson 12 Gulf McLaren Offy TC 7 Broken connecting rod
32 7 Steve Krisiloff 15 King King Offy TC 4 Blown block
33 33 Greg Weld 35 King King Offy TC 1 Engine vibration
                   
-- -- Jim Hurtubise 56 Miller High Life Mallard FE Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Lee Brayton 61 Eisenhour Racing Coyote Foyt TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Eldon Rasmussen 64 Quality Racing Scorpion Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- David Hobbs 82 Oriente Express Eagle Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tom Bigelow 58 Midwest Manufacturing Dura-Pot Gerhardt Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jim McElreath 37 Alex's XLNT Foods Gerhardt Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Larry Dickson 19 Minnesota Invader Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Cale Yarborough 21 Bill Daniels GOP Atlanta Ford TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Al Loquasto 43 Martin Guitar Vollstedt Offy TC -- Did not qualify

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Mario Andretti 105 1, 11-23, 25-30, 79-163
Gary Bettenhausen 40 39-78
Joe Leonard 37 164-200
Al Unser 7 31-37
Bobby Unser 6 5-10
Gordon Johncock 5 2-4, 24, 38