Race Results for the 1972 Indianapolis 500

Finish	Start	Car Num.	Driver	Car Name/Entrant*	Make/Model	Status	Laps	Led	Winnings
1	3	66	Mark Donohue	Sunoco McLaren	McLaren/Offy	162.962	200	13	$218,763
2	19	4	Al Unser (W)	Viceroy	Parnelli/Offy	160.192	200	0	$95,258
3	6	1	Joe Leonard	Samsonite	Parnelli/Offy	159.327	200	0	$58,793
4	24	52	Sam Sessions	Gene White Firestone	Lola/Ford	158.411	200	0	$39,583
5	7	34	Sam Posey (R)	Norris Eagle	Eagle/Offy	Running	198	0	$37,411
6	11	5	Lloyd Ruby	Wynn's	Atlanta/Foyt	Running	196	0	$29,557
7	25	60	Mike Hiss (R)	STP Pylon Windshield Wiper Blade	Eagle/Offy	Running	196	0	$30,814
8	5	9	Mario Andretti (W)	Viceroy	Parnelli/Offy	Out of fuel	194	0	$24,822
9	31	11	Jimmy Caruthers (R)	US Armed Forces/Steed	Scorpion/Foyt	Running	194	0	$23,094
10	32	21	Cale Yarborough	Bill Daniels GOP	Atlanta/Foyt	Running	193	0	$22,133
11	21	84	George Snider	ITT-Thompson	Coyote/Foyt	Running	190	0	$23,080
12	15	48	Jerry Grant	Mystery Eagle	Eagle/Offy	Penalty	188	16	$24,156
13	23	44	Dick Simon	TraveLodge Sleeper	Lola/Foyt	Out of fuel	186	0	$19,759
14	4	7	Gary Bettenhausen	Sunoco McLaren	McLaren/Offy	Ignition	182	138	$41,284
15	33	40	Wally Dallenbach	STP Oil Treatment	Lola/Foyt	Running	182	0	$19,645
16	14	89	John Martin (R)	Unsponsored	Brabham/Offy	Fuel leak	161	0	$18,084
17	30	37	Lee Kunzman (R)	Caves Buick Company	Gerhardt/Offy	Lost tire	131	0	$17,901
18	12	23	Mel Kenyon	Gilmore Racing	Coyote/Ford	Fuel injection	126	0	$17,146
19	28	17	Denny Zimmerman	Bryant Heating & Cooling	McLaren/Offy	Ignition rotor	116	0	$17,320
20	26	24	Gordon Johncock	Gulf McLaren	McLaren/Offy	Exhaust valve	113	0	$17,823
21	10	15	Steve Krisiloff	Ayr-Way/Lloyd's	Kingfish/Offy	Ignition rotor	102	0	$15,954
22	29	31	John Mahler (R)	Harbor Fuel Oil	McLaren/Offy	Piston	99	0	$16,013
23	13	56	Jim Hurtubise	Miller High Life	Coyote/Foyt	Penalty	94	0	$15,350
24	20	14	Roger McCluskey	American Marine Underwriters	Antares/Offy	Valve	92	0	$15,016
25	17	2	A.J. Foyt (W)	ITT-Thompson	Coyote/Foyt	Turbocharger	60	0	$15,611
26	16	98	Mike Mosley	Vivitar	Eagle/Offy	Accident	56	3	$15,984
27	8	18	Johnny Rutherford	Patrick Petroleum	Brabham/Offy	Rod	55	0	$14,535
28	18	3	Bill Vukovich II	Sugaripe Prune	Eagle/Offy	Rear end	54	0	$14,364
29	22	95	Carl Williams	City of Terre Haute	Eagle/Offy	Oil cooler	52	0	$14,022
30	1	6	Bobby Unser (W)	Olsonite Eagle	Eagle/Offy	Ignition rotor	31	30	$30,830
31	2	12	Peter Revson	Gulf McLaren	McLaren/Offy	Gearbox	23	0	$15,924
32	9	42	Swede Savage (R)	Michner Industries	Eagle/Offy	Rod	5	0	$13,767
33	27	33	Salt Walther (R)	Dayton Disc Brakes	P.J. Colt/Foyt	Magneto	0	0	$14,538

* - complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
(R) - Indicated Rookie
(W) - Indicates Past Winner