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1972 Milwaukee Indycars Race 2 in USAC at the Milwaukee circuit. Full information

1972 Milwaukee Indycars

1972 Milwaukee Indycars is 251st USAC race. Passed at the Milwaukee circuit. Mario Andretti won the pole position, Joe Leonard won this race. Billy Vukovich and Johnny Rutherford also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (332 km).

Previous race: 1972 Pocono 500
Next race: 1972 California 500
Race Start: 13th August 1972

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1972 Milwaukee Indycars

25th victory for the Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing team
6th victory for the Joe Leonard
18th podium for the Joe Leonard
8th podium for the Billy Vukovich
4th podium for the Johnny Rutherford

Parnelli VPJ1 - 1972 Milwaukee Indycars winner

Parnelli VPJ1 #1 - 1972 Milwaukee Indycars winner

1972 Milwaukee Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Joe Leonard	Parnelli VPJ1, #1	400	1h 47m 28.61s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
2	Billy Vukovich	Eagle ? 1972, #3	320	196 laps	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
3	Johnny Rutherford	Gerhardt ? 1972, #16	280	193 laps	Don Gerhardt
4	Lee Kunzman	Eagle ? 1972, #10	240	192 laps	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
5	Rick Muther	Watson ? 1972, #98	200	191 laps	Leader Card Racers
6	Johnny Parsons jr	Finley ? 1972, #94	160	185 laps	Vatis Enterprises
7	Tom Bigelow	Gerhardt ? 1972, #58	120	171 laps	Carl Gehlhausen
8	John Hubbard	Gerhardt ? 1972, #71	100	149 laps	Lloyd W Gifford
9	Swede Savage	Eagle ? 1972, #42	80	146 laps Puncture	Patrick Racing
10	Bentley Warren	Eagle ? 1972, #36	60	122 laps Accident	Bay State Auto Racing
11	Mario Andretti	Parnelli VPJ1, #9	40	108 laps Wheel	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
12	Dick Simon	Chapman Lola T150, #88	20	88 laps Half shaft	Dick Simon Racing
13	Dee Jones	Watson ? 1972, #51	0	88 laps Driver exhaustion	Pat O'Reilly
14	Steve Krisiloff	King 72, #15	0	83 laps Camshaft	Grant King Racers
15	Al Unser	Parnelli VPJ1, #4	0	79 laps Suspension	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
16	Mel Kenyon	Coyote ? 1972, #23	0	55 laps Valve	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
17	Lee Brayton	Coyote ? 1972, #61	0	40 laps Clutch	Eisenhour-Brayton Racing
18	George Snider	Coyote ? 1972, #29	0	35 laps Valve	MVS
19	Roger McCluskey	Kuzma ? 1972, #14	0	23 laps Accident	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
20	John Martin	Gilbert ? 1972, #92	0	23 laps Fuel tank	Automotive Technology
21	Larry McCoy jr	Gerhardt ? 1972, #63	0	21 laps Suspension	Eastern Racing Associates
22	Gordon Johncock	McLaren M16B, #7	0	10 laps Transmission	Roger Penske Enterprises
23	Joe Tetz	Watson ? 1972, #57	0	6 laps Gasket	Tetz Racing
24	Bill Simpson	Eagle ? 1972, #28	0	3 laps Throttle linkage	Bill Simpson
25	John Mahler	McLaren M15A, #31	0	1 laps Ignition	Vanguard Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1972 Milwaukee Indycars on the Milwaukee circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Parnelli VPJ1, #9	28.14s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
2	Joe Leonard	Parnelli VPJ1, #1		Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
3	Al Unser	Parnelli VPJ1, #4	Suspension	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
4	Roger McCluskey	Kuzma ? 1972, #14	Accident	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
5	Steve Krisiloff	King 72, #15	Camshaft	Grant King Racers
6	Swede Savage	Eagle ? 1972, #42	Puncture	Patrick Racing
7	Gordon Johncock	McLaren M16B, #7	Transmission	Roger Penske Enterprises
8	Billy Vukovich	Eagle ? 1972, #3		Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
9	Johnny Rutherford	Gerhardt ? 1972, #16		Don Gerhardt
10	George Snider	Coyote ? 1972, #29	Valve	MVS
11	Rick Muther	Watson ? 1972, #98		Leader Card Racers
12	Lee Kunzman	Eagle ? 1972, #10		Lindsey Hopkins Racing
13	Dick Simon	Chapman Lola T150, #88	Half shaft	Dick Simon Racing
14	Bentley Warren	Eagle ? 1972, #36	Accident	Bay State Auto Racing
15	John Martin	Gilbert ? 1972, #92	Fuel tank	Automotive Technology
16	Mel Kenyon	Coyote ? 1972, #23	Valve	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
17	Bill Simpson	Eagle ? 1972, #28	Throttle linkage	Bill Simpson
18	Larry McCoy jr	Gerhardt ? 1972, #63	Suspension	Eastern Racing Associates
19	Johnny Parsons jr	Finley ? 1972, #94		Vatis Enterprises
20	Tom Bigelow	Gerhardt ? 1972, #58		Carl Gehlhausen
21	Lee Brayton	Coyote ? 1972, #61	Clutch	Eisenhour-Brayton Racing
22	John Mahler	McLaren M15A, #31	Ignition	Vanguard Racing
23	Joe Tetz	Watson ? 1972, #57	Gasket	Tetz Racing
24	Dee Jones	Watson ? 1972, #51	Driver exhaustion	Pat O'Reilly
25	John Hubbard	Gerhardt ? 1972, #71		Lloyd W Gifford