1972
- Al Unser wins his 3rd straight Hoosier Hundred. He also won the Springfield, IL. mile race.
- A.J. Foyt is the USAC Champ Dirt Car Champion.
- Sammy Sessions is the USAC Sprint Car Champion.
- Jan Opperman recorded his 2nd straight Western World Championship win. Opperman won 44 features in 1972.
- Kenny Weld won the National Open at Williams Grove for the 2nd year in a row, while winning the Knoxville Nationals for a 3rd time.
The main even is ready to start at San Jose Speedway (From the Dolan Lannan collection courtesy Jerry and Marcia Phillips.)
- Howard Kaeding wins his 3rd straight NASCAR
Super Modified California State Championship.
Gary Patterson races inside Howard Kaeding in this vintage shot! (Courtesy Jimmy Patterson)
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Dewayne Woodward in 1972. He was Clovis and Madera, CA. super modified champion. (Scanned from Golden State Classic program 1972)
- DeWayne Woodward is Track Champ at both Clovis
Speedway (dirt), and Madera Raceway (pavement).
- Consistency earns Lonnie Jensen the Knoxville track title.
- Tom Bigelow and A.J. Foyt spilt two USAC Dirt Champ races at DuQuoin, IL.
- Pancho Carter is USAC National Midget Champ.
- Tony Simon Takes Turkey Night at ASCOT
- Mike Wasina is Capital Speedway Super Modified champion.
- Mike McCreary wins his 2nd NARC sprint car driving title.
- Nick Rescino is San Jose Speedway Track Champ with 22 Fast Times.
- Tommy Astone is USAC Midget Rookie of the Year.
- West Capital Raceway. aka, "Capitol
Speedway" runs on the 1/2 mile for the final time before racing exclusively
on the 1/4. Billy Anderson (below) went
into the history books with the track record for the 1/2.
L to R: Johnny Anderson, Billy Anderson and a four year old HammerDownUSA.com Editor Bobby Gerould play sizzlers in 1972. Seems the Anderson boys had a few "pops" after the Saturday night races. They showed up at the Gerould house in uniform, and grabbed Bobby's "helmets".
- Larry Burton wins the Gold Cup.
- Gene Brown of Phoenix, AZ. is the Pacific Coast Open winner at ASCOT.
- Earl Wagner leads Knoxville feature winners, with three.
- Jerry Blundy is hurt in Webster City, misses entire season.
- Roger Rager wins Knoxville season-opener, May 13.
- The Original Dirt Cup is a 3 race series. 3 Days, 3 tracks. Ross Fontes is overall points champ.
