IMCA Sprint Car Championship 1972 standings

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IMCA Sprint Car Championship 1972 standings

Championship points standings for the IMCA Sprint Car Championship 1972

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1.	Ray Lee Goodwin	Hank Smith, Chuck Swenson	(Chevrolet)	1830
2.	Chuck Amati	Brown	(Chevrolet)	1665
3.	Dick Sutcliffe	VanPatten		1640
4.	Earl Wagner	Smith		1365
5.	Thad Dosher	Ricke/Hill		1185
6.	Steve Schultz			1075
7.	Ron Perkins			1030
8.	Ralph Parkinson, Jr.			915
9.	Jerry Blundy	Moffitt		905
10.	Dave Ross			835
	John Albrechtsen			0
	John Auxter			0
	Billy Cassella	Hamilton		0
	Cliff Cockrum			0
	Tom Custer			0
	Gene Gennetten	Barker		0
	Jerry Hansen			0
	Roy Hibbard			0
	David James	Brewr/Seidel		0
	Barry Kettering			0
	Bob Kinser	Shields		0
	Larry Kirkpatrick			0
	Roger Larson			0
	Eddie Leavitt			0
	Jim Linder	Smith		0
	Jim McCune			0
	Lynn McIntosh			0
	Dick Morgan			0
	Tom Nordstrom			0
	Dennis Olson			0
	Jan Opperman	Bogar		0
	Dale Reed			0
	Wayne Reutimann Sr.			0
	Jerry Richert Sr			0
	Newton Rose			0
	Dell Schmidt			0
	Dean Shirley			0
	Dave Skari			0
	Wib Spalding			0
	Ron Taylor			0
	Bill Utz			0
	Grady Wade	Wilson		0
	Herman Wise			0
	Jay Woodside			0
	Gordon Woolley			0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Dick Sutcliffe	4
	Earl Wagner	4
Most podium positions	Ray Lee Goodwin	8
Most podium positions without a win	Bob Kinser	2
	Dean Shirley	2
	Newton Rose	2
	Eddie Leavitt	2
	Jay Woodside	2
	Roger Larson	2

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country		Drivers	Number
97.8%	U.S.A.		Ray Lee Goodwin, Dick Sutcliffe, Earl Wagner, Thad Dosher, Steve Schultz, Ron Perkins, Ralph Parkinson, Jr., Jerry Blundy, Dave Ross, Chuck Amati, Jim Linder, Jim McCune, Wayne Reutimann Sr., Bob Kinser, Herman Wise, Billy Cassella, Jan Opperman, Bill Utz, Cliff Cockrum, Roy Hibbard, Dean Shirley, Ron Taylor, Dick Morgan, Tom Custer, Newton Rose, Tom Nordstrom, John Auxter, Dell Schmidt, Gene Gennetten, Larry Kirkpatrick, Wib Spalding, Eddie Leavitt, Jay Woodside, Dave Skari, Barry Kettering, Dennis Olson, David James, Jerry Hansen, John Albrechtsen, Jerry Richert Sr, Roger Larson, Dale Reed, Gordon Woolley, Grady Wade	44
2.2%	Canada		Lynn McIntosh	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1972 IMCA Sprint Car Championship

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums
Albrechtsen, John	n/a	1	0	1
Amati, Chuck	31 y/o	10	2	7
Auxter, John	n/a	1	0	0
Blundy, Jerry	44 y/o	7	2	4
Cassella, Billy	23 y/o	5	2	4
Cockrum, Cliff	n/a	1	0	0
Custer, Tom	n/a	1	0	1
Dosher, Thad	36 y/o	8	1	7
Gennetten, Gene	29 y/o	4	1	3
Goodwin, Ray Lee	32 y/o	12	2	8
Hansen, Jerry	35 y/o	1	1	1
Hibbard, Roy	n/a	1	0	0
James, David	n/a	1	1	1
Kettering, Barry	n/a	1	0	1
Kinser, Bob	40 y/o	3	0	2
Kirkpatrick, Larry	n/a	1	0	1
Larson, Roger	31 y/o	2	0	2
Leavitt, Eddie	29 y/o	4	0	2
Linder, Jim	n/a	2	1	2
McCune, Jim	n/a	2	0	1
McIntosh, Lynn	n/a	2	0	0
Morgan, Dick	n/a	1	0	0
Nordstrom, Tom	n/a	1	0	0
Olson, Dennis	n/a	1	0	1
Opperman, Jan	33 y/o	2	1	2
Parkinson, Jr., Ralph	n/a	3	0	0
Perkins, Ron	n/a	2	1	2
Reed, Dale	37 y/o	1	0	1
Reutimann Sr., Wayne	27 y/o	1	0	1
Richert Sr, Jerry	39 y/o	1	0	0
Rose, Newton	34 y/o	3	0	2
Ross, Dave	n/a	4	1	2
Schmidt, Dell	33 y/o	1	0	0
Schultz, Steve	n/a	7	0	1
Shirley, Dean	n/a	2	0	2
Skari, Dave	n/a	1	1	1
Spalding, Wib	38 y/o	1	0	0
Sutcliffe, Dick	34 y/o	10	4	6
Taylor, Ron	n/a	1	0	1
Utz, Bill	n/a	3	0	0
Wade, Grady	n/a	2	1	1
Wagner, Earl	37 y/o	8	4	5
Wise, Herman	34 y/o	1	0	0
Woodside, Jay	33 y/o	2	0	2
Woolley, Gordon	49 y/o	1	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL