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Brownstown Speedway Results 1972 Season
(Courtesy of James Essex)
May 6, 1972
Late Models
Fast Qualifier: Jim Curry
Trophy Dash winner: Jack Owens
Heat Race winners: Mack Pace, Russ Petro, Junior Pace, and Ira Bastin
Semi-Feature winner: Gerald Todd
Feature: Jim Curry, Russ Petro, Ira Bastin, William Wampler, Carl Collins, Dick Brinegar, Pete
Willoughby, Gary Warthan, Jack Owens, Verden Kinser
May 22, 1972
Late Models
Fast Qualifier: Russ Petro
Trophy Dash winner: Jack Owens
Heat Race winners: Jack Smith, Jim Curry, and Chris Bradley
Semi-Feature winner: Jack Smith
Feature: Jim Curry, Ira Bastin, Jack Owens, Ed Covey, Mac Vails, Dick Brinegar, Luther Burton,
Bob Fleetwood, Mel Vails, Pete Willoughby
May 27, 1972
Late Models
Fast Qualifier: Russ Petro
Trophy Dash winner: Ira Bastin
Heat Race winners: Cooley Singer, Carl Collins, Dick Brinegar, and Jim Curry
Semi-Feature winner: Jerry Asbury
Feature: Jim Curry, Jack Owens, Dick Brinegar, Chris Bradley, Mel Vails, Junior Pace, Gary
Warthan, John Davis, Jim Peak, Ed Covey
May 29, 1972
Late Models
Fast Qualifier: Jim Curry
Trophy Dash winner: Jack Owens
Heat Race winners: Gary Warthan, Bud Seymour, and Jim Curry
Semi-Feature winner: Mack Pace
Feature: Jim Curry, Jack Owens, Chris Bradley, Ira Bastin, Russ Petro, Ed Covey, Carl Collins,
Dennis Bingham, Ray Godsey, Jim Peak
June 3, 1972
Late Models
Fast Qualifier: Jim Curry
Trophy Dash winner: Ed Covey
Heat Race winners: Gerald Todd, John Davis, and Jack Owens
Semi-Feature winner: Verden Kinser
Feature: Jim Curry, Jack Owens, Ed Covey, Russ Petro, Dennis Boknecht, Carl Collins, Mel
Vails, Ezra Bastin, Paul Crockett, Dick Brinegar
June 10, 1972
Late Models
Fast Qualifier: Jim Curry
Trophy Dash winner: Ira Bastin
Heat Race winners: John Davis, Jim Peak, Russ Petro, and Chris Bradley
Semi-Feature winner: Jim Peak
Feature: Jim Curry, Chris Bradley, Dennis Boknecht, Ed Covey, Mel Vails, Luther Burton, Carl
Collins, Verden Kinser, Junior Pace, Ray Godsey
June 17, 1972
Late Models
Fast Qualifier: Jim Curry
Trophy Dash winner: Jim Curry
Heat Race winners: Junior Pace, Russ Petro, Dick Brinegar, and Ira Bastin
Semi-Feature winner: Steve Kinser
Feature: Jim Curry, Jack Owens, Mel Vails, Woody Smith, Bob Fleetwood, Teako Ray, Russ Petro,
Ira Bastin, Gary Warthan, Carl Collins
June 24, 1972
Late Models
Fast Qualifier: Ira Bastin
Trophy Dash winner: Mel Vails
Heat Race winners: Jack Baker, Tommy Day, Bob Fleetwood, and Woody Smith
Semi-Feature winner: Ray Godsey
Feature: Jack Owens, Jim Curry, Mel Vails, Ira Bastin, Paul Crockett, John Warner, Luther
Burton, Bob Fleetwood, Teako Ray, Russ Petro
July 1, 1972
Late Models
Fast Qualifier: Jim Curry
Trophy Dash winner: Ira Bastin
Heat Race winners: Paul Crockett, Russ Petro, Kenny Simpson, and Ira Bastin
Semi-Feature winner: Gerald Todd
Feature (100 Laps): Ira Bastin, Gene Petro, Paul Crockett, Kenny Simpson, Teako Ray, Dick
Brinegar, Dennis Boknecht, Verden Kinser, Carl Collins, Jack Owens
July 3, 1972
Late Models
Heat Race winners: Gerald Todd, Steve Trabue, Kenny Simpson, and Jim Curry
Semi-Feature winner: Barry Magers
Feature: Jim Curry, Dennis Boknecht, Ed Covey, Dick Brinegar, Russ Petro, Charlie Mounce, Bob
Fleetwood, Verden Kinser, Eddie Bond, Ray Godsey
July 8, 1972
Late Models
Fast Qualifier: Jim Curry
Trophy Dash winner: Jim Curry
Heat Race winners: Gerald Todd, Mel Vails and Jim Curry
Semi-Feature winner: Barry Magers
Feature: Ira Bastin, Jim Curry, Verden Kinser, Russ Petro. Paul Crockett, Dennis Boknecht, Ed
Covey, John Davis, Lester Bailey, William Wampler
July 22, 1972
Late Models
Fast Qualifier: Jim Curry
Trophy Dash winner: Ira Bastin
Heat Race winners: Ray Godsey, Jim Graves, William Wampler, and Paul Crockett
Semi-Feature winner: Ray Godsey
Feature: Ira Bastin, Jim Curry, Paul Crockett, Russ Petro, Woody Smith, Ed Covey, Bob
Fleetwood, Carl Collins, Verden Kinser, William Wampler
July 29, 1972
Late Models
Fast Qualifier: Jim Curry
Trophy Dash winner: Bob Fleetwood
Heat Race winners: Barry Magers, Tony Hernandez, Teako Ray, and Russ Petro
Semi-feature winner: Jack Baker
Feature: Jim Curry, Ira Bastin, Bob Fleetwood, Dick Brinegar, Russ Petro, Verden Kinser,
Luther Burton, Ray Godsey, Mel Vails
August 5, 1972
Late Models
Fast Qualifier: Ira Bastin
Trophy Dash winner: Bob Fleetwood
Heat Race winners: Jack Baker, Kenny Bryant, John Davis, and Ira Bastin
Semi-Feature winner: Kenny Bryant
Feature: Ira Bastin, Kenny Simpson
August 12, 1972
Late Models
Fast Qualifier: Jim Curry
Trophy Dash winner: Ira Bastin
Heat Race winners: Ray Godsey, Jim Graves, William Wampler, and Paul Crockett
Feature: Ira Bastin, Jim Curry, Paul Crockett, Russ Petro, Woody Smith
August 19, 1972
Late Models
Fast Qualifier: Jim Curry
Trophy Dash winner: Ira Bastin
Heat Race winners: Russ Smiley, Dick Brinegar, Carl Collins, Paul Crockett
Semi-Feature winner: Paul Crockett
Feature: Ira Bastin, John Davis, Paul Crockett
August 26, 1972
Fast Qualifier: Ira Bastin
Trophy Dash winner: Kenny Simpson
Heat Race winners: Paul Crockett, John Davis, Dick Brinegar, Ira Bastin
Semi-Feature winner: Paul Crockett
Feature: Paul Crockett, Kenny Simpson, William Wampler
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Demo Derby winner: Russ Petro
September 2, 1972
Fast Qualifier: Jim Curry
Trophy Dash winner: Dennis Boknecht
Heat Race winners: Paul Crockett, Steve Trabue, John Davis, and Ira Bastin
Semi-Feature winner: Steve Trabue
Feature: Ira Bastin, Jim Curry, Paul Crockett
September 9, 1972
Fast Qualifier: Woody Smith
Trophy Dash winner: Bob Fleetwood
Heat Race winners: Luther Burton, Paul Crockett, Cooley Singer, and Jim Curry
Semi-Feature winner: Barry Magers
Feature: Ira Bastin, Jim Curry, Kenny Simpson
1972 Final Points Standings
1. Ira Bastin
2. Jim Curry
3. Paul Crockett
4. Russ Petro
5. Kenny Simpson
6. Jack Owens
7. Carl Collins
8. Dick Brinegar
9. Verden Kinser
10. John Davis
11. Ed Covey
12. Mel Vails
13. Woody Smith
14. William Wampler
15. Bob Fleetwood
16. Dennis Boknecht
17. Gerald Todd
18. Teako Ray
19. Chris Bradley
20. Cooley Singer
Rookie of the Year: Gerald Todd