| series | Champcar complete |
| race | Milwaukee |
| year | 1972 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| All American Racers | 6 | Olsonite | Bobby Unser | | 1 | 1 | Eagle 72 [7201] | Offy 159 tc | 135 | |
| Penske | 66 | Sunoco | Mark Donohue | | 4 | 2 | McLaren M16B [A-4] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Penske | 7 | Sunoco | Gary Bettenhausen | | 5 | 3 | McLaren M16B [A-1] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| O'Connell | 3 | Sugaripe Prune | Billy Vukovich | | 3 | 4 | Eagle 72 [7204] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Vel's Parnelli Jones | 1 | Samsonite | Joe Leonard | | 9 | 5 | Parnelli VPJ1 [102] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Patrick | 18 | Patrick Petroleum | Swede Savage | | 6 | 6 | Brabham BT32 [1] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Lindsey Hopkins | 14 | American Marine | Roger McCluskey | | 11 | 7 | Kuzma 70 [2] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Vel's Parnelli Jones | 9 | Viceroy | Mario Andretti | | 8 | 8 | Parnelli VPJ1 [103] | Offy 159 tc | 14 | |
| Dick Simon | 44 | TraveLodge | Dick Simon | | 18 | 9 | Peat-Lola T150 [1] | Foyt V8 tc | ||
| Myron Caves | 37 | Caves Buick | Jim McElreath | | 22 | 10 | Gerhardt 69 [d] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Vanguard Racing | 31 | Harbor Fuel Oil | John Mahler | | 24 | 11 | McLaren M15A [A-1] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Quality Racing | 11 | US Armed Forces | Jimmy Caruthers | | 17 | 12 | Scorpion 70 | Foyt V8 tc | ||
| Page Racing | 72 | Page Racing | Mike Hiss | | 20 | 13 | Eagle 70 [805] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Bay State Racing | 36 | Bay State Racing | Bentley Warren | | 19 | 14 | Eagle 67 [214] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Lindsey Hopkins | 23 | Gilmore Racing | Mel Kenyon | | 23 | 15 | Eagle 67 [211] | Foyt V8 tc | ||
| Vatis Enterprises | 95 | City of Terre Haute | Carl Williams | | 21 | 16 | Eagle 66 [201] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Automotive Technology Inc | 89 | Trailer Train | John Martin | | 15 | 17 | Gilbert Cheetah [2] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Lindsey Hopkins | 10 | Gilmore Racing | Lee Kunzman | | 16 | 18 | Eagle 70 [806] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| All American Racers | 48 | Mystery Eagle | Jerry Grant | | 2 | 19 | Eagle 72 [7205] | Offy 159 tc | 1 | |
| Vel's Parnelli Jones | 4 | Viceroy | Al Unser | | 13 | 20 | Parnelli VPJ1 [101] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Gerhardt | 16 | Thermo King | Johnny Rutherford | | 10 | 21 | Gerhardt 70 [a] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Gene White Racing | 5 | Wynn's | Lloyd Ruby | | 12 | 22 | Lola T270 [HU02] | Foyt V8 tc | ||
| MVS | 29 | MVS | George Snider | | 7 | 23 | Coyote I [69-2] | Foyt V8 tc | ||
| Leader Card | 98 | Vivitar | Rick Muther | | 14 | 24 | Eagle 68 [402] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Eastern Racing Associates | 63 | Eastern Racing Associates | Larry McCoy | | DNS | Gerhardt 68 [b] | Offy 159 tc | |||
| Frank Curtis | 91 | Steed | John Hubbard | | DNS | Curtis 72 [4] | Offy 159 tc | |||
| Frank Fiore | 43 | Martin Guitar | Al Loquasto | | DNS | Vollstedt 66 [8] | Offy 159 tc | |||
| Gehlhausen | 58 | Midwest Manufacturing | Jerry Karl | | DNS | Gerhardt 68 [e] | Offy 159 tc | |||
| Grant King Racers | 15 | Grant King Racers | Steve Krisiloff | | DNS | Kingfish 71 [2] | Offy 159 tc | |||
| Quality Racing | 64 | Quality Racing | Eldon Rasmussen | | DNS | Scorpion 70 | Foyt V8 tc | |||
| Roy Emrich | 47 | Emrich | Dick Tobias | | DNS | Gerhardt 69 [a] | Chevy 355 V8 | 31 | ||
| Tetz Racing | 57 | Tetz Racing | Joe Tetz | | DNS | Watson 67 [1] | Chevy 355 V8 |
