| series | Champcar complete |
| race | Trenton |
| year | 1972 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| Penske | 7 | Sunoco | Gary Bettenhausen | | 5 | 1 | McLaren M16B [A-1] | Offy 159 tc | 85 | |
| Lindsey Hopkins | 14 | American Marine | Roger McCluskey | | 9 | 2 | Kuzma 70 [2] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| McLaren | 86 | McLaren Cars | Gordon Johncock | | 10 | 3 | McLaren M16B [A-2] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Vel's Parnelli Jones | 1 | Samsonite | Joe Leonard | | 6 | 4 | Parnelli VPJ1 [102] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Gerhardt | 16 | Thermo King | Jim Malloy | | 8 | 5 | Gerhardt 70 [a] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Lindsey Hopkins | 10 | Gilmore Racing | Wally Dallenbach | | 11 | 6 | Eagle 70 [806] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Page Racing | 72 | Page Racing | Mike Hiss | | 15 | 7 | Eagle 70 [805] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Vanguard Racing | 31 | Harbor Fuel Oil | John Mahler | | 17 | 8 | Eagle 68 [401] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Frank Fiore | 43 | Martin Guitar | Al Loquasto | | 19 | 9 | Vollstedt 66 [8] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Lindsey Hopkins | 23 | Lindsey Hopkins | Mel Kenyon | | 16 | 10 | Eagle 67 [211] | Foyt V8 tc | ||
| Dayton-Walther | 77 | Dayton-Walther | Salt Walther | | 22 | 11 | Morris Marauder [1] | Foyt V8 tc | ||
| Grant King Racers | 15 | Grant King Racers | Steve Krisiloff | | 18 | 12 | Kingfish 71 [2] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Leader Card | 98 | Agajanian | Mike Mosley | | 2 | 13 | Eagle 68 [402] | Offy 159 tc | 37 | |
| Dick Simon | 44 | TraveLodge | Dick Simon | | 14 | 14 | Peat-Lola T150 [1] | Foyt V8 tc | ||
| Tetz Racing | 57 | Tetz Racing | Joe Tetz | | 23 | 15 | Watson 67 [1] | Chevy 355 V8 | ||
| Patrick | 42 | Patrick Petroleum | Swede Savage | | 13 | 16 | Eagle 70 [802] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| All American Racers | 6 | Olsonite | Bobby Unser | | 1 | 17 | Eagle 72 [7201] | Offy 159 tc | 12 | |
| O'Connell | 3 | Sugaripe Prune | Billy Vukovich | | 3 | 18 | Eagle 72 [7204] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Penske | 66 | Sunoco | Mark Donohue | | 12 | 19 | McLaren M16B [A-4] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Vel's Parnelli Jones | 4 | Viceroy | Al Unser | | 7 | 20 | Parnelli VPJ1 [104] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| MVS | 56 | Miller High Life | Jim Hurtubise | | 20 | 21 | Coyote I [69-2] | Foyt V8 tc | ||
| Vel's Parnelli Jones | 9 | Viceroy | Mario Andretti | | 4 | 22 | Parnelli VPJ1 [103] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Gig Stephens | 55 | Stephens | Gig Stephens | | 21 | 23 | Halibrand Shrike 65 [g] | Ford Boss 351 V8 | ||
| Bay State Racing | 36 | Bay State Racing | Bentley Warren | | DNS | Eagle 67 [214] | Offy 159 tc | |||
| Eastern Racing Associates | 63 | Eastern Racing Associates | Larry McCoy | | DNS | Gerhardt 68 [b] | Offy 159 tc | |||
| Frank Curtis | 91 | Curtis Auto Center | Sam Sessions | | DNS | Curtis 72 [4] | Offy 159 tc | |||
| Grant King Racers | 35 | Grant King Racers | George Snider | | DNS | Kingfish 72 [4] | Offy 159 tc | |||
| McElreath | 22 | McElreath Racing | Jim McElreath | | DNS | Hawk II [67-1] | Chevy 355 V8 | |||
| Patrick | 18 | Patrick Petroleum | Johnny Rutherford | | DNS | Brabham BT32 [1] | Offy 159 tc | |||
| Roy Emrich | 47 | Emrich | Dick Tobias | | DNS | Gerhardt 69 [a] | Chevy 355 V8 |
