The 1972 Skipper Chrysler 6 Hour Le Mans was an endurance motor race [1] for Sports Open, Sports Closed, Improved Production Touring Cars & Series Production Touring Cars. [2] The event was staged by the W.A. Sporting Car Club at the Wanneroo Park Circuit in Western Australia on Sunday 4 June 1972. [3] It was the 18th and final 6 Hour Le Mans race to be held. [4]
| Position [2] | Drivers [2] | No. [1] | Car [2] | Entrant [1] | Class [2] | Class pos. [2] | Laps [2] |
| 1 | Ray Thackwell, Jim Mullins | 4 | Porsche 911S | Ray Thackwell Racing | Sports Closed 1601-2500cc | 1 | 295 |
| 2 | Wayne Negus, Neville Grigsby | Holden Torana GTR-XU1 | Series Production 3001-6000cc | 1 | 279 | ||
| 3 | Chris Royston, Colin Hall | Lotus 47 | Shell Racing | Sports Closed 1601-2500cc | 2 | 270 | |
| 4 | Basil Ricciardello, Neville Cooper | Alfa Romeo GTA | B Ricciardello | Sports Closed 1301-1600cc | 1 | 262 | |
| 5 | Felix Smetana, Tony McAlinden | Lotus Super 7 | Sports Open 1301-1600cc | 1 | 256 | ||
| 6 | Barry Coleman, Lance Barrett | Bolwell Mk. 7 | Sports Closed 2501-5000cc | 1 | 254 | ||
| 7 | Stuart Kostera, George Cole | Matich SR3 | Sports Open 2501-3000cc | 1 | 254 | ||
| 8 | Bill Russell, John Hagarty | Datsun SR311 | Sports Open 1601-2500cc | 1 | 254 | ||
| 9 | Gordon Leney, Dave Sullivan Jr. | Holden Torana GTR-XU1 | Series Production 3001-6000cc | 2 | 251 | ||
| 10 | Graeme Ibbotson, Bob Creasy | Jomax Ford | Sports Open 1601-2500cc | 2 | 250 | ||
| 11 | Patrick Reed, Trevor Dunning | MGB | Sports Closed 1601-2500cc | 3 | 237 | ||
| 12 | C Garrett, Phil Davenport | MGB | Sports Open 1601-2500cc | 3 | 234 | ||
| 13 | G Moffat, G Appleby | MGB | 234 | ||||
| 14 | Howie Sangster, Rick Lisle, Craig McAllister | Chrysler VH Valiant Charger | Series Production 3001-6000cc | 3 | 233 | ||
| 15 | Bill Downey, Noel Mitchell | Lotus Elan | Sports Open 1301-1600cc | 2 | 229 | ||
| 16 | Dave Cliffe, R Mouncey | Lotus Cortina | Improved Production 1301-1600cc | 1 | 226 | ||
| 17 | Jack Michael, David Jorritsma | Morris Cooper S | Series Production Up to 1300cc | 1 | 224 | ||
| 18 | Adrian Lewis, Elemer Vajda | Morris Cooper S | Series Production Up to 1300cc | 2 | 224 | ||
| 19 | Stratton Joel, John Farrell | Holden Torana GTR-XU1 | 220 | ||||
| 20 | Murray Thomas, Tim Garratt | Datsun - Healey | Sports Open 1301-1600cc | 3 | 197 | ||
| 21 | Alby Valikov, Doug Tyler | Honda S800 | Sports Open Up to 1300cc | 2 | 187 | ||
| 22 | Ross Crump, L Derriman | Fiat | Sports Closed 1301-1600cc | 2 | ? | ||
| ? | Jack Kennedy, Terry Lyons | Morris Mini | Sports Open Up to 1300cc | 1 | ? | ||
| DNF | Howie Sangster, Craig McAllister | 1 | McLaren LT170 | 194 | |||
| DNF | Ian Diffen, Ron Bairstow | Chrysler VH Valiant Charger | 128 | ||||
| DNF | Gordon Mitchell, Brian Cole | Austin-Healey Sprite | 100 | ||||
| DNF | John Haynes, Ray Tyler | Morgan V8 4.7 | 1 | ||||
| DNF | Peter Doney,Paul Wilkins | Morris Cooper S | ? | ||||
| DNF | Brian Rhodes, Rod Collins | Chrysler VH Valiant Charger | ? | ||||
| DNF | Murray Charnley, Davis Hipperson | Lotus 23B | ? | ||||
| DNF | Leo Stubber, Bob Kingsbury | Porsche 911S | ? | ||||
| DNF | Bill Maddocks, Peter Green | Monaco GT Clubman | ? | ||||
| DNF | Bill Nitschke, Bill Lee | Holden LC Torana GTR-XU1 [1] | ? | ||||
| DNF | Neville Cooper, Ray Johnson | Triumph Spitfire [1] | ? | ||||
| DNF | Michael Hector, John Farrell | Holden HQ Monaro | ? |
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