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1973 Rebel 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 8 of 28 Sunday, April 15, 1973 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles) Time of race: 4:04:14 Average speed: 122.655 mph Pole speed: 153.463 mph Cautions: 11 for 71 laps Margin of victory: 13 laps + Attendance: 48000 Lead changes: 21 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 21   David Pearson Purolator Special   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 367 16335 running 246 2 6 72   Benny Parsons DeWitt Racing   (L.G. DeWitt) '72 Chevrolet 354 8885 running 12 3 3 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 349 7585 engine 96 4 21 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 346 4035 running 0 5 26 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 344 3685 running 0 6 10 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 341 2580 running 0 7 8 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 340 4380 crash 4 8 5 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '73 Dodge 332 3780 running 0 9 19 25   Roy Mayne Clyde Lynn Inc.   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 331 2180 running 0 10 33 47   Raymond Williams Jet Way Wax   (Raymond Williams) '72 Ford 330 2080 running 0 11 25 98   Dick Brooks Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '71 Ford 328 1555 crash 0 12 22 01   Earle Canavan Kosin's Auto Parts   (Earle Canavan) '72 Plymouth 326 1380 running 0 13 16 67   Buddy Arrington KFC Bacon Center Fries Special   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Dodge 324 1280 crash 0 14 39 34   Wendell Scott Scott Racing   (Wendell Scott) '71 Ford 319 1180 running 0 15 28 49   G.C. Spencer Sheffield Auto Mart   (G.C. Spencer) '72 Dodge 317 1130 crash 0 16 30 19   Jabe Thomas Gray Racing   (Henley Gray) '71 Mercury 315 1605 running 0 17 17 90   Richie Panch Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '71 Mercury 309 1530 running 0 18 38 89   Johnny Barnes Hopper-Crews   (J.C. Crews) '71 Mercury 291 1005 running 0 19 2 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 275 3080 engine 0 20 31 8   Ed Negre Clyde Lynn's Inc.   (Clyde Lynn) '71 Mercury 256 1455 oil line 0 21 7 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 251 1425 engine 0 22 35 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '71 Dodge 250 1400 engine 0 23 11 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 250 1325 running 0 24 13 95   Darrell Waltrip Terminal Transport   (Darrell Waltrip) '71 Mercury 199 925 engine 9 25 27 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 178 1275 engine 0 26 34 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King Ford   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 170 1265 engine 0 27 20 83   Paul Tyler Smithville Farms   (Norris Reed) '71 Mercury 159 755 overheating 0 28 23 45   Vic Parsons Seifert Rent-A-Racer   (Bill Seifert) '71 Ford 150 745 overheating 0 29 29 79   David Ray Boggs Winston 500   (Frank Warren) '73 Dodge 116 1235 engine 0 30 18 61   Clarence Lovell B & B Racing   (Don Bierschwale) '73 Chevrolet 95 725 engine 0 31 9 28   Charlie Glotzbach Ellington Racing   (Hoss Ellington) '72 Chevrolet 86 625 engine 0 32 40 84   Frank Warren Davis Racing   (Buster Davis) '71 Dodge 78 680 brakes 0 33 4 15   Bobby Isaac Sta-Power Industries   (Bud Moore) '72 Ford 77 2670 engine 0 34 12 18   Joe Frasson Frasson Cement   (Joe Frasson) '73 Dodge 67 660 engine 0 35 32 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 54 1150 oil pan 0 36 14 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '73 Chevrolet 39 690 crash 0 37 24 92   Larry Smith Carling Black Label   (Harley Smith) '71 Mercury 23 630 overheating 0 38 36 26   Earl Brooks Brooks Racing   (Earl Brooks) '71 Ford 20 620 oil leak 0 39 37 10   Bill Champion Champion Racing   (Bill Champion) '71 Mercury 18 1110 engine 0 40 15 2   Dave Marcis Marcis Racing   (Dave Marcis) '71 Dodge 2 625 crash 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Ken Meisenhelder 88 Ford Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 10 10   Bobby Allison 11 48 38   Benny Parsons 49 49 1   Darrell Waltrip 50 50 1   Bobby Allison 51 69 19   Darrell Waltrip 70 71 2   David Pearson 72 78 7   Benny Parsons 79 89 11   David Pearson 90 92 3   Darrell Waltrip 93 98 6   David Pearson 99 105 7   Bobby Allison 106 127 22   David Pearson 128 158 31   Richard Petty 159 161 3   David Pearson 162 165 4   Bobby Allison 166 170 5   Richard Petty 171 171 1   David Pearson 172 178 7   Bobby Allison 179 188 10   David Pearson 189 189 1   Bobby Allison 190 191 2   David Pearson 192 367 176