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1973 American 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 28 Sunday, October 21, 1973 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC 492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles) Time of race: 4:14:57 Average speed: 117.749 mph Pole speed: 135.748 mph Cautions: 5 for 36 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 48000 Lead changes: 20 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 492 16795 running 396 2 16 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '73 Dodge 491 11050 running 0 3 18 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 491 7925 running 85 4 4 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 488 6525 running 1 5 9 2   Dave Marcis AMC   (Roger Penske) '73 Matador 484 4175 running 0 6 3 88   Donnie Allison DiGard Racing   (DiGard Racing) '73 Chevrolet 484 2725 running 0 7 10 32   Dick Brooks Northside Auto Parts   (Dick Brooks) '73 Dodge 483 2525 running 1 8 13 90   Charlie Glotzbach Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '71 Mercury 483 2625 running 0 9 7 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '73 Chevrolet 481 1625 running 0 10 8 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 479 1925 running 1 11 19 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 476 2050 running 0 12 27 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 471 1825 running 0 13 22 61   Johnny Rutherford Paser 500   (Don Bierschwale) '73 Chevrolet 471 1325 running 0 14 14 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 466 1775 running 0 15 28 05   David Sisco Sisco Racing   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 465 1650 running 8 16 35 38   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Vita Fresh Orange Juice   (Gordon Van Liew) '72 Chevrolet 463 1125 running 0 17 30 19   Henley Gray Gray Racing   (Henley Gray) '71 Mercury 460 1600 running 0 18 36 25   Jabe Thomas Star City Body Shop   (Don Robertson) '70 Dodge 458 1575 running 0 19 21 48   James Hylton Bob Stott Chevrolet   (James Hylton) '73 Chevrolet 457 1650 running 0 20 39 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 455 1225 running 0 21 42 8   Ed Negre Negre Racing   (Ed Negre) '73 Dodge 452 1300 running 0 22 12 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 451 1575 running 0 23 25 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 441 950 running 0 24 41 67   Buddy Arrington Cherokee Construction   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Plymouth 428 1225 running 0 25 17 28   Gordon Johncock Pylon Wiper Blades   (Hoss Ellington) '73 Chevrolet 413 750 transmission 0 26 29 04   Pee Wee Wentz Honda of Danville '72 Chevrolet 379 875 engine 0 27 8 15   Darrell Waltrip Sta-Power Industries   (Bud Moore) '73 Ford 342 2650 engine 0 28 5 72   Benny Parsons Russell Bennett Chevrolet   (L.G. DeWitt) '73 Chevrolet 308 1125 vibration 0 29 37 0   Eddie Bond Bond Racing   (Eddie Bond) '73 Dodge 302 700 engine 0 30 26 10   Bill Champion Earl Powell Auto Parts   (Bill Champion) '71 Mercury 302 1275 running 0 31 31 09   Jody Ridley Dahlonega Ford Sales   (George Elliott) '71 Ford 294 945 clutch 0 32 33 31   Jim Vandiver Bradford Enterprises   (O.L. Nixon) '72 Dodge 219 790 engine 0 33 32 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '71 Dodge 207 910 engine 0 34 34 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '72 Chevrolet 178 1255 oil pressure 0 35 1 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 133 3550 cam 0 36 20 98   Richie Panch Frazier Camping Center   (Junie Donlavey) '72 Ford 125 845 motor mount 0 37 15 79   Paul Tyler Hinson Construction   (Frank Warren) '73 Dodge 105 1240 engine 0 38 23 06   Neil Castles Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '73 Dodge 91 835 ignition 0 39 38 44   Richard D. Brown Bob's Mobile Home   (Jerry Brown) '71 Chevrolet 78 630 clutch 0 40 24 18   Joe Frasson Frasson Cement   (Joe Frasson) '73 Dodge 52 725 engine 0 41 11 49   G.C. Spencer Camcraft Inc.   (G.C. Spencer) '72 Dodge 12 795 crash 0 42 40 89   Johnny Barnes Hopper-Crews   (J.C. Crews) '71 Mercury 11 590 crash 0 43 43 40   Frank Warren Noel's Auto Sales   (D.K. Ulrich) '71 Ford 11 485 crash 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 12 12     13 28 16   #28,40,49,72,89,98 accident turn 2   29 39 11     40 43 4   debris   44 108 65     109 116 8   #10,19,30,67 accident turn 3   117 197 81     198 201 4   #28 spun   202 255 54     256 259 4   #67 spun   260 492 233       Percent of race run under caution: 7.3%             Average green flag run: 76.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 20 20   Coo Coo Marlin 21 21 1   David Sisco 22 28 7   Cale Yarborough 29 33 5   David Pearson 34 40 7   Dick Brooks 41 41 1   David Sisco 42 42 1   David Pearson 43 109 67   Bobby Allison 110 110 1   David Pearson 111 189 79   Cale Yarborough 190 193 4   David Pearson 194 198 5   Cale Yarborough 199 199 1   David Pearson 200 200 1   Cale Yarborough 201 266 66   David Pearson 267 331 65   Cale Yarborough 332 336 5   David Pearson 337 413 77   Cale Yarborough 414 417 4   David Pearson 418 492 75