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1973 Atlanta 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 28 Sunday, April 1, 1973 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA 328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles) Time of race: 3:34:52 Average speed: 139.351 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 4 for 31 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 46000 Lead changes: 23 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 9 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 328 16625 running 155 2 2 15   Bobby Isaac Sta-Power Industries   (Bud Moore) '72 Ford 326 11325 running 6 3 5 72   Benny Parsons Steel Arena   (L.G. DeWitt) '72 Chevrolet 323 6700 running 0 4 8 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '73 Dodge 322 6525 running 0 5 4 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 321 6575 running 154 6 15 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 319 2625 running 0 7 35 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '71 Mercury 319 2875 running 0 8 11 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 317 2625 running 0 9 25 61   Clarence Lovell Lovell Racing   (Don Bierschwale) '73 Chevrolet 317 2025 running 0 10 3 31   Jim Vandiver Shoney's Big Boy   (O.L. Nixon) '72 Dodge 317 1975 running 0 11 1 28   Gordon Johncock L'eggs   (Hoss Ellington) '72 Chevrolet 315 1875 running 0 12 13 2   Dave Marcis Marcis Racing   (Dave Marcis) '71 Dodge 313 1775 running 0 13 33 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 311 1675 running 0 14 27 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 310 2025 running 0 15 37 67   Buddy Arrington Kentucky Fried Chicken   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Plymouth 309 1375 running 0 16 34 79   Frank Warren Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) '73 Dodge 309 1775 running 0 17 19 47   Raymond Williams Jet Way Wax   (Raymond Williams) '72 Ford 303 1725 running 0 18 40 09   Charles Barrett Dahlonega Ford Sales   (George Elliott) '71 Ford 302 1200 running 0 19 32 89   Johnny Barnes Hopper-Crews   (J.C. Crews) '71 Mercury 299 1175 running 0 20 20 92   Larry Smith Carling Black Label   (Harley Smith) '71 Mercury 299 1150 running 0 21 14 48   James Hylton Pugmire Lincoln-Mercury   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 288 1605 running 0 22 28 01   Earle Canavan Kosin's Auto Parts   (Earle Canavan) '72 Plymouth 282 1080 running 0 23 23 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 274 1555 transmission 0 24 38 8   Ed Negre Negre Racing   (Ed Negre) '73 Dodge 274 1530 running 0 25 21 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 272 1505 running 0 26 30 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 259 1495 running 0 27 17 50   A.J. Foyt Purolator   (A.J. Foyt) '73 Chevrolet 225 985 overheating 0 28 7 18   Joe Frasson Holton Dodge Atlanta   (Joe Frasson) '73 Dodge 222 970 oil line 0 29 26 10   Bill Champion Champion Racing   (Bill Champion) '71 Mercury 209 1460 engine 0 30 12 16   Mark Donohue AMC   (Roger Penske) '73 Matador 202 950 engine 0 31 31 88   Ron Keselowski Lubinski Racing   (Roger Lubinski) '72 Dodge 192 945 engine 0 32 39 25   Roy Mayne Robertson Racing   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 179 1440 clutch 0 33 18 95   Darrell Waltrip Terminal Transport   (Darrell Waltrip) '71 Mercury 160 935 spindle 0 34 16 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 140 3430 engine 13 35 6 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 103 2925 engine 0 36 36 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '71 Dodge 80 1420 engine 0 37 22 07   Bobby Mausgrover Gohr Distributors   (Gil Cramer) '72 Chevrolet 58 915 engine 0 38 29 55   Tiny Lund Price Construction   (Carl Price) '72 Chevrolet 40 910 vibration 0 39 10 22   Pete Hamilton Land Harbors of America   (Crawford Brothers) '72 Plymouth 38 905 engine 0 40 24 84   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Vita Fresh Orange Juice   (Buster Davis) '71 Dodge 9 900 oil leak 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Eddie Bond 0 Bond Racing Eddie Bond Dodge Tony Bettenhausen Jr 38 Vita Fresh Orange Juice Gordon Van Liew Chevrolet John Utsman 49 Sheffield Automatic G.C. Spencer Dodge DC Sammy Sessions 84 Vita Fresh Orange Juice Buster Davis Dodge WD Vic Parsons 45 Bill Seifert Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 41 41   David Pearson 42 49 8   Richard Petty 50 55 6   Bobby Isaac 56 61 6   David Pearson 62 71 10   Cale Yarborough 72 100 29   David Pearson 101 107 7   Richard Petty 108 114 7   David Pearson 115 150 36   Cale Yarborough 151 156 6   David Pearson 157 162 6   Cale Yarborough 163 164 2   David Pearson 165 167 3   Cale Yarborough 168 193 26   David Pearson 194 213 20   Cale Yarborough 214 217 4   David Pearson 218 218 1   Cale Yarborough 219 219 1   David Pearson 220 223 4   Cale Yarborough 224 224 1   David Pearson 225 229 5   Cale Yarborough 230 273 44   David Pearson 274 328 55