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1973 Gwyn Staley 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 28 Sunday, April 8, 1973 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:34:17 Average speed: 97.224 mph Pole speed: 106.75 mph Cautions: 1 for 9 laps Margin of victory: 4 laps + Attendance: 16000 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 400 6230 running 387 2 6 72   Benny Parsons Steel Arena   (L.G. DeWitt) '72 Chevrolet 396 2805 running 6 3 7 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '72 Dodge 394 3380 running 0 4 1 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 394 3205 running 7 5 5 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 394 1205 running 0 6 9 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 393 2130 running 0 7 10 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '73 Chevrolet 389 605 running 0 8 24 48   James Hylton Pugmire Lincoln-Mercury   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 385 830 running 0 9 3 59   Donnie Allison DiProspero Racing   (DiGard Racing) '72 Chevrolet 383 585 engine 0 10 15 90   Yvon DuHamel Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '72 Ford 381 800 running 0 11 23 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '71 Dodge 381 790 running 0 12 27 45   Vic Parsons Seifert Rent-A-Racer   (Bill Seifert) '71 Ford 376 530 running 0 13 26 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 374 770 running 0 14 18 10   Bill Champion Champion Racing   (Bill Champion) '71 Ford 366 760 running 0 15 30 26   Earl Brooks Brooks Racing   (Earl Brooks) '71 Ford 366 500 running 0 16 21 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '72 Chevrolet 362 490 running 0 17 12 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 361 730 running 0 18 22 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 332 720 running 0 19 25 8   Ed Negre Negre Racing   (Clyde Lynn) '71 Mercury 313 710 running 0 20 8 2   Dave Marcis Marcis Racing   (Dave Marcis) '71 Dodge 285 475 running 0 21 14 79   Frank Warren Winston 500   (Frank Warren) '73 Dodge 285 685 running 0 22 20 06   Neil Castles Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '73 Dodge 253 425 ignition 0 23 11 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 215 665 crash 0 24 28 19   Henley Gray Gray Racing   (Henley Gray) '71 Mercury 211 655 engine 0 25 13 67   Buddy Arrington Kentucky Fried Chicken   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Dodge 202 395 rear end 0 26 17 47   Raymond Williams Jet Way Wax   (Raymond Williams) '72 Ford 166 640 brakes 0 27 29 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 165 630 fuel pump 0 28 4 15   Bobby Isaac Sta-Power Industries   (Bud Moore) '72 Ford 158 1895 engine 0 29 16 25   Jabe Thomas Clyde Lynn's Inc.   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 96 610 axle 0 30 19 20   Rick Newsom Holbrook Waterproofing   (Rick Newsom) '71 Ford 2 350 engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Richard Petty 1 3 3   Bobby Allison 4 10 7   Richard Petty 11 84 74   Benny Parsons 85 90 6   Richard Petty 91 400 310