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1973 Virginia 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 9 of 28 Sunday, April 29, 1973 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.525 mile paved track (262.500 miles) Time of race: 3:44:26 Average speed: 70.251 mph Pole speed: 86.369 mph Cautions: 7 for 49 laps Margin of victory: 12 sec Attendance: 29000 Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 500 11250 running 180 2 6 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 500 11500 running 312 3 8 15   Bobby Isaac Sta-Power Industries   (Bud Moore) '73 Ford 495 4500 running 0 4 10 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '72 Dodge 494 3500 running 8 5 3 24   Cecil Gordon R.W. Hill & Sons   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 490 1750 running 0 6 12 72   Benny Parsons DeWitt Racing   (L.G. DeWitt) '72 Chevrolet 488 1650 running 0 7 15 90   Jimmy Hensley Hendrick Construction / Truxmore Special   (Junie Donlavey) '71 Mercury 485 1550 running 0 8 13 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 471 1450 running 0 9 16 45   Vic Parsons Seifert Rent-A-Racer   (Bill Seifert) '71 Ford 469 1100 running 0 10 20 48   James Hylton Henderson Ford   (James Hylton) '71 Ford 468 1250 running 0 11 21 64   Elmo Langley Clyde Lynn, Inc.   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 464 1150 running 0 12 28 20   Rick Newsom Holbrook Waterproofing   (Rick Newsom) '71 Ford 461 800 running 0 13 25 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 459 950 running 0 14 24 19   Henley Gray Gray Racing   (Henley Gray) '71 Ford 453 926 running 0 15 29 26   Earl Brooks Brooks Racing   (Earl Brooks) '71 Ford 440 650 running 0 16 33 40   Frank Warren Noel's Auto Sales   (D.K. Ulrich) '71 Ford 440 625 running 0 17 11 17   Bill Dennis Emrick Chevrolet   (H.J. Brooking) '72 Chevrolet 404 600 rear end 0 18 27 67   Buddy Arrington Billie Carper   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Dodge 397 575 running 0 19 7 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '73 Chevrolet 375 550 crash 0 20 30 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 339 775 crash 0 21 5 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 334 2250 engine 0 22 31 8   Ed Negre Negre Racing   (Clyde Lynn) '71 Mercury 257 740 suspension 0 23 32 85   Ronnie Daniel Daniel Racing   (Ronnie Daniel) '71 Chevrolet 251 480 ignition 0 24 14 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '72 Chevrolet 223 470 brakes 0 25 17 05   David Sisco Sisco Racing   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 212 450 brakes 0 26 9 2   Dave Marcis AMC Matador   (Roger Penske) '73 Matador 114 450 engine 0 27 2 88   Donnie Allison DiGard Racing   (DiGard Racing) '72 Chevrolet 45 940 oil leak 0 28 19 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '71 Dodge 45 680 engine 0 29 26 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 45 670 oil leak 0 30 22 25   Jabe Thomas Robertson Racing   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 35 660 oil leak 0 31 23 47   Raymond Williams Jet Way Products   (Raymond Williams) '71 Ford 35 900 engine 0 32 4 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 30 1890 oil leak 0 33 34 44   Richard D. Brown Brown Racing   (Jerry Brown) '72 Chevrolet 15 380 alternator 0 34 18 10   Bill Champion Earl Powell Auto Parts   (Bill Champion) '71 Ford 2 620 engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 61 61   Cale Yarborough 62 198 137   Buddy Baker 199 200 2   David Pearson 201 201 1   Buddy Baker 202 207 6   David Pearson 208 219 12   Cale Yarborough 220 250 31   David Pearson 251 251 1   Cale Yarborough 252 394 143   David Pearson 395 435 41   Cale Yarborough 436 436 1   David Pearson 437 500 64