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1973 Volunteer 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 18 of 28 Sunday, July 8, 1973 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:53:04 Average speed: 91.342 mph Pole speed: 106.472 mph Cautions: 5 for 33 laps Margin of victory: 7 laps + Attendance: 18000 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 72   Benny Parsons DeWitt Racing   (L.G. DeWitt) '73 Chevrolet 500 6800 running 320 2 11 45   L.D. Ottinger Thunder Craft   (James Bryant) '73 Chevrolet 493 4060 running 0 3 6 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '73 Chevrolet 492 2875 running 0 4 7 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '73 Chevrolet 485 1475 running 0 5 19 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 473 1435 running 0 6 24 8   Ed Negre Negre Racing   (Ed Negre) '73 Dodge 461 1085 running 0 7 15 47   Raymond Williams Jug   (Raymond Williams) '72 Ford 458 1035 running 0 8 16 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 453 1150 running 0 9 18 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 451 885 running 0 10 26 19   Henley Gray Warren Lindsey   (Henley Gray) '71 Mercury 447 760 running 0 11 10 05   David Sisco Sisco Racing   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 445 960 oil pan 0 12 27 20   Rick Newsom Holbrook Waterproofing   (Rick Newsom) '71 Ford 441 560 running 0 13 22 25   Jabe Thomas McCaig Motel   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 433 800 running 0 14 9 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 428 965 running 0 15 29 79   Frank Warren Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) '73 Dodge 420 905 running 0 16 23 85   Ronnie Daniel Daniel Racing   (Ronnie Daniel) '72 Chevrolet 414 520 running 0 17 30 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 376 760 running 0 18 13 10   Bill Champion Earl Powell Auto Parts   (Bill Champion) '71 Mercury 348 1025 engine 0 19 1 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 343 2590 crash 99 20 3 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 342 2005 crash 81 21 4 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 334 2240 ignition 0 22 12 15   Bobby Isaac Sta-Power Industries   (Bud Moore) '73 Ford 230 1995 driver ill 0 23 14 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 216 950 running 0 24 28 40   D.K. Ulrich Noel's Auto Sales   (D.K. Ulrich) '71 Ford 197 435 engine 0 25 21 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 172 675 lug bolt 0 26 25 4   Richard D. Brown Sears Racing   (Jerry Brown) '72 Chevrolet 124 420 engine 0 27 5 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 81 435 engine 0 28 8 2   Dave Marcis AMC   (Roger Penske) '73 Matador 54 400 engine 0 29 17 49   G.C. Spencer Spencer Racing   (G.C. Spencer) '72 Dodge 37 590 transmission 0 30 20 67   Buddy Arrington Cherokee Construction   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Dodge 34 630 crash 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 39 39   Benny Parsons 40 130 91   Cale Yarborough 131 190 60   Benny Parsons 191 250 60   Bobby Allison 251 331 81   Benny Parsons 332 500 169