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1973 Wilkes 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 25 of 28 Sunday, September 23, 1973 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:37:34 Average speed: 95.198 mph Pole speed: 105.619 mph Cautions: 2 for 9 laps Margin of victory: 1.5 sec Attendance: 16500 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 400 7425 running 161 2 2 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 400 4800 running 222 3 4 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 400 3475 running 8 4 12 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '73 Dodge 399 2930 running 9 5 3 72   Benny Parsons DeWitt Racing   (L.G. DeWitt) '73 Chevrolet 395 1200 running 0 6 6 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '73 Chevrolet 392 650 running 0 7 9 2   Dave Marcis Marcis Racing   (Dave Marcis) '72 Dodge 390 700 running 0 8 7 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '71 Mercury 389 850 running 0 9 5 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 387 830 running 0 10 15 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 382 1020 running 0 11 10 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 381 585 running 0 12 11 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 380 800 running 0 13 13 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 378 790 running 0 14 19 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 377 915 running 0 15 20 19   Henley Gray Warren Lindsey   (Henley Gray) '71 Mercury 376 895 running 0 16 18 25   Jabe Thomas Robertson Racing   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 375 875 running 0 17 23 96   Richard Childress Garn Racing   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 373 750 running 0 18 25 47   Raymond Williams Williams Racing   (Raymond Williams) '72 Ford 372 465 running 0 19 29 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 368 705 running 0 20 26 73   Mel Larson ThermaSol   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 368 420 running 0 21 14 79   Frank Warren Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) '73 Dodge 364 875 running 0 22 24 8   Ed Negre Negre Racing   (Ed Negre) '73 Dodge 355 650 running 0 23 28 40   D.K. Ulrich Noel's Auto Sales   (D.K. Ulrich) '71 Ford 351 390 running 0 24 30 26   Earl Brooks Race Fans   (Earl Brooks) '71 Ford 349 355 running 0 25 16 67   Buddy Arrington Cherokee Construction   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Dodge 335 770 engine 0 26 27 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '72 Chevrolet 313 840 running 0 27 21 05   David Sisco Sisco Racing   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 294 605 rear end 0 28 22 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '71 Dodge 148 345 ignition 0 29 17 10   Bill Champion Earl Powell Auto Parts   (Bill Champion) '71 Mercury 105 735 engine 0 30 8 15   Darrell Waltrip Sta-Power Industries   (Bud Moore) '73 Ford 75 2075 engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 57 57   Richard Petty 58 91 34   Cale Yarborough 92 92 1   Buddy Baker 93 94 2   Cale Yarborough 95 101 7   Bobby Allison 102 175 74   Richard Petty 176 237 62   Bobby Allison 238 248 11   Buddy Baker 249 255 7   Richard Petty 256 334 79   Bobby Allison 335 352 18   Richard Petty 353 399 47   Bobby Allison 400 400 1