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1973 Southern 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 22 of 28
Monday, September 3, 1973 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.3 miles)

Time of race: 3:44:25
Average Speed: 134.033 mph
Pole Speed: 150.366 mph

Cautions: 7 for 38 laps
Margin of Victory: under caution
Attendance: 70,000
Lead changes: 25

Glossary 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1973 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
2	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	367	12,130	running	40
6	2	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'73 Chevrolet	355	5,930	running	38
4	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'73 Dodge	361	7,510	running	0
8	4	15	Darrell Waltrip	Sta-Power Industries (Bud Moore)	'72 Ford	351	5,180	running	0
3	5	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'73 Dodge	366	8,585	running	2
30	6	28	Charlie Glotzbach	Pylon Wiper Blades (Hoss Ellington)	'73 Chevrolet	152	950	rear end	10
5	7	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt)	'73 Chevrolet	360	4,685	running	0
1	8	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare (Richard Howard)	'73 Chevrolet	367	23,140	running	277
37	9	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder)	'73 Chevrolet	34	1,305	engine	0
16	10	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King (Charlie Roberts)	'72 Chevrolet	332	2,280	running	0
23	11	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Cement (Joe Frasson)	'73 Dodge	304	1,450	engine	0
14	12	67	Buddy Arrington	Cherokee Construction (Buddy Arrington)	'72 Dodge	338	2,380	running	0
11	13	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	'72 Chevrolet	343	2,805	running	0
7	14	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	352	2,930	running	0
39	15	49	G.C. Spencer	Spencer Racing (G.C. Spencer)	'72 Dodge	20	1,310	oil leak	0
27	16	31	Jim Vandiver	Bradford Enterprises (O.L. Nixon)	'72 Dodge	223	1,350	engine	0
31	17	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	'72 Ford	139	1,875	engine	0
36	18	03	Tommy Gale	Gale Racing (Tommy Gale)	'71 Mercury	41	1,315	engine	0
32	19	29	Dick May	Hollar Racing (Bill Hollar)	'71 Mercury	104	1,355	flagged	0
12	20	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'71 Mercury	340	2,780	running	0
20	21	19	Henley Gray	Warren Lindsey (Henley Gray)	'71 Mercury	320	1,625	running	0
9	22	61	Dick Brooks	B & B Racing (Don Bierschwale)	'73 Chevrolet	351	2,880	running	0
33	23	98	Richie Panch	Collex (Junie Donlavey)	'73 Ford	75	1,245	crash	0
24	24	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing (Frank Warren)	'73 Dodge	289	1,625	running	0
22	25	10	Bill Champion	Earl Powell Auto Parts (Bill Champion)	'71 Mercury	305	2,575	running	0
19	26	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	'71 Mercury	323	2,055	running	0
28	27	05	David Sisco	Sisco Racing (Charlie McGee)	'72 Chevrolet	206	1,725	engine	0
17	28	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	328	1,880	running	0
40	29	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	'73 Chevrolet	19	1,700	engine	0
34	30	45	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing (Bill Seifert)	'71 Ford	75	1,235	engine	0
29	31	90	Bud Moore	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	'71 Mercury	174	1,225	engine	0
10	32	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	'72 Chevrolet	348	3,180	running	0
13	33	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing (Don Robertson)	'73 Dodge	340	2,580	running	0
15	34	74	Randy Tissot	Tilitco Enterprises (Randy Tissot)	'73 Chevrolet	333	1,980	running	0
38	35	44	Richard D. Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)	'71 Chevrolet	30	1,095	quit	0
25	36	47	Raymond Williams	Jug (Raymond Williams)	'72 Ford	255	1,100	engine	0
35	37	89	Johnny Barnes	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'71 Mercury	45	925	engine	0
18	38	40	D.K. Ulrich	Noel's Auto Sales (D.K. Ulrich)	'71 Ford	327	1,730	running	0
26	39	4	Ed Negre	J. Marvin Mills	'72 Dodge	233	1,475	engine	0
21	40	73	Mel Larson	ThermaSol (Don Robertson)	'73 Dodge	309	1,675	running	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	7	7
Cale Yarborough	8	9	2
Bobby Allison	10	34	25
Cale Yarborough	35	51	17
Buddy Baker	52	52	1
David Pearson	53	55	3
Bobby Allison	56	61	6
Buddy Baker	62	62	1
Bobby Allison	63	63	1
Charlie Glotzbach	64	71	8
Bobby Allison	72	76	5
Cale Yarborough	77	80	4
Charlie Glotzbach	81	81	1
Cale Yarborough	82	86	5
David Pearson	87	99	13
Cale Yarborough	100	148	49
Charlie Glotzbach	149	149	1
Cale Yarborough	150	215	66
David Pearson	216	217	2
Cale Yarborough	218	255	38
Bobby Allison	256	256	1
Cale Yarborough	257	257	1
David Pearson	258	258	1
Cale Yarborough	259	289	31
David Pearson	290	303	14
Cale Yarborough	304	367	64

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