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1973 Carolina 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 28
Sunday, March 18, 1973 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.4 miles)

Time of race: 4:13:01
Average Speed: 118.649 mph
Pole Speed: 134.021 mph

Cautions: 7 for 47 laps
Margin of Victory: 3.8 sec
Attendance: 46,500
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1973 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
28	38	0	Eddie Bond	Bond Racing (Eddie Bond)	'73 Dodge	324	645	wheel	0
24	32	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing (Charlie McGee)	'72 Chevrolet	379	745	running	0
36	29	06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture (Neil Castles)	'73 Dodge	122	565	engine	0
32	30	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing (Bill Champion)	'71 Mercury	210	1,085	engine	0
2	9	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare (Richard Howard)	'73 Chevrolet	492	10,125	running	0
4	4	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'73 Chevrolet	490	6,000	running	1
14	10	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	465	1,020	running	0
30	8	15	Bobby Isaac	Sta-Power Industries (Bud Moore)	'73 Ford	297	2,595	engine	0
10	17	17	Bill Dennis	Emrick (H.J. Brooking)	'72 Chevrolet	473	1,475	running	0
8	20	18	Joe Frasson	Krager Motor Homes (Joe Frasson)	'73 Dodge	475	1,650	running	0
18	37	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing (Henley Gray)	'71 Ford	426	1,395	running	0
37	6	2	Dave Marcis	AMC Matador (Roger Penske)	'73 Matador	114	560	engine	0
1	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator Special (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	492	15,475	running	491
22	13	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	'72 Chevrolet	389	1,295	running	0
13	19	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing (Don Robertson)	'73 Dodge	467	1,545	running	0
25	11	28	Gordon Johncock	Ellington Racing (Hoss Ellington)	'72 Chevrolet	365	720	suspension	0
39	14	30	Walter Ballard	HeKimian Foreign Cars (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	19	1,050	engine	0
7	7	31	Jim Vandiver	Bradford Enterprises (O.L. Nixon)	'72 Dodge	478	1,800	running	0
16	33	4	Ed Negre	Mill Heating (J. Marvin Mills)	'71 Dodge	459	1,445	running	0
23	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'73 Dodge	386	3,345	engine	0
34	34	45	Vic Parsons	Seifert Rent-A-Racer (Bill Seifert)	'71 Mercury	146	575	exhaust	0
35	36	47	Raymond Williams	Jet Way Wax (Raymond Williams)	'72 Ford	142	1,070	engine	0
11	22	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'71 Mercury	472	1,795	running	0
33	27	49	John Utsman	Sheffield Auto-Mart (G.C. Spencer)	'72 Dodge	168	580	engine	0
20	25	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder)	'73 Chevrolet	406	845	engine	0
40	31	55	Tiny Lund	Carl Price	'72 Chevrolet	15	570	engine	0
38	24	61	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing (Don Bierschwale)	'73 Chevrolet	64	555	crash	0
21	28	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	'72 Ford	403	1,320	engine	0
27	39	65	Buck Baker	Clements Automotive (Dick Poling)	'72 Chevrolet	357	670	crash	0
12	18	67	Buddy Arrington	Kentucky Fried Chicken (Buddy Arrington)	'72 Plymouth	470	1,145	running	0
26	26	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	'71 Mercury	365	1,195	engine	0
29	23	70	J.D. McDuffie	VOTE (J.D. McDuffie)	'71 Chevrolet	302	1,120	engine	0
3	5	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'73 Dodge	491	7,325	running	0
31	2	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt)	'72 Chevrolet	294	1,265	engine	0
17	40	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King (Charlie Roberts)	'71 Ford	436	1,395	running	0
15	15	79	Frank Warren	Cecil's Steak House (Frank Warren)	'73 Dodge	462	1,495	running	0
5	21	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	'72 Ford	486	3,600	running	0
19	35	92	Larry Smith	Carling Black Label (Harley Smith)	'71 Mercury	414	870	crash	0
6	12	95	Darrell Waltrip	Terminal Transport (Darrell Waltrip)	'71 Mercury	483	2,050	running	0
9	16	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	'73 Chevrolet	474	1,625	running	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	72	72
Bobby Allison	73	73	1
David Pearson	74	492	419

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