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1973 Delaware 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 28
Sunday, September 16, 1973 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE
500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:25:50
Average Speed: 112.852 mph
Pole Speed: 124.649 mph

Cautions: 7 for 56 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.8 sec
Attendance: 25,000
Lead changes: 23

Glossary 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1973 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
25	6	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare (Richard Howard)	'73 Chevrolet	347	2,720	crash	0
27	10	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	'72 Chevrolet	299	1,170	crash	0
17	16	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	446	1,645	engine	0
24	33	01	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing (Earle Canavan)	'72 Plymouth	362	870	engine	0
33	35	26	Earl Brooks	Race Fans (Earl Brooks)	'71 Ford	152	705	engine	0
34	25	29	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt (Bill Hollar)	'71 Mercury	138	700	engine	0
35	34	40	D.K. Ulrich	Noel's Auto Sales (D.K. Ulrich)	'71 Ford	112	695	engine	0
36	39	51	Vic Parsons	Strong Racing (Bill Strong)	'71 Chevrolet	108	540	engine	0
38	29	83	Toby Tobias	Smithville Farms (Norris Reed)	'71 Mercury	50	680	engine	0
19	9	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'73 Chevrolet	443	1,370	ignition	0
37	32	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing (Frank Warren)	'73 Dodge	80	1,185	oil pan	0
31	30	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'72 Dodge	170	715	oil pressure	0
32	26	99	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing (John Keselowski)	'71 Dodge	167	710	overheating	0
1	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	500	16,325	running	344
2	3	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'73 Chevrolet	500	10,125	running	76
3	7	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'73 Dodge	500	7,050	running	58
4	2	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt)	'73 Chevrolet	493	4,175	running	7
5	13	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	'72 Chevrolet	484	3,275	running	0
6	11	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	481	2,150	running	0
7	4	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'73 Dodge	480	4,250	running	15
8	17	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	'72 Ford	479	2,250	running	0
9	12	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder)	'73 Chevrolet	479	1,775	running	0
10	14	90	Eddie Pettyjohn	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	'71 Mercury	479	1,575	running	0
11	23	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing (Ed Negre)	'73 Dodge	471	1,920	running	0
13	27	73	Mel Larson	ThermaSol (Don Robertson)	'73 Dodge	465	1,145	running	0
14	38	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing (Don Robertson)	'73 Dodge	462	1,470	running	0
15	36	20	Rick Newsom	Holbrook Waterproofing (Rick Newsom)	'71 Ford	461	1,035	running	0
16	28	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	'73 Chevrolet	458	1,570	running	0
18	40	00	Bobby Mausgrover	Buxton Racing (Bobby Mausgrover)	'72 Chevrolet	444	870	running	0
20	8	95	Darrell Waltrip	Terminal Transport (Darrell Waltrip)	'73 Chevrolet	424	845	running	0
21	22	19	Henley Gray	Warren Lindsey (Henley Gray)	'71 Mercury	424	1,520	running	0
22	21	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King (Charlie Roberts)	'72 Chevrolet	415	1,495	running	0
29	31	05	David Sisco	Sisco Racing (Charlie McGee)	'72 Chevrolet	252	1,245	rear end	0
23	24	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing (Raymond Williams)	'72 Ford	400	970	sway bar	0
26	37	22	Jimmy Crawford	Crawford Racing (Crawford Brothers)	'72 Plymouth	316	670	valve	0
28	18	89	Johnny Barnes	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'71 Mercury	272	845	valve	0
39	15	10	Bill Champion	Earl Powell Auto Parts (Bill Champion)	'71 Mercury	35	1,275	valve	0
40	20	67	Buddy Arrington	Cherokee Construction (Buddy Arrington)	'72 Dodge	33	1,245	valve	0
30	19	49	G.C. Spencer	Spencer Racing (G.C. Spencer)	'72 Dodge	205	795	vibration	0
12	5	88	Donnie Allison	DiGard Racing (DiGard)	'73 Chevrolet	468	1,145	wheel	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	54	54
Richard Petty	55	56	2
Bobby Allison	57	64	8
David Pearson	65	79	15
Richard Petty	80	92	13
Buddy Baker	93	110	18
David Pearson	111	174	64
Benny Parsons	175	179	5
David Pearson	180	256	77
Benny Parsons	257	258	2
David Pearson	259	338	80
Bobby Allison	339	342	4
David Pearson	343	349	7
Buddy Baker	350	351	2
Bobby Allison	352	352	1
Buddy Baker	353	353	1
Bobby Allison	354	377	24
Buddy Baker	378	408	31
Bobby Allison	409	424	16
Buddy Baker	425	426	2
Bobby Allison	427	450	24
David Pearson	451	480	30
Buddy Baker	481	483	3
David Pearson	484	500	17

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