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1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 17 of 28
Wednesday, July 4, 1973 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:31:27
Average speed: 158.468 mph
Pole speed: 179.619 mph

Cautions: 2 for 14 laps
Margin of victory: 6 cl
Attendance: 60000
Lead changes: 25

Glossary 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1973 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	6	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	160	16100	running	51
2	4	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'73 Dodge	160	11875	running	29
3	29	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'73 Dodge	156	9375	running	0
4	16	28	Gordon Johncock	Pylon Wiper Blades (Hoss Ellington)	'73 Chevrolet	156	4350	running	0
5	7	72	Benny Parsons	Mercy Life (L.G. DeWitt)	'73 Chevrolet	156	4200	running	0
6	23	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Racing (Dave Marcis)	'71 Dodge	154	3450	running	0
7	20	45	Vic Parsons	Thundercraft Boat (Bill Seifert)	'71 Ford	153	3005	running	0
8	36	42	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing (Marty Robbins)	'73 Dodge	153	1500	running	0
9	21	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	'72 Ford	153	2650	running	0
10	24	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Cement (Joe Frasson)	'73 Dodge	152	1510	running	0
11	13	05	David Sisco	Sisco Racing (Charlie McGee)	'72 Chevrolet	151	2300	running	0
12	35	48	James Hylton	Union76 20W/50 Motor Oil (James Hylton)	'71 Mercury	150	1775	running	0
13	12	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	'72 Chevrolet	150	2270	running	0
14	22	49	G.C. Spencer	Camcraft (G.C. Spencer)	'72 Dodge	150	1625	running	0
15	30	25	Roy Mayne	Robertson Racing (Don Robertson)	'73 Dodge	148	1850	running	0
16	15	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	'72 Ford	147	1975	running	0
17	38	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	'71 Mercury	147	1650	running	0
18	34	67	Buddy Arrington	Cherokee Construction (Buddy Arrington)	'72 Plymouth	146	1625	running	0
19	40	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing (Frank Warren)	'73 Dodge	146	1600	running	0
20	26	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder)	'73 Chevrolet	146	1075	running	0
21	39	92	Larry Smith	Carling Black Label (Harley Smith)	'71 Mercury	146	1050	running	0
22	27	97	Raymond Williams	Jug (Raymond Williams)	'72 Ford	146	1005	running	0
23	37	19	Henley Gray	Warren Lindsey (Henley Gray)	'71 Mercury	145	900	running	0
24	28	10	Bill Champion	Earl Powell Auto Parts (Bill Champion)	'71 Mercury	145	1300	running	0
25	9	95	Darrell Waltrip	Terminal Transport (Darrell Waltrip)	'71 Mercury	143	1325	running	0
26	11	30	Walter Ballard	HeKimian Foreign Cars (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	143	1790	running	0
27	14	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	'73 Chevrolet	132	1730	overheating	0
28	10	88	Donnie Allison	DiGard Racing (DiGard Racing)	'73 Chevrolet	131	1060	windshield	0
29	33	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing (Ed Negre)	'73 Dodge	126	1210	running	0
30	1	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'73 Chevrolet	125	3730	engine	45
31	25	23	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'73 Dodge	123	820	running	0
32	8	31	Jim Vandiver	Nixon Racing (O.L. Nixon)	'72 Dodge	118	1260	overheating	0
33	32	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'71 Dodge	102	1300	engine	0
34	19	61	Ed Sczech	B & B Racing (Don Bierschwale)	'73 Chevrolet	87	1280	oil leak	0
35	31	5	Dick Simon	TravelLodge Motels (Doc Faustina)	'73 Dodge	82	895	handling	0
36	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare (Richard Howard)	'73 Chevrolet	65	3190	crash	33
37	18	50	A.J. Foyt	Purolator (A.J. Foyt)	'73 Chevrolet	46	550	rear end	0
38	5	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	35	730	engine	0
39	3	15	Bobby Isaac	Sta-Power Industries (Bud Moore)	'73 Ford	13	2925	engine	2
40	17	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	'72 Chevrolet	2	1270	engine	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Earle Canavan	01	Plymouth
	Neil Castles	06	Dodge
	Charles Barrett	09	Ford
	Jimmy Crawford	22	Plymouth
	Bill Hollar	29	Mercury
	H.B. Bailey	36	Pontiac
	Bobby Johns	37	Chevrolet
	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	38	Chevrolet
	D.K. Ulrich	40	Ford
	Charlie Roberts	77	Ford
	Phil Finney	80	Chevrolet
	Ronnie Daniel	85	Chevrolet
	Johnny Barnes	89	Mercury
WD	Richard D. Brown	44	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	66	66
	67	73	7	#11 accident frontstretch
	74	124	51
	125	131	7	#12 engine
	132	160	29
Percent of race run under caution: 8.8% Average green flag run: 48.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	1	1
Bobby Isaac	2	3	2
Bobby Allison	4	4	1
Cale Yarborough	5	7	3
Bobby Allison	8	8	1
Cale Yarborough	9	10	2
Bobby Allison	11	13	3
Cale Yarborough	14	34	21
David Pearson	35	35	1
Bobby Allison	36	36	1
Cale Yarborough	37	41	5
Bobby Allison	42	44	3
Cale Yarborough	45	46	2
Bobby Allison	47	65	19
David Pearson	66	78	13
Richard Petty	79	82	4
Bobby Allison	83	95	13
Richard Petty	96	99	4
David Pearson	100	101	2
Bobby Allison	102	104	3
Richard Petty	105	109	5
David Pearson	110	115	6
Richard Petty	116	128	13
David Pearson	129	137	9
Richard Petty	138	140	3
David Pearson	141	160	20