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1973 National 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 27 of 28 Sunday, October 7, 1973 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 3:26:58 Average speed: 145.24 mph Pole speed: 158.315 mph Cautions: 2 for 16 laps Margin of victory: 1.4 sec Attendance: 64000 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 334 45425 running 257 2 4 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 334 17275 running 52 3 3 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 331 8815 running 9 4 7 72   Benny Parsons DeWitt Racing   (L.G. DeWitt) '73 Chevrolet 330 4630 running 0 5 8 1   Dick Trickle A&W Root Beer   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 327 3385 running 2 6 12 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '73 Chevrolet 325 2730 running 1 7 13 67   Buddy Arrington Cherokee Construction   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Plymouth 319 2655 running 0 8 39 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 318 2510 running 0 9 11 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 315 2480 running 0 10 32 19   Henley Gray Warren Lindsey   (Henley Gray) '71 Mercury 308 2150 running 0 11 17 90   Harry Gant Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '72 Ford 307 2260 running 0 12 38 5   Wendell Scott Faustina Racing / Kmart Special   (Doc Faustina) '73 Dodge 305 1800 running 0 13 10 48   James Hylton Stott Chevrolet   (James Hylton) '73 Chevrolet 302 2325 running 0 14 25 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '72 Chevrolet 296 2300 running 0 15 30 89   Johnny Barnes Hopper-Crews   (J.C. Crews) '71 Mercury 294 1500 running 0 16 35 22   Jimmy Crawford Black Bart   (Crawford Brothers) '72 Plymouth 294 1344 running 0 17 14 31   Jim Vandiver Bradford Enterprises   (O.L. Nixon) '72 Dodge 291 1741 running 0 18 24 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 284 2194 engine 0 19 22 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 282 1807 engine 0 20 36 0   Eddie Bond Bond Racing   (Eddie Bond) '72 Dodge 281 1641 engine 0 21 31 05   David Sisco Sisco Racing   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 268 1853 driveshaft 0 22 27 18   Joe Frasson Pizza Huts of Charlotte   (Joe Frasson) '73 Dodge 264 1494 engine 0 23 20 30   Walter Ballard Textilease   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 230 1945 engine 0 24 18 2   Dave Marcis Marcis Racing   (Dave Marcis) '73 Matador 223 1423 engine 0 25 41 25   Jabe Thomas Robertson Racing   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 203 1553 running 0 26 33 10   Bill Champion Earl Powell Auto Parts   (Bill Champion) '71 Mercury 198 1708 engine 0 27 23 44   Ed Negre Brown Racing   (Jerry Brown) '71 Chevrolet 183 1338 engine 0 28 15 02   L.D. Ottinger Lonesome Pine Raceway   (James Bryant) '73 Chevrolet 137 1377 engine 0 29 37 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 113 1853 engine 0 30 40 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 90 1665 engine 0 31 26 06   Neil Castles Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '73 Dodge 64 1164 suspension 0 32 9 88   Donnie Allison DiGard Racing   (DiGard Racing) '73 Chevrolet 61 866 engine 0 33 21 47   Raymond Williams Williams Racing   (Raymond Williams) '72 Ford 58 1138 steering 0 34 29 32   Dick Brooks Brooks Racing   (Dick Brooks) '73 Dodge 49 1119 engine 0 35 16 79   Frank Warren Hinson Construction   (Frank Warren) '73 Dodge 47 1607 engine 0 36 1 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 46 3961 crash 12 37 34 28   Charlie Glotzbach Pylon Wiper Blades   (Hoss Ellington) '73 Chevrolet 46 926 crash 1 38 6 15   Darrell Waltrip Sta-Power Industries   (Bud Moore) '73 Ford 46 2791 crash 0 39 19 49   G.C. Spencer Spencer Racing   (G.C. Spencer) '72 Dodge 13 1033 engine 0 40 28 98   Wayne Andrews Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 5 1005 engine 0 41 5 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '73 Dodge 228 2050 disqualified 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car DC Richard D. Brown 44 Brown Racing Jerry Brown Chevrolet WD Paul Tyler 83 Norris Reed Mercury Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 30 30     31 34 4   debris   35 46 12     47 58 12   #15,21,28,47 accident turn 4   59 334 276       Percent of race run under caution: 4.8%             Average green flag run: 106.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 31 31   Charlie Glotzbach 32 32 1   Lennie Pond 33 33 1   David Pearson 34 45 12   Cale Yarborough 46 52 7   Dick Trickle 53 54 2   Bobby Allison 55 63 9   Cale Yarborough 64 232 169   Richard Petty 233 270 38   Cale Yarborough 271 298 28   Richard Petty 299 312 14   Cale Yarborough 313 334 22