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1973 Alamo 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Winston Cup race number 14 of 28 Sunday, June 10, 1973 at Texas World Speedway, College Station, TX 250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:26:44 Average speed: 142.114 mph Pole speed: 169.248 mph Cautions: 5 for 38 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 27000 Lead changes: 28 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 250 17820 running 77 2 4 95   Darrell Waltrip Terminal Transport   (Darrell Waltrip) '71 Mercury 248 7720 running 0 3 6 18   Joe Frasson Frasson Cement   (Joe Frasson) '73 Dodge 247 5795 running 0 4 3 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 247 6445 running 0 5 7 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 245 4200 running 1 6 1 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '73 Dodge 244 5020 running 168 7 9 72   Benny Parsons DeWitt Racing   (L.G. DeWitt) '73 Chevrolet 243 2825 running 0 8 12 9   Ramo Stott Housby Racing   (Jack Housby) '72 Plymouth 240 2050 running 0 9 25 05   David Sisco Sisco Racing   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 239 1725 running 0 10 22 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 238 2225 running 0 11 16 36   H.B. Bailey Bailey Racing   (H.B. Bailey) '73 Pontiac 236 1425 running 0 12 27 25   Jabe Thomas Robertson Racing   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 235 1775 running 0 13 23 79   Frank Warren Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) '73 Dodge 233 1825 running 0 14 19 10   Bill Champion Champion Racing   (Bill Champion) '71 Mercury 233 1075 running 0 15 37 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Ford 231 1455 running 0 16 18 30   Walter Ballard HeKimian Foreign Cars   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 224 1590 running 0 17 17 67   Buddy Arrington Billie Carper, R.N.   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Plymouth 223 1580 running 0 18 32 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 222 1495 running 0 19 29 19   Henley Gray Warren Lindsey   (Henley Gray) '71 Mercury 221 990 running 0 20 24 61   Ed Sczech B & B Racing   (Don Bierschwale) '73 Chevrolet 208 1085 engine 0 21 35 08   Bob Whitlow Negre Racing '71 Ford 204 980 running 0 22 30 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 195 1475 running 0 23 36 38   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Vita Fresh Orange Juice   (Gordon Van Liew) '72 Chevrolet 172 970 engine 0 24 11 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '73 Chevrolet 155 1040 engine 3 25 20 47   Raymond Williams Williams Racing   (Raymond Williams) '72 Ford 151 960 engine 0 26 21 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 140 2880 engine 1 27 14 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 113 1525 engine 0 28 8 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 39 770 engine 0 29 10 42   Marty Robbins Robbins Racing   (Marty Robbins) '73 Dodge 38 1115 engine 0 30 15 22   Jimmy Crawford Crawford Racing   (Crawford Brothers) '72 Plymouth 28 1010 rear end 0 31 34 40   D.K. Ulrich Noel's Auto Sales   (D.K. Ulrich) '71 Ford 26 930 overheating 0 32 5 15   Bobby Isaac Sta-Power Industries   (Bud Moore) '73 Ford 15 2775 engine 0 33 13 2   Dave Marcis AMC   (Roger Penske) '73 Matador 15 1495 crash 0 34 31 20   Rick Newsom Holbrook Waterproofing   (Rick Newsom) '71 Ford 14 915 oil line 0 35 26 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 14 1485 crash 0 36 28 04   Mel Larson Larson Enterprises   (Mel Larson) '71 Ford 1 920 ignition 0 37 38 8   Ed Negre Negre Racing   (Ed Negre) '73 Dodge 1 1320 oil pressure 0 38 33 98   Richie Panch Panch Racing   (Junie Donlavey) '73 Ford 1 890 ignition 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD A.J. Foyt WD Gordon Johncock Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 16 16     17 26 10   #2,9,15,22,96 accident backstretch   27 40 14     41 45 5   #14 engine   46 120 75     121 129 9   #64 engine   130 140 11     141 148 8   #12 engine   149 217 69     218 223 6   #71 stalled on track   224 250 27       Percent of race run under caution: 15.2%             Average green flag run: 35.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Baker 1 7 7   Richard Petty 8 11 4   Buddy Baker 12 17 6   Cecil Gordon 18 18 1   Richard Petty 19 30 12   Buddy Baker 31 41 11   Bobby Allison 42 42 1   Lennie Pond 43 45 3   Richard Petty 46 48 3   Buddy Baker 49 134 86   Richard Petty 135 138 4   Buddy Baker 139 141 3   Richard Petty 142 143 2   Buddy Baker 144 148 5   Richard Petty 149 149 1   Buddy Baker 150 173 24   Richard Petty 174 174 1   Buddy Baker 175 177 3   Richard Petty 178 178 1   Buddy Baker 179 189 11   Richard Petty 190 198 9   Buddy Baker 199 206 8   Richard Petty 207 207 1   Buddy Baker 208 208 1   Richard Petty 209 209 1   Buddy Baker 210 210 1   Richard Petty 211 211 1   Buddy Baker 212 213 2   Richard Petty 214 250 37