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1973 American 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 28
Sunday, October 21, 1973 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles)

Time of race: 4:14:57
Average speed: 117.749 mph
Pole speed: 135.748 mph

Cautions: 5 for 36 laps
Margin of victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 48000
Lead changes: 20

Glossary 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1973 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	492	16795	running	396
2	16	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'73 Dodge	491	11050	running	0
3	18	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare (Richard Howard)	'73 Chevrolet	491	7925	running	85
4	4	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'73 Chevrolet	488	6525	running	1
5	9	2	Dave Marcis	AMC (Roger Penske)	'73 Matador	484	4175	running	0
6	3	88	Donnie Allison	DiGard Racing (DiGard Racing)	'73 Chevrolet	484	2725	running	0
7	10	32	Dick Brooks	Northside Auto Parts (Dick Brooks)	'73 Dodge	483	2525	running	1
8	13	90	Charlie Glotzbach	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	'71 Mercury	483	2625	running	0
9	7	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder)	'73 Chevrolet	481	1625	running	0
10	8	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	479	1925	running	1
11	19	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	'72 Chevrolet	476	2050	running	0
12	27	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	'72 Ford	471	1825	running	0
13	22	61	Johnny Rutherford	Paser 500 (Don Bierschwale)	'73 Chevrolet	471	1325	running	0
14	14	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	'73 Chevrolet	466	1775	running	0
15	28	05	David Sisco	Sisco Racing (Charlie McGee)	'72 Chevrolet	465	1650	running	8
16	35	38	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Vita Fresh Orange Juice (Gordon Van Liew)	'72 Chevrolet	463	1125	running	0
17	30	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing (Henley Gray)	'71 Mercury	460	1600	running	0
18	36	25	Jabe Thomas	Star City Body Shop (Don Robertson)	'70 Dodge	458	1575	running	0
19	21	48	James Hylton	Bob Stott Chevrolet (James Hylton)	'73 Chevrolet	457	1650	running	0
20	39	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	'72 Chevrolet	455	1225	running	0
21	42	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing (Ed Negre)	'73 Dodge	452	1300	running	0
22	12	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	451	1575	running	0
23	25	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	'71 Mercury	441	950	running	0
24	41	67	Buddy Arrington	Cherokee Construction (Buddy Arrington)	'72 Plymouth	428	1225	running	0
25	17	28	Gordon Johncock	Pylon Wiper Blades (Hoss Ellington)	'73 Chevrolet	413	750	transmission	0
26	29	04	Pee Wee Wentz	Honda of Danville	'72 Chevrolet	379	875	engine	0
27	8	15	Darrell Waltrip	Sta-Power Industries (Bud Moore)	'73 Ford	342	2650	engine	0
28	5	72	Benny Parsons	Russell Bennett Chevrolet (L.G. DeWitt)	'73 Chevrolet	308	1125	vibration	0
29	37	0	Eddie Bond	Bond Racing (Eddie Bond)	'73 Dodge	302	700	engine	0
30	26	10	Bill Champion	Earl Powell Auto Parts (Bill Champion)	'71 Mercury	302	1275	running	0
31	31	09	Jody Ridley	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	'71 Ford	294	945	clutch	0
32	33	31	Jim Vandiver	Bradford Enterprises (O.L. Nixon)	'72 Dodge	219	790	engine	0
33	32	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'71 Dodge	207	910	engine	0
34	34	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King (Charlie Roberts)	'72 Chevrolet	178	1255	oil pressure	0
35	1	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'73 Dodge	133	3550	cam	0
36	20	98	Richie Panch	Frazier Camping Center (Junie Donlavey)	'72 Ford	125	845	motor mount	0
37	15	79	Paul Tyler	Hinson Construction (Frank Warren)	'73 Dodge	105	1240	engine	0
38	23	06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture (Neil Castles)	'73 Dodge	91	835	ignition	0
39	38	44	Richard D. Brown	Bob's Mobile Home (Jerry Brown)	'71 Chevrolet	78	630	clutch	0
40	24	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Cement (Joe Frasson)	'73 Dodge	52	725	engine	0
41	11	49	G.C. Spencer	Camcraft Inc. (G.C. Spencer)	'72 Dodge	12	795	crash	0
42	40	89	Johnny Barnes	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'71 Mercury	11	590	crash	0
43	43	40	Frank Warren	Noel's Auto Sales (D.K. Ulrich)	'71 Ford	11	485	crash	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	12	12
	13	28	16	#28,40,49,72,89,98 accident turn 2
	29	39	11
	40	43	4	debris
	44	108	65
	109	116	8	#10,19,30,67 accident turn 3
	117	197	81
	198	201	4	#28 spun
	202	255	54
	256	259	4	#67 spun
	260	492	233
Percent of race run under caution: 7.3% Average green flag run: 76.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	20	20
Coo Coo Marlin	21	21	1
David Sisco	22	28	7
Cale Yarborough	29	33	5
David Pearson	34	40	7
Dick Brooks	41	41	1
David Sisco	42	42	1
David Pearson	43	109	67
Bobby Allison	110	110	1
David Pearson	111	189	79
Cale Yarborough	190	193	4
David Pearson	194	198	5
Cale Yarborough	199	199	1
David Pearson	200	200	1
Cale Yarborough	201	266	66
David Pearson	267	331	65
Cale Yarborough	332	336	5
David Pearson	337	413	77
Cale Yarborough	414	417	4
David Pearson	418	492	75