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1973 Capital City 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 23 of 28 Sunday, September 9, 1973 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA 500 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (271.000 miles) Time of race: 4:13:17 Average speed: 63.215 mph Pole speed: 90.245 mph Cautions: 5 for 123 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 18000 Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 5 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 500 6775 running 429 2 3 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 498 4425 running 17 3 1 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 497 4150 running 54 4 7 72   Benny Parsons DeWitt Racing   (L.G. DeWitt) '73 Chevrolet 492 1750 running 0 5 20 67   Buddy Arrington Cherokee Construction   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Dodge 482 1580 running 0 6 6 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 477 1250 running 0 7 11 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 477 1210 running 0 8 14 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 476 1300 running 0 9 16 19   Henley Gray Warren Lindsey   (Henley Gray) '71 Mercury 473 1225 running 0 10 26 47   Raymond Williams Jug   (Raymond Williams) '72 Ford 461 975 running 0 11 21 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 461 875 running 0 12 24 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 459 865 running 0 13 28 20   Rick Newsom Holbrook Waterproofing   (Rick Newsom) '71 Ford 457 505 running 0 14 31 79   Frank Warren Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) '73 Dodge 452 835 running 0 15 23 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 411 825 engine 0 16 9 05   David Sisco Sisco Racing   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 383 1025 crash 0 17 4 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '73 Dodge 348 2070 running 0 18 32 25   Jabe Thomas Robertson Racing   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 347 790 crash 0 19 30 73   Mel Larson ThermaSol   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 305 535 engine 0 20 18 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '72 Dodge 203 675 overheating 0 21 25 8   Ed Negre Negre Racing   (Ed Negre) '73 Dodge 175 750 engine 0 22 33 26   Earl Brooks Brooks Racing   (Earl Brooks) '71 Ford 114 490 head gasket 0 23 29 85   Ronnie Daniel Daniel Racing   (Ronnie Daniel) '72 Chevrolet 66 480 transmission 0 24 22 29   Dick May Hollar Racing   (Bill Hollar) '71 Mercury 33 470 rear end 0 25 27 40   D.K. Ulrich Noel's Auto Sales   (D.K. Ulrich) '71 Ford 13 460 engine 0 26 2 15   Darrell Waltrip Sta-Power Industries   (Bud Moore) '73 Ford 4 1995 crash 0 27 10 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '71 Mercury 4 620 crash 0 28 12 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '73 Chevrolet 4 440 crash 0 29 13 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 4 665 crash 0 30 19 10   Bill Champion Earl Powell Auto Parts   (Bill Champion) '71 Ford 4 770 crash 0 31 8 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 4 885 crash 0 32 15 45   Vic Parsons Seifert Racing   (Bill Seifert) '71 Ford 4 530 crash 0 33 17 44   Richard D. Brown Brown Racing   (Jerry Brown) '71 Chevrolet 4 500 crash 0 34 34 33   Baxter Price Price Racing   (Baxter Price) '72 Chevrolet 3 325 crash 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 50 50   Richard Petty 51 63 13   Bobby Allison 64 65 2   Cale Yarborough 66 82 17   Richard Petty 83 178 96   Bobby Allison 179 180 2   Richard Petty 181 500 320