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1973 Daytona 500 Qualifying Race #1 Qualifying Race #2 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 2 of 28 Sunday, February 18, 1973 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:10:50 Average speed: 157.205 mph Pole speed: 185.662 mph Cautions: 4 for 28 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 103000 Lead changes: 20 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 7 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 200 36100 running 17 2 10 15   Bobby Isaac Sta-Power Engine Conditioners   (Bud Moore) '73 Ford 198 17300 running 1 3 9 6   Dick Brooks John Naughton Insurance   (Cotton Owens) '73 Dodge 197 9800 running 0 4 8 50   A.J. Foyt Purolator   (A.J. Foyt) '73 Chevrolet 196 7020 running 0 5 6 04   Hershel McGriff K.D. Pauley   (Beryl Jackson) '72 Plymouth 195 6025 running 0 6 1 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '72 Dodge 194 14725 engine 156 7 12 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 194 4525 running 0 8 16 90   Ramo Stott Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '71 Mercury 193 4095 running 0 9 36 67   Buddy Arrington Arrington Racing   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Dodge 192 2900 running 0 10 27 45   Vic Parsons JetWay Products   (Bill Seifert) '71 Mercury 190 2945 running 0 11 24 05   David Sisco McGee Racing   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 190 2750 running 0 12 11 95   Darrell Waltrip Terminal Transport   (Darrell Waltrip) '71 Mercury 188 2625 running 0 13 14 18   Joe Frasson Krager Motor Homes   (Joe Frasson) '73 Dodge 188 2275 running 0 14 17 92   Larry Smith Carling Black Label   (Harley Smith) '71 Mercury 187 2200 running 0 15 32 25   Jabe Thomas Robertson Racing   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 187 2470 running 0 16 34 79   Frank Warren Rossmeyer   (Frank Warren) '73 Dodge 182 2435 running 0 17 28 8   Ed Negre Negre Racing   (Ed Negre) '71 Mercury 182 2445 running 0 18 15 96   Ray Elder Olympia Beer   (Fred Elder) '72 Dodge 180 1985 engine 0 19 26 30   Walter Ballard HeKimian Foreign Cars   (Vic Ballard) '72 Chevrolet 174 2415 clutch 0 20 39 88   Ron Keselowski Keselowski Racing   (Roger Lubinski) '72 Dodge 168 1500 running 0 21 31 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 155 2175 running 0 22 3 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 154 4250 engine 25 23 21 60   Maynard Troyer Nagle Ford   (Joe Nagle) '73 Ford 150 1825 engine 0 24 25 49   John Utsman G.C. Spencer '72 Dodge 145 1780 engine 0 25 29 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 141 3735 engine 0 26 22 70   J.D. McDuffie Belden Asphalt   (J.D. McDuffie) '71 Chevrolet 129 2260 engine 0 27 33 2   Dave Marcis AMC   (Roger Penske) '73 Matador 125 1325 rear end 0 28 18 31   Jim Vandiver Bradford Enterprises   (O.L. Nixon) '72 Dodge 123 1300 overheating 0 29 4 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 118 2775 engine 0 30 13 72   Benny Parsons Textile Motor Freight   (L.G. DeWitt) '72 Chevrolet 101 2195 engine 0 31 40 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '73 Dodge 65 2060 steering 0 32 23 97   Red Farmer Long-Lewis   (Willie Humphries) '72 Ford 65 1665 transmission 0 33 20 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 63 2200 engine 1 34 37 42   Marty Robbins Robbins Racing   (Marty Robbins) '72 Dodge 63 1515 crash 0 35 35 17   Bill Dennis Emrick Chevrolet   (H.J. Brooking) '72 Chevrolet 62 1225 engine 0 36 19 55   Tiny Lund Price Construction   (Carl Price) '72 Chevrolet 54 1510 rear end 0 37 38 06   Neil Castles Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '72 Dodge 38 1430 engine 0 38 5 28   Gordon Johncock Ellington Racing   (Hoss Ellington) '72 Chevrolet 35 1800 oil leak 0 39 30 52   Earl Ross Red Cap Ale   (Allan Brooke) '73 Chevrolet 34 1385 engine 0 40 2 9   Pete Hamilton Housby Mack Inc.   (Jack Housby) '72 Plymouth 33 2000 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car LeeRoy Yarbrough Eddie Bond 0 Bond Racing Eddie Bond Dodge Andy Hampton 00 Chevrolet Earle Canavan 01 Earle Canavan Plymouth Slick Gardner 1 Mercury Tommy Gale 03 Frank Vasko Mercury Jerry Cook 07 Gil Cramer Chevrolet Dean Dalton 7 Dean Dalton Mercury Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion Ford Henley Gray 19 Gray Racing Henley Gray Ford Rick Newsom 20 Holbrook Waterproofing Rick Newsom Ford Walter Ballard 35 H.B. Bailey 36 H.B. Bailey Pontiac Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 38 Vita Fresh Orange Juice Gordon Van Liew Chevrolet Larry Dickson 44 Richard Giachetti Ford Raymond Williams 47 Jet Way Wax Raymond Williams Ford David Ray Boggs 53 Hopper-Crews J.C. Crews Ford Lennie Pond 54 Ronnie Elder Chevrolet Donnie Allison 59 DiProspero Racing DiGard Chevrolet Clarence Lovell 61 Don Bierschwale Chevrolet Tom Usry 62 Ford Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley Ford Dick Poling 65 Joe Phipps Chevrolet Bob Tullius 66 Vernon Blank Pontiac Gerald Thompson 69 Herb Adams Pontiac Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold Ford Charlie Roberts 77 Sunny King Ford Charlie Roberts Ford Phil Finney 80 Finney Racing Wallace Finney Chevrolet Steve Arndt 81 Chevrolet Paul Tyler 83 Smithville Farms Norris Reed Mercury Sammy Sessions 84 Lauderdale Racing Assoc. Buster Davis Dodge Bob Greeley 86 Plymouth Les Covey 87 Chevrolet Johnny Barnes 89 J.C. Crews Mercury Richard Childress 96 Tom Garn Chevrolet DC Roy Mayne 30 Hekimian Foreign Cars Vic Ballard Chevrolet WD Paul Jett Ford WD Bill Hollar 29 Mercury Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 13 13   green-yellow start   14 55 42     56 60 5   #55 rear end backstretch   61 69 9     70 74 5   #42,95,97 accident tri-oval   75 153 79     154 158 5   #49 engine   159 200 42       Percent of race run under caution: 14.0%             Average green flag run: 43.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Baker 1 33 33   Cale Yarborough 34 36 3   Richard Petty 37 38 2   Bobby Isaac 39 39 1   Buddy Baker 40 56 17   Cale Yarborough 57 58 2   David Pearson 59 59 1   Richard Petty 60 61 2   Cale Yarborough 62 70 9   Buddy Baker 71 102 32   Cale Yarborough 103 108 6   Buddy Baker 109 133 25   Cale Yarborough 134 134 1   Buddy Baker 135 135 1   Cale Yarborough 136 139 4   Buddy Baker 140 154 15   Richard Petty 155 155 1   Buddy Baker 156 184 29   Richard Petty 185 185 1   Buddy Baker 186 189 4   Richard Petty 190 200 11