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1973 Gwyn Staley 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 28
Sunday, April 8, 1973 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:34:17
Average speed: 97.224 mph
Pole speed: 106.75 mph

Cautions: 1 for 9 laps
Margin of victory: 4 laps +
Attendance: 16000
Lead changes: 5

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	400	6230	running	387
2	6	72	Benny Parsons	Steel Arena (L.G. DeWitt)	'72 Chevrolet	396	2805	running	6
3	7	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'72 Dodge	394	3380	running	0
4	1	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'73 Chevrolet	394	3205	running	7
5	5	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	'72 Chevrolet	394	1205	running	0
6	9	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare (Richard Howard)	'73 Chevrolet	393	2130	running	0
7	10	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder)	'73 Chevrolet	389	605	running	0
8	24	48	James Hylton	Pugmire Lincoln-Mercury (James Hylton)	'71 Mercury	385	830	running	0
9	3	59	Donnie Allison	DiProspero Racing (DiGard Racing)	'72 Chevrolet	383	585	engine	0
10	15	90	Yvon DuHamel	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	'72 Ford	381	800	running	0
11	23	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'71 Dodge	381	790	running	0
12	27	45	Vic Parsons	Seifert Rent-A-Racer (Bill Seifert)	'71 Ford	376	530	running	0
13	26	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	'72 Ford	374	770	running	0
14	18	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing (Bill Champion)	'71 Ford	366	760	running	0
15	30	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing (Earl Brooks)	'71 Ford	366	500	running	0
16	21	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	'72 Chevrolet	362	490	running	0
17	12	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	'71 Mercury	361	730	running	0
18	22	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	332	720	running	0
19	25	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing (Clyde Lynn)	'71 Mercury	313	710	running	0
20	8	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Racing (Dave Marcis)	'71 Dodge	285	475	running	0
21	14	79	Frank Warren	Winston 500 (Frank Warren)	'73 Dodge	285	685	running	0
22	20	06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture (Neil Castles)	'73 Dodge	253	425	ignition	0
23	11	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	'72 Chevrolet	215	665	crash	0
24	28	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing (Henley Gray)	'71 Mercury	211	655	engine	0
25	13	67	Buddy Arrington	Kentucky Fried Chicken (Buddy Arrington)	'72 Dodge	202	395	rear end	0
26	17	47	Raymond Williams	Jet Way Wax (Raymond Williams)	'72 Ford	166	640	brakes	0
27	29	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King (Charlie Roberts)	'71 Ford	165	630	fuel pump	0
28	4	15	Bobby Isaac	Sta-Power Industries (Bud Moore)	'72 Ford	158	1895	engine	0
29	16	25	Jabe Thomas	Clyde Lynn's Inc. (Don Robertson)	'73 Dodge	96	610	axle	0
30	19	20	Rick Newsom	Holbrook Waterproofing (Rick Newsom)	'71 Ford	2	350	engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Richard Petty	1	3	3
Bobby Allison	4	10	7
Richard Petty	11	84	74
Benny Parsons	85	90	6
Richard Petty	91	400	310