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1973 Hickory 276

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Grand National East Series race number 1 of 15
Sunday, March 4, 1973 at Hickory Speedway, Hickory, NC
276 laps on a 0.363 mile paved track (100.188 miles)

Time of race: 1:25:55
Average speed: 69.966 mph
Pole speed: 79.493 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: .5 lap
Attendance: 11000
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1973 Grand National East Series results / 1973 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	71	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'73 Dodge	276	1000	running	218
2	3	24	Bobby Allison	Cecil Gordon	'73 Chevrolet	276	650	running	58
3	–	45	Vic Parsons	Bill Seifert	'71 Ford	274		running	0
4	2	90	Harry Gant	Junie Donlavey	'71 Mercury	273		running	0
5	6	92	Charlie Blanton	Toy Bolton	'73 Chevrolet	272		running	0
6	–	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare (Richard Howard)	'73 Chevrolet	272		running	0
7	–	06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture (Neil Castles)	'73 Dodge	272		running	0
8	–	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'72 Pontiac	271		running	0
9	–	97	Wayne Andrews	Jack St. Clair	'70 Ford	270		running	0
10	–	55	Tiny Lund	Toy Bolton	'72 Chevrolet	267		running	0
11	–	30	Richie Panch	Vic Ballard	'71 Mercury	267		running	0
12	–	51	Richard D. Brown	William Strong	'71 Chevrolet	267		running	0
13	–	2	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'70 Dodge	267		running	0
14	–	57	David Ray Boggs	R.L. Boggs	'70 Dodge	265		running	0
15	–	54	Bobby Fleming	Bobby Fleming	'73 Chevrolet	259		running	0
16	–	17	Ernie Shaw	Ernie Shaw	'70 Ford	259		running	0
17	–	13	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro	'70 Plymouth	252		running	0
18	–	20	Rick Newsom	Rick Newsom	'71 Ford	137		oil leak	0
19	–	16	Max Berrier	Reid Shaw	'70 Mercury	79		push rod	0
20	–	34	Wendell Scott	William Scott	'71 Ford	63		wheel bearing	0
21	–	79	Elmo Langley	Frank Warren	'73 Dodge	63		overheating	0
22	–	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey	'71 Plymouth	57		oil leak	0
23	–	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress	'73 Chevrolet	53		rear end	0
24	14	17	Bill Dennis	Bill Dennis	'72 Chevrolet	0		did not start	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
DC	Bobby Allison	17	Coca-Cola	Bill Dennis	Chevrolet
DC	Cecil Gordon	24		Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet
WD	Bobby Isaac	15		Bud Moore	Ford

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buddy Baker	1	82	82
Bobby Allison	83	133	51
Buddy Baker	134	144	11
Bobby Allison	145	151	7
Buddy Baker	152	276	125