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1973 Mason-Dixon 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 13 of 28
Sunday, June 3, 1973 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE
500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 4:10:32
Average speed: 119.745 mph
Pole speed: 133.111 mph

Cautions: 3 for 22 laps
Margin of victory: 15 sec
Attendance: 30000
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1973 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	500	14025	running	317
2	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare (Richard Howard)	'73 Chevrolet	500	10700	running	125
3	3	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'73 Chevrolet	497	6775	running	50
4	13	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'73 Dodge	492	5475	running	0
5	6	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	'72 Chevrolet	490	2750	running	0
6	21	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt)	'72 Chevrolet	487	2245	running	0
7	5	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'73 Dodge	481	3545	running	8
8	9	2	Dave Marcis	AMC (Roger Penske)	'73 Matador	478	1920	running	0
9	25	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	'71 Mercury	473	1820	running	0
10	30	05	David Sisco	Sisco Racing (Charlie McGee)	'72 Chevrolet	469	1270	running	0
11	19	25	Jabe Thomas	McCaig Motel (Don Robertson)	'73 Dodge	456	1710	running	0
12	11	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'71 Mercury	449	1660	running	0
13	33	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing (Henley Gray)	'71 Mercury	449	1110	running	0
14	36	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King (Charlie Roberts)	'71 Ford	423	1585	running	0
15	35	29	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing (Bill Hollar)	'71 Mercury	419	1060	running	0
16	37	22	Jimmy Crawford	Crawford Racing (Crawford Brothers)	'72 Plymouth	415	1035	running	0
17	12	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	'72 Ford	414	1510	running	0
18	8	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	'73 Chevrolet	407	1485	engine	0
19	27	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	'72 Chevrolet	399	1460	engine	0
20	10	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder)	'73 Chevrolet	392	935	engine	0
21	28	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'72 Dodge	359	1410	rear end	0
22	32	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'71 Dodge	332	885	rear end	0
23	15	83	Paul Tyler	Smithville Farms (Norris Reed)	'71 Mercury	286	860	engine	0
24	39	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing (Frank Warren)	'73 Dodge	276	1335	engine	0
25	31	47	Raymond Williams	Jet Way Wax (Raymond Williams)	'72 Ford	252	810	alternator	0
26	7	49	G.C. Spencer	Spencer Racing (G.C. Spencer)	'72 Dodge	226	785	engine	0
27	38	40	D.K. Ulrich	Noel's Auto Sales (D.K. Ulrich)	'71 Ford	224	760	overheating	0
28	16	30	Walter Ballard	Blue Hen Mall (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	217	1235	engine	0
29	4	15	Bobby Isaac	Sta-Power Industries (Bud Moore)	'73 Ford	202	2760	engine	0
30	18	45	Vic Parsons	Seifert Rent-A-Racer (Bill Seifert)	'71 Ford	153	685	lug bolts	0
31	17	10	Bill Champion	Earl Powell Auto Parts (Bill Champion)	'71 Mercury	122	660	engine	0
32	40	98	Mel Larson	ThermaSol (Mel Larson)	'72 Chevrolet	108	635	engine	0
33	20	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing (Ed Negre)	'73 Dodge	72	1101	engine	0
34	24	01	Earle Canavan	Kosin's Auto Parts (Earle Canavan)	'72 Plymouth	62	625	engine	0
35	22	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	50	645	engine	0
36	26	44	Richard D. Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)	'72 Chevrolet	34	590	engine	0
37	23	06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture (Neil Castles)	'73 Dodge	27	585	engine	0
38	14	88	Donnie Allison	DiGard Racing (DiGard Racing)	'73 Chevrolet	18	580	engine	0
39	34	20	Rick Newsom	Holbrook Waterproofing (Rick Newsom)	'71 Ford	14	575	oil leak	0
40	29	90	Eddie Pettyjohn	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	'71 Mercury	12	570	crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	14	14
Bobby Allison	15	59	45
Cale Yarborough	60	96	37
David Pearson	97	103	7
Buddy Baker	104	107	4
David Pearson	108	161	54
Bobby Allison	162	162	1
David Pearson	163	163	1
Cale Yarborough	164	248	85
Bobby Allison	249	252	4
Buddy Baker	253	256	4
David Pearson	257	408	152
Cale Yarborough	409	411	3
David Pearson	412	500	89