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1973 Motor State 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 16 of 28 Sunday, June 24, 1973 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:36:22 Average speed: 153.485 mph Pole speed: 158.273 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: 1.1 sec Attendance: 44800 Lead changes: 25 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 200 12710 running 67 2 1 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '73 Dodge 200 9055 running 119 3 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 199 6800 running 5 4 10 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 199 4575 running 6 5 5 99   Ron Keselowski Lubinski Racing   (John Keselowski) '71 Dodge 197 2000 running 0 6 4 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 196 3550 running 3 7 11 88   Donnie Allison DiGard Racing   (DiGard Racing) '73 Chevrolet 194 1375 running 0 8 9 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 194 1775 running 0 9 6 72   Benny Parsons DeWitt Racing   (L.G. DeWitt) '73 Chevrolet 192 1675 running 0 10 26 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 192 1650 running 0 11 8 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 192 1050 running 0 12 30 01   Earle Canavan Kosin's Auto Parts   (Earle Canavan) '72 Plymouth 191 1025 running 0 13 19 92   Larry Smith Carling Black Label   (Harley Smith) '71 Mercury 191 1000 running 0 14 27 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 190 1525 running 0 15 18 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Ford 189 1500 running 0 16 25 67   Buddy Arrington Cherokee Construction   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Dodge 187 1415 running 0 17 22 05   David Sisco Sisco Racing   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 187 905 running 0 18 28 8   Ed Negre Negre Racing   (Ed Negre) '73 Dodge 186 1420 running 0 19 21 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 186 1380 running 0 20 13 78   Vic Parsons Thunder Craft Express '73 Chevrolet 185 865 running 0 21 36 84   Johnny Benson Socar Inc.   (Buster Davis) '71 Dodge 185 850 running 0 22 15 79   Frank Warren Saber Inn & Restaurant   (Frank Warren) '73 Dodge 183 1335 running 0 23 37 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 183 1320 running 0 24 33 25   Jabe Thomas McCaig Hotel   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 181 1305 running 0 25 35 03   Tommy Gale Gale Racing   (Tommy Gale) '71 Chevrolet 181 790 running 0 26 39 45   D.K. Ulrich Seifert Automotive / Noel's Auto Sales   (D.K. Ulrich) '71 Ford 181 775 running 0 27 40 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 177 1265 running 0 28 34 20   Rick Newsom Holbrook Waterproofing   (Rick Newsom) '71 Ford 172 755 running 0 29 20 10   Bill Champion Champion Racing   (Bill Champion) '71 Mercury 167 1245 spindle 0 30 17 30   Walter Ballard HeKimian Foreign Cars   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 163 1235 running 0 31 31 0   Eddie Bond Bond Racing   (Eddie Bond) '73 Dodge 154 720 running 0 32 29 38   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Vita Fresh Orange Juice   (Gordon Van Liew) '72 Chevrolet 140 715 engine 0 33 12 52   Earl Ross Red Cap Ale   (Allan Brooke) '72 Chevrolet 134 710 rear end 0 34 38 19   Henley Gray Warren Lindsey   (Henley Gray) '71 Mercury 115 705 engine 0 35 7 18   Joe Frasson Frasson Cement   (Joe Frasson) '73 Dodge 101 700 engine 0 36 16 2   Dave Marcis Dave Marcis '71 Dodge 96 1195 engine 0 37 14 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '73 Chevrolet 95 690 engine 0 38 32 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '71 Dodge 60 685 engine 0 39 24 47   Raymond Williams Jug   (Raymond Williams) '72 Ford 39 680 engine 0 40 23 44   Richard D. Brown Jerry Brown '72 Chevrolet 3 675 oil leak 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Baker 1 3 3   Richard Petty 4 5 2   Buddy Baker 6 8 3   David Pearson 9 11 3   Buddy Baker 12 20 9   Bobby Allison 21 22 2   Buddy Baker 23 25 3   Bobby Allison 26 26 1   Buddy Baker 27 36 10   Bobby Allison 37 37 1   Buddy Baker 38 40 3   Bobby Allison 41 42 2   Richard Petty 43 43 1   Cale Yarborough 44 45 2   David Pearson 46 56 11   Buddy Baker 57 85 29   David Pearson 86 89 4   Richard Petty 90 91 2   Cale Yarborough 92 92 1   David Pearson 93 95 3   Buddy Baker 96 110 15   David Pearson 111 111 1   Buddy Baker 112 131 20   David Pearson 132 153 22   Buddy Baker 154 177 24   David Pearson 178 200 23