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1973 National 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 27 of 28
Sunday, October 7, 1973 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:26:58
Average speed: 145.24 mph
Pole speed: 158.315 mph

Cautions: 2 for 16 laps
Margin of victory: 1.4 sec
Attendance: 64000
Lead changes: 12

Glossary 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1973 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare (Richard Howard)	'73 Chevrolet	334	45425	running	257
2	4	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'73 Dodge	334	17275	running	52
3	3	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'73 Chevrolet	331	8815	running	9
4	7	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt)	'73 Chevrolet	330	4630	running	0
5	8	1	Dick Trickle	A&W Root Beer (Richard Howard)	'73 Chevrolet	327	3385	running	2
6	12	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder)	'73 Chevrolet	325	2730	running	1
7	13	67	Buddy Arrington	Cherokee Construction (Buddy Arrington)	'72 Plymouth	319	2655	running	0
8	39	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	'72 Ford	318	2510	running	0
9	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	'72 Chevrolet	315	2480	running	0
10	32	19	Henley Gray	Warren Lindsey (Henley Gray)	'71 Mercury	308	2150	running	0
11	17	90	Harry Gant	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	'72 Ford	307	2260	running	0
12	38	5	Wendell Scott	Faustina Racing / Kmart Special (Doc Faustina)	'73 Dodge	305	1800	running	0
13	10	48	James Hylton	Stott Chevrolet (James Hylton)	'73 Chevrolet	302	2325	running	0
14	25	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King (Charlie Roberts)	'72 Chevrolet	296	2300	running	0
15	30	89	Johnny Barnes	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'71 Mercury	294	1500	running	0
16	35	22	Jimmy Crawford	Black Bart (Crawford Brothers)	'72 Plymouth	294	1344	running	0
17	14	31	Jim Vandiver	Bradford Enterprises (O.L. Nixon)	'72 Dodge	291	1741	running	0
18	24	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	'73 Chevrolet	284	2194	engine	0
19	22	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	282	1807	engine	0
20	36	0	Eddie Bond	Bond Racing (Eddie Bond)	'72 Dodge	281	1641	engine	0
21	31	05	David Sisco	Sisco Racing (Charlie McGee)	'72 Chevrolet	268	1853	driveshaft	0
22	27	18	Joe Frasson	Pizza Huts of Charlotte (Joe Frasson)	'73 Dodge	264	1494	engine	0
23	20	30	Walter Ballard	Textilease (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	230	1945	engine	0
24	18	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Racing (Dave Marcis)	'73 Matador	223	1423	engine	0
25	41	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing (Don Robertson)	'73 Dodge	203	1553	running	0
26	33	10	Bill Champion	Earl Powell Auto Parts (Bill Champion)	'71 Mercury	198	1708	engine	0
27	23	44	Ed Negre	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)	'71 Chevrolet	183	1338	engine	0
28	15	02	L.D. Ottinger	Lonesome Pine Raceway (James Bryant)	'73 Chevrolet	137	1377	engine	0
29	37	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	'72 Chevrolet	113	1853	engine	0
30	40	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	'71 Mercury	90	1665	engine	0
31	26	06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture (Neil Castles)	'73 Dodge	64	1164	suspension	0
32	9	88	Donnie Allison	DiGard Racing (DiGard Racing)	'73 Chevrolet	61	866	engine	0
33	21	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing (Raymond Williams)	'72 Ford	58	1138	steering	0
34	29	32	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing (Dick Brooks)	'73 Dodge	49	1119	engine	0
35	16	79	Frank Warren	Hinson Construction (Frank Warren)	'73 Dodge	47	1607	engine	0
36	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	46	3961	crash	12
37	34	28	Charlie Glotzbach	Pylon Wiper Blades (Hoss Ellington)	'73 Chevrolet	46	926	crash	1
38	6	15	Darrell Waltrip	Sta-Power Industries (Bud Moore)	'73 Ford	46	2791	crash	0
39	19	49	G.C. Spencer	Spencer Racing (G.C. Spencer)	'72 Dodge	13	1033	engine	0
40	28	98	Wayne Andrews	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'71 Mercury	5	1005	engine	0
41	5	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'73 Dodge	228	2050	disqualified	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
DC	Richard D. Brown	44	Brown Racing	Jerry Brown	Chevrolet
WD	Paul Tyler	83		Norris Reed	Mercury

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	30	30
	31	34	4	debris
	35	46	12
	47	58	12	#15,21,28,47 accident turn 4
	59	334	276
Percent of race run under caution: 4.8% Average green flag run: 106.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	31	31
Charlie Glotzbach	32	32	1
Lennie Pond	33	33	1
David Pearson	34	45	12
Cale Yarborough	46	52	7
Dick Trickle	53	54	2
Bobby Allison	55	63	9
Cale Yarborough	64	232	169
Richard Petty	233	270	38
Cale Yarborough	271	298	28
Richard Petty	299	312	14
Cale Yarborough	313	334	22