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1973 Rebel 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 8 of 28
Sunday, April 15, 1973 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles)

Time of race: 4:04:14
Average speed: 122.655 mph
Pole speed: 153.463 mph

Cautions: 11 for 71 laps
Margin of victory: 13 laps +
Attendance: 48000
Lead changes: 21

Glossary 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1973 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator Special (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	367	16335	running	246
2	6	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt)	'72 Chevrolet	354	8885	running	12
3	3	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'73 Chevrolet	349	7585	engine	96
4	21	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	'73 Chevrolet	346	4035	running	0
5	26	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	'72 Chevrolet	344	3685	running	0
6	10	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	'71 Mercury	341	2580	running	0
7	8	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'73 Dodge	340	4380	crash	4
8	5	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'73 Dodge	332	3780	running	0
9	19	25	Roy Mayne	Clyde Lynn Inc. (Don Robertson)	'73 Dodge	331	2180	running	0
10	33	47	Raymond Williams	Jet Way Wax (Raymond Williams)	'72 Ford	330	2080	running	0
11	25	98	Dick Brooks	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	'71 Ford	328	1555	crash	0
12	22	01	Earle Canavan	Kosin's Auto Parts (Earle Canavan)	'72 Plymouth	326	1380	running	0
13	16	67	Buddy Arrington	KFC Bacon Center Fries Special (Buddy Arrington)	'72 Dodge	324	1280	crash	0
14	39	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing (Wendell Scott)	'71 Ford	319	1180	running	0
15	28	49	G.C. Spencer	Sheffield Auto Mart (G.C. Spencer)	'72 Dodge	317	1130	crash	0
16	30	19	Jabe Thomas	Gray Racing (Henley Gray)	'71 Mercury	315	1605	running	0
17	17	90	Richie Panch	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	'71 Mercury	309	1530	running	0
18	38	89	Johnny Barnes	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'71 Mercury	291	1005	running	0
19	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare (Richard Howard)	'73 Chevrolet	275	3080	engine	0
20	31	8	Ed Negre	Clyde Lynn's Inc. (Clyde Lynn)	'71 Mercury	256	1455	oil line	0
21	7	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	'72 Chevrolet	251	1425	engine	0
22	35	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'71 Dodge	250	1400	engine	0
23	11	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'71 Mercury	250	1325	running	0
24	13	95	Darrell Waltrip	Terminal Transport (Darrell Waltrip)	'71 Mercury	199	925	engine	9
25	27	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	178	1275	engine	0
26	34	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King Ford (Charlie Roberts)	'71 Ford	170	1265	engine	0
27	20	83	Paul Tyler	Smithville Farms (Norris Reed)	'71 Mercury	159	755	overheating	0
28	23	45	Vic Parsons	Seifert Rent-A-Racer (Bill Seifert)	'71 Ford	150	745	overheating	0
29	29	79	David Ray Boggs	Winston 500 (Frank Warren)	'73 Dodge	116	1235	engine	0
30	18	61	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing (Don Bierschwale)	'73 Chevrolet	95	725	engine	0
31	9	28	Charlie Glotzbach	Ellington Racing (Hoss Ellington)	'72 Chevrolet	86	625	engine	0
32	40	84	Frank Warren	Davis Racing (Buster Davis)	'71 Dodge	78	680	brakes	0
33	4	15	Bobby Isaac	Sta-Power Industries (Bud Moore)	'72 Ford	77	2670	engine	0
34	12	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Cement (Joe Frasson)	'73 Dodge	67	660	engine	0
35	32	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	'72 Ford	54	1150	oil pan	0
36	14	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder)	'73 Chevrolet	39	690	crash	0
37	24	92	Larry Smith	Carling Black Label (Harley Smith)	'71 Mercury	23	630	overheating	0
38	36	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing (Earl Brooks)	'71 Ford	20	620	oil leak	0
39	37	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing (Bill Champion)	'71 Mercury	18	1110	engine	0
40	15	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Racing (Dave Marcis)	'71 Dodge	2	625	crash	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Ken Meisenhelder	88			Ford

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	10	10
Bobby Allison	11	48	38
Benny Parsons	49	49	1
Darrell Waltrip	50	50	1
Bobby Allison	51	69	19
Darrell Waltrip	70	71	2
David Pearson	72	78	7
Benny Parsons	79	89	11
David Pearson	90	92	3
Darrell Waltrip	93	98	6
David Pearson	99	105	7
Bobby Allison	106	127	22
David Pearson	128	158	31
Richard Petty	159	161	3
David Pearson	162	165	4
Bobby Allison	166	170	5
Richard Petty	171	171	1
David Pearson	172	178	7
Bobby Allison	179	188	10
David Pearson	189	189	1
Bobby Allison	190	191	2
David Pearson	192	367	176