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1973 Sunoco 260 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Grand National East Series race number 10 of 15 Saturday, August 4, 1973 at Hickory Speedway, Hickory, NC 260 laps on a 0.363 mile paved track (94.380 miles) Time of race: 1:20:47 Average speed: 70.099 mph Pole speed: 79.878 mph Cautions: 2 for 16 laps Margin of victory: n/a 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) '72 Dodge 260 1050 running 232 2 8 11   Cale Yarborough Kar Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 260 650 running 23 3 6 90   Harry Gant Junie Donlavey '71 Mercury 258 400 running 0 4 7 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Edmund Allison) '73 Chevrolet 258 350 running 5 5 12 51   Dean Dalton William Strong '70 Chevrolet 255 325 running 0 6 9 72   Benny Parsons L.G. DeWitt '72 Chevrolet 252 300 running 0 7 11 97   Wayne Andrews Pipeline Special   (Jack St. Clair) '70 Ford 252 275 running 0 8 13 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '73 Ford 252 270 running 0 9 10 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '72 Chevrolet 252 265 running 0 10 5 06   Neil Castles Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '73 Dodge 251 460 running 0 11 18 54   Bobby Fleming Bobby Fleming '73 Chevrolet 241 255 running 0 12 17 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '71 Ford 239 250 running 0 13 21 40   D.K. Ulrich D.K. Ulrich '71 Ford 237 245 running 0 14 22 45   Vic Parsons Bill Seifert '71 Mercury 223 240 running 0 15 3 93   Tiny Lund Roger Byers   (Tiny Lund) '73 Chevrolet 200 235 engine 0 16 23 17   Ernie Shaw Ernie Shaw '70 Ford 164 230 running 0 17 4 15   Bobby Isaac Sta-Power   (Bud Moore) '73 Ford 131 225 crash 0 18 2 44   Richard D. Brown Jerry Brown '71 Chevrolet 110 220 drive shaft 0 19 14 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '72 Pontiac 76 215 engine 0 20 19 22   Travis Carter L.G. DeWitt '71 Mercury 70 210 oil leak 0 21 15 20   Rick Newsom Rick Newsom '71 Ford 18 205 oil leak 0 22 20 33   Baxter Price Baxter Price '72 Chevrolet 10 200 overheating 0 23 16 30   Walter Ballard Vic Ballard '71 Mercury 1 200 oil pressure 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 83 83     84 94 11   #15,87 accident turn 1   95 243 149     244 248 5   #71 spun turn 4   249 260 12       Percent of race run under caution: 6.2%             Average green flag run: 81.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Baker 1 116 116   Bobby Allison 117 121 5   Buddy Baker 122 224 103   Cale Yarborough 225 247 23   Buddy Baker 248 260 13