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1973 Winston 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Winston Cup race number 10 of 28 Sunday, May 6, 1973 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:47:23 Average speed: 131.956 mph Pole speed: 193.435 mph Cautions: 4 for 54 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 77000 Lead changes: 13 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 188 26345 running 111 2 17 08   Donnie Allison DiGard Racing   (DiGard Racing) '72 Chevrolet 187 11445 running 0 3 20 72   Benny Parsons DeWitt Racing   (L.G. DeWitt) '72 Chevrolet 187 8935 running 10 4 12 61   Clarence Lovell B & B Racing   (Don Bierschwale) '73 Chevrolet 185 5870 running 0 5 19 24   Cecil Gordon R.W. Hill & Sons   (Cecil Gordon) '73 Chevrolet 184 4495 running 2 6 18 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 183 2845 running 6 7 52 5   Dick Simon TraveLodge   (Doc Faustina) '73 Dodge 182 2805 running 0 8 16 31   Jim Vandiver Moss Thornton   (O.L. Nixon) '72 Dodge 182 2255 running 0 9 33 45   Vic Parsons Seifert Rent-A-Racer   (Bill Seifert) '71 Mercury 180 2055 crash 0 10 30 09   Charles Barrett Dahlonega Ford Sales   (George Elliott) '71 Ford 180 2205 running 9 11 29 8   Ed Negre Negre Racing   (Ed Negre) '73 Dodge 176 2380 running 0 12 24 0   Eddie Bond Bond Racing   (Eddie Bond) '73 Dodge 175 1855 running 0 13 38 03   Tommy Gale McCaig Motel   (Tommy Gale) '71 Mercury 172 1730 running 0 14 46 52   Earl Ross Red Cap Ale   (Allan Brooke) '72 Chevrolet 167 1910 ignition 0 15 51 25   Jabe Thomas Robertson Racing   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 167 2180 running 0 16 41 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 163 2155 running 0 17 49 2   Dave Marcis Attalla Speedway   (Dave Marcis) '71 Dodge 152 1745 running 0 18 31 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 147 2640 oil pan 6 19 37 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 142 2180 running 0 20 47 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '71 Dodge 141 2220 running 0 21 56 35   Dick May HeKimian Foreign Cars   (Walter Ballard) '71 Mercury 139 1530 engine 0 22 25 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 109 1605 engine 0 23 48 22   Dick Brooks Crawford Racing   (Crawford Brothers) '72 Plymouth 107 1805 rear end 5 24 32 79   Frank Warren Winston 500   (Frank Warren) '73 Dodge 107 2130 engine 0 25 14 83   Paul Tyler Smithville Farms   (Norris Reed) '71 Mercury 90 1530 engine 0 26 7 15   Bobby Isaac Sta-Power Industries   (Bud Moore) '73 Ford 89 3855 engine 3 27 39 89   Johnny Barnes Hopper-Crews   (J.C. Crews) '71 Mercury 89 1380 engine 0 28 44 47   Raymond Williams Jet Way Wax   (Raymond Williams) '72 Ford 84 1855 engine 0 29 43 98   Mel Larson L.C. Newton   (Mel Larson) '72 Chevrolet 84 1330 overheating 0 30 40 38   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Vita Fresh Orange Juice   (Gordon Van Liew) '73 Chevrolet 79 1305 windshield 0 31 8 95   Darrell Waltrip Terminal Transport   (Darrell Waltrip) '71 Mercury 77 2730 oil leak 26 32 15 97   Red Farmer Long-Lewis   (Willie Humphries) '72 Ford 76 1355 engine 0 33 42 40   D.K. Ulrich Noel's Auto Sales   (D.K. Ulrich) '71 Ford 73 1230 engine 0 34 50 19   Henley Gray Gray Racing   (Henley Gray) '72 Mercury 68 1705 clutch 0 35 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 51 3880 crash 0 36 27 05   David Sisco Sisco Racing   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 49 1255 engine 0 37 26 10   Bill Champion Champion Racing   (Bill Champion) '71 Mercury 32 1730 engine 0 38 6 28   Gordon Johncock Ellington Racing   (Hoss Ellington) '73 Chevrolet 23 1105 crash 0 39 54 3   Alton Jones Crimson Dale Nursery   (Butch Hawkersmith) '73 Chevrolet 14 1080 no tires 0 40 1 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '73 Dodge 10 4355 crash 10 41 4 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 10 3130 crash 0 42 5 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 10 3055 crash 0 43 9 18   Joe Frasson Frasson Cement   (Joe Frasson) '73 Dodge 10 1125 crash 0 44 13 90   Ramo Stott Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '72 Mercury 9 1555 engine 0 45 34 48   James Hylton Pugmire Lincoln-Mercury   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 9 1555 crash 0 46 23 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '73 Chevrolet 9 1005 crash 0 47 11 75   Slick Gardner Gardner Racing   (Slick Gardner) '71 Mercury 9 990 crash 0 48 35 30   Walter Ballard HeKimian Foreign Cars   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 9 1455 crash 0 49 21 67   Buddy Arrington Kentucky Fried Chicken   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Plymouth 9 930 crash 0 50 22 88   Ron Keselowski Lubinski Racing   (Roger Lubinski) '72 Dodge 9 905 crash 0 51 10 82   Bill Ward Bama Auto Sales   (Mike Bennett) '72 Chevrolet 9 710 crash 0 52 53 76   Ben Arnold Arnold Racing   (Ben Arnold) '71 Mercury 9 580 crash 0 53 59 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 9 1070 crash 0 54 60 53   Bobby Mausgrover Hopper-Crews   (J.C. Crews) '72 Ford 9 560 crash 0 55 58 34   Wendell Scott Scott Racing   (Wendell Scott) '71 Mercury 8 550 crash 0 56 55 26   Earl Brooks Brooks Racing   (Earl Brooks) '71 Ford 8 540 crash 0 57 57 85   Ronnie Daniel Daniel Racing   (Ronnie Daniel) '72 Chevrolet 8 530 crash 0 58 36 92   Larry Smith Carling Black Label   (Harley Smith) '71 Mercury 8 620 crash 0 59 28 6   Eddie Yarboro Yarboro Racing   (Jon Nelson) '72 Dodge 4 610 vibration 0 60 45 44   Richard D. Brown Brown Racing   (Jerry Brown) '72 Chevrolet 1 500 windshield 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 61 Neil Bonnett 1 Nord Krauskopf Dodge 62 John Utsman 49 G.C. Spencer Dodge 63 Bob Davis 84 Buster Davis Dodge Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 9 9     10 48 39   #2,11,12,18,26,30,34,43,48,53,54,67,71,75,76,77,82,85,88,90,92 accident backstretch   49 79 31     80 89 10   #40 engine   90 160 71     161 168 8   #35 engine   169 185 17     186 188 3   #45 accident     Percent of race run under caution: 31.9%             Average green flag run: 32.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Baker 1 10 10   David Pearson 11 25 15   Charles Barrett 26 34 9   J.D. McDuffie 35 40 6   Coo Coo Marlin 41 46 6   Cecil Gordon 47 48 2   Darrell Waltrip 49 50 2   Bobby Isaac 51 53 3   Darrell Waltrip 54 77 24   Benny Parsons 78 81 4   Dick Brooks 82 86 5   David Pearson 87 112 26   Benny Parsons 113 118 6   David Pearson 119 188 70