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1973 World 600 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 12 of 28 Sunday, May 27, 1973 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 400 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.000 miles) Time of race: 4:26:53 Average speed: 134.89 mph Pole speed: 158.051 mph Cautions: 6 for 48 laps Margin of victory: 1.8 sec Attendance: 85000 Lead changes: 23 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '73 Dodge 400 27200 running 220 2 2 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 400 14850 running 29 3 4 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 399 11700 running 15 4 15 15   Bobby Isaac Sta-Power Industries   (Bud Moore) '73 Ford 397 10200 running 0 5 8 72   Benny Parsons Union 76 Racing Oil   (L.G. DeWitt) '73 Chevrolet 393 6715 running 1 6 16 31   Jim Vandiver Bradford Enterprises   (O.L. Nixon) '72 Dodge 392 4825 running 0 7 13 95   Darrell Waltrip Kmart / Terminal Transport   (Darrell Waltrip) '71 Mercury 391 3650 running 0 8 6 24   Cecil Gordon Panasonic   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 384 3875 running 0 9 26 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '73 Ford 378 4000 engine 0 10 32 05   David Sisco Sisco Racing   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 378 3075 running 0 11 28 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 373 3550 engine 0 12 25 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 373 3425 running 0 13 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 370 6600 running 134 14 34 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 368 2825 running 0 15 21 92   Larry Smith Carling Black Label   (Harley Smith) '71 Mercury 368 2325 running 0 16 30 10   Bill Champion Earl Powell Auto Parts   (Bill Champion) '71 Ford 366 2235 running 0 17 40 47   Raymond Williams Jet Way Wax   (Raymond Williams) '72 Ford 366 2225 running 0 18 10 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 354 2375 running 0 19 31 4   Ed Negre Mills Air Conditioning   (J. Marvin Mills) '71 Dodge 354 2070 running 0 20 19 5   Charlie Blanton TravelLodge Motels   (Doc Faustina) '73 Dodge 351 1825 engine 0 21 20 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 350 2225 running 0 22 23 1   Billy Scott Big Chance Special / Ranger Motor Homes   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 340 1850 running 0 23 35 79   Frank Warren Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) '73 Dodge 287 2225 engine 0 24 5 28   Charlie Glotzbach Lemon Tree Inn   (Hoss Ellington) '73 Chevrolet 281 1325 engine 0 25 9 18   Joe Frasson Pizza Hut   (Joe Frasson) '73 Dodge 278 1680 engine 1 26 39 45   Vic Parsons Seifert Rent-A-Racer   (Bill Seifert) '71 Ford 241 1050 crash 0 27 22 09   Charles Barrett Dahlonega Ford Sales   (George Elliott) '71 Ford 241 1325 overheating 0 28 12 2   Dave Marcis AMC   (Roger Penske) '73 Matador 204 1800 engine 0 29 17 49   G.C. Spencer Spencer Racing   (G.C. Spencer) '72 Dodge 163 1450 steering 0 30 37 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 145 1775 driveshaft 0 31 27 25   Jabe Thomas Robertson Racing   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 117 1675 oil leak 0 32 24 67   Buddy Arrington Cherokee Construction   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Plymouth 100 1625 transmission 0 33 14 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 71 900 engine 0 34 38 06   Neil Castles Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '73 Dodge 64 1700 rear end 0 35 18 83   Paul Tyler Smithville Farms   (Norris Reed) '71 Mercury 52 1175 alternator 0 36 29 55   Tiny Lund Price Construction   (Carl Price) '72 Chevrolet 50 1025 engine 0 37 7 6   Peter Gregg Jacksonville Dealers / Owens Racing   (Cotton Owens) '72 Dodge 34 775 crash 0 38 11 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '73 Chevrolet 14 1015 engine 0 39 36 44   Richard D. Brown Brown Racing   (Jerry Brown) '72 Chevrolet 4 800 transmission 0 40 33 3   Alton Jones Crimson Dale Nursery   (Butch Hawkersmith) '73 Chevrolet 2 775 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 41 Ed Negre 08 Negre Racing Clyde Lynn Mercury 42 David Ray Boggs 8 Negre Racing Ed Negre Dodge Rick Newsom 20 Holbrook Waterproofing Rick Newsom Ford Charlie Roberts 77 Sunny King Charlie Roberts Ford WD Ed Sczech 61 B & B Racing Don Bierschwale Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 36 36     37 44 8   #6 accident turn 2   45 236 192     237 239 3   #71 spun turn 3   240 240 1     241 256 16   rain   257 257 1     258 268 11   #45 accident turn 4   269 271 3     272 278 7   #43,92 accident turn 3   279 377 99     378 380 3   debris turn 3   381 400 20       Percent of race run under caution: 12.0%             Average green flag run: 50.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Baker 1 3 3   Cale Yarborough 4 4 1   Richard Petty 5 7 3   Cale Yarborough 8 16 9   Richard Petty 17 37 21   Benny Parsons 38 38 1   Buddy Baker 39 39 1   Joe Frasson 40 40 1   Richard Petty 41 96 56   Buddy Baker 97 99 3   Cale Yarborough 100 100 1   Richard Petty 101 140 40   Buddy Baker 141 161 21   Cale Yarborough 162 162 1   Buddy Baker 163 220 58   Cale Yarborough 221 223 3   Buddy Baker 224 234 11   David Pearson 235 256 22   Richard Petty 257 270 14   Buddy Baker 271 337 67   David Pearson 338 338 1   Buddy Baker 339 378 40   David Pearson 379 384 6   Buddy Baker 385 400 16