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1973 Qualifying Race #2     Post NASCAR Daytona Qualifier race number 2 Thursday, February 15, 1973 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 50 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (125.000 miles) Time of race: 0:47:43 Average speed: 157.177 mph Pole speed: 183.456 mph Cautions: 2 for 10 laps Margin of victory: 1.5 sec Attendance: 50350 Lead changes: 22 Glossary    Daytona Qualifier Page

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 23 – 89   Johnny Barnes Hopper-Crews   (J.C. Crews) '71 Mercury 46 305 running – 38 – 38   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Vita Fresh Orange Juice   (Gordon Van Liew) '72 Chevrolet 4   – – 32 – 81   Steve Arndt Jim McCommons '72 Chevrolet 21   – – 27 1 9   Pete Hamilton Housby Mack Inc.   (Housby Racing) '72 Plymouth 42   engine – 8 2 31   Jim Vandiver Nixon Racing   (O.L. Nixon) '72 Dodge 50 435 running – 1 3 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 50 1500 running – 2 4 04   Hershel McGriff The Cousins   (Beryl Jackson) '72 Plymouth 50 1100 running – 3 5 50   A.J. Foyt Purolator   (Banjo Matthews) '73 Chevrolet 50 750 running – 6 6 18   Joe Frasson Frasson Cement   (Joe Frasson) '73 Dodge 50 500 running – 30 7 2   Dave Marcis AMC   (Roger Penske) '73 Matador 26   engine – 26 8 1   Slick Gardner – '71 Mercury 43   – – 10 9 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (Joe Frasson) '71 Chevrolet 49 410 running – 24 10 61   Clarence Lovell B&B Racing   (Don Bierschwale) '72 Chevrolet 45 300 running – 4 11 15   Bobby Isaac Sta-Power Engine Conditioners   (Bud Moore) '73 Ford 50 650 running – 36 12 67   Buddy Arrington Arrington Racing   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Plymouth 12   – – 14 13 52   Earl Ross Red Cap Ale   (Allan Brooke) '73 Chevrolet 49 370 running – 7 14 90   Ramo Stott Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '71 Mercury 50 445 running – 25 15 07   Jerry Cook Miller High Life   (Gil Cramer) '72 Chevrolet 43   engine – 34 16 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 13   – – 20 17 42   Marty Robbins Marty Robbins   (Marty Robbins) '72 Dodge 48 320 running – 15 18 06   Neil Castles Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '72 Dodge 49 360 running – 17 19 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '71 Dodge 49 345 running – 37 20 59   Donnie Allison DiProspero Racing   (DiGard) '72 Chevrolet 7   engine – 12 21 30   Roy Mayne HeKimian Foreign Cars   (Vic Ballard) '72 Chevrolet 49 390 running – 18 22 47   Raymond Williams Jet Way Wax   (Raymond Williams) '72 Ford 48 335 running – 11 23 05   David Sisco McGee Racing   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 49 400 running – 5 24 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 50 600 running – 13 25 8   Ed Negre Negre Racing   (Ed Negre) '71 Mercury 49 380 running – 31 27 20   Rick Newsom Holbrook Waterproofing   (Rick Newsom) '71 Ford 24   flagged – 9 28 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 50 425 running – 35 29 69   Gerald Thompson Herb Adams '73 Pontiac 13   – – 28 30 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 42   – – 21 31 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 47 315 running – 39 32 65   Dick Poling Joe Phipps '72 Chevrolet 4   – – 29 33 87   Les Covey – '73 Chevrolet 33   – – 33 34 00   Andy Hampton – '72 Chevrolet 16   – – 22 35 44   Larry Dickson Giachetti Brothers '71 Ford 46 310 running – 19 36 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 48 325 running – 16 37 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '73 Chevrolet 49 355 running –