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1973 Winston Western 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 28 Sunday, January 21, 1973 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 191 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (500.420 miles) Time of race: 4:48:33 Average speed: 104.055 mph Pole speed: 110.856 mph Cautions: 3 for 10 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 51000 Lead changes: 10 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 38 23 1   Clem Proctor Proctor Racing   (Carl Dane) '72 Ford 5 1015 oil pressure 0 40 29 2   Dave Marcis Marcis Racing   (Dave Marcis) '70 Dodge 1 1015 engine 0 17 14 02   Dick Bown Ober Logging   (Mike Ober) '73 Dodge 146 1145 rear end 0 29 25 03   Chuck Bown Rose Auto Wrecking   (Dick Bown) '72 Dodge 59 1030 clutch 0 26 17 3   John Soares, Jr. Maverick Restaurant   (J.A. Delvecchio) '72 Dodge 66 1060 transmission 0 23 3 04   Hershel McGriff The Cousins   (Beryl Jackson) '72 Plymouth 84 1340 valve 0 6 20 7   Jack McCoy Noble Auto Parts   (Ernie Conn) '72 Dodge 182 2020 running 0 13 30 9   Carl Adams Marck Motors   (Richard Mummert) '71 Ford 170 1245 running 0 16 28 10   Bill Champion Champion Racing   (Bill Champion) '71 Ford 158 1670 running 0 24 8 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '72 Chevrolet 83 3080 transmission 0 2 2 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 190 10770 running 14 27 6 15   Bobby Isaac Sta-Power Industries   (Bud Moore) '72 Ford 61 3050 engine 0 1 4 16   Mark Donohue AMC   (Roger Penske) '73 Matador 191 15170 running 138 10 22 19   Henley Gray Gray Racing   (Henley Gray) '71 Mercury 174 1920 running 0 22 1 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 91 2600 clutch 0 8 24 24   Richard White White Racing   (Dean Barnicle) '71 Ford 181 1620 running 0 20 12 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '73 Chevrolet 103 1620 transmission 0 33 33 26   Carl Joiner Joiner Racing   (Dean Thorne) '72 Chevrolet 46 1015 driveshaft 0 19 34 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '72 Plymouth 107 1630 ignition 0 31 37 33   Glenn Francis Stock Car Specialties   (Trent Francis) '72 Chevrolet 55 1015 oil system 0 5 18 38   Jimmy Insolo Martin's Union 76   (Roger Paquette) '72 Chevrolet 184 3070 running 0 4 7 41   Bobby Unser Pepsi-Cola   (Holman-Moody Racing) '72 Ford 186 4520 running 0 21 5 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 95 3710 engine 39 30 39 46   John Hren San Bernardino Engine Rebuilders   (Roger Bracken) '72 Chevrolet 58 1020 fire 0 12 13 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 172 1770 running 0 18 27 60   Jim Whitt Barnicle Oil   (Jim Whitt) '72 Chevrolet 113 1140 engine 0 7 19 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '71 Ford 181 2270 running 0 25 15 68   Sonny Easley Cal Coast Trucking   (Jerry Lankford) '72 Ford 69 1070 rear end 0 15 16 69   Gerald Thompson Adams Racing   (Herb Adams) '73 Pontiac 162 1195 running 0 32 26 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '71 Chevrolet 48 1515 valve 0 35 9 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '72 Dodge 24 3015 timing chain 0 14 10 72   Benny Parsons DeWitt Racing   (L.G. DeWitt) '72 Chevrolet 169 1720 suspension 0 11 40 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 173 1820 running 0 36 36 78   Hugh Pearson Pearson Apts.   (Hugh Pearson) '72 Chevrolet 11 1015 engine 0 39 31 79   Jerry Grant Laski Racing '72 Chevrolet 4 1015 engine 0 9 38 84   J.C. Danielsen J.L. Body Shop / Danielson Racing   (Louis Nissen) '71 Mercury 176 1520 running 0 28 35 91   Johnny Anderson Connor Muffler   (Don Nuzum) '72 Chevrolet 61 1040 ignition 0 37 32 95   Bob Kauf Wrought Iron   (Paul Stockwell) '72 Chevrolet 9 1015 ignition 0 3 11 96   Ray Elder Olympia Beer   (Fred Elder) '72 Dodge 189 6120 running 0 34 21 97   Harry Jefferson Nall Precision Engineering   (George Jefferson) '71 Ford 37 1015 oil leak 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car John Hren Roger Bracken Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 5 5     6 9 4   #79 engine   10 132 123     133 135 3   #30 stalled on track   136 158 23     159 161 3   oil on track   162 191 30       Percent of race run under caution: 5.2%             Average green flag run: 45.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 10 10   Mark Donohue 11 31 21   Richard Petty 32 35 4   Mark Donohue 36 52 17   Richard Petty 53 55 3   Mark Donohue 56 62 7   Richard Petty 63 94 32   Mark Donohue 95 112 18   Bobby Allison 113 116 4   Mark Donohue 117 191 75