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1973 Qualifying Race #1     Post NASCAR Daytona Qualifier race number 1 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: 0:43:12 Average speed: 173.611 mph Pole speed: 185.662 mph Cautions: 1 for 3 laps Margin of victory: 1 cl Attendance: 50350 Lead changes: 15 Glossary    Daytona Qualifier Page

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 71   Buddy Baker K&K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '72 Dodge 50 1500 running – 2 3 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 50 1100 running – 3 6 28   Gordon Johncock Ellington Racing   (Hoss Ellington) '72 Chevrolet 50 750 running – 4 2 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 50 650 running – 5 12 6   Dick Brooks John Naughton Insurance   (Cotton Owens) '73 Dodge 50 600 running – 6 18 95   Darrell Waltrip Terminal Transport   (Darrell Waltrip) '71 Mercury 50 500 running – 7 13 72   Benny Parsons DeWitt Racing   (L.G. DeWitt) '72 Chevrolet 50 445 running – 8 4 96   Ray Elder Olympia Beer   (Fred Elder) '72 Dodge 49 435 running – 9 9 92   Larry Smith Carling Black Label   (Harley Smith) '71 Mercury 49 425 running – 10 23 55   Tiny Lund Price Construction   (Carl Price) '72 Chevrolet 48 410 running – 11 14 60   Maynard Troyer Nagle Racers   (Joe Nagle) '73 Ford 48 400 running – 12 29 97   Red Farmer Long-Lewis   (Willie Humphries) '72 Ford 48 390 running – 13 20 49   John Utsman G.C. Spencer '72 Dodge 48 380 running – 14 21 45   Vic Parsons Seifert Rent-A-Racer   (Bill Seifert) '71 Mercury 48 370 running – 15 5 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola '73 Chevrolet 48 360 running – 16 37 19   Henley Gray Gray Racing   (Henley Gray) '71 Ford 48 355 running – 17 22 35   Walter Ballard – '71 Ford 48 345 running – 18 8 79   Frank Warren Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) '73 Dodge 47 335 running – 19 26 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 47 325 running – 20 7 25   Jabe Thomas Robertson Racing   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 47 320 running – 21 27 0   Eddie Bond Bond Racing   (Tom Cullers) '73 Dodge 47 315 running – 22 15 10   Bill Champion Champion Racing   (Bill Champion) '72 Ford 47 310 running – 23 16 76   Ben Arnold Arnold Racing   (Ben Arnold) '71 Ford 46 305 running – 24 34 53   David Ray Boggs Hopper-Crews   (J.C. Crews) '72 Ford 46 300 running – 25 30 62   Tom Usry – '71 Ford 46   running – 26 10 83   Paul Tyler Smithville Farms   (Norris Reed) '71 Mercury 45   – – 27 19 88   Ron Keselowski Keselowski Racing   (Roger Lubinski) '72 Dodge 45   – – 28 32 84   Sammy Sessions – '71 Dodge 43   – – 29 35 36   H.B. Bailey Bailey Racing   (H.B. Bailey) '73 Pontiac 31   crash – 30 31 01   Earle Canavan Earle Canavan '72 Plymouth 31   – – 31 24 66   Bob Tullius Vernon Blank '72 Pontiac 22   crash – 32 11 86   Bob Greeley Beaver Bahre '72 Plymouth 22   crash – 33 17 17   Bill Dennis Emrick   (H.J. Brooking) '72 Chevrolet 16   – – 34 25 03   Tommy Gale Gale Racing   (Frank Vasko) '71 Mercury 6   – – 35 28 80   Phil Finney Finney Racing   (Wallace Finney) '72 Chevrolet 2   – –