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1973 Old Dominion 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 26 of 28 Sunday, September 30, 1973 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps* on a 0.525 mile paved track (262.500 miles) Time of race: 3:48:51 Average speed: 68.631 mph Pole speed: 85.922 mph Cautions: 6 for 69 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 28000 Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 6 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 480 11750 running 108 2 1 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 479 12500 running 366 3 2 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 476 4500 running 0 4 7 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '73 Dodge 475 3500 running 6 5 12 07   Jack McCoy Noble Auto Parts   (Ernie Conn) '73 Dodge 469 1750 running 0 6 10 72   Benny Parsons DeWitt Racing   (L.G. DeWitt) '73 Chevrolet 466 1650 running 0 7 9 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 466 1550 running 0 8 18 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 465 1575 running 0 9 8 67   Buddy Arrington Cherokee Construction   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Dodge 463 1350 running 0 10 16 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 463 1450 running 0 11 15 90   Ray Hendrick Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '71 Mercury 462 1350 running 0 12 24 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air   (J. Marvin Mills) '71 Dodge 462 800 running 0 13 21 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 460 1150 running 0 14 22 19   Henley Gray Gray Racing   (Henley Gray) '71 Mercury 454 1085 running 0 15 17 79   Frank Warren Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) '73 Dodge 450 1040 running 0 16 31 25   Jabe Thomas Thomas Racing   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 447 875 running 0 17 23 73   Mel Larson ThermaSol   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 446 600 running 0 18 11 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 445 1125 running 0 19 35 26   Earl Brooks Race Fans   (Earl Brooks) '71 Ford 443 550 running 0 20 28 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 441 525 running 0 21 32 40   D.K. Ulrich Noel's Auto Sales   (D.K. Ulrich) '71 Ford 437 500 running 0 22 26 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '72 Chevrolet 428 740 running 0 23 13 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 423 705 running 0 24 36 85   Ronnie Daniel Daniel Racing   (Ronnie Daniel) '71 Chevrolet 409 470 running 0 25 19 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 380 710 running 0 26 30 8   Ed Negre Negre Racing   (Ed Negre) '73 Dodge 356 700 engine 0 27 29 04   Pee Wee Wentz Wentz Racing '73 Chevrolet 215 440 clutch 0 28 25 05   David Sisco Sisco Racing   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 189 680 transmission 0 29 20 47   Raymond Williams Williams Racing   (Raymond Williams) '72 Ford 177 420 crash 0 30 5 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '73 Chevrolet 172 410 driveshaft 0 31 3 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 128 650 rear end 0 32 34 20   Rick Newsom Holbrook Waterproofing   (Rick Newsom) '71 Ford 120 390 transmission 0 33 27 2   Dave Marcis Marcis Racing   (Dave Marcis) '71 Dodge 63 380 rear end 0 34 4 88   Donnie Allison DiGard Racing   (DiGard Racing) '73 Chevrolet 54 370 brakes 0 35 14 44   Richard D. Brown Brown Racing   (Jerry Brown) '71 Chevrolet 45 560 oil leak 0 36 33 10   Bill Champion Champion Racing   (Bill Champion) '71 Ford 18 600 oil leak 0 * Race shortened to 480 laps due to rain.

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Dick May 08 Earl Brooks Ford Bill Hollar 29 Bill Hollar Mercury Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 49 49   Richard Petty 50 50 1   Buddy Baker 51 56 6   Cale Yarborough 57 259 203   Richard Petty 260 338 79   Cale Yarborough 339 452 114   Richard Petty 453 480 28