1973 Winston 500

Race 10 of 28

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:47:23
Average speed of winner: 131.956 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 13 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 54 laps
Lap leaders: Baker 1-10, Pearson 11-25, Barrett 26-34, McDuffie 35-40, Marlin 41-46, Gordon 47-48, Waltrip 49-50, Isaac 51-53, Waltrip 54-77, Parsons 78-81, D. Brooks 82-86, Pearson 87-112, Parsons 113-118, Pearson 119-188

Race notes: Debut for Dick Simon. Finale for Ben Arnold, Clarence Lovell, and Eddie Yarboro. Only start for Slick Gardner. Benny Parsons took the points lead from James Hylton.

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Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'71 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		188	3	111	running	26345	0
2	17	Donnie Allison	08		'72 Chevrolet	DiGard			187	0	0	running	11445	0
3	20	Benny Parsons	72		'72 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		187	2	10	running	8935	0
4	12	Clarence Lovell	61		'73 Chevrolet	Bierschwale			185	0	0	running	5870	0
5	19	Cecil Gordon	24		'73 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			184	1	2	running	4495	0
6	18	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'72 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			183	1	6	running	2845	0
7	52	Dick Simon	5		'73 Dodge	Faustina			182	0	0	running	2805	0
8	16	Jim Vandiver	31		'72 Dodge	O.L. Nixon			182	0	0	running	2255	0
9	33	Vic Parsons	45		'71 Mercury	Seifert			180	0	0	accident	2055	0
10	30	Charles Barrett	09		'71 Ford	George Elliott			180	1	9	running	2205	0
11	29	Ed Negre	8		'73 Dodge	Negre			176	0	0	running	2380	0
12	24	Eddie Bond	0		'73 Dodge	Eddie Bond			175	0	0	running	1855	0
13	38	Tommy Gale	03		'71 Mercury	Gale			172	0	0	running	1730	0
14	46	Earl Ross	52	Canadian Breweries	'72 Chevrolet	Al Brooke			167	0	0	ignition	1910	0
15	51	Jabe Thomas	25		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			167	0	0	running	2180	0
16	41	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Mercury	Dean Dalton			163	0	0	running	2155	0
17	49	Dave Marcis	2		'71 Dodge	Marcis			152	0	0	running	1755	0
18	31	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			147	1	6	oil pan	2640	0
19	37	Elmo Langley	64		'72 Ford	Langley			142	0	0	running	2180	0
20	47	John Sears	4		'71 Dodge	J. Marvin Mills			141	0	0	running	2220	0
21	56	Dick May	35		'71 Mercury	Katy Ballard			139	0	0	engine	1530	0
22	25	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			109	0	0	engine	1605	0
23	48	Dick Brooks	22		'72 Plymouth	Jimmy Crawford			107	1	5	rear end	1805	0
24	32	Frank Warren	79		'73 Dodge	Frank Warren			107	0	0	engine	2130	0
25	14	Paul Tyler	83		'71 Mercury	Norris Reed			90	0	0	engine	1530	0
26	7	Bobby Isaac	15		'73 Ford	Moore	Moore		89	1	3	engine	3855	0
27	39	Johnny Barnes	89		'71 Mercury	Hopper-Crews			89	0	0	engine	1380	0
28	44	Raymond Williams	47		'72 Ford	Raymond Williams			84	0	0	engine	1855	0
29	43	Mel Larson	98		'72 Chevrolet				84	0	0	heating	1330	0
30	40	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	38		'73 Chevrolet	Van Liew			79	0	0	windshield	1305	0
31	8	Darrell Waltrip	95	Terminal Transport	'71 Mercury	Waltrip			77	2	26	oil leak	2730	0
32	15	Red Farmer	97		'72 Ford	Humphries			76	0	0	engine	1355	0
33	42	D.K. Ulrich	40		'71 Ford	Ulrich			73	0	0	engine	1230	0
34	50	Henley Gray	19		'72 Mercury	Henley Gray			68	0	0	clutch	1705	0
35	3	Richard Petty	43	STP	'73 Dodge	Petty	Inman		51	0	0	accident	3880	0
36	27	David Sisco	05		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie McGee			49	0	0	engine	1255	0
37	26	Bill Champion	10		'71 Mercury	Bill Champion			32	0	0	engine	1730	0
38	6	Gordon Johncock	28		'73 Chevrolet	Ellington			23	0	0	accident	1105	0
39	54	Alton Jones	3		'73 Chevrolet	Hawkersmith			14	0	0	no tires	1080	0
40	1	Buddy Baker	71	K&K Insurance	'73 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde	193.435	10	1	10	accident	4355	0
41	4	Cale Yarborough	11	Kar-Kare	'73 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab		10	0	0	accident	3130	0
42	5	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'73 Chevrolet	Allison			10	0	0	accident	3055	0
43	9	Joe Frasson	18		'73 Dodge	Frasson			10	0	0	accident	1125	0
44	13	Ramo Stott	90		'72 Mercury	Donlavey			9	0	0	engine	1555	0
45	34	James Hylton	48		'71 Mercury	Hylton			9	0	0	accident	1555	0
46	23	Lennie Pond	54		'73 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			9	0	0	accident	1005	0
47	11	Slick Gardner	75		'71 Mercury	Slick Gardner			9	0	0	accident	990	0
48	35	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			9	0	0	accident	1455	0
49	21	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Plymouth	Arrington			9	0	0	accident	930	0
50	22	Ron Keselowski	88		'72 Dodge	Lubinski			9	0	0	accident	905	0
51	10	Bill Ward	82		'72 Chevrolet	Mike Bennett			9	0	0	accident	710	0
52	53	Ben Arnold	76		'71 Mercury	Ben Arnold			9	0	0	accident	580	0
53	59	Charlie Roberts	77		'71 Ford	Charlie Roberts			9	0	0	accident	1070	0
54	60	Bobby Mausgrover	53		'72 Ford	Hopper-Crews			9	0	0	accident	560	0
55	58	Wendell Scott	71		'71 Mercury	Wendell Scott			8	0	0	accident	550	0
56	56	Earl Brooks	26		'71 Ford	Earl Brooks			8	0	0	accident	540	0
57	57	Ronnie Daniel	85		'72 Chevrolet	Ronnie Daniel			8	0	0	accident	530	0
58	36	Larry Smith	92		'71 Mercury	Harley Smith			8	0	0	accident	620	0
59	28	Eddie Yarboro	6		'72 Dodge				4	0	0	vibration	610	0
60	45	Richard D. Brown	44		'72 Chevrolet	Jerry Brown			1	0	0	windshield	500	0