1973 Mason-Dixon 500

Race 13 of 28

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:10:32
Average speed of winner: 119.745 mph
Margin of victory: 15 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 22 laps
Lap leaders: Pearson 1-14, B. Allison 15-59, Yarborough 60-96, Pearson 97-103, Baker 104-107, Pearson 108-161, B. Allison 162, Pearson 163, Yarborough 164-248, B. Allison 249-252, Baker 253-256, Pearson 257-408, Yarborough 409-411, Pearson 412-500

Race notes: Debut for Eddie Pettyjohn.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'71 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	133.111	500	6	317	running	14025	0
2	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Kar-Kare	'73 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab		500	3	125	running	10700	0
3	3	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'73 Chevrolet	Allison			497	3	50	running	6775	0
4	13	Richard Petty	43	STP	'73 Dodge	Petty	Inman		492	0	0	running	5475	0
5	6	Cecil Gordon	24		'72 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			490	0	0	running	2750	0
6	21	Benny Parsons	72		'72 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		487	0	0	running	2245	0
7	5	Buddy Baker	71	K&K Insurance	'73 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		481	2	8	running	3545	0
8	9	Dave Marcis	2		'73 Matador	Marcis			478	0	0	running	1920	0
9	25	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Mercury	Dean Dalton			473	0	0	running	1820	0
10	30	David Sisco	05		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie McGee			469	0	0	running	1270	0
11	19	Jabe Thomas	25		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			456	0	0	running	1710	0
12	11	James Hylton	48		'71 Mercury	Hylton			449	0	0	running	1660	0
13	33	Henley Gray	19		'71 Mercury	Henley Gray			449	0	0	running	1110	0
14	36	Charlie Roberts	77		'71 Ford T-Bird	Charlie Roberts			423	0	0	running	1585	0
15	35	Bill Hollar	29		'71 Mercury				419	0	0	running	1060	0
16	37	Jimmy Crawford	22		'72 Plymouth	Jimmy Crawford			415	0	0	running	1035	0
17	12	Elmo Langley	64		'72 Ford	Langley			414	0	0	running	1510	0
18	8	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			407	0	0	engine	1485	0
19	27	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			399	0	0	engine	1460	0
20	10	Lennie Pond	54		'73 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			392	0	0	engine	935	0
21	28	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Dodge	Arrington			359	0	0	rear end	1410	0
22	32	John Sears	4		'71 Dodge	J. Marvin Mills			332	0	0	rear end	885	0
23	15	Paul Tyler	83		'71 Mercury	Norris Reed			286	0	0	engine	860	0
24	39	Frank Warren	79		'73 Dodge	Frank Warren			276	0	0	engine	1335	0
25	31	Raymond Williams	47		'72 Ford	Raymond Williams			252	0	0	alternator	810	0
26	7	G.C. Spencer	49		'72 Dodge	G.C. Spencer			226	0	0	engine	785	0
27	38	D.K. Ulrich	40		'71 Ford	Ulrich			224	0	0	heating	760	0
28	16	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			217	0	0	engine	1235	0
29	4	Bobby Isaac	15		'73 Ford	Moore	Moore		202	0	0	engine	2760	0
30	18	Vic Parsons	45		'71 Ford	Seifert			153	0	0	lug bolts	685	0
31	17	Bill Champion	10		'71 Mercury	Bill Champion			122	0	0	engine	660	0
32	40	Mel Larson	98		'72 Chevrolet				108	0	0	engine	635	0
33	20	Ed Negre	8		'73 Dodge	Negre			72	0	0	engine	1101	0
34	24	Earle Canavan	01		'72 Plymouth	Canavan			62	0	0	engine	625	0
35	22	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'72 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			50	0	0	engine	645	0
36	26	Richard D. Brown	44		'72 Chevrolet	Jerry Brown			34	0	0	engine	590	0
37	23	Neil Castles	06		'73 Dodge	Castles			27	0	0	engine	585	0
38	14	Donnie Allison	88		'73 Chevrolet	DiGard			18	0	0	engine	580	0
39	34	Rick Newsom	20		'71 Ford	Newsom			14	0	0	oil leak	575	0
40	29	Eddie Pettyjohn	90		'71 Mercury	Donlavey			12	0	0	accident	570	0