1973 Capital City 500

Race 23 of 28

Richmond
500 laps
Time of race: 4:13:17
Average speed of winner: 63.215 mph
Margin of victory: 2 laps
Lead changes: 6 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 123 laps
Lap leaders: Allison 1-50, Petty 51-63, Allison 64-65, Yarborough 66-82, Petty 83-178, Allison 179-180, Petty 181-500

Race notes: Debut for Baxter Price.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Richard Petty	43	STP	'73 Dodge	Petty	Inman		500	3	429	running	6775	0
2	3	Cale Yarborough	11	Kar-Kare	'73 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab		498	1	17	running	4425	0
3	1	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'73 Chevrolet	Allison		90.245	497	3	54	running	4150	0
4	7	Benny Parsons	72		'73 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		492	0	0	running	1750	0
5	20	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Dodge	Arrington			482	0	0	running	1580	0
6	6	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			477	0	0	running	1250	0
7	11	Cecil Gordon	24		'72 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			477	0	0	running	1210	0
8	14	James Hylton	48		'71 Mercury	Hylton			476	0	0	running	1300	0
9	16	Henley Gray	19		'71 Mercury	Henley Gray			473	0	0	running	1225	0
10	26	Raymond Williams	47		'72 Ford	Raymond Williams			461	0	0	running	975	0
11	21	Charlie Roberts	77		'71 Ford	Charlie Roberts			461	0	0	running	875	0
12	24	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			459	0	0	running	865	0
13	28	Rick Newsom	20		'71 Ford	Newsom			457	0	0	running	505	0
14	31	Frank Warren	79		'73 Dodge	Frank Warren			452	0	0	running	835	0
15	23	Elmo Langley	64		'72 Ford	Langley			411	0	0	engine	825	0
16	9	David Sisco	05		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie McGee			383	0	0	accident	1025	0
17	4	Buddy Baker	71	K&K Insurance	'73 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		348	0	0	running	2070	0
18	32	Jabe Thomas	25		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			347	0	0	accident	790	0
19	30	Mel Larson	73		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			305	0	0	engine	535	0
20	18	John Sears	4		'72 Dodge	J. Marvin Mills			203	0	0	heating	675	0
21	25	Ed Negre	8		'73 Dodge	Negre			175	0	0	engine	750	0
22	33	Earl Brooks	26		'71 Ford	Earl Brooks			114	0	0	head gasket	490	0
23	29	Ronnie Daniel	85		'72 Chevrolet	Ronnie Daniel			66	0	0	transmission	480	0
24	22	Dick May	29		'71 Mercury	Hollar			33	0	0	rear end	470	0
25	27	D.K. Ulrich	40		'71 Ford	Ulrich			13	0	0	engine	460	0
26	2	Darrell Waltrip	15		'73 Ford	Moore	Moore		4	0	0	accident	1995	0
27	10	Dick Brooks	90		'71 Mercury	Donlavey			4	0	0	accident	620	0
28	12	Lennie Pond	54		'73 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			4	0	0	accident	440	0
29	13	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			4	0	0	accident	665	0
30	19	Bill Champion	10		'71 Ford	Bill Champion			4	0	0	accident	770	0
31	8	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Mercury	Dean Dalton			4	0	0	accident	885	0
32	15	Vic Parsons	45		'71 Ford	Seifert			4	0	0	accident	530	0
33	17	Richard D. Brown	44		'71 Chevrolet	Jerry Brown			4	0	0	accident	500	0
34	34	Baxter Price	33		'72 Chevrolet	Baxter Price			3	0	0	accident	325	0