1973 Delaware 500

Race 24 of 28

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:25:50
Average speed of winner: 112.852 mph
Margin of victory: 1.8 sec.
Lead changes: 23 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 56 laps
Lap leaders: Pearson 1-54, Petty 55-56, B. Allison 57-64, Pearson 65-79, Petty 80-92, Baker 93-110, Pearson 111-174, Parsons 175-179, Pearson 180-256, Parsons 257-258, Pearson 259-338, B. Allison 339-342, Pearson 343-349, Baker 350-351, B. Allison 352, Baker 353, B. Allison 354-377, Baker 378-408, B. Allison 409-424, Baker 425-426, B. Allison 427-450, Pearson 451-480, Baker 481-483, Pearson 484-500

Race notes: Finale for Bobby Mausgrover and Vic Parsons. Only start for Bob Davis.

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	124.649	500	8	344	running	16325	0
2	3	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'73 Chevrolet	Allison			500	6	77	running	10125	0
3	7	Buddy Baker	71	K&K Insurance	'73 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		500	6	57	running	7050	0
4	2	Benny Parsons	72		'73 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		493	2	7	running	4175	0
5	13	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			484	0	0	running	3275	0
6	11	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'72 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			481	0	0	running	2150	0
7	4	Richard Petty	43	STP	'73 Dodge	Petty	Inman		480	2	15	running	4250	0
8	17	Elmo Langley	64		'72 Ford	Langley			479	0	0	running	2250	0
9	12	Lennie Pond	54		'73 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			479	0	0	running	1775	0
10	14	Eddie Pettyjohn	90		'71 Mercury	Donlavey			479	0	0	running	1575	0
11	23	Ed Negre	8		'73 Dodge	Negre			471	0	0	running	1920	0
12	5	Donnie Allison	88		'73 Chevrolet	DiGard			468	0	0	wheel	1145	0
13	27	Mel Larson	73		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			465	0	0	running	1145	0
14	38	Jabe Thomas	25		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			462	0	0	running	1470	0
15	36	Rick Newsom	20		'71 Ford	Newsom			461	0	0	running	1035	0
16	28	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			458	0	0	running	1570	0
17	16	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			446	0	0	engine	1645	0
18	40	Bobby Mausgrover	00		'72 Chevrolet	Mausgrover			444	0	0	running	870	0
19	9	James Hylton	48		'73 Chevrolet	Hylton			443	0	0	ignition	1370	0
20	8	Darrell Waltrip	95	Terminal Transport	'73 Chevrolet	Waltrip			424	0	0	running	845	0
21	22	Henley Gray	19		'71 Mercury	Henley Gray			424	0	0	running	1520	0
22	21	Charlie Roberts	77		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie Roberts			415	0	0	running	1495	0
23	24	Raymond Williams	47		'72 Ford	Raymond Williams			400	0	0	sway bar	970	0
24	33	Earle Canavan	01		'72 Plymouth	Canavan			362	0	0	engine	870	0
25	6	Cale Yarborough	11	Kar-Kare	'73 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab		347	0	0	accident	2720	0
26	37	Jimmy Crawford	22		'72 Plymouth	Jimmy Crawford			316	0	0	valve	670	0
27	10	Cecil Gordon	24		'72 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			299	0	0	accident	1170	0
28	18	Johnny Barnes	89		'71 Mercury	Hopper-Crews			272	0	0	valve	845	0
29	31	David Sisco	05		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie McGee			252	0	0	rear end	1245	0
30	19	G.C. Spencer	49		'72 Dodge	G.C. Spencer			205	0	0	vibration	795	0
31	30	John Sears	4		'72 Dodge	J. Marvin Mills			170	0	0	oil pressure	715	0
32	26	Ron Keselowski	99	Kaye Engineering	'71 Dodge				167	0	0	heating	710	0
33	35	Earl Brooks	26		'71 Ford	Earl Brooks			152	0	0	engine	705	0
34	25	Dean Dalton	29		'71 Mercury	Hollar			138	0	0	engine	700	0
35	34	D.K. Ulrich	40		'71 Ford	Ulrich			112	0	0	engine	695	0
36	39	Vic Parsons	51		'71 Chevrolet	Strong			108	0	0	engine	540	0
37	32	Frank Warren	79		'73 Dodge	Frank Warren			80	0	0	oil pan	1185	0
38	29	Toby Tobias	83		'71 Mercury	Norris Reed			50	0	0	engine	680	0
39	15	Bill Champion	10		'71 Mercury	Bill Champion			35	0	0	valve	1275	0
40	20	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Dodge	Arrington			33	0	0	valve	1245	0