1973 Old Dominion 500

Race 26 of 28

Martinsville
480 laps
Time of race: 3:48:51
Average speed of winner: 68.831 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 6 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 69 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-49, Petty 50, Baker 51-56, Yarborough 57-259, Petty 260-338, Yarborough 339-452, Petty 453-480

Race notes: Finale for Ronnie Daniel.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Richard Petty	43	STP	'73 Dodge	Petty	Inman		480	3	108	running	11750	0
2	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Kar-Kare	'73 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab	85.922	479	3	366	running	12500	0
3	2	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'73 Chevrolet	Allison			476	0	0	running	4500	0
4	7	Buddy Baker	71	K&K Insurance	'73 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		475	1	6	running	3500	0
5	12	Jack McCoy	7		'73 Dodge	Conn			469	0	0	running	1750	0
6	10	Benny Parsons	72		'73 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		466	0	0	running	1650	0
7	9	Cecil Gordon	24		'72 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			466	0	0	running	1550	0
8	18	James Hylton	48		'71 Mercury	Hylton			465	0	0	running	1575	0
9	8	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Dodge	Arrington			463	0	0	running	1350	0
10	16	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			463	0	0	running	1450	0
11	15	Ray Hendrick	90		'71 Mercury	Donlavey			462	0	0	running	1350	0
12	24	John Sears	4		'71 Dodge	J. Marvin Mills			462	0	0	running	800	0
13	21	Elmo Langley	64		'72 Ford	Langley			460	0	0	running	1150	0
14	22	Henley Gray	19		'71 Mercury	Henley Gray			454	0	0	running	1085	0
15	17	Frank Warren	79		'73 Dodge	Frank Warren			450	0	0	running	1040	0
16	31	Jabe Thomas	25		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			447	0	0	running	875	0
17	23	Mel Larson	73		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			446	0	0	running	600	0
18	11	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			445	0	0	running	1125	0
19	35	Earl Brooks	26		'71 Ford	Earl Brooks			443	0	0	running	550	0
20	28	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Ford T-Bird	Charlie Roberts			441	0	0	running	525	0
21	32	D.K. Ulrich	40		'71 Ford	Ulrich			437	0	0	running	500	0
22	26	Charlie Roberts	77		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie Roberts			428	0	0	running	740	0
23	13	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'72 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			423	0	0	running	705	0
24	36	Ronnie Daniel	85		'71 Chevrolet	Ronnie Daniel			409	0	0	running	470	0
25	19	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			380	0	0	running	710	0
26	30	Ed Negre	8		'73 Dodge	Negre			356	0	0	engine	700	0
27	29	Pee Wee Wentz	04		'73 Chevrolet				215	0	0	clutch	440	0
28	25	David Sisco	05		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie McGee			189	0	0	transmission	680	0
29	20	Raymond Williams	47		'72 Ford	Raymond Williams			177	0	0	accident	420	0
30	5	Lennie Pond	54		'73 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			172	0	0	drive shaft	410	0
31	3	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'71 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		128	0	0	rear end	650	0
32	34	Rick Newsom	20		'71 Ford	Newsom			120	0	0	transmission	390	0
33	27	Dave Marcis	2		'71 Dodge	Marcis			63	0	0	rear end	380	0
34	4	Donnie Allison	88		'73 Chevrolet	DiGard			54	0	0	brakes	370	0
35	14	Richard D. Brown	44		'71 Chevrolet	Jerry Brown			45	0	0	oil leak	560	0
36	33	Bill Champion	10		'71 Ford	Bill Champion			18	0	0	oil leak	600	0