1973 Virginia 500

Race 9 of 28

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:44:26
Average speed of winner: 70.251 mph
Margin of victory: 12 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 49 laps
Lap leaders: Pearson 1-61, Yarborough 62-198, Baker 199-200, Pearson 201, Baker 202-207, Pearson 208-219, Yarborough 220-250, Pearson 251, Yarborough 252-394, Pearson 395-435, Yarborough 436, Pearson 437-500

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	86.369	500	6	180	running	11250	0
2	6	Cale Yarborough	11	Kar-Kare	'73 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab		500	4	312	running	11500	0
3	8	Bobby Isaac	15		'73 Ford	Moore	Moore		495	0	0	running	4500	0
4	10	Buddy Baker	71	K&K Insurance	'72 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		494	2	8	running	3500	0
5	3	Cecil Gordon	24		'72 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			490	0	0	running	1750	0
6	12	Benny Parsons	72		'72 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		488	0	0	running	1650	0
7	15	Jimmy Hensley	90		'71 Mercury	Donlavey			485	0	0	running	1550	0
8	13	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			471	0	0	running	1450	0
9	16	Vic Parsons	45		'71 Ford	Seifert			469	0	0	running	1100	0
10	20	James Hylton	48		'71 Ford	Hylton			468	0	0	running	1250	0
11	21	Elmo Langley	64		'72 Ford	Langley			464	0	0	running	1150	0
12	28	Rick Newsom	20		'71 Ford	Newsom			461	0	0	running	800	0
13	25	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			459	0	0	running	950	0
14	24	Henley Gray	19		'71 Ford	Henley Gray			453	0	0	running	925	0
15	29	Earl Brooks	26		'71 Ford	Earl Brooks			440	0	0	running	650	0
16	33	Frank Warren	40		'71 Ford	Ulrich			440	0	0	running	625	0
17	11	Bill Dennis	17		'72 Chevrolet	Brooking			404	0	0	rear end	600	0
18	27	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Dodge	Arrington			397	0	0	running	575	0
19	7	Lennie Pond	54		'73 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			375	0	0	accident	550	0
20	30	Charlie Roberts	77		'71 Ford	Charlie Roberts			339	0	0	accident	775	0
21	5	Richard Petty	43	STP	'73 Dodge	Petty	Inman		334	0	0	engine	2250	0
22	31	Ed Negre	8		'71 Mercury	Clyde Lynn			257	0	0	suspension	740	0
23	32	Ronnie Daniel	85		'71 Chevrolet	Ronnie Daniel			251	0	0	ignition	480	0
24	14	Richard Childress	96		'72 Chevrolet	Garn			223	0	0	brakes	470	0
25	17	David Sisco	05		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie McGee			212	0	0	brakes	450	0
26	9	Dave Marcis	2		'73 Matador	Marcis			114	0	0	engine	450	0
27	2	Donnie Allison	88		'72 Chevrolet	DiGard			45	0	0	oil leak	940	0
28	19	John Sears	4		'71 Dodge	J. Marvin Mills			45	0	0	engine	680	0
29	26	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Mercury	Dean Dalton			45	0	0	oil leak	670	0
30	22	Jabe Thomas	25		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			35	0	0	oil leak	660	0
31	23	Raymond Williams	47		'72 Ford	Raymond Williams			35	0	0	engine	900	0
32	4	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'73 Chevrolet	Allison			30	0	0	oil leak	1890	0
33	34	Richard D. Brown	44		'72 Chevrolet	Jerry Brown			15	0	0	alternator	380	0
34	18	Bill Champion	10		'71 Ford	Bill Champion			2	0	0	engine	620	0