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1973 - National 500 Race Results


Race Name - National 500
Date - 10/7/1973
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 158.315 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 16
Average Race Speed - 145.24 mph
Lead Changes - 12
Total Race Purse - $144,836
Race Number - 27
 More Races from 1973
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Cale Yarborough 11 KarKare (Richard Howard) 334 73 Chevrol 257 $45,425
2 4 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 334 73 Dodge 52 $17,275
3 3 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Bobby Allison) 331 73 Chevrol 9 $8,815
4 7 Benny Parsons 72 DeWitt Racing (LG DeWitt) 330 73 Chevrol 0 $4,630
5 8 Dick Trickle 1 AW Root Beer (Richard Howard) 327 73 Chevrol 2 $3,385
6 12 Lennie Pond 54 Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder) 325 73 Chevrol 1 $2,730
7 13 Buddy Arrington 67 Cherokee Construction (Buddy Arrington) 319 72 Plymout 0 $2,655
8 39 Elmo Langley 64 Langley Racing (Elmo Langley) 318 72 Ford 0 $2,510
9 11 Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) 315 72 Chevrol 0 $2,480
10 32 Henley Gray 19 Warren Lindsey (Henley Gray) 308 71 Mercury 0 $2,150
11 17 Harry Gant 90 Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey) 307 72 Ford 0 $2,260
12 38 Wendell Scott 5 Faustina Racing (Doc Faustina) 305 73 Dodge 0 $1,800
13 10 James Hylton 48 Scott (James Hylton) 302 73 Chevrol 0 $2,325
14 25 Charlie Roberts 77 Sunny King (Charlie Roberts) 296 72 Chevrol 0 $2,300
15 30 Johnny Barnes 89 HopperCrews (JC Crews) 294 71 Mercury 0 $1,500
16 35 Jimmy Crawford 22 Black Part (Crawford Brothers) 294 72 Plymout 0 $1,344
17 14 Jim Vandiver 31 Bradford Enterprises (OL Nixon) 291 72 Dodge 0 $1,741
18 24 Richard Childress 96 LC Newton Trucking (Tom Garn) 284 73 Chevrol 0 $2,194
19 22 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 282 72 Chevrol 0 $1,807
20 36 Eddie Bond 0 Bond Racing (Eddie Bond) 281 72 Dodge 0 $1,641
21 31 David Sisco 5 Sisco Racing (Charlie McGee) 268 72 Chevrol 0 $1,853
22 27 Joe Frasson 18 Pizza Huts of Charlotte (Joe Frasson) 264 73 Dodge 0 $1,494
23 20 Walter Ballard 30 Textilease (Vic Ballard) 230 71 Mercury 0 $1,945
24 18 Dave Marcis 2 Marcis Racing (Dave Marcis) 223 73 Matador 0 $1,423
25 41 Jabe Thomas 25 Robertson Racing (Don Robertson) 203 73 Dodge 0 $1,553
26 33 Bill Champion 10 Earl Powell Auto Parts (Bill Champion) 198 71 Mercury 0 $1,708
27 23 Ed Negre 44 Brown Racing (Jerry Brown) 183 71 Chevrol 0 $1,338
28 15 LD Ottinger 2 Lonesome Pine Raceway (James Bryant) 137 73 Chevrol 0 $1,377
29 37 JD McDuffie 70 McDuffie Racing (JD McDuffie) 113 72 Chevrol 0 $1,853
30 40 Dean Dalton 7 Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton) 90 71 Mercury 0 $1,665
31 26 Neil Castles 6 Howard Furniture (Neil Castles) 64 73 Dodge 0 $1,164
32 9 Donnie Allison 88 DiGard Racing (DiGard) 61 73 Chevrol 0 $866
33 21 Raymond Williams 47 Williams Racing (Raymond Williams) 58 72 Ford 0 $1,138
34 29 Dick Brooks 32 Brooks Racing (Dick Brooks) 49 73 Dodge 0 $1,119
35 16 Frank Warren 79 Hinson Construction (Frank Warren) 47 73 Dodge 0 $1,607
36 1 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 46 71 Mercury 12 $3,961
37 34 Charlie Glotzbach 28 Pylon Wiper Blades (Hoss Ellington) 46 73 Chevrol 1 $926
38 6 Darrell Waltrip 15 StaPower Industries (Bud Moore) 46 73 Ford 0 $2,791
39 19 GC Spencer 49 Spencer Racing (GC Spencer) 13 72 Dodge 0 $1,033
40 28 Wayne Andrews 98 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 5 71 Mercury 0 $1,005
41 5 Buddy Baker 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 228 73 Dodge 0 $2,050