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1973 - Southern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/3/1973
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.366 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 150.366 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 38
Average Race Speed - 134.03 mph
Lead Changes - 25
Total Race Purse - $126,755
Race Number - 22
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 8 Cale Yarborough 11 KarKare (Richard Howard) 367 73 Chevrol 277 $23,140
2 1 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 367 71 Mercury 40 $12,130
3 5 Buddy Baker 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 366 73 Dodge 2 $8,585
4 3 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 361 73 Dodge 0 $7,510
5 7 Benny Parsons 72 DeWitt Racing (LG DeWitt) 360 73 Chevrol 0 $4,685
6 2 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Bobby Allison) 355 73 Chevrol 38 $5,930
7 14 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 352 72 Chevrol 0 $2,930
8 4 Darrell Waltrip 15 StaPower Industries (Bud Moore) 351 72 Ford 0 $5,180
9 22 Dick Brooks 61 B B Racing (Don Bierschwale) 351 73 Chevrol 0 $2,880
10 32 JD McDuffie 70 McDuffie Racing (JD McDuffie) 348 72 Chevrol 0 $3,180
11 13 Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) 343 72 Chevrol 0 $2,805
12 20 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 340 71 Mercury 0 $2,780
13 33 Jabe Thomas 25 Robertson Racing (Don Robertson) 340 73 Dodge 0 $2,580
14 12 Buddy Arrington 67 Cherokee Construction (Buddy Arrington) 338 72 Dodge 0 $2,380
15 34 Randy Tissot 74 Tilitco Enterprises (Randy Tissot) 333 73 Chevrol 0 $1,980
16 10 Charlie Roberts 77 Sunny King (Charlie Roberts) 332 72 Chevrol 0 $2,280
17 28 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 328 71 Mercury 0 $1,880
18 38 DK Ulrich 40 Noels Auto Sales (DK Ulrich) 327 71 Ford 0 $1,730
19 26 Dean Dalton 7 Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton) 323 71 Mercury 0 $2,055
20 21 Henley Gray 19 Warren Lindsey (Henley Gray) 320 71 Mercury 0 $1,625
21 40 Mel Larson 73 ThermaSol (Don Robertson) 309 73 Dodge 0 $1,675
22 25 Bill Champion 10 Earl Powell Auto Parts (Bill Champion) 305 71 Mercury 0 $2,575
23 11 Joe Frasson 18 Frasson Cement (Joe Frasson) 304 73 Dodge 0 $1,450
24 24 Frank Warren 79 Warren Racing (Frank Warren) 289 73 Dodge 0 $1,625
25 36 Raymond Williams 47 Jug (Raymond Williams) 255 72 Ford 0 $1,100
26 39 Ed Negre 4 J Marvin Mills 233 72 Dodge 0 $1,475
27 16 Jim Vandiver 31 Bradford Enterprises (OL Nixon) 223 72 Dodge 0 $1,350
28 27 David Sisco 5 Sisco Racing (Charlie McGee) 206 72 Chevrol 0 $1,725
29 31 Bud Moore 90 Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey) 174 71 Mercury 0 $1,225
30 6 Charlie Glotzbach 28 Pylon Wiper Blades (Hoss Ellington) 152 73 Chevrol 10 $950
31 17 Elmo Langley 64 Langley Racing (Elmo Langley) 139 72 Ford 0 $1,875
32 19 Dick May 29 Hollar Racing (Bill Hollar) 104 71 Mercury 0 $1,355
33 23 Richie Panch 98 Collex (Junie Donlavey) 75 73 Ford 0 $1,245
34 30 Vic Parsons 45 Seifert Racing (Bill Seifert) 75 71 Ford 0 $1,235
35 37 Johnny Barnes 89 HopperCrews (JC Crews) 45 71 Mercury 0 $925
36 18 Tommy Gale 3 Gale Racing (Tommy Gale) 41 71 Mercury 0 $1,315
37 9 Lennie Pond 54 Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder) 34 73 Chevrol 0 $1,305
38 35 Richard D Brown 44 Brown Racing (Jerry Brown) 30 71 Chevrol 0 $1,095
39 15 GC Spencer 49 Spencer Racing (GC Spencer) 20 72 Dodge 0 $1,310
40 29 Richard Childress 96 LC Newton Trucking (Tom Garn) 19 73 Chevrol 0 $1,700