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1973 - American 500 Race Results


Race Name - American 500
Date - 10/21/1973
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 135.748 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 36
Average Race Speed - 117.74 mph
Lead Changes - 20
Total Race Purse - $99,715
Race Number - 28
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 492 71 Mercury 396 $16,795
2 16 Buddy Baker 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 491 73 Dodge 0 $11,050
3 18 Cale Yarborough 11 KarKare (Richard Howard) 491 73 Chevrol 85 $7,925
4 4 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Bobby Allison) 488 73 Chevrol 1 $6,525
5 9 Dave Marcis 2 AMC (Roger Penske) 484 73 Matador 0 $4,175
6 3 Donnie Allison 88 DiGard Racing (DiGard) 484 73 Chevrol 0 $2,725
7 10 Dick Brooks 32 Brooks Racing (Dick Brooks) 483 73 Dodge 1 $2,525
8 13 Charlie Glotzbach 90 Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey) 483 71 Mercury 0 $2,625
9 7 Lennie Pond 54 Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder) 481 73 Chevrol 0 $1,625
10 8 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 479 72 Chevrol 1 $1,925
11 19 Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) 476 72 Chevrol 0 $2,050
12 27 Elmo Langley 64 Langley Racing (Elmo Langley) 471 72 Ford 0 $1,825
13 22 Johnny Rutherford 61 Paser 500 (Don Bierschwale) 471 73 Chevrol 0 $1,325
14 14 Richard Childress 96 LC Newton Trucking (Tom Garn) 466 73 Chevrol 0 $1,775
15 28 David Sisco 5 Sisco Racing (Charlie McGee) 465 72 Chevrol 8 $1,650
16 35 Tony Bettenhausen Jr 38 Vita Fresh Orange Juice (Gordon Van Liew) 463 72 Chevrol 0 $1,125
17 30 Henley Gray 19 Gray Racing (Henley Gray) 460 71 Mercury 0 $1,600
18 36 Jabe Thomas 25 Robertson Racing (Don Robertson) 458 70 Dodge 0 $1,575
19 21 James Hylton 48 Stott (James Hylton) 457 73 Chevrol 0 $1,650
20 39 JD McDuffie 70 McDuffie Racing (JD McDuffie) 455 72 Chevrol 0 $1,225
21 43 Ed Negre 8 Negre Racing (Ed Negre) 452 73 Dodge 0 $1,300
22 12 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 451 71 Mercury 0 $1,575
23 25 Dean Dalton 7 Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton) 441 71 Mercury 0 $950
24 41 Buddy Arrington 67 Cherokee Construction (Buddy Arrington) 428 72 Plymout 0 $1,225
25 17 Gordon Johncock 28 Pylon Wiper Blades (Hoss Ellington) 413 73 Chevrol 0 $750
26 29 Pee Wee Wentz 4 Honda of Danville 379 72 Chevrol 0 $875
27 8 Darrell Waltrip 15 StaPower Industries (Bud Moore) 342 73 Ford 0 $2,650
28 5 Benny Parsons 72 DeWitt Racing (LG DeWitt) 308 73 Chevrol 0 $1,125
29 37 Eddie Bond 0 Bond Racing (Eddie Bond) 302 73 Dodge 0 $700
30 26 Bill Champion 10 Earl Powell Auto Parts (Bill Champion) 302 71 Mercury 0 $1,275
31 31 Jody Ridley 9 Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) 294 71 Ford 0 $945
32 33 Jim Vandiver 31 Bradford Enterprises (OL Nixon) 219 72 Dodge 0 $790
33 32 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills) 207 71 Dodge 0 $910
34 34 Charlie Roberts 77 Sunny King (Charlie Roberts) 178 72 Chevrol 0 $1,255
35 1 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 133 73 Dodge 0 $3,550
36 20 Richie Panch 98 Frazier Camping Center (Junie Donlavey) 125 72 Ford 0 $845
37 15 Paul Tyler 79 Tyler Racing (Frank Warren) 105 73 Dodge 0 $1,240
38 23 Neil Castles 6 Howard Furniture (Neil Castles) 91 73 Dodge 0 $835
39 38 Richard D Brown 44 Bobs Mobile Home (Jerry Brown) 78 71 Chevrol 0 $630
40 24 Joe Frasson 18 Frasson Cement (Joe Frasson) 52 73 Dodge 0 $725
41 11 GC Spencer 49 Spencer Racing (GC Spencer) 12 72 Dodge 0 $795
42 40 Johnny Barnes 89 HopperCrews (JC Crews) 11 71 Mercury 0 $590
43 42 Frank Warren 40 Hinson Construction (DK Ulrich) 11 71 Ford 0 $485