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1973 - Atlanta 500 Race Results


Race Name - Atlanta 500
Date - 4/1/1973
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 31
Average Race Speed - 139.35 mph
Lead Changes - 23
Total Race Purse - $103,485
Race Number - 6
 More Races from 1973
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 9 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 328 71 Mercury 155 $16,625
2 2 Bobby Isaac 15 StaPower Industries (Bud Moore) 326 72 Ford 6 $11,325
3 5 Benny Parsons 72 DeWitt Racing (LG DeWitt) 323 72 Chevrol 0 $6,700
4 8 Buddy Baker 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 322 73 Dodge 0 $6,525
5 4 Cale Yarborough 11 KarKare (Richard Howard) 321 73 Chevrol 154 $6,575
6 15 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 319 72 Chevrol 0 $2,625
7 35 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey) 319 71 Mercury 0 $2,875
8 11 Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) 317 72 Chevrol 0 $2,625
9 25 Clarence Lovell 61 Lovell Racing (Don Bierschwale) 317 73 Chevrol 0 $2,025
10 3 Jim Vandiver 31 Nixon Racing (OL Nixon) 317 72 Dodge 0 $1,975
11 1 Gordon Johncock 28 Leggs (Hoss Ellington) 315 72 Chevrol 0 $1,875
12 13 Dave Marcis 2 Marcis Racing (Dave Marcis) 313 71 Dodge 0 $1,775
13 33 Richard Childress 96 LC Newton Trucking (Tom Garn) 311 73 Chevrol 0 $1,675
14 27 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 310 71 Mercury 0 $2,025
15 37 Buddy Arrington 67 Kentucky Fried Chicken (Buddy Arrington) 309 72 Plymout 0 $1,375
16 34 Frank Warren 79 Warren Racing (Frank Warren) 309 73 Dodge 0 $1,775
17 19 Raymond Williams 47 Jet Way Wax (Raymond Williams) 303 72 Ford 0 $1,725
18 40 Charles Barrett 9 Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) 302 71 Ford 0 $1,200
19 32 Johnny Barnes 89 HopperCrews (JC Crews) 299 71 Mercury 0 $1,175
20 20 Larry Smith 92 Carling Black Label (Harley Smith) 299 71 Mercury 0 $1,150
21 14 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 288 71 Mercury 0 $1,605
22 28 Earle Canavan 1 Kosins Auto Parts (Earle Canavan) 282 72 Plymout 0 $1,080
23 23 Dean Dalton 7 Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton) 274 71 Mercury 0 $1,555
24 38 Ed Negre 8 Negre Racing (Clyde Lynn) 274 71 Mercury 0 $1,530
25 21 Charlie Roberts 77 Sunny King (Charlie Roberts) 272 71 Ford 0 $1,505
26 30 Elmo Langley 64 Langley Racing (Elmo Langley) 259 72 Ford 0 $1,495
27 17 AJ Foyt 50 Purolator (AJ Foyt) 225 73 Chevrol 0 $985
28 7 Joe Frasson 18 Frasson Cement (Joe Frasson) 222 73 Dodge 0 $970
29 26 Bill Champion 10 Champion Racing (Bill Champion) 209 71 Mercury 0 $1,460
30 12 Mark Donohue 16 AMC (Roger Penske) 202 73 Matador 0 $950
31 31 Ron Keselowski 88 Lubinski Racing (Roger Lubinski) 192 72 Dodge 0 $945
32 39 Roy Mayne 25 Robertson Racing (Don Robertson) 179 73 Dodge 0 $1,440
33 18 Darrell Waltrip 95 Terminal Transport (Darrell Waltrip) 160 71 Mercury 0 $935
34 16 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 140 73 Dodge 13 $3,430
35 6 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Bobby Allison) 103 73 Chevrol 0 $2,925
36 36 John Sears 4 J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills) 80 71 Dodge 0 $1,420
37 22 Bobby Mausgrover 7 Gohr Distributors (Gil Cramer) 58 72 Chevrol 0 $915
38 29 Tiny Lund 55 Price Construction (Carl Price) 40 72 Chevrol 0 $910
39 10 Pete Hamilton 22 Land Harbors of America (Crawford Brothers) 38 72 Plymout 0 $905
40 24 Tony Bettenhausen Jr 84 Vita Fresh Orange Juice (Buster Davis) 9 71 Dodge 0 $900