1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400

Race #17 of 28 in the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400
*Held on July 4, 1973 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL*
160 L, 400 M, 643.68 KM - Scheduled Distance

RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	6	21	David Pearson	Purolator	'71 Mercury	160	51	running
2	4	43	Richard Petty	STP	'73 Dodge	160	29	running
3	29	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance	'73 Dodge	156	0	running
4	16	28	Gordon Johncock	Pylon Wiper Blades	'73 Chevrolet	156	0	running
5	7	72	Benny Parsons	Mercy Life	'73 Chevrolet	156	0	running
6	23	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Racing	'71 Dodge	154	0	running
7	20	45	Vic Parsons	Thundercraft Boat	'71 Ford	153	0	running
8	36	42	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	'73 Dodge	153	0	running
9	21	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore Industries	'72 Ford	153	0	running
10	24	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Cement	'73 Dodge	152	0	running
11	13	05	David Sisco	Sisco Racing	'72 Chevrolet	151	0	running
12	35	48	James Hylton	Union76 20W, 50 Motor Oil	'71 Mercury	150	0	running
13	12	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	'72 Chevrolet	150	0	running
14	22	49	G.C. Spencer	Camcraft	'72 Dodge	150	0	running
15	30	25	Roy Mayne	Robertson Racing	'73 Dodge	148	0	running
16	15	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing	'72 Ford	147	0	running
17	38	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt	'71 Mercury	147	0	running
18	34	67	Buddy Arrington	Cherokee Construction	'72 Plymouth	146	0	running
19	40	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	'73 Dodge	146	0	running
20	26	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales	'73 Chevrolet	146	0	running
21	39	92	Larry Smith	Carling Black Label	'71 Mercury	146	0	running
22	27	97	Raymond Williams	Jug	'72 Ford	146	0	running
23	37	19	Henley Gray	Warren Lindsey	'71 Mercury	145	0	running
24	28	10	Bill Champion	Earl Powell Auto Parts	'71 Mercury	145	0	running
25	9	95	Darrell Waltrip	Terminal Transport	'71 Mercury	143	0	running
26	11	30	Walter Ballard	HeKimian Foreign Cars	'71 Mercury	143	0	running
27	14	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking	'73 Chevrolet	132	0	overheating
28	10	88	Donnie Allison	DiGard Racing	'73 Chevrolet	131	0	windshield
29	33	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	'73 Dodge	126	0	running
30	1	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	'73 Chevrolet	125	45	engine
31	25	23	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'73 Dodge	123	0	running
32	8	31	Jim Vandiver	Nixon Racing	'72 Dodge	118	0	overheating
33	32	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air	'71 Dodge	102	0	engine
34	19	61	Ed Sczech	B & B Racing	'73 Chevrolet	87	0	oil leak
35	31	5	Dick Simon	TravelLodge Motels	'73 Dodge	82	0	handling
36	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare	'73 Chevrolet	65	33	crash
37	18	50	A.J. Foyt	Purolator	'73 Chevrolet	46	0	rear end
38	5	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	'72 Chevrolet	35	0	engine
39	3	15	Bobby Isaac	Sta-Power Industries	'73 Ford	13	2	engine
40	17	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	'72 Chevrolet	2	0	engine

RACE DATA
Failed to Qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Fast Qualifier:
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Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}\|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
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Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available