1973 National 500

Race #27 of 28 in the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1973 National 500
*Held on October 7, 1973 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC*
334 L, 501 M, 806.276 KM - Scheduled Distance

RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare	'73 Chevrolet	334	257	running
2	4	43	Richard Petty	STP	'73 Dodge	334	52	running
3	3	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	'73 Chevrolet	331	9	running
4	7	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	'73 Chevrolet	330	0	running
5	8	1	Dick Trickle	A&W Root Beer	'73 Chevrolet	327	2	running
6	12	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales	'73 Chevrolet	325	1	running
7	13	67	Buddy Arrington	Cherokee Construction	'72 Plymouth	319	0	running
8	39	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing	'72 Ford	318	0	running
9	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	'72 Chevrolet	315	0	running
10	32	19	Henley Gray	Warren Lindsey	'71 Mercury	308	0	running
11	17	90	Harry Gant	Truxmore Industries	'72 Ford	307	0	running
12	38	5	Wendell Scott	Faustina Racing, Kmart Special	'73 Dodge	305	0	running
13	10	48	James Hylton	Stott Chevrolet	'73 Chevrolet	302	0	running
14	25	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King	'72 Chevrolet	296	0	running
15	30	89	Johnny Barnes	Hopper-Crews	'71 Mercury	294	0	running
16	35	22	Jimmy Crawford	Black Part	'72 Plymouth	294	0	running
17	14	31	Jim Vandiver	Bradford Enterprises	'72 Dodge	291	0	running
18	24	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking	'73 Chevrolet	284	0	engine
19	22	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	'72 Chevrolet	282	0	engine
20	36	0	Eddie Bond	Bond Racing	'72 Dodge	281	0	engine
21	31	05	David Sisco	Sisco Racing	'72 Chevrolet	268	0	driveshaft
22	27	18	Joe Frasson	Pizza Huts of Charlotte	'73 Dodge	264	0	engine
23	20	30	Walter Ballard	Textilease	'71 Mercury	230	0	engine
24	18	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Racing	'73 Matador	223	0	engine
25	41	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	'73 Dodge	203	0	running
26	33	10	Bill Champion	Earl Powell Auto Parts	'71 Mercury	198	0	engine
27	23	44	Ed Negre	Brown Racing	'71 Chevrolet	183	0	engine
28	15	02	L.D. Ottinger	Lonesome Pine Raceway	'73 Chevrolet	137	0	engine
29	37	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	'72 Chevrolet	113	0	engine
30	40	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt	'71 Mercury	90	0	engine
31	26	06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture	'73 Dodge	64	0	suspension
32	9	88	Donnie Allison	DiGard Racing	'73 Chevrolet	61	0	engine
33	21	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	'72 Ford	58	0	steering
34	29	32	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	'73 Dodge	49	0	engine
35	16	79	Frank Warren	Hinson Construction	'73 Dodge	47	0	engine
36	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator	'71 Mercury	46	12	crash
37	34	28	Charlie Glotzbach	Pylon Wiper Blades	'73 Chevrolet	46	1	crash
38	6	15	Darrell Waltrip	Sta-Power Industries	'73 Ford	46	0	crash
39	19	49	G.C. Spencer	Spencer Racing	'72 Dodge	13	0	engine
40	28	98	Wayne Andrews	Hylton Engineering	'71 Mercury	5	0	engine
41	5	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance	'73 Dodge	228	0	disqualified

RACE DATA
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