<<< Previous Race

Race #22 of 28 in the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

Next Race >>>

<<< Previous Running

1973 Running of the Southern 500

Next Running >>>

1973 Southern 500
Held on September 3, 1973 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC
367 L, 501.322 M, 806.666 KM - Scheduled Distance

---

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	8	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare	1973 Chevrolet	367	277	running	381.9
2	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator	1971 Mercury	367	40	running	354.9
3	5	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance	1973 Dodge	366	2	running	352.2
4	3	43	Richard Petty	STP	1973 Dodge	361	0	running	346.7
5	7	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	1973 Chevrolet	360	0	running	344
6	2	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	1973 Chevrolet	355	38	running	338.5
7	14	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	1972 Chevrolet	352	0	running	334.4
8	4	15	Darrell Waltrip	Sta-Power Industries	1972 Ford	351	0	running	331.7
9	22	61	Dick Brooks	B & B Racing	1973 Chevrolet	351	0	running	329.7
10	32	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	1972 Chevrolet	348	0	running	325.6
11	13	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	1972 Chevrolet	343	0	running	320.1
12	20	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	1971 Mercury	340	0	running	316
13	33	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	1973 Dodge	340	0	running	314
14	12	67	Buddy Arrington	Cherokee Construction	1972 Dodge	338	0	running	310.6
15	34	74	Randy Tissot	Tilitco Enterprises	1973 Chevrolet	333	0	running	305.1
16	10	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King	1972 Chevrolet	332	0	running	302.4
17	28	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	1971 Mercury	328	0	running	297.6
18	38	40	D.K. Ulrich	Noel's Auto Sales	1971 Ford	327	0	running	294.9
19	26	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt	1971 Mercury	323	0	running	290.1
20	21	19	Henley Gray	Lindsey Racing	1971 Mercury	320	0	running	286
21	40	73	Mel Larson	ThermaSol	1973 Dodge	309	0	running	276.3
22	25	10	Bill Champion	Earl Powell Auto Parts	1971 Mercury	305	0	running	271.5
23	11	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Cement	1973 Dodge	304	0	engine	268.8
24	24	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	1973 Dodge	289	0	running	256.3
25	36	47	Raymond Williams	Jug	1972 Ford	255	0	engine	230.5
26	39	4	Ed Negre	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air	1972 Dodge	233	0	engine	213.1
27	16	31	Jim Vandiver	Bradford Enterprises	1972 Dodge	223	0	spun out	204.1
28	27	05	David Sisco	Sisco Racing	1972 Chevrolet	206	0	engine	190.2
29	31	90	Bud Moore	Truxmore Industries	1971 Mercury	174	0	engine	165.8
30	6	28	Charlie Glotzbach	Pylon Wiper Blades	1973 Chevrolet	152	10	rear end	148.4
31	17	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing	1972 Ford	139	0	engine	137.3
32	19	29	Dick May	Hollar Racing	1971 Mercury	104	0	parked	110.8
33	23	98	Richie Panch	Collex	1973 Ford	75	0	accident	88.5
34	30	45	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing	1971 Ford	75	0	engine	86.5
35	37	89	Johnny Barnes	Hopper-Crews Racing	1971 Mercury	45	0	engine	63.5
36	18	03	Tommy Gale	Gale Racing	1971 Mercury	41	0	engine	58.7
37	9	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales	1973 Chevrolet	34	0	hood	51.8
38	35	44	Richard D. Brown	Brown Racing	1971 Chevrolet	30	0	quit	47
39	15	49	G.C. Spencer	Spencer Racing	1972 Dodge	20	0	oil leak	38
40	29	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking	1973 Chevrolet	19	0	engine	35.3
DID NOT START
		06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture	1973 Dodge			DNS	20
QUALIFIED CAR
		4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air	1972 Dodge			qualified car
		25	Roy Mayne	Robertson Racing	1973 Dodge			qualified car
		79	Paul Tyler	Warren Racing	1973 Dodge			qualified car
DID NOT QUALIFY
		8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	1973 Dodge			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 3h:44:25
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: David Pearson - 32.704 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: Race Ended Under Yellow
Average Speed: 134.033 mph
Cautions: 7 for 38 laps - Laps 51-60 (#89 fluid on track); Laps 80-84 (#98 accident turn 4); Laps 255-261 (#31 spun); Laps 274-280 (#30 spun); Laps 284-291 (#19,47 accident); Laps 366-367 (#19,48 accident turn 1)
Lead Changes: 25 among 5 drivers - David Pearson (1-7); Cale Yarborough (8-9); Bobby Allison (10-34); Cale Yarborough (35-51); Buddy Baker (52); David Pearson (53-55); Bobby Allison (56-61); Buddy Baker (62); Bobby Allison (63); Charlie Glotzbach (64-71); Bobby Allison (72-76); Cale Yarborough (77-80); Charlie Glotzbach (81); Cale Yarborough (82-86); David Pearson (87-99); Cale Yarborough (100-148); Charlie Glotzbach (149); Cale Yarborough (150-215); David Pearson (216-217); Cale Yarborough (218-255); Bobby Allison (256); Cale Yarborough (257); David Pearson (258); Cale Yarborough (259-289); David Pearson (290-303); Cale Yarborough (304-367)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Lennie Pond relieved Richard Petty during the second half of the race Jim Vandiver, who was dealing with a child custody case with his first wife, was suppose to appear in a Greenville, South Carolina court on Friday for a hearing. He was told by his lawyer that appearing would not be necessary because he was expected in Darlington. The judge at the hearing did not consider this grounds for absence, and found Vandiver in contempt of court. An arrest warrant was issued, with two officers ready to arrest him after the race. On lap 223 he was already nursing a problematic engine, deliberately spun his car on the backstretch. This caused a caution, Vandiver jumped the back fence and left the track, He hitchhiked to Monroe, North Carolina, and avoided arrest on race day.