| 1973 Winston 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 10 of 28 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $150,975 | Race Date: | May 6, 1973 | Talladega Superspeedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1 Lap+ | Race Duration: | 3Hr 47Min 23Sec. | Lincoln, Alabama | |
| Lead Changes: | 13 | Average Speed: | 131.956 MPH | 2.66 Mile Paved Tri-Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 60 | No. of Cautions: | 4 For 54 Laps | talladegasuperspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | David Pearson D. Pearson | Driver: | Buddy Baker B. Baker | Mercury: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #21 Mercury | Car No.: | #71 Dodge | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Wood Brothers Racing | Team: | K&K Racing | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Leonard Wood | Crew Chief: | Harry Hyde | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 111 of 188 | Pole Speed: | 193.435 MPH | |||||
| Official 1973 Winston 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator | Running |  | 0 | 188 | 111 |
| 2 | 17 | 08 | Donnie Allison | DiGard Racing | Running |  | 0 | 187 | 0 |
| 3 | 20 | 72 | Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Running | | 0 | 187 | 10 |
| 4 | 12 | 61 | Clarence Lovell | B & B Racing | Running | | 0 | 185 | 0 |
| 5 | 19 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Running | | 0 | 184 | 2 |
| 6 | 18 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley Chevrolet | Running | | 0 | 183 | 6 |
| 7 | 52 | 5 | Dick Simon | Faustina & Reichart | Running |  | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 8 | 16 | 31 | Jim Vandiver | O.L. Nixon Racing | Running | | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 9 | 33 | 45 | Vic Parsons | Seifert Rent-A-Racer | Accident | | 0 | 180 | 0 |
| 10 | 30 | 09 | Charles Barrett | Dahlonega Ford Sales | Running |  | 0 | 180 | 9 |
| 11 | 29 | 8 | Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Running | | 0 | 176 | 0 |
| 12 | 24 | 0 | Eddie Bond | Bond Racing | Running | | 0 | 175 | 0 |
| 13 | 38 | 03 | Tommy Gale | McCaig Motel | Running | | 0 | 172 | 0 |
| 14 | 46 | 52 | Earl Ross | Red Cap Ale | Ignition | | 0 | 167 | 0 |
| 15 | 51 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | Robertson Racing | Running | | 0 | 167 | 0 |
| 16 | 41 | 7 | Dean Dalton | Belden Asphalt | Running | | 0 | 163 | 0 |
| 17 | 49 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Attalla Speedway | Running | | 0 | 152 | 0 |
| 18 | 31 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Oil Pan | | 0 | 147 | 6 |
| 19 | 37 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley Racing | Running | | 0 | 142 | 0 |
| 20 | 47 | 4 | John Sears | J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air | Running | | 0 | 141 | 0 |
| 21 | 56 | 35 | Dick May | Hekimian Foreign Cars | Engine | | 0 | 139 | 0 |
| 22 | 25 | 96 | Richard Childress | L.C. Newton Trucking | Engine | | 0 | 109 | 0 |
| 23 | 48 | 22 | Dick Brooks | Crawford Racing | Rear Gear |  | 0 | 107 | 5 |
| 24 | 32 | 79 | Frank Warren | Winston 500 | Engine | | 0 | 107 | 0 |
| 25 | 14 | 83 | Paul Tyler | Smithville Farms | Engine | | 0 | 90 | 0 |
| 26 | 7 | 15 | Bobby Isaac | Sta-Power Industries | Engine | | 0 | 89 | 3 |
| 27 | 39 | 89 | Johnny Barnes (R) | Hopper-Crews | Engine | | 0 | 89 | 0 |
| 28 | 44 | 47 | Raymond Williams | Jet Way Wax | Engine | | 0 | 84 | 0 |
| 29 | 43 | 98 | Mel Larson | Larson Enterprises | Overheating | | 0 | 84 | 0 |
| 30 | 40 | 38 | Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. | Vita Fresh Orange Juice | Windshield | | 0 | 79 | 0 |
| 31 | 8 | 95 | Darrell Waltrip (R) | Terminal Transport | | 0 | 77 | 26 | |
| 32 | 15 | 97 | Red Farmer | Long-Lewis Ford | Engine | | 0 | 76 | 0 |
| 33 | 42 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Noel's Auto Sales | Engine | | 0 | 73 | 0 |
| 34 | 50 | 19 | Henley Gray | Henley Gray Racing | Clutch | | 0 | 68 | 0 |
| 35 | 3 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Accident | | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| 36 | 27 | 05 | David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Engine | | 0 | 49 | 0 |
| 37 | 26 | 10 | Bill Champion | Champion Racing | Engine | | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 38 | 6 | 28 | Gordon Johncock | Ellington Racing | Accident | | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 39 | 54 | 3 | Alton Jones | Crimson Dale Nursery | Tire | | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 40 | 1 | 71 | Buddy Baker | K & K Insurance | Accident | | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 41 | 4 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Kar-Kare | Accident | | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 42 | 5 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Coca-Cola | Accident | | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 43 | 9 | 18 | Joe Frasson | Frasson Cement | Accident | | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 44 | 13 | 90 | Ramo Stott | Truxmore Industries | Engine | | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 45 | 34 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Accident | | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 46 | 23 | 54 | Lennie Pond (R) | Master Chevrolet | Accident | | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 47 | 11 | 75 | Slick Gardner | Gardner Racing | Accident | | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 48 | 35 | 30 | Walter Ballard | HeKimian Foreign Cars | Accident | | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 49 | 21 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Kentucky Fried Chicken | Accident | | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 50 | 22 | 88 | Ron Keselowski | Lubinski Racing | Accident | | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 51 | 10 | 82 | Bill Ward | Bama Auto Sales | Accident | | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 52 | 53 | 76 | Ben Arnold | Arnold Racing | Accident | | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 53 | 59 | 77 | Charlie Roberts | Sunny King | Accident | | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 54 | 60 | 53 | Bobby Mausgrover | Hopper-Crews | Accident | | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 55 | 58 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Accident | | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 56 | 56 | 26 | Earl Brooks | Brooks Racing | Accident | | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 57 | 57 | 85 | Ronnie Daniel | Daniel Racing | Accident | | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 58 | 36 | 92 | Larry Smith | Carling Black Label | Accident | | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 59 | 28 | 6 | Eddie Yarboro | Yarboro Racing | Vibration | | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 60 | 45 | 44 | Richard D. Brown | Brown Racing | Windshield | | 0 | 1 | 0 |
