1973 Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway · 1973 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	2	60	17	1	10	111	188	500.1

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	188	111	running	125
2	17	08	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	187		running	98
3	20	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	187	10	running	96
4	12	61	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing	Chevrolet	185		running	94
5	19	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	184	2	running	92
6	18	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	183	6	running	90
7	52	5	Dick Simon	Faustina Racing	Dodge	182		running	0
8	16	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	182		running	86
9	33	45	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing	Mercury	180		accident	84
10	30	09	Charles Barrett	George Elliott Racing	Ford	180	9	running	82
11	29	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	176		running	80
12	24	0	Eddie Bond	Bond Racing	Dodge	175		running	78
13	38	03	Tommy Gale	Smokey Yunick Racing	Mercury	172		running	76
14	46	52	Earl Ross	Allan Brooke (Owner)	Chevrolet	167		ignition	74
15	51	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	167		running	72
16	41	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	163		running	70
17	49	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	152		running	68
18	31	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	147	6	oil pan	66
19	37	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	142		running	64
20	47	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	141		running	62
21	56	35	Dick May	Ballard Racing	Mercury	139		engine	60
22	25	96	Richard Childress	Garn Racing	Chevrolet	109		engine	58
23	48	22	Dick Brooks		Plymouth	107	5	rear end	56
24	32	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	107		oil pressure	54
25	14	83	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	90		engine	52
26	7	15	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	89	3	engine	50
27	39	89	Johnny Barnes	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Mercury	89		engine	48
28	44	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	84		valve	46
29	43	98	Mel Larson		Chevrolet	84		overheating	0
30	40	38	Tony Bettenhausen	Gordon Van Liew (Owner)	Chevrolet	79		windshield	0
31	8	95	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	77	26	oil leak	40
32	15	97	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries (Owner)	Ford	76		valve	38
33	42	40	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports	Ford	73		engine	36
34	50	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	68		clutch	34
35	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	51		accident	32
36	27	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	49		engine	30
37	26	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	32		oil pressure	28
38	6	28	Gordon Johncock	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	23		accident	0
39	54	3	Alton Jones	Butch Hawkersmith (Owner)	Chevrolet	14		tire	24
40	1	71	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	10	10	accident	22
41	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	10		accident	20
42	5	12	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Chevrolet	10		accident	18
43	9	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	10		accident	16
44	13	90	Ramo Stott	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	9		engine	14
45	34	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	9		accident	12
46	23	54	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier	Chevrolet	9		accident	10
47	11	75	Slick Gardner	Gardner Racing	Mercury	9		accident	8
48	35	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	9		accident	6
49	21	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	9		accident	4
50	22	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	9		accident	2
51	10	82	Bill Ward	Mike Bennett (Owner)	Chevrolet	9		accident	2
52	53	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Mercury	9		accident	2
53	59	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	9		accident	2
54	60	53	Bobby Mausgrover	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Ford	9		accident	2
55	58	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Mercury	8		accident	2
56	55	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	8		accident	2
57	57	85	Ronnie Daniel	Daniel Racing	Chevrolet	8		accident	2
58	36	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Mercury	8		accident	2
59	28	6	Eddie Yarboro	Yarboro Racing	Dodge	4		vibration	2
60	45	44	Richard D. Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)	Chevrolet	1		windshield	2

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	David Pearson	111	59.0%	P1
2	Darrell Waltrip	26	13.8%	P31
3	Benny Parsons	10	5.3%	P3
4	Buddy Baker	10	5.3%	P40
5	Charles Barrett	9	4.8%	P10
6	Coo Coo Marlin	6	3.2%	P6
7	J.D. McDuffie	6	3.2%	P18
8	Dick Brooks	5	2.7%	P23
9	Bobby Isaac	3	1.6%	P26
10	Cecil Gordon	2	1.1%	P5

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