1973 Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway · 1973 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Dick Brooks	24	50	26	3	15	19	188	500.1

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	24	22	Dick Brooks	J.H. Crawford (Owner)	Plymouth	188	19	running	125
2	21	71	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	188	34	running	98
3	2	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	188	40	running	96
4	25	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	186	1	running	94
5	13	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	186	4	running	92
6	7	11	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	185	6	running	90
7	27	95	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	184		running	88
8	9	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	184		running	86
9	17	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	184	5	running	84
10	26	02	L.D. Ottinger	James Bryant (Owner)	Chevrolet	183		running	82
11	23	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	183	5	running	80
12	33	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	183		running	78
13	4	15	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	182	1	running	76
14	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	181		running	74
15	12	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	181		running	72
16	37	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	180		running	70
17	46	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	180		running	68
18	18	82	Bill Ward	Mike Bennett (Owner)	Chevrolet	179		running	66
19	34	68	Alton Jones	Butch Hawkersmith (Owner)	Chevrolet	178		running	64
20	38	74	Randy Tissot	Randy Tissot (Owner)	Chevrolet	176		running	62
21	30	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	175		running	60
22	40	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	175		running	58
23	44	0	Eddie Bond	Bond Racing	Dodge	171		running	56
24	45	00	Bobby Mausgrover	Buxton Racing	Chevrolet	167		running	54
25	42	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	166		running	52
26	5	88	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	157	39	engine	50
27	20	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	156		valve	48
28	47	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	156		running	46
29	1	12	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Chevrolet	155	22	accident	44
30	31	89	Johnny Barnes	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Mercury	115		rear end	42
31	14	96	Richard Childress	Garn Racing	Chevrolet	111	1	throttle	40
32	19	97	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries (Owner)	Ford	106		oil pressure	38
33	11	61	Ed Sczech	B & B Racing	Chevrolet	94		oil pump	36
34	41	84	Bob Davis	Buster Davis (Owner)	Dodge	93		ignition	34
35	39	4	Jim Vandiver	Sears Racing	Dodge	88		engine	32
36	10	42	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	80	1	ignition	30
37	28	90	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	77		transmission	28
38	6	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	74		oil pan	26
39	48	40	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports	Ford	65		ignition	24
40	22	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	58	9	valve	22
41	43	80	Phil Finney	Finney Racing	Chevrolet	55		oil leak	20
42	49	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	52		engine	18
43	15	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	51		engine	16
44	36	73	Mel Larson	Robertson Racing	Dodge	51		oil leak	14
45	8	28	Ramo Stott	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	46	1	transmission	12
46	50	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	33		engine	10
47	32	54	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier	Chevrolet	32		valve	8
48	29	03	Tommy Gale	Smokey Yunick Racing	Mercury	18		ignition	6
49	35	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Mercury	13		accident	4
50	16	83	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	10		ignition	2

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	David Pearson	40	21.3%	P3
2	Donnie Allison	39	20.7%	P26
3	Buddy Baker	34	18.1%	P2
4	Bobby Allison	22	11.7%	P29
5	Dick Brooks	19	10.1%	P1
6	Coo Coo Marlin	9	4.8%	P40
7	Cale Yarborough	6	3.2%	P6
8	Walter Ballard	5	2.7%	P9
9	J.D. McDuffie	5	2.7%	P11
10	David Sisco	4	2.1%	P5
11	James Hylton	1	0.5%	P4
12	Bobby Isaac	1	0.5%	P13
13	Richard Childress	1	0.5%	P31
14	Marty Robbins	1	0.5%	P36
15	Ramo Stott	1	0.5%	P45

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