1973 American 500

Rockingham Speedway · 1973 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	2	43	25	1	492	738

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Status	Pts
1	2	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	492	running	125
2	16	71	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	491	running	98
3	18	11	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	491	running	96
4	4	12	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Chevrolet	488	running	94
5	9	2	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South	Chevrolet	484	running	92
6	3	88	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	484	running	90
7	10	32	Dick Brooks	Team SABCO	Dodge	483	running	88
8	13	90	Charlie Glotzbach	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	483	running	86
9	7	54	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier	Chevrolet	481	running	84
10	8	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	479	running	82
11	19	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	476	running	80
12	27	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	471	running	78
13	22	61	Johnny Rutherford	B & B Racing	Chevrolet	471	running	0
14	14	96	Richard Childress	Garn Racing	Chevrolet	466	running	74
15	28	05	David Sisco	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	465	running	72
16	35	38	Tony Bettenhausen	Gordon Van Liew (Owner)	Chevrolet	463	running	70
17	30	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	460	running	68
18	36	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	458	running	66
19	21	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	457	running	64
20	39	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	455	running	62
21	43	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	452	running	60
22	12	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	451	running	58
23	25	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	441	running	56
24	41	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	428	running	54
25	17	28	Gordon Johncock	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	413	transmission	0
26	29	04	Pee Wee Wentz		Chevrolet	379	control arm	50
27	6	15	Darrell Waltrip	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	342	engine	48
28	5	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	308	vibration	46
29	37	0	Eddie Bond	Bond Racing	Dodge	302	engine	44
30	26	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	302	running	42
31	31	09	Jody Ridley	George Elliott Racing	Ford	294	clutch	40
32	33	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	219	engine	38
33	32	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	207	engine	36
34	34	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Chevrolet	178	oil pressure	34
35	1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	133	cam	32
36	20	98	Richie Panch	Donlavey Racing	Ford	125	motor mount	30
37	15	79	Paul Tyler	Warren Racing	Dodge	105	engine	28
38	23	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	91	ignition	26
39	38	44	Richard D. Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)	Chevrolet	78	clutch	24
40	24	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	52	engine	22
41	11	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	12	accident	20
42	40	89	Johnny Barnes	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Mercury	11	accident	18
43	42	40	Frank Warren	Jasper Motorsports	Ford	11	accident	16

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