1973 Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1973 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	9	40	25	1	328	499.2

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Status	Pts
1	9	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	328	running	125
2	2	15	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	326	running	98
3	5	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	323	running	96
4	8	71	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	322	running	94
5	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	321	running	92
6	15	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	319	running	90
7	35	90	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	319	running	88
8	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	317	running	86
9	25	61	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing	Chevrolet	317	running	84
10	3	31	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	317	running	82
11	1	28	Gordon Johncock	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	315	running	0
12	13	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	313	running	78
13	33	96	Richard Childress	Garn Racing	Chevrolet	311	running	76
14	27	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	310	running	74
15	37	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	309	running	72
16	34	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	309	running	70
17	19	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing	Ford	303	running	68
18	40	09	Charles Barrett	George Elliott Racing	Ford	302	running	0
19	32	89	Johnny Barnes	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Mercury	299	running	0
20	20	92	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Mercury	299	running	62
21	14	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	288	running	60
22	28	01	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	282	running	58
23	23	7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	274	transmission	56
24	38	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Mercury	274	running	54
25	21	77	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Ford	272	running	52
26	30	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	259	running	50
27	17	50	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	225	overheating	0
28	7	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	222	oil line	46
29	26	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	209	engine	44
30	12	16	Mark Donohue	Penske Racing South	-	202	engine	0
31	31	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	192	engine	40
32	39	25	Roy Mayne	Robertson Racing	Dodge	179	clutch	38
33	18	95	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	160	spindle	0
34	16	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	140	engine	34
35	6	12	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Chevrolet	103	engine	32
36	36	4	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	80	valve spring	30
37	22	07	Bobby Mausgrover	Gil Cramer (Owner)	Chevrolet	58	valve	28
38	29	55	Tiny Lund	Carl Price (Owner)	Chevrolet	40	vibration	26
39	10	22	Pete Hamilton		Plymouth	38	head gasket	24
40	24	84	Tony Bettenhausen	Buster Davis (Owner)	Dodge	9	oil leak	22

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