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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Winston Western 500

Riverside International Raceway

January 21st, 1973

Race #1 of the 1973 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 191
  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Makes
    • AMC (1)
    • Chevrolet (14)
    • Dodge (8)
    • Ford (10)
    • Mercury (4)
    • Plymouth (2)
    • Pontiac (1)
  • Last Riverside International Raceway race (Golden State 400)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - December 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
02 Dick Bown Dodge Ober Logging Mike Ober
03 Chuck Bown Dodge Rose Auto Wrecking Dick Bown
04 Hershel McGriff Plymouth The Cousins Beryl Jackson
1 Clem Proctor Ford Proctor Racing Proctor Racing
10 Bill Champion Ford Champion Racing Bill Champion
11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Kar-Kare Richard Howard
12 Bobby Allison Chevrolet Coca-Cola Bobby Allison
15 Bobby Isaac Ford Sta-Power Industries Bud Moore
16 Mark Donohue AMC AMC Roger Penske
19 Henley Gray Mercury Gray Racing Henley Gray
2 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Dodge Marcis Racing Dave Marcis
21 David Pearson Mercury Purolator Wood Brothers
24 Richard White Ford White Racing Dean Barnicle
24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet Gordon Racing Cecil Gordon
26 Carl Joiner Chevrolet Joiner Racing Dean Thorne
3 John Soares Jr Dodge Maverick Restaurant J.A. Delvecchio
30 Walter Ballard Plymouth Ballard Racing Vic Ballard
33 Glenn Francis Chevrolet Stock Car Specialties Stock Car Specialties
38 Jimmy Insolo Chevrolet Martin's Union 76 Roger Paquette
41 Bobby Unser Ford Pepsi-Cola Holman-Moody
43 Richard Petty Dodge STP Petty Enterprises
46 John Hren Chevrolet San Bernardino Engine Rebuilders San Bernardino Engine Rebuilders
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Mercury Hylton Engineering James Hylton
60 Jim Whitt Chevrolet Barnicle Oil Barnicle Oil
64 Elmo Langley Ford Langley Racing Elmo Langley
68 Sonny Easley Ford Cal Coast Trucking Jerry Lankford
7 Jack McCoy Dodge Noble Auto Parts Ernie Conn
70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet McDuffie Racing J.D. McDuffie
71 Buddy Baker Dodge K & K Insurance Nord Krauskopf
72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet DeWitt Racing L.G. DeWitt
77 Charlie Roberts Ford Sunny King Charlie Roberts
78 Hugh Pearson Chevrolet Pearson Apts. Hugh Pearson
79 Jerry Grant Chevrolet Laski Racing Laski Racing
84 Jim Danielson Mercury Danielson Racing Louis Nissen
89 Gerald Thompson Pontiac Adams Racing Adams Racing
9 Carl Adams Ford Marck Motors Richard Mummert
91 Johnny Anderson Chevrolet Connor Muffler Don Nuzum
95 Bob Kauf Chevrolet Wrought Iron Paul Stockwell
96 Ray Elder Dodge Olympia Beer Fred Elder
97 Harry Jefferson Ford Nall Precision Engineering George Jefferson