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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

April 1st, 1973

Race #6 of the 1973 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 328
  • Miles: 505.1
  • Average Speed: 139.351 mph
  • Cautions: 4
  • Caution Laps: 31
  • Lead Changes: 23
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - January 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Michael Reaves | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 9 21 David Pearson Mercury 0 0 0 328 155 Running
2 2 15 Bobby Isaac Ford 0 0 0 326 6 Running
3 5 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 0 0 0 323 0 Running
4 8 71 Buddy Baker Dodge 0 0 0 322 0 Running
5 4 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 0 0 0 321 154 Running
6 15 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 0 0 0 319 0 Running
7 35 90 Dick Brooks Mercury 0 0 0 319 0 Running
8 11 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 0 0 0 317 0 Running
9 25 61 Clarence Lovell Chevrolet 0 0 0 317 0 Running
10 3 31 Jim Vandiver Dodge 0 0 0 317 0 Running
11 1 28 Gordon Johncock Chevrolet 0 0 0 315 0 Running
12 13 2 Dave Marcis Dodge 0 0 0 313 0 Running
13 33 96 Richard Childress Chevrolet 0 0 0 311 0 Running
14 27 30 Walter Ballard Mercury 0 0 0 310 0 Running
15 37 67 Buddy Arrington Plymouth 0 0 0 309 0 Running
16 34 79 Frank Warren Dodge 0 0 0 309 0 Running
17 19 47 Raymond Williams Ford 0 0 0 303 0 Running
18 40 09 Charles Barrett Ford 0 0 0 302 0 Running
19 32 89 Johnny Barnes Mercury 0 0 0 299 0 Running
20 20 92 Larry Smith Mercury 0 0 0 299 0 Running
21 14 48 James Hylton Mercury 0 0 0 288 0 Running
22 28 01 Earle Canavan Plymouth 0 0 0 282 0 Running
23 23 7 Dean Dalton Mercury 0 0 0 274 0 Transmission
24 38 8 Ed Negre Mercury 0 0 0 274 0 Running
25 21 77 Charlie Roberts Ford 0 0 0 272 0 Running
26 30 64 Elmo Langley Ford 0 0 0 259 0 Running
27 17 50 AJ Foyt Chevrolet 0 0 0 225 0 Overheating
28 7 18 Joe Frasson Dodge 0 0 0 222 0 Oil line
29 26 10 Bill Champion Mercury 0 0 0 209 0 Engine
30 12 16 Mark Donohue AMC 0 0 0 202 0 Engine
31 31 88 Ron Keselowski Dodge 0 0 0 192 0 Engine
32 39 25 Roy Mayne Dodge 0 0 0 179 0 Clutch
33 18 95 Darrell Waltrip Mercury 0 0 0 160 0 Spindle
34 16 43 Richard Petty Dodge 0 0 0 140 13 Engine
35 6 12 Bobby Allison Chevrolet 0 0 0 103 0 Engine
36 36 4 John Sears Dodge 0 0 0 80 0 Engine
37 22 07 Bobby Mausgrover Chevrolet 0 0 0 58 0 Engine
38 29 55 Tiny Lund Chevrolet 0 0 0 40 0 Vibration
39 10 22 Pete Hamilton Plymouth 0 0 0 38 0 Engine
40 24 84 Tony Bettenhausen Jr Dodge 0 0 0 9 0 Oil leak