Results

The 1973 Virginia 500 NASCAR CUP Series race results showcase the full finishing order, including race winner and key performance stats from the Martinsville Speedway race.

Virginia 500

Sunday, April 29th, 1973

Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA

  • 12 Chevrolet
  • 11 Ford
  • 5 Dodge
  • 1 AMC
  • 5 Mercury

  • Drivers Entered: 34
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 70.251
  • Cautions: 7 for 49 laps
  • Lead Changes: 11
  • Green Flag Passes: N/A
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Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS LAPS LED X LED STATUS
1 1 21 David Pearson Mercury 0 0 500 180 0 running
2 6 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 0 0 500 312 0 running
3 8 15 Bobby Isaac Ford 0 0 495 0 0 running
4 10 71 Buddy Baker Dodge 0 0 494 8 0 running
5 3 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 0 0 490 0 0 running
6 12 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 0 0 488 0 0 running
7 15 90 Jimmy Hensley Mercury 0 0 485 0 0 running
8 13 30 Walter Ballard Mercury 0 0 471 0 0 running
9 16 45 Vic Parsons Ford 0 0 469 0 0 running
10 20 48 James Hylton Ford 0 0 468 0 0 running
11 21 64 Elmo Langley Ford 0 0 464 0 0 running
12 28 20 Rick Newsom Ford 0 0 461 0 0 running
13 25 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 0 0 459 0 0 running
14 24 19 Henley Gray Ford 0 0 453 0 0 running
15 29 26 Earl Brooks Ford 0 0 440 0 0 running
16 33 40 Frank Warren Ford 0 0 440 0 0 running
17 11 17 Bill Dennis Chevrolet 0 0 404 0 0 rear end
18 27 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 0 0 397 0 0 running
19 7 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 0 0 375 0 0 crash
20 30 77 Charlie Roberts Ford 0 0 339 0 0 crash
21 5 43 Richard Petty Dodge 0 0 334 0 0 engine
22 31 8 Ed Negre Mercury 0 0 257 0 0 suspension
23 32 85 Ronnie Daniel Chevrolet 0 0 251 0 0 ignition
24 14 96 Richard Childress Chevrolet 0 0 223 0 0 brakes
25 17 05 David Sisco Chevrolet 0 0 212 0 0 brakes
26 9 2 Dave Marcis AMC 0 0 114 0 0 engine
27 2 88 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 0 0 45 0 0 oil leak
28 19 4 John Sears Dodge 0 0 45 0 0 engine
29 26 7 Dean Dalton Mercury 0 0 45 0 0 oil leak
30 22 25 Jabe Thomas Dodge 0 0 35 0 0 oil leak
31 23 47 Raymond Williams Ford 0 0 35 0 0 engine
32 4 12 Bobby Allison Chevrolet 0 0 30 0 0 oil leak
33 34 44 Richard D Brown Chevrolet 0 0 15 0 0 alternator
34 18 10 Bill Champion Ford 0 0 2 0 0 engine

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