Race Results : Martinsville Speedway

Virginia 500

Sunday, April 29th, 1973

Martinsville Speedway , Ridgeway, VA

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  • 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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Entry List
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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