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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

American 500

North Carolina Speedway

October 21st, 1973

Race #28 of the 1973 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: Shortened : 492
  • Miles: 500.4
  • Average Speed: 117.749 mph
  • Cautions: 5
  • Caution Laps: 36
  • Lead Changes: 20
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 2 21 David Pearson Mercury 0 0 0 492 396 Running
2 16 71 Buddy Baker Dodge 0 0 0 491 0 Running
3 18 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 0 0 0 491 85 Running
4 4 12 Bobby Allison Chevrolet 0 0 0 488 1 Running
5 9 2 Dave Marcis AMC 0 0 0 484 0 Running
6 3 88 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 0 0 0 484 0 Running
7 10 32 Dick Brooks Dodge 0 0 0 483 1 Running
8 13 90 Charlie Glotzbach Mercury 0 0 0 483 0 Running
9 7 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 0 0 0 481 0 Running
10 8 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 0 0 0 479 1 Running
11 19 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 0 0 0 476 0 Running
12 27 64 Elmo Langley Ford 0 0 0 471 0 Running
13 22 61 Johnny Rutherford Chevrolet 0 0 0 471 0 Running
14 14 96 Richard Childress Chevrolet 0 0 0 466 0 Running
15 28 05 David Sisco Chevrolet 0 0 0 465 8 Running
16 35 38 Tony Bettenhausen Jr Chevrolet 0 0 0 463 0 Running
17 30 19 Henley Gray Mercury 0 0 0 460 0 Running
18 36 25 Jabe Thomas Dodge 0 0 0 458 0 Running
19 21 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 0 0 0 457 0 Running
20 39 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 0 0 0 455 0 Running
21 43 8 Ed Negre Dodge 0 0 0 452 0 Running
22 12 30 Walter Ballard Mercury 0 0 0 451 0 Running
23 25 7 Dean Dalton Mercury 0 0 0 441 0 Running
24 41 67 Buddy Arrington Plymouth 0 0 0 428 0 Running
25 17 28 Gordon Johncock Chevrolet 0 0 0 413 0 Transmission
26 29 04 Pee Wee Wentz Chevrolet 0 0 0 379 0 Engine
27 8 15 Darrell Waltrip Ford 0 0 0 342 0 Engine
28 5 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 0 0 0 308 0 Vibration
29 37 0 Eddie Bond Dodge 0 0 0 302 0 Engine
30 26 10 Bill Champion Mercury 0 0 0 302 0 Running
31 31 09 Jody Ridley Ford 0 0 0 294 0 Clutch
32 33 31 Jim Vandiver Dodge 0 0 0 219 0 Engine
33 32 4 John Sears Dodge 0 0 0 207 0 Engine
34 34 77 Charlie Roberts Chevrolet 0 0 0 178 0 Oil pressure
35 1 43 Richard Petty Dodge 0 0 0 133 0 Cam
36 20 98 Richie Panch Ford 0 0 0 125 0 Motor mount
37 15 79 Paul Tyler Dodge 0 0 0 105 0 Engine
38 23 06 Neil Castles Dodge 0 0 0 91 0 Ignition
39 38 44 Richard D Brown Chevrolet 0 0 0 78 0 Clutch
40 24 18 Joe Frasson Dodge 0 0 0 52 0 Engine
41 11 49 GC Spencer Dodge 0 0 0 12 0 Crash
42 40 89 Johnny Barnes Mercury 0 0 0 11 0 Crash
43 42 40 Frank Warren Ford 0 0 0 11 0 Crash