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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Carolina 500

North Carolina Speedway

March 18th, 1973

Race #4 of the 1973 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: Shortened : 492
  • Miles: 500.4
  • Average Speed: 118.649 mph
  • Cautions: 7
  • Caution Laps: 47
  • Lead Changes: 2
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - November 16th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 1 21 David Pearson Mercury 0 0 0 492 491 Running
2 9 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 0 0 0 492 0 Running
3 5 71 Buddy Baker Dodge 0 0 0 491 0 Running
4 4 12 Bobby Allison Chevrolet 0 0 0 490 1 Running
5 21 90 Dick Brooks Ford 0 0 0 486 0 Running
6 12 95 Darrell Waltrip Mercury 0 0 0 483 0 Running
7 7 31 Jim Vandiver Dodge 0 0 0 478 0 Running
8 20 18 Joe Frasson Dodge 0 0 0 475 0 Running
9 16 96 Richard Childress Chevrolet 0 0 0 474 0 Running
10 17 17 Bill Dennis Chevrolet 0 0 0 473 0 Running
11 22 48 James Hylton Mercury 0 0 0 472 0 Running
12 18 67 Buddy Arrington Plymouth 0 0 0 470 0 Running
13 19 25 Jabe Thomas Dodge 0 0 0 467 0 Running
14 10 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 0 0 0 465 0 Running
15 15 79 Frank Warren Dodge 0 0 0 462 0 Running
16 33 4 Ed Negre Dodge 0 0 0 459 0 Running
17 40 77 Charlie Roberts Ford 0 0 0 436 0 Running
18 37 19 Henley Gray Ford 0 0 0 426 0 Running
19 35 92 Larry Smith Mercury 0 0 0 414 0 Crash
20 25 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 0 0 0 406 0 Engine
21 28 64 Elmo Langley Ford 0 0 0 403 0 Engine
22 13 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 0 0 0 389 0 Running
23 3 43 Richard Petty Dodge 0 0 0 386 0 Engine
24 32 05 David Sisco Chevrolet 0 0 0 379 0 Running
25 11 28 Gordon Johncock Chevrolet 0 0 0 365 0 Suspension
26 26 7 Dean Dalton Mercury 0 0 0 365 0 Engine
27 39 65 Buck Baker Chevrolet 0 0 0 357 0 Crash
28 38 0 Eddie Bond Dodge 0 0 0 324 0 Wheel
29 23 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 0 0 0 302 0 Engine
30 8 15 Bobby Isaac Ford 0 0 0 297 0 Engine
31 2 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 0 0 0 294 0 Engine
32 30 10 Bill Champion Mercury 0 0 0 210 0 Engine
33 27 49 John Utsman Dodge 0 0 0 168 0 Engine
34 34 45 Vic Parsons Mercury 0 0 0 146 0 Exhaust
35 36 47 Raymond Williams Ford 0 0 0 142 0 Engine
36 29 06 Neil Castles Dodge 0 0 0 122 0 Engine
37 6 2 Dave Marcis AMC 0 0 0 114 0 Engine
38 24 61 Clarence Lovell Chevrolet 0 0 0 64 0 Crash
39 14 30 Walter Ballard Mercury 0 0 0 19 0 Engine
40 31 55 Tiny Lund Chevrolet 0 0 0 15 0 Engine