Race Results : Richmond Raceway

Capital City 500

Sunday, September 9th, 1973

Richmond Raceway , Richmond, VA

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  • Drivers Entered: 34
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 63.215
  • Cautions: 5 for 123 laps
  • Lead Changes: 6
  • Green Flag Passes: N/A
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Entry List
Capital City 500 at Richmond Raceway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS LAPS LED X LED STATUS
1 5 43 Richard Petty Dodge 0 0 500 429 0 running
2 3 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 0 0 498 17 0 running
3 1 12 Bobby Allison Chevrolet 0 0 497 54 0 running
4 7 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 0 0 492 0 0 running
5 20 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 0 0 482 0 0 running
6 6 30 Walter Ballard Mercury 0 0 477 0 0 running
7 11 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 0 0 477 0 0 running
8 14 48 James Hylton Mercury 0 0 476 0 0 running
9 16 19 Henley Gray Mercury 0 0 473 0 0 running
10 26 47 Raymond Williams Ford 0 0 461 0 0 running
11 21 77 Charlie Roberts Ford 0 0 461 0 0 running
12 24 96 Richard Childress Chevrolet 0 0 459 0 0 running
13 28 20 Rick Newsom Ford 0 0 457 0 0 running
14 31 79 Frank Warren Dodge 0 0 452 0 0 running
15 23 64 Elmo Langley Ford 0 0 411 0 0 engine
16 9 05 David Sisco Chevrolet 0 0 383 0 0 crash
17 4 71 Buddy Baker Dodge 0 0 348 0 0 running
18 32 25 Jabe Thomas Dodge 0 0 347 0 0 crash
19 30 73 Mel Larson Dodge 0 0 305 0 0 engine
20 18 4 John Sears Dodge 0 0 203 0 0 overheating
21 25 8 Ed Negre Dodge 0 0 175 0 0 engine
22 33 26 Earl Brooks Ford 0 0 114 0 0 head gasket
23 29 85 Ronnie Daniel Chevrolet 0 0 66 0 0 transmission
24 22 29 Dick May Mercury 0 0 33 0 0 rear end
25 27 40 DK Ulrich Ford 0 0 13 0 0 engine
26 2 15 Darrell Waltrip Ford 0 0 4 0 0 crash
27 10 90 Dick Brooks Mercury 0 0 4 0 0 crash
28 12 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 0 0 4 0 0 crash
29 13 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 0 0 4 0 0 crash
30 19 10 Bill Champion Ford 0 0 4 0 0 crash
31 8 7 Dean Dalton Mercury 0 0 4 0 0 crash
32 15 45 Vic Parsons Ford 0 0 4 0 0 crash
33 17 44 Richard D Brown Chevrolet 0 0 4 0 0 crash
34 34 33 Baxter Price Chevrolet 0 0 3 0 0 crash

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