Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Capital City 500

Richmond Raceway

September 9th, 1973

Race #23 of the 1973 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 375.0
  • Average Speed: 63.215 mph
  • Cautions: 5
  • Caution Laps: 123
  • Lead Changes: 6
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 5 43 Richard Petty Dodge 0 0 0 500 429 Running
2 3 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 0 0 0 498 17 Running
3 1 12 Bobby Allison Chevrolet 0 0 0 497 54 Running
4 7 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 0 0 0 492 0 Running
5 20 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 0 0 0 482 0 Running
6 6 30 Walter Ballard Mercury 0 0 0 477 0 Running
7 11 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 0 0 0 477 0 Running
8 14 48 James Hylton Mercury 0 0 0 476 0 Running
9 16 19 Henley Gray Mercury 0 0 0 473 0 Running
10 26 47 Raymond Williams Ford 0 0 0 461 0 Running
11 21 77 Charlie Roberts Ford 0 0 0 461 0 Running
12 24 96 Richard Childress Chevrolet 0 0 0 459 0 Running
13 28 20 Rick Newsom Ford 0 0 0 457 0 Running
14 31 79 Frank Warren Dodge 0 0 0 452 0 Running
15 23 64 Elmo Langley Ford 0 0 0 411 0 Engine
16 9 05 David Sisco Chevrolet 0 0 0 383 0 Crash
17 4 71 Buddy Baker Dodge 0 0 0 348 0 Running
18 32 25 Jabe Thomas Dodge 0 0 0 347 0 Crash
19 30 73 Mel Larson Dodge 0 0 0 305 0 Engine
20 18 4 John Sears Dodge 0 0 0 203 0 Overheating
21 25 8 Ed Negre Dodge 0 0 0 175 0 Engine
22 33 26 Earl Brooks Ford 0 0 0 114 0 Head gasket
23 29 85 Ronnie Daniel Chevrolet 0 0 0 66 0 Transmission
24 22 29 Dick May Mercury 0 0 0 33 0 Rear end
25 27 40 DK Ulrich Ford 0 0 0 13 0 Engine
26 2 15 Darrell Waltrip Ford 0 0 0 4 0 Crash
27 10 90 Dick Brooks Mercury 0 0 0 4 0 Crash
28 12 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 0 0 0 4 0 Crash
29 13 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 0 0 0 4 0 Crash
30 19 10 Bill Champion Ford 0 0 0 4 0 Crash
31 8 7 Dean Dalton Mercury 0 0 0 4 0 Crash
32 15 45 Vic Parsons Ford 0 0 0 4 0 Crash
33 17 44 Richard D Brown Chevrolet 0 0 0 4 0 Crash
34 34 33 Baxter Price Chevrolet 0 0 0 3 0 Crash