1973 Motor State 400

Race 16 of 28

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:36:22
Average speed of winner: 153.485 mph
Margin of victory: 1.1 sec.
Lead changes: 25 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lap leaders: Baker 1-3, Petty 4-5, Baker 6-8, Pearson 9-11, Baker 12-20, B. Allison 21-22, Baker 23-25, B. Allison 26, Baker 27-36, B. Allison 37, Baker 38-40, B. Allison 41-42, Petty 43, Yarborough 44-45, Pearson 46-56, Baker 57-85, Pearson 86-89, Petty 90-91, Yarborough 92, Pearson 93-95, Baker 96-110, Pearson 111, Baker 112-131, Pearson 132-153, Baker 154-177, Pearson 178-200

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'71 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		200	7	67	running	12710	0
2	1	Buddy Baker	71	K&K Insurance	'73 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde	158.273	200	10	119	running	9055	0
3	3	Richard Petty	43	STP	'73 Dodge	Petty	Inman		199	3	5	running	6800	0
4	10	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'73 Chevrolet	Allison			199	4	6	running	4575	0
5	5	Ron Keselowski	99	Kaye Engineering	'71 Dodge				197	0	0	running	2000	0
6	4	Cale Yarborough	11	Kar-Kare	'73 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab		196	2	3	running	3550	0
7	11	Donnie Allison	88		'73 Chevrolet	DiGard			194	0	0	running	1375	0
8	9	Cecil Gordon	24		'72 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			194	0	0	running	1775	0
9	6	Benny Parsons	72		'73 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		192	0	0	running	1675	0
10	26	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			192	0	0	running	1650	0
11	8	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'72 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			192	0	0	running	1050	0
12	30	Earle Canavan	01		'72 Plymouth	Canavan			191	0	0	running	1025	0
13	19	Larry Smith	92		'71 Mercury	Harley Smith			191	0	0	running	1000	0
14	27	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			190	0	0	running	1525	0
15	18	James Hylton	48		'71 Ford	Hylton			189	0	0	running	1500	0
16	25	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Dodge	Arrington			187	0	0	running	1415	0
17	22	David Sisco	05		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie McGee			187	0	0	running	905	0
18	28	Ed Negre	8		'73 Dodge	Negre			186	0	0	running	1420	0
19	21	Elmo Langley	64		'72 Ford	Langley			186	0	0	running	1380	0
20	13	Vic Parsons	78		'73 Chevrolet				185	0	0	running	865	0
21	36	Johnny Benson	84		'71 Dodge	Buster Davis			185	0	0	running	850	0
22	15	Frank Warren	79		'73 Dodge	Frank Warren			183	0	0	running	1335	0
23	37	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Mercury	Dean Dalton			183	0	0	running	1320	0
24	33	Jabe Thomas	25		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			181	0	0	running	1305	0
25	35	Tommy Gale	03		'71 Mercury	Gale			181	0	0	running	790	0
26	39	D.K. Ulrich	45		'71 Ford	Ulrich			181	0	0	running	775	0
27	40	Charlie Roberts	77		'71 Ford	Charlie Roberts			177	0	0	running	1265	0
28	34	Rick Newsom	20		'71 Ford	Newsom			172	0	0	running	755	0
29	20	Bill Champion	10		'71 Mercury	Bill Champion			167	0	0	spindle	1245	0
30	17	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			163	0	0	running	1235	0
31	31	Eddie Bond	0		'73 Dodge	Eddie Bond			154	0	0	running	720	0
32	29	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	38		'72 Chevrolet	Van Liew			140	0	0	engine	715	0
33	12	Earl Ross	52	Canadian Breweries	'72 Chevrolet	Al Brooke			134	0	0	rear end	710	0
34	38	Henley Gray	19		'71 Mercury	Henley Gray			115	0	0	engine	705	0
35	7	Joe Frasson	18		'73 Dodge	Frasson			101	0	0	engine	700	0
36	16	Dave Marcis	2		'71 Dodge	Marcis			96	0	0	engine	1195	0
37	14	Lennie Pond	54		'73 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			95	0	0	engine	690	0
38	32	John Sears	4		'71 Dodge	J. Marvin Mills			60	0	0	engine	685	0
39	24	Raymond Williams	47		'72 Ford	Raymond Williams			39	0	0	engine	680	0
40	23	Richard D. Brown	44		'72 Chevrolet	Jerry Brown			3	0	0	oil leak	675	0