1973 Volunteer 500

Race 18 of 28

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 2:53:04
Average speed of winner: 91.342 mph
Margin of victory: 7 laps
Lead changes: 5 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 33 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-39, Parsons 40-130, Yarborough 131-190, Parsons 191-250, Allison 251-331, Parsons 332-500

Race notes: Debut for L.D. Ottinger.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Benny Parsons	72		'72 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		500	3	320	running	6800	0
2	11	L.D. Ottinger	45		'73 Chevrolet	James Bryant			493	0	0	running	4060	0
3	6	Cecil Gordon	24		'73 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			492	0	0	running	2875	0
4	7	Lennie Pond	54		'73 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			485	0	0	running	1475	0
5	19	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			473	0	0	running	1435	0
6	24	Ed Negre	8		'73 Dodge	Negre			461	0	0	running	1085	0
7	15	Raymond Williams	47		'72 Ford	Raymond Williams			458	0	0	running	1035	0
8	16	James Hylton	48		'71 Mercury	Hylton			453	0	0	running	1150	0
9	18	Elmo Langley	64		'72 Ford	Langley			451	0	0	running	885	0
10	26	Henley Gray	19		'71 Mercury	Henley Gray			447	0	0	running	760	0
11	10	David Sisco	05		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie McGee			445	0	0	oil pan	960	0
12	27	Rick Newsom	20		'71 Ford	Newsom			441	0	0	running	560	0
13	22	Jabe Thomas	25		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			433	0	0	running	800	0
14	9	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			428	0	0	running	965	0
15	29	Frank Warren	79		'73 Dodge	Frank Warren			420	0	0	running	905	0
16	23	Ronnie Daniel	85		'72 Chevrolet	Ronnie Daniel			414	0	0	running	520	0
17	30	Charlie Roberts	77		'71 Ford	Charlie Roberts			376	0	0	running	760	0
18	13	Bill Champion	10		'71 Mercury	Bill Champion			348	0	0	engine	1025	0
19	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Kar-Kare	'73 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab	106.472	343	2	99	accident	2590	0
20	3	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'73 Chevrolet	Allison			342	1	81	accident	2005	0
21	4	Richard Petty	43	STP	'73 Dodge	Petty	Inman		334	0	0	ignition	2240	0
22	12	Bobby Isaac	15		'73 Ford	Moore	Moore		230	0	0	driver ill	1995	0
23	14	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Mercury	Dean Dalton			216	0	0	running	950	0
24	28	D.K. Ulrich	40		'71 Ford	Ulrich			197	0	0	engine	435	0
25	21	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			172	0	0	lug bolt	675	0
26	25	Richard D. Brown	44		'72 Chevrolet	Jerry Brown			124	0	0	engine	420	0
27	5	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'72 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			81	0	0	engine	435	0
28	8	Dave Marcis	2		'73 Matador	Marcis			54	0	0	engine	400	0
29	17	G.C. Spencer	49		'72 Dodge	G.C. Spencer			37	0	0	transmission	590	0
30	20	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Dodge	Arrington			34	0	0	accident	630	0