1973 National 500

Race 27 of 28

Charlotte
334 laps
Time of race: 3:26:58
Average speed of winner: 145.240 mph
Margin of victory: 1.4 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 16 laps
Lap leaders: Pearson pole, Yarborough 1-31, Glotzbach 32, Pond 33, Pearson 34-45, Yarborough 46-52, Trickle 53-54, B. Allison 55-63, Yarborough 64-232, Petty 233-270, Yarborough 271-298, Petty 299-312, Yarborough 313-334

Race notes: Debut for Harry Gant. Finale for Wayne Andrews and Wendell Scott.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Kar-Kare	'73 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab		334	5	257	running	45425	0
2	4	Richard Petty	43	STP	'73 Dodge	Petty	Inman		334	2	52	running	17275	0
3	3	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'73 Chevrolet	Allison			331	1	9	running	8815	0
4	7	Benny Parsons	72		'73 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		330	0	0	running	4630	0
5	8	Dick Trickle	1		'73 Chevrolet	Johnson			327	1	2	running	3385	0
6	12	Lennie Pond	54		'73 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			325	1	1	running	2730	0
7	13	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Plymouth	Arrington			319	0	0	running	2655	0
8	39	Elmo Langley	64		'72 Ford	Langley			318	0	0	running	2510	0
9	11	Cecil Gordon	24		'72 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			315	0	0	running	2480	0
10	32	Henley Gray	19		'71 Mercury	Henley Gray			308	0	0	running	2150	0
11	17	Harry Gant	90		'71 Mercury	Donlavey			307	0	0	running	2260	0
12	38	Wendell Scott	5		'73 Dodge	Faustina			305	0	0	running	1800	0
13	10	James Hylton	48		'73 Chevrolet	Hylton			302	0	0	running	2325	0
14	25	Charlie Roberts	77		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie Roberts			296	0	0	running	2300	0
15	30	Johnny Barnes	89		'71 Mercury	Hopper-Crews			294	0	0	running	1500	0
16	35	Jimmy Crawford	22		'72 Plymouth	Jimmy Crawford			294	0	0	running	1344	0
17	14	Jim Vandiver	31		'72 Dodge	O.L. Nixon			291	0	0	running	1741	0
18	24	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			284	0	0	engine	2194	0
19	22	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'72 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			282	0	0	engine	1807	0
20	36	Eddie Bond	0		'72 Dodge	Eddie Bond			281	0	0	engine	1841	0
21	31	David Sisco	05		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie McGee			268	0	0	drive shaft	1853	0
22	27	Joe Frasson	18		'73 Dodge	Frasson			264	0	0	engine	1494	0
23	20	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			230	0	0	engine	1945	0
24	18	Dave Marcis	2	AMC	'73 Matador	Penske			223	0	0	engine	1423	0
25	41	Jabe Thomas	25		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			203	0	0	running	1553	0
26	33	Bill Champion	10		'71 Mercury	Bill Champion			198	0	0	engine	1708	0
27	23	Ed Negre	44		'71 Chevrolet	Jerry Brown			183	0	0	engine	1338	0
28	15	L.D. Ottinger	02		'73 Chevrolet	James Bryant			137	0	0	engine	1377	0
29	37	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			113	0	0	engine	1853	0
30	40	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Mercury	Dean Dalton			90	0	0	engine	1665	0
31	26	Neil Castles	06		'73 Dodge	Castles			64	0	0	suspension	1164	0
32	9	Donnie Allison	88		'73 Chevrolet	DiGard			61	0	0	engine	866	0
33	21	Raymond Williams	47		'72 Ford	Raymond Williams			58	0	0	steering	1138	0
34	29	Dick Brooks	32		'73 Dodge	Dick Brooks			49	0	0	engine	1119	0
35	16	Frank Warren	79		'73 Dodge	Frank Warren			47	0	0	engine	1607	0
36	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'71 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	158.315	46	1	12	accident	3961	0
37	34	Charlie Glotzbach	28		'73 Chevrolet	Glotzbach			46	1	1	accident	926	0
38	6	Darrell Waltrip	15		'73 Ford	Moore			46	0	0	accident	2791	0
39	19	G.C. Spencer	49		'72 Dodge	G.C. Spencer			13	0	0	engine	1033	0
40	28	Wayne Andrews	98		'71 Mercury	Hylton			5	0	0	engine	1005	0
41	5	Buddy Baker	71	K&K Insurance	'73 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		228	0	0	disqualified	2050	0