1973 American 500

Race 28 of 28

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:14:57
Average speed of winner: 117.749 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 20 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 36 laps
Lap leaders: Petty pole, Pearson 1-20, Marlin 21, Sisco 22-28, Yarborough 29-33, Pearson 34-40, Brooks 41, Sisco 42, Pearson 43-109, B. Allison 110, Pearson 111-189, Yarborough 190-193, Pearson 194-198, Yarborough 199, Pearson 200, Yarborough 201-266, Pearson 267-331, Yarborough 332-336, Pearson 337-413, Yarborough 414-417, Pearson 418-492

Race notes: Finale for Eddie Bond, John Sears, and Paul Tyler.

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		492	9	396	running	16795	0
2	16	Buddy Baker	71	K&K Insurance	'73 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		491	0	0	running	11050	0
3	18	Cale Yarborough	11	Kar-Kare	'73 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab		491	6	85	running	7925	0
4	4	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'73 Chevrolet	Allison			488	1	1	running	6525	0
5	9	Dave Marcis	2	AMC	'73 Matador	Penske			484	0	0	running	4175	0
6	3	Donnie Allison	88		'73 Chevrolet	DiGard			484	0	0	running	2725	0
7	10	Dick Brooks	32		'73 Dodge	Dick Brooks			483	1	1	running	2525	0
8	13	Charlie Glotzbach	90		'71 Mercury	Donlavey			483	0	0	running	2625	0
9	7	Lennie Pond	54		'73 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			481	0	0	running	1625	0
10	8	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'72 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			479	1	1	running	1925	0
11	19	Cecil Gordon	24		'73 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			476	0	0	running	2050	0
12	27	Elmo Langley	64		'72 Ford	Langley			471	0	0	running	1825	0
13	22	Johnny Rutherford	61		'73 Chevrolet	Bierschwale			471	0	0	running	1325	0
14	14	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			466	0	0	running	1775	0
15	28	David Sisco	05		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie McGee			465	2	8	running	1650	0
16	35	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	38		'72 Chevrolet	Van Liew			463	0	0	running	1125	0
17	30	Henley Gray	19		'71 Mercury	Henley Gray			460	0	0	running	1600	0
18	36	Jabe Thomas	25		'70 Dodge	Don Robertson			458	0	0	running	1575	0
19	21	James Hylton	48		'73 Chevrolet	Hylton			457	0	0	running	1650	0
20	39	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			455	0	0	running	1225	0
21	43	Ed Negre	8		'73 Dodge	Negre			452	0	0	running	1300	0
22	12	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			451	0	0	running	1575	0
23	25	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Mercury	Dean Dalton			441	0	0	running	950	0
24	41	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Plymouth	Arrington			428	0	0	running	1225	0
25	17	Gordon Johncock	28		'73 Chevrolet	Ellington			413	0	0	transmission	750	0
26	29	Pee Wee Wentz	04		'72 Chevrolet				379	0	0	engine	875	0
27	6	Darrell Waltrip	15		'73 Ford	Moore			342	0	0	engine	2650	0
28	5	Benny Parsons	72		'73 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		308	0	0	vibration	1125	0
29	37	Eddie Bond	0		'73 Dodge	Eddie Bond			302	0	0	engine	700	0
30	26	Bill Champion	10		'71 Mercury	Bill Champion			302	0	0	running	1275	0
31	31	Jody Ridley	09		'71 Ford	George Elliott			294	0	0	clutch	945	0
32	33	Jim Vandiver	31		'72 Dodge	O.L. Nixon			219	0	0	engine	790	0
33	32	John Sears	4		'71 Dodge	J. Marvin Mills			207	0	0	engine	910	0
34	34	Charlie Roberts	77		'72 Chevrolet	Charlie Roberts			178	0	0	oil pressure	1255	0
35	1	Richard Petty	43	STP	'73 Dodge	Petty	Inman	135.748	133	0	0	cam	3550	0
36	20	Richie Panch	98		'72 Ford	Donlavey			125	0	0	motor mount	845	0
37	15	Paul Tyler	79		'73 Dodge	Frank Warren			105	0	0	engine	1240	0
38	23	Neil Castles	06		'73 Dodge	Castles			91	0	0	ignition	835	0
39	38	Richard D. Brown	44		'71 Chevrolet	Jerry Brown			78	0	0	clutch	630	0
40	24	Joe Frasson	18		'73 Dodge	Frasson			52	0	0	engine	725	0
41	11	G.C. Spencer	49		'72 Dodge	G.C. Spencer			12	0	0	accident	795	0
42	40	Johnny Barnes	89		'71 Mercury	Hopper-Crews			11	0	0	accident	590	0
43	42	Frank Warren	40		'71 Ford	Ulrich			11	0	0	accident	485	0