1973 Atlanta 500

Race 6 of 28

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:34:52
Average speed of winner: 139.351 mph
Margin of victory: 2 laps
Lead changes: 23 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 31 laps
Lap leaders: Johncock started on pole (qualifying rained out), Yarborough 1-41, Pearson 42-49, Petty 50-55, Isaac 56-61, Pearson 62-71, Yarborough 72-100, Pearson 101-107, Petty 108-114, Pearson 115-150, Yarborough 151-156, Pearson 157-162, Yarborough 163-164, Pearson 165-167, Yarborough 168-193, Pearson 194-213, Yarborough 214-217, Pearson 218, Yarborough 219, Pearson 220-223, Yarborough 224, Pearson 225-229, Yarborough 230-273, Pearson 274-328

Race notes: Debut for Charles Barrett and Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. Finale for Mark Donohue and Pete Hamilton.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'71 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		328	11	155	running	16625	0
2	2	Bobby Isaac	15		'72 Ford	Moore	Moore		326	1	6	running	11325	0
3	5	Benny Parsons	72		'72 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		323	0	0	running	6700	0
4	8	Buddy Baker	71	K&K Insurance	'73 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		322	0	0	running	6525	0
5	4	Cale Yarborough	11	Kar-Kare	'73 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab		321	9	154	running	6575	0
6	15	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'72 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			319	0	0	running	2625	0
7	35	Dick Brooks	90		'71 Mercury	Donlavey			319	0	0	running	2875	0
8	11	Cecil Gordon	24		'72 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			317	0	0	running	2625	0
9	25	Clarence Lovell	61		'73 Chevrolet	Bierschwale			317	0	0	running	2025	0
10	3	Jim Vandiver	31		'72 Dodge	O.L. Nixon			317	0	0	running	1975	0
11	1	Gordon Johncock	28		'72 Chevrolet	Ellington			315	0	0	running	1875	0
12	13	Dave Marcis	2		'71 Dodge	Marcis			313	0	0	running	1775	0
13	33	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			311	0	0	running	1675	0
14	27	Walter Ballard	30		'71 Mercury	Vic Ballard			310	0	0	running	2025	0
15	37	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Plymouth	Arrington			309	0	0	running	1375	0
16	34	Frank Warren	79		'73 Dodge	Frank Warren			309	0	0	running	1775	0
17	19	Raymond Williams	47		'72 Ford	Raymond Williams			303	0	0	running	1725	0
18	40	Charles Barrett	09		'71 Ford	George Elliott			302	0	0	running	1200	0
19	32	Johnny Barnes	89		'71 Mercury	Hopper-Crews			299	0	0	running	1175	0
20	20	Larry Smith	92		'71 Mercury	Harley Smith			299	0	0	running	1150	0
21	14	James Hylton	48		'71 Mercury	Hylton			288	0	0	running	1605	0
22	28	Earle Canavan	01		'72 Plymouth	Canavan			282	0	0	running	1080	0
23	23	Dean Dalton	7		'71 Mercury	Dean Dalton			274	0	0	transmission	1555	0
24	38	Ed Negre	8		'71 Mercury	Clyde Lynn			274	0	0	running	1530	0
25	21	Charlie Roberts	77		'71 Ford	Charlie Roberts			272	0	0	running	1505	0
26	30	Elmo Langley	64		'72 Ford	Langley			259	0	0	running	1495	0
27	17	A.J. Foyt	50		'73 Chevrolet	Foyt			225	0	0	heating	985	0
28	7	Joe Frasson	18		'73 Dodge	Frasson			222	0	0	oil line	970	0
29	26	Bill Champion	10		'71 Mercury	Bill Champion			209	0	0	engine	1460	0
30	12	Mark Donohue	16	AMC	'73 Matador	Penske			202	0	0	engine	950	0
31	31	Ron Keselowski	88		'72 Dodge	Lubinski			192	0	0	engine	945	0
32	39	Roy Mayne	25		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			179	0	0	clutch	1440	0
33	18	Darrell Waltrip	95	Terminal Transport	'71 Mercury	Waltrip			160	0	0	spindle	935	0
34	16	Richard Petty	43	STP	'73 Dodge	Petty	Inman		140	2	13	engine	3430	0
35	6	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'73 Chevrolet	Allison			103	0	0	engine	2925	0
36	36	John Sears	4		'71 Dodge	J. Marvin Mills			80	0	0	engine	1420	0
37	22	Bobby Mausgrover	07		'72 Chevrolet	Gil Cramer			58	0	0	engine	915	0
38	29	Tiny Lund	55		'72 Chevrolet	Carl Price			40	0	0	vibration	910	0
39	10	Pete Hamilton	22		'72 Plymouth	Jimmy Crawford			38	0	0	engine	905	0
40	24	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	84		'71 Dodge	Buster Davis			9	0	0	oil leak	900	0