1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series standings

1973 season results

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Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Money	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Races Led	Races Led Most	X Led	Laps Led	Races Led Points	Avg % Led	% Beat	Laps	DNFs
1	Benny Parsons	7173.8	28	0	1	15	21	182321	7.71	10.07	8	1	13	374	19	2.84	75.55	9311	6
2	Cale Yarborough	7106.65	28	5	4	16	19	267513	4.50	9.96	21	7	83	3167	0	27.29	75.84	9314	8
3	Cecil Gordon	7046.8	28	0	0	8	18	102120	9.43	11.29	3	0	3	5	0	0.07	72.28	8995	5
4	James Hylton	6972.75	28	0	0	1	11	82512	18.50	13.21	1	0	1	1	8	0.02	67.08	9324	2
5	Richard Petty	6877.95	28	3	6	15	17	234389	4.86	10.93	16	4	65	1815	0	17.17	73.24	8644	10
6	Buddy Baker	6327.6	27	5	2	16	20	190531	7.59	11.15	14	4	69	975	0	12.72	72.87	8369	7
7	Bobby Allison	6272.3	27	6	2	15	16	161818	4.63	13.11	20	1	70	870	1	9.89	67.30	8072	11
8	Walter Ballard	5955.7	28	0	0	0	4	53875	17.86	19.07	1	0	1	5	0	0.09	51.30	8048	8
9	Elmo Langley	5826.85	27	0	0	0	4	49542	22.85	17.59	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	55.20	8016	7
10	J.D. McDuffie	5743.9	27	0	0	3	10	56140	21.44	17.44	2	0	2	11	0	0.22	55.60	7388	10
11	Jabe Thomas	5637	25	0	0	0	1	42955	28.92	18.56	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	52.39	7205	6
12	Buddy Arrington	5483.9	26	0	0	1	4	40877	22.31	19.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	51.30	7476	9
13	David Pearson	5382.8	18	8	11	14	14	228408	3.39	7.78	16	10	95	2658	0	38.05	83.20	5338	4
14	Henley Gray	5215.5	24	0	0	0	4	34112	27.13	18.58	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	52.21	7517	4
15	Richard Childress	5169.5	25	0	0	1	2	37880	21.40	19.76	1	0	1	1	0	0.02	49.68	6918	12
16	Frank Warren	4992.15	26	0	0	0	0	36551	27.00	21.42	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.75	6713	9
17	David Sisco	4986.45	23	0	0	2	6	36205	22.74	17.83	2	0	3	12	0	0.16	54.68	6552	11
18	Ed Negre	4942.55	24	0	0	1	2	34235	28.67	20.83	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	47.29	6257	9
19	Dean Dalton	4712.3	26	0	0	0	2	35954	24.96	22.77	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.10	5891	11
20	Charlie Roberts	4695.4	24	0	0	0	0	32144	31.21	22.29	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	42.13	7017	7
21	Bill Champion	4447.85	26	0	0	0	1	31828	24.35	24.69	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	36.69	5103	14
22	Coo Coo Marlin	4233.9	21	0	0	1	8	29997	11.05	18.52	3	0	5	16	0	0.39	53.88	5454	9
23	Lennie Pond	4013.85	23	0	0	1	9	25155	13.17	21.09	2	0	2	4	0	0.07	46.03	5850	13
24	Dave Marcis	3973.9	23	0	0	3	6	30253	17.83	21.35	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	45.39	4905	12
25	Raymond Williams	3808.25	22	0	0	0	3	22728	27.18	24.73	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	36.65	4684	14
26	Bobby Isaac	3352.4	19	0	0	5	6	84550	6.68	20.21	7	0	10	62	0	0.98	48.66	4177	11
27	Dick Brooks	3200.7	14	0	1	3	9	55369	21.21	13.21	3	0	6	25	0	0.93	69.30	3448	6
28	Darrell Waltrip	2968.2	19	0	0	1	5	42466	10.58	21.32	3	0	6	50	0	1.04	46.98	3783	11
29	Joe Frasson	2952.2	14	0	0	2	4	25884	14.14	23.64	1	0	1	1	0	0.02	45.16	2732	9
30	Vic Parsons	2929.25	18	0	0	0	6	18200	25.06	21.89	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.12	3498	11
31	Jim Vandiver	2508.85	10	0	0	0	4	18586	17.00	20.20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	54.72	2431	5
32	John Sears	2465.25	17	0	0	0	0	16890	29.59	25.47	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.97	3568	12
33	Larry Smith	2367.85	11	0	0	0	1	14090	26.91	24.45	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.79	2103	4
34	Rick Newsom	1931	12	0	0	0	0	8530	29.42	21.17	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.12	3209	4
35	Donnie Allison	1755.75	14	0	0	2	5	41246	7.21	19.50	3	0	17	44	0	1.58	52.04	2904	10
36	D.K. Ulrich	1543.9	11	0	0	0	0	3955	35.27	27.45	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.85	2006	7
37	G.C. Spencer	1503.15	10	0	0	0	1	12013	18.50	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.29	1459	8
38	Mel Larson	1182.05	10	0	0	0	0	8235	32.00	26.20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.55	2160	6
39	Johnny Barnes	1174.2	8	0	0	0	0	8585	33.13	26.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	40.46	1416	5
40	Eddie Bond	1163.5	6	0	0	0	0	6901	35.00	23.83	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.88	1407	3
41	Earle Canavan	1144.7	5	0	0	0	0	4980	27.40	20.80	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	49.23	1223	2
42	Earl Brooks	1075.75	9	0	0	0	0	4880	34.89	26.44	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.18	2267	4
43	Charlie Glotzbach	903.35	5	0	0	0	1	6451	13.40	26.00	2	0	4	11	0	0.60	37.19	1048	4
44	Randy Tissot	887.85	3	0	0	0	0	4245	36.33	17.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	62.20	816	0
45	Ron Keselowski	879.75	5	0	0	1	1	6060	24.60	27.60	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.14	733	3
46	Jimmy Crawford	846	4	0	0	0	0	4059	31.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	45.81	1053	2
47	Richard D. Brown	827.75	13	0	0	0	0	7340	28.54	33.85	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	10.48	1260	12
48	Clarence Lovell	813.5	4	0	0	1	2	9175	19.75	20.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	56.25	661	2
49	Bill Dennis	809.75	4	0	0	0	2	4225	18.00	17.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	54.29	1430	2
50	Jack McCoy	793.25	3	0	0	1	3	5270	18.33	6.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	84.96	797	0
	Carl Adams		2	0	0	0	0		28.00	17.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	57.69	290	1
	Romie Alderman		1	0	0	0	0		37.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.38	34	1
	Johnny Anderson		2	0	0	0	0		31.50	24.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.74	186	1
	Wayne Andrews		1	0	0	0	0		28.00	40.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.50	5	1
	Ben Arnold		1	0	0	0	0		53.00	52.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	13.56	9	1
	H.B. Bailey		2	0	0	0	0		25.00	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	36.84	243	1
	Buck Baker		1	0	0	0	0		39.00	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.33	357	1
	Charles Barrett		4	0	0	0	1		29.75	23.75	1	0	1	9	0	1.20	48.30	726	2
	George Behlman		1	0	0	0	0		38.00	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	61.54	137	0
	Johnny Benson		1	0	0	0	0		36.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.72	185	0
	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.		5	0	0	0	0		32.80	28.20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	37.04	863	4
	Charlie Blanton		1	0	0	0	0		19.00	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	51.28	351	1
	David Ray Boggs		1	0	0	0	0		29.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.21	116	1
	Chuck Bown		2	0	0	0	1		19.50	19.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	52.56	204	1
	Dick Bown		2	0	0	0	0		18.00	24.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.74	196	2
	Robert Brown		2	0	0	0	0		28.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.25	353	1
	Neil Castles		8	0	0	0	0		27.50	32.38	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.20	869	8
	Ronnie Daniel		5	0	0	0	0		35.40	28.60	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.98	1148	3
	Jim Danielson		1	0	0	0	1		38.00	9.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	79.49	176	0
	Bob Davis		1	0	0	0	0		41.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.65	93	1
	Mark Donohue		2	0	1	1	1		8.00	15.50	1	1	5	138	0	36.13	62.82	393	1
	Yvon DuHamel		1	0	0	0	1		15.00	10.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	68.97	381	0
	Sonny Easley		2	0	0	0	0		13.00	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.33	144	2
	Ray Elder		3	0	0	1	1		15.67	19.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	53.85	381	2
	Red Farmer		3	0	0	0	0		19.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	36.73	247	3
	Phil Finney		1	0	0	0	0		43.00	41.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	18.37	55	1
	Leon Fox		1	0	0	0	0		40.00	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	66.67	139	0
	A.J. Foyt		3	0	0	1	1		14.33	22.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.44	467	2
	Glenn Francis		2	0	0	0	0		31.00	24.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.74	187	1
	Tommy Gale		5	0	0	0	0		29.60	31.80	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.56	451	3
	Harry Gant		1	0	0	0	0		17.00	11.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	75.00	307	0
	Slick Gardner		1	0	0	0	0		11.00	47.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	22.03	9	1
	Jerry Grant		1	0	0	0	0		31.00	39.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.56	4	1
	Peter Gregg		1	0	0	0	0		7.00	37.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.69	34	1
	Pete Hamilton		2	0	0	0	0		6.00	39.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.28	71	2
	Ray Hendrick		2	0	0	0	0		11.00	18.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	45.31	613	1
	Jimmy Hensley		1	0	0	0	1		15.00	7.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	81.82	485	0
	Bill Hollar		1	0	0	0	0		35.00	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	64.10	419	0
	Ron Hornaday		1	0	0	0	0		39.00	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.64	62	1
	John Hren		1	0	0	0	0		39.00	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.64	58	1
	Sonny Hutchins		1	0	0	0	0		12.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.03	254	1
	Jimmy Insolo		2	0	0	2	2		13.50	4.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	91.03	335	0
	Mike James		1	0	0	0	0		16.00	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	51.28	129	0
	Harry Jefferson		1	0	0	0	0		21.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.38	37	1
	Gordon Johncock		6	0	0	1	1		9.33	23.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	47.47	1307	4
	Carl Joiner		1	0	0	0	0		33.00	33.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	17.95	46	1
	Alton Jones		5	0	0	0	1		34.40	26.60	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	37.86	686	3
	Bob Kauf		1	0	0	0	0		32.00	37.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.69	9	1
	Dick Kranzler		1	0	0	0	0		19.00	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.46	108	0
	Mel Larson		4	0	0	0	0		32.00	26.20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.55	2160	6
	Tiny Lund		5	0	0	0	0		24.80	34.60	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.19	388	5
	Bobby Mausgrover		4	0	0	0	0		41.75	33.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.65	678	2
	Dick May		4	0	0	0	0		30.50	26.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.04	337	4
	Roy Mayne		3	0	0	0	1		29.33	18.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	54.70	658	1
	Hershel McGriff		3	0	0	1	2		5.00	11.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	72.65	426	2
	Nels Miller		1	0	0	0	0		12.00	35.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.82	19	1
	Bud Moore		1	0	0	0	0		31.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.21	174	1
	Don Noel		1	0	0	0	0		35.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.59	119	1
	L.D. Ottinger		3	0	0	1	2		17.33	13.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	68.64	813	1
	Richie Panch		4	0	0	0	0		23.25	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	23.57	510	3
	Hugh Pearson		2	0	0	0	0		28.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.51	94	2
	Eddie Pettyjohn		2	0	0	0	1		21.50	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.46	491	1
	Bobby Poole		1	0	0	0	0		24.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	1
	Baxter Price		1	0	0	0	0		34.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3	1
	Clem Proctor		1	0	0	0	0		23.00	38.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.13	5	1
	Jody Ridley		3	0	0	1	1		26.00	24.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.15	690	2
	Marty Robbins		4	0	0	0	1		23.25	26.75	1	0	1	1	0	0.13	37.20	334	3
	Earl Ross		3	0	0	0	0		29.33	28.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.42	335	3
	Johnny Rutherford		1	0	0	0	0		22.00	13.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	71.43	471	0
	Billy Scott		1	0	0	0	0		23.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.15	340	0
	Wendell Scott		3	0	0	0	0		45.00	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.48	632	1
	Ed Sczech		4	0	0	0	0		19.50	28.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.32	558	4
	Dick Simon		2	0	0	0	1		41.50	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	59.18	264	1
	Jack Simpson		1	0	0	0	0		36.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.90	104	0
	John Soares, Jr.		2	0	0	0	0		16.00	28.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	29.49	122	2
	Ramo Stott		4	0	0	0	2		12.25	26.25	1	0	1	1	0	0.13	45.11	488	2
	Gerald Thompson		1	0	0	0	0		16.00	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	64.10	162	0
	Toby Tobias		1	0	0	0	0		29.00	38.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.13	50	1
	Dick Trickle		1	0	0	1	1		8.00	5.00	1	0	1	2	0	0.60	90.00	327	0
	Maynard Troyer		1	0	0	0	0		21.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.59	150	1
	Paul Tyler		6	0	0	0	0		16.33	32.83	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.46	702	6
	Bobby Unser		1	0	0	1	1		7.00	4.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	92.31	186	0
	John Utsman		3	0	0	0	1		24.67	22.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	40.19	775	2
	Chuck Wahl		1	0	0	0	0		33.00	39.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.56	7	1
	Bill Ward		2	0	0	0	0		14.00	34.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	37.96	188	1
	Pee Wee Wentz		2	0	0	0	0		29.00	26.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.77	594	2
	Richard White		2	0	0	0	2		24.00	7.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	84.62	329	0
	Bob Whitlow		1	0	0	0	0		35.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	45.95	204	0
	Jim Whitt		2	0	0	0	0		27.00	27.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.05	124	2
	Eddie Yarboro		1	0	0	0	0		28.00	59.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.69	4	1