| 1973 Alamo 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 14 of 28 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $93,575 | Race Date: | Jun 10, 1973 | Texas World Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 2 Laps | Race Duration: | 3h 26m 44s | College Station, Texas | |
| Lead Changes: | 28 | Average Speed: | 142.114 MPH | 2 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 38 | No. of Cautions: | 5 For 38 Laps | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Richard Petty R. Petty | Driver: | Buddy Baker B. Baker | Dodge: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #43 Dodge | Car No.: | #71 Dodge | Mercury: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | K&K Racing | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Dale Inman | Crew Chief: | Harry Hyde | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 77 of 250 | Pole Speed: | 169.248 MPH | |||||
| Official 1973 Alamo 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running |  | 0 | 250 | 77 |
| 2 | 4 | 95 | Darrell Waltrip (R) | Terminal Transport | Running |  | 0 | 248 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 18 | Joe Frasson | Frasson Cement | Running | | 0 | 247 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Kar-Kare | Running |  | 0 | 247 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Running | | 0 | 245 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 71 | Buddy Baker | K & K Insurance | Running | | 0 | 244 | 168 |
| 7 | 9 | 72 | Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Running | | 0 | 243 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 | 9 | Ramo Stott | Housby Racing | Running |  | 0 | 240 | 0 |
| 9 | 25 | 5 | David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Running | | 0 | 239 | 0 |
| 10 | 22 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Running | | 0 | 238 | 0 |
| 11 | 16 | 36 | H.B. Bailey | Bailey Racing | Running |  | 0 | 236 | 0 |
| 12 | 27 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | Robertson Racing | Running | | 0 | 235 | 0 |
| 13 | 23 | 79 | Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Running | | 0 | 233 | 0 |
| 14 | 19 | 10 | Bill Champion | Champion Racing | Running | | 0 | 233 | 0 |
| 15 | 37 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Running |  | 0 | 231 | 0 |
| 16 | 18 | 30 | Walter Ballard | HeKimian Foreign Cars | Running | | 0 | 224 | 0 |
| 17 | 17 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Billie Carper R.N. | Running | | 0 | 223 | 0 |
| 18 | 32 | 77 | Charlie Roberts | Sunny King | Running | | 0 | 222 | 0 |
| 19 | 29 | 19 | Henley Gray | Henley Gray Racing | Running | | 0 | 221 | 0 |
| 20 | 24 | 61 | Ed Sczech | B & B Racing | Engine | | 0 | 208 | 0 |
| 21 | 35 | 8 | Bob Whitlow | Negre Racing | Running | | 0 | 204 | 0 |
| 22 | 30 | 7 | Dean Dalton | Belden Asphalt | Running | | 0 | 195 | 0 |
| 23 | 36 | 38 | Tony Bettenhausen, J | Vita Fresh Orange Juice | Engine | | 0 | 172 | 0 |
| 24 | 11 | 54 | Lennie Pond (R) | Master Chevrolet | Engine | | 0 | 155 | 3 |
| 25 | 20 | 47 | Raymond Williams | Williams Racing | Engine | | 0 | 151 | 0 |
| 26 | 21 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Coca-Cola | Engine | | 0 | 140 | 1 |
| 27 | 14 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley Racing | Engine | | 0 | 113 | 0 |
| 28 | 8 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley Chevrolet | Engine | | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 29 | 10 | 42 | Marty Robbins | Marty Robbins Racing | Engine | | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 30 | 15 | 22 | Jimmy Crawford | Crawford Racing | Rear Gear | | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 31 | 34 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Noel's Auto Sales | Overheating | | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 32 | 5 | 15 | Bobby Isaac | Sta-Power Industries | Engine | | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 33 | 13 | 2 | Dave Marcis | American Motors | Accident | AMC Matador | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 34 | 31 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Holbrook Waterproofing | Oil Line | | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 35 | 26 | 96 | Richard Childress | L.C. Newton Trucking | Accident | | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 36 | 28 | 4 | Mel Larson | Larson Enterprises | Ignition | | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | 38 | 8 | Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Oil Pressure | | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | 33 | 98 | Richie Panch | Panch Racing | Ignition | | 0 | 1 | 0 |
