| 1973 National 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 27 of 28 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $144,836 | Race Date: | Oct 7, 1973 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1.400 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3h 26m 58s | Concord, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 12 | Average Speed: | 145.240 MPH | 1.5 Mile Paved Quad Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 41 | No. of Cautions: | 2 For 16 Laps | charlottemotorspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Cale Yarborough C. Yarborough | Driver: | David Pearson D. Pearson | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #11 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #21 Mercury | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Howard & Egerton Racing | Team: | Wood Brothers Racing | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Herb Nab | Crew Chief: | Leonard Wood | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 257 of 334 | Pole Speed: | 158.315 MPH | |||||
| Official 1973 National 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Kar-Kare | Running |  | 0 | 334 | 257 |
| 2 | 4 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running |  | 0 | 334 | 52 |
| 3 | 3 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Coca-Cola | Running | | 0 | 331 | 9 |
| 4 | 7 | 72 | Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Running | | 0 | 330 | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | 1 | Dick Trickle | A&W Root Beer | Running | | 0 | 327 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 | 54 | Lennie Pond (R) | Master Chevrolet | Running | | 0 | 325 | 1 |
| 7 | 13 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Cherokee Construction | Running |  | 0 | 319 | 0 |
| 8 | 39 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley Racing | Running |  | 0 | 318 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Running | | 0 | 315 | 0 |
| 10 | 32 | 19 | Henley Gray | Henley Gray Racing | Running |  | 0 | 308 | 0 |
| 11 | 17 | 90 | Harry Gant | Truxmore Industries | Running | | 0 | 307 | 0 |
| 12 | 38 | 5 | Wendell Scott | Faustina Racing | Running | | 0 | 305 | 0 |
| 13 | 10 | 48 | James Hylton | Bob Stott Chevrolet | Running | | 0 | 302 | 0 |
| 14 | 25 | 77 | Charlie Roberts | Sunny King | Running | | 0 | 296 | 0 |
| 15 | 30 | 89 | Johnny Barnes (R) | Hopper-Crews | Running | | 0 | 294 | 0 |
| 16 | 35 | 22 | Jimmy Crawford | Black Part | Running | | 0 | 294 | 0 |
| 17 | 14 | 31 | Jim Vandiver | Bradford Enterprises | Running | | 0 | 291 | 0 |
| 18 | 24 | 96 | Richard Childress | L.C. Newton Trucking | Engine | | 0 | 284 | 0 |
| 19 | 22 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley Chevrolet | Engine | | 0 | 282 | 0 |
| 20 | 36 | 0 | Eddie Bond | Bond Racing | Engine | | 0 | 281 | 0 |
| 21 | 31 | 5 | David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Driveshaft | | 0 | 268 | 0 |
| 22 | 27 | 18 | Joe Frasson | Pizza Huts of Charlotte | Engine | | 0 | 264 | 0 |
| 23 | 20 | 30 | Walter Ballard | Textilease | Engine | | 0 | 230 | 0 |
| 24 | 18 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Racing | Engine | AMC Matador | 0 | 223 | 0 |
| 25 | 41 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | Robertson Racing | Running | | 0 | 203 | 0 |
| 26 | 33 | 10 | Bill Champion | Earl Powell Auto Parts | Engine | | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 27 | 23 | 44 | Ed Negre | Brown Racing | Engine | | 0 | 183 | 0 |
| 28 | 15 | 2 | L.D. Ottinger | Lonesome Pine Raceway | Engine | | 0 | 137 | 0 |
| 29 | 37 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Engine | | 0 | 113 | 0 |
| 30 | 40 | 7 | Dean Dalton | Belden Asphalt | Engine | | 0 | 90 | 0 |
| 31 | 26 | 6 | Neil Castles | Howard Furniture | Suspension | | 0 | 64 | 0 |
| 32 | 9 | 88 | Donnie Allison | DiGard Racing | Engine | | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| 33 | 21 | 47 | Raymond Williams | Williams Racing | Steering | | 0 | 58 | 0 |
| 34 | 29 | 32 | Dick Brooks | Brooks Racing | Engine | | 0 | 49 | 0 |
| 35 | 16 | 79 | Frank Warren | Hinson Construction | Engine | | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 36 | 1 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator | Accident | | 0 | 46 | 12 |
| 37 | 34 | 28 | Charlie Glotzbach | Pylon Wiper Blades | Accident | | 0 | 46 | 1 |
| 38 | 6 | 15 | Darrell Waltrip (R) | Sta-Power Industries | Accident | | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| 39 | 19 | 49 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Engine | | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 40 | 28 | 98 | Wayne Andrews | Hylton Engineering | Engine | | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 41 | 5 | 71 | Buddy Baker | K & K Insurance | Disqualified | | 0 | 228 | 0 |
