1973 - Winston Cup Series - Capital City 500 Race Results

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1973 - Capital City 500 Race Results

Race Name - Capital City 500
Date - 9/9/1973
Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.542 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 271 miles
Pole Speed - 90.245 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 123
Average Race Speed - 63.215 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $43,020
Race Number - 23

More Races from 1973

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	5	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	500	73 Dodge	429	$6,775
2	3	Cale Yarborough	11	KarKare (Richard Howard)	498	73 Chevrol	17	$4,425
3	1	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Bobby Allison)	497	73 Chevrol	54	$4,150
4	7	Benny Parsons	72	DeWitt Racing (LG DeWitt)	492	73 Chevrol	0	$1,750
5	20	Buddy Arrington	67	Cherokee Construction (Buddy Arrington)	482	72 Dodge	0	$1,580
6	6	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	477	71 Mercury	0	$1,250
7	11	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	477	72 Chevrol	0	$1,210
8	14	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	476	71 Mercury	0	$1,300
9	16	Henley Gray	19	Warren Lindsey (Henley Gray)	473	71 Mercury	0	$1,225
10	26	Raymond Williams	47	Jug (Raymond Williams)	461	72 Ford	0	$975
11	21	Charlie Roberts	77	Sunny King (Charlie Roberts)	461	71 Ford	0	$875
12	24	Richard Childress	96	LC Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	459	73 Chevrol	0	$865
13	28	Rick Newsom	20	Holbrook Waterproofing (Rick Newsom)	457	71 Ford	0	$505
14	31	Frank Warren	79	Warren Racing (Frank Warren)	452	73 Dodge	0	$835
15	23	Elmo Langley	64	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	411	72 Ford	0	$825
16	9	David Sisco	5	Sisco Racing (Charlie McGee)	383	72 Chevrol	0	$1,025
17	4	Buddy Baker	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	348	73 Dodge	0	$2,070
18	32	Jabe Thomas	25	Robertson Racing (Don Robertson)	347	73 Dodge	0	$790
19	30	Mel Larson	73	ThermaSol (Don Robertson)	305	73 Dodge	0	$535
20	18	John Sears	4	J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills)	203	72 Dodge	0	$675
21	25	Ed Negre	8	Negre Racing (Ed Negre)	175	73 Dodge	0	$750
22	33	Earl Brooks	26	Brooks Racing (Earl Brooks)	114	71 Ford	0	$490
23	29	Ronnie Daniel	85	Daniel Racing (Ronnie Daniel)	66	72 Chevrol	0	$480
24	22	Dick May	29	Hollar Racing (Bill Hollar)	33	71 Mercury	0	$470
25	27	DK Ulrich	40	Noels Auto Sales (DK Ulrich)	13	71 Ford	0	$460
26	2	Darrell Waltrip	15	StaPower Industries (Bud Moore)	4	73 Ford	0	$1,995
27	10	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	4	71 Mercury	0	$620
28	12	Lennie Pond	54	Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder)	4	73 Chevrol	0	$440
29	13	JD McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing (JD McDuffie)	4	72 Chevrol	0	$665
30	19	Bill Champion	10	Earl Powell Auto Parts (Bill Champion)	4	71 Ford	0	$770
31	8	Dean Dalton	7	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	4	71 Mercury	0	$885
32	15	Vic Parsons	45	Seifert Racing (Bill Seifert)	4	71 Ford	0	$530
33	17	Richard D Brown	44	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)	4	71 Chevrol	0	$500
34	34	Baxter Price	33	Price Racing (Baxter Price)	3	72 Chevrol	0	$325