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1973 - Carolina 500 Race Results


Race Name - Carolina 500
Date - 3/18/1973
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 134.021 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 47
Average Race Speed - 118.64 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $85,600
Race Number - 4
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 David Pearson 21 Purolator Special (Wood Brothers) 492 71 Mercury 491 $15,475
2 9 Cale Yarborough 11 KarKare (Richard Howard) 492 73 Chevrol 0 $10,125
3 5 Buddy Baker 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 491 73 Dodge 0 $7,325
4 4 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Bobby Allison) 490 73 Chevrol 1 $6,000
5 21 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey) 486 72 Ford 0 $3,600
6 12 Darrell Waltrip 95 Terminal Transport (Darrell Waltrip) 483 71 Mercury 0 $2,050
7 7 Jim Vandiver 31 Bradford Enterprises (OL Nixon) 478 72 Dodge 0 $1,800
8 20 Joe Frasson 18 Krager Motor Homes (Joe Frasson) 475 73 Dodge 0 $1,650
9 16 Richard Childress 96 LC Newton Trucking (Tom Garn) 474 73 Chevrol 0 $1,625
10 17 Bill Dennis 17 Emrick (HJ Brooking) 473 72 Chevrol 0 $1,475
11 22 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 472 71 Mercury 0 $1,795
12 18 Buddy Arrington 67 Kentucky Fried Chicken (Buddy Arrington) 470 72 Plymout 0 $1,145
13 19 Jabe Thomas 25 Robertson Racing (Don Robertson) 467 73 Dodge 0 $1,545
14 10 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 465 72 Chevrol 0 $1,020
15 15 Frank Warren 79 Cecils Steak House (Frank Warren) 462 73 Dodge 0 $1,495
16 33 Ed Negre 4 Mill Heating (J Marvin Mills) 459 71 Dodge 0 $1,445
17 40 Charlie Roberts 77 Sunny King (Charlie Roberts) 436 71 Ford 0 $1,395
18 37 Henley Gray 19 Gray Racing (Henley Gray) 426 71 Ford 0 $1,395
19 35 Larry Smith 92 Carling Black Label (Harley Smith) 414 71 Mercury 0 $870
20 25 Lennie Pond 54 Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder) 406 73 Chevrol 0 $845
21 28 Elmo Langley 64 Langley Racing (Elmo Langley) 403 72 Ford 0 $1,320
22 13 Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) 389 72 Chevrol 0 $1,295
23 3 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 386 73 Dodge 0 $3,345
24 32 David Sisco 5 McGee Racing (Charlie McGee) 379 72 Chevrol 0 $745
25 11 Gordon Johncock 28 Ellington Racing (Hoss Ellington) 365 72 Chevrol 0 $720
26 26 Dean Dalton 7 Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton) 365 71 Mercury 0 $1,195
27 39 Buck Baker 65 Clements Automotive (Dick Poling) 357 72 Chevrol 0 $670
28 38 Eddie Bond 0 Bond Racing (Eddie Bond) 324 73 Dodge 0 $645
29 23 JD McDuffie 70 VOTE (JD McDuffie) 302 71 Chevrol 0 $1,120
30 8 Bobby Isaac 15 StaPower Industries (Bud Moore) 297 73 Ford 0 $2,595
31 2 Benny Parsons 72 DeWitt Racing (LG DeWitt) 294 72 Chevrol 0 $1,265
32 30 Bill Champion 10 Champion Racing (Bill Champion) 210 71 Mercury 0 $1,085
33 27 John Utsman 49 Sheffield AutoMart (GC Spencer) 168 72 Dodge 0 $580
34 34 Vic Parsons 45 Seifert RentARacer (Bill Seifert) 146 71 Mercury 0 $575
35 36 Raymond Williams 47 Jet Way Wax (Raymond Williams) 142 72 Ford 0 $1,070
36 29 Neil Castles 6 Howard Furniture (Neil Castles) 122 73 Dodge 0 $565
37 6 Dave Marcis 2 AMC Matador (Roger Penske) 114 73 Matador 0 $560
38 24 Clarence Lovell 61 B B Racing (Don Bierschwale) 64 73 Chevrol 0 $555
39 14 Walter Ballard 30 HeKimian Foreign Cars (Vic Ballard) 19 71 Mercury 0 $1,050
40 31 Tiny Lund 55 Carl Price 15 72 Chevrol 0 $570