Winston Cup Series Series by Race
The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1973 - Virginia 500 Race Results
Race Name - Virginia 500Date - 4/29/1973Race Track - Martinsville SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.525 milesRace Length (Miles) - 263 milesPole Speed - 86.369 mphNumber of Cautions - 7Caution Laps - 49Average Race Speed - 70.251 mphLead Changes - 11Total Race Purse - $58,681Race Number - 9 | More Races from 1973 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 1 | David Pearson | 21 | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | 500 | 71 Mercury | 180 | $11,250 |
2 | 6 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | KarKare (Richard Howard) | 500 | 73 Chevrol | 312 | $11,500 |
3 | 8 | Bobby Isaac | 15 | StaPower Industries (Bud Moore) | 495 | 73 Ford | 0 | $4,500 |
4 | 10 | Buddy Baker | 71 | K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | 494 | 72 Dodge | 8 | $3,500 |
5 | 3 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) | 490 | 72 Chevrol | 0 | $1,750 |
6 | 12 | Benny Parsons | 72 | DeWitt Racing (LG DeWitt) | 488 | 72 Chevrol | 0 | $1,650 |
7 | 15 | Jimmy Hensley | 90 | Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey) | 485 | 71 Mercury | 0 | $1,550 |
8 | 13 | Walter Ballard | 30 | Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) | 471 | 71 Mercury | 0 | $1,450 |
9 | 16 | Vic Parsons | 45 | Seifert RentARacer (Bill Seifert) | 469 | 71 Ford | 0 | $1,100 |
10 | 20 | James Hylton | 48 | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | 468 | 71 Ford | 0 | $1,250 |
11 | 21 | Elmo Langley | 64 | Langley Racing (Elmo Langley) | 464 | 72 Ford | 0 | $1,150 |
12 | 28 | Rick Newsom | 20 | Holbrook Waterproofing (Rick Newsom) | 461 | 71 Ford | 0 | $800 |
13 | 25 | JD McDuffie | 70 | McDuffie Racing (JD McDuffie) | 459 | 72 Chevrol | 0 | $950 |
14 | 24 | Henley Gray | 19 | Gray Racing (Henley Gray) | 453 | 71 Ford | 0 | $926 |
15 | 29 | Earl Brooks | 26 | Brooks Racing (Earl Brooks) | 440 | 71 Ford | 0 | $650 |
16 | 33 | Frank Warren | 40 | Winston 500 (DK Ulrich) | 440 | 71 Ford | 0 | $625 |
17 | 11 | Bill Dennis | 17 | Emrick (HJ Brooking) | 404 | 72 Chevrol | 0 | $600 |
18 | 27 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Kentucky Fried Chicken (Buddy Arrington) | 397 | 72 Dodge | 0 | $575 |
19 | 7 | Lennie Pond | 54 | Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder) | 375 | 73 Chevrol | 0 | $550 |
20 | 30 | Charlie Roberts | 77 | Sunny King (Charlie Roberts) | 339 | 71 Ford | 0 | $775 |
21 | 5 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 334 | 73 Dodge | 0 | $2,250 |
22 | 31 | Ed Negre | 8 | Negre Racing (Clyde Lynn) | 257 | 71 Mercury | 0 | $740 |
23 | 32 | Ronnie Daniel | 85 | Daniel Racing (Ronnie Daniel) | 251 | 71 Chevrol | 0 | $480 |
24 | 14 | Richard Childress | 96 | LC Newton Trucking (Tom Garn) | 223 | 72 Chevrol | 0 | $470 |
25 | 17 | David Sisco | 5 | Sisco Racing (Charlie McGee) | 212 | 72 Chevrol | 0 | $450 |
26 | 9 | Dave Marcis | 2 | AMC (Roger Penske) | 114 | 73 Matador | 0 | $450 |
27 | 2 | Donnie Allison | 88 | DiGard Racing (DiGard) | 45 | 72 Chevrol | 0 | $940 |
28 | 19 | John Sears | 4 | J Marvin Mills Heating Air (J Marvin Mills) | 45 | 71 Dodge | 0 | $680 |
29 | 26 | Dean Dalton | 7 | Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton) | 45 | 71 Mercury | 0 | $670 |
30 | 22 | Jabe Thomas | 25 | Robertson Racing (Don Robertson) | 35 | 73 Dodge | 0 | $660 |
31 | 23 | Raymond Williams | 47 | Jet Way Wax (Raymond Williams) | 35 | 71 Ford | 0 | $900 |
32 | 4 | Bobby Allison | 12 | CocaCola (Bobby Allison) | 30 | 73 Chevrol | 0 | $1,890 |
33 | 34 | Richard D Brown | 44 | Brown Racing (Jerry Brown) | 15 | 72 Chevrol | 0 | $380 |
34 | 18 | Bill Champion | 10 | Champion Racing (Bill Champion) | 2 | 71 Ford | 0 | $620 |