Southeastern 500

Bristol Motor Speedway — January 1, 1973

Cale Yarborough

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

Cale Yarborough won the 1973 Southeastern 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on January 1, 1973. Richard Petty finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Bristol Motor Speedway

Season

1973

Winner

Cale Yarborough

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		500	—	Running	—	125
2	5	+3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	498	—	Running	—	98
3	6	+3	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		495	—	Running	—	96
4	11	+7	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	484	—	Running	—	94
5	9	+4	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Mercury	484	—	Running	—	92
6	12	+6	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		482	—	Running	—	90
7	4	-3	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		476	—	Running	—	88
8	16	+8	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	474	—	Running	—	86
9	21	+12	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing		465	—	Running	—	84
10	22	+12	John Utsman	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	462	—	Running	—	82
11	10	-1	David Sisco	McGee Racing		457	—	Running	—	80
12	18	+6	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		456	—	Running	—	78
13	23	+10	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	453	—	Running	—	76
14	26	+12	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	453	—	Running	—	74
15	7	-8	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering		450	—	Running	—	72
16	27	+11	Richard D. Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)		447	—	Running	—	70
17	17	—	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	445	—	Running	—	68
18	20	+2	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		444	—	Running	—	66
19	25	+6	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		439	—	Running	—	64
20	24	+4	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		427	—	Running	—	62
21	15	-6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		404	—	Running	—	60
22	30	+8	Jabe Thomas	Warren Racing	Dodge	337	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
23	19	-4	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		295	—	DNF	—	56
24	8	-16	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		237	—	DNF	—	0
25	3	-22	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	225	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
26	28	+2	Frank Warren	Bond Racing	Dodge	167	—	DNF - Crash	—	50
27	14	-13	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	126	—	DNF	—	48
28	29	+1	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		125	—	DNF	—	46
29	2	-27	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		105	—	DNF	—	44
30	13	-17	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	51	—	DNF - Engine	—	42