Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1973

Cale Yarborough

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

Cale Yarborough won the 1973 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1973. David Pearson finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1973

Winner

Cale Yarborough

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		367	—	Running	—	125
2	1	-1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	367	—	Running	—	98
3	5	+2	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	366	—	Running	—	96
4	3	-1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	361	—	Running	—	94
5	7	+2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		360	—	Running	—	92
6	2	-4	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		355	—	Running	—	90
7	14	+7	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		352	—	Running	—	88
8	4	-4	Darrell Waltrip	Bud Moore Engineering		351	—	Running	—	86
9	22	+13	Dick Brooks	B & B Racing		351	—	Running	—	84
10	32	+22	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		348	—	Running	—	82
11	13	+2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		343	—	Running	—	80
12	20	+8	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	340	—	Running	—	78
13	33	+20	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	340	—	Running	—	76
14	12	-2	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	338	—	Running	—	74
15	34	+19	Randy Tissot	Randy Tissot (Owner)		333	—	Running	—	72
16	10	-6	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		332	—	Running	—	70
17	28	+11	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	328	—	Running	—	68
18	38	+20	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		327	—	Running	—	66
19	26	+7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	323	—	Running	—	64
20	21	+1	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	320	—	Running	—	62
21	40	+19	Mel Larson	Robertson Racing	Dodge	309	—	Running	—	60
22	25	+3	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	305	—	Running	—	58
23	11	-12	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	304	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
24	24	—	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	289	—	Running	—	54
25	36	+11	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		255	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	39	+13	Ed Negre	Sears Racing	Dodge	233	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	16	-11	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	223	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	27	-1	David Sisco	McGee Racing		206	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	31	+2	Bud Moore	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	174	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	6	-24	Charlie Glotzbach	Ellington Racing		152	—	DNF	—	42
31	17	-14	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		139	—	DNF	—	40
32	19	-13	Dick May	Hollar Racing	Mercury	104	—	DNF	—	38
33	23	-10	Richie Panch	Donlavey Racing		75	—	DNF - Crash	—	36
34	30	-4	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing		75	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	37	+2	Johnny Barnes	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Mercury	45	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	18	-18	Tommy Gale	Smokey Yunick Racing	Mercury	41	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	9	-28	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		34	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	35	-3	Richard D. Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)		30	—	DNF	—	26
39	15	-24	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	20	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	29	-11	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		19	—	DNF - Engine	—	22
41	41	—	Neil Castles		Dodge	0	—	DNF	—	0