Motor State 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1973

David Pearson

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

David Pearson won the 1973 Motor State 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1973. Buddy Baker finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1973

Winner

David Pearson

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	—	125
2	1	-1	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	200	—	Running	—	98
3	3	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	199	—	Running	—	96
4	10	+6	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		199	—	Running	—	94
5	5	—	Ron Keselowski	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	197	—	Running	—	92
6	4	-2	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		196	—	Running	—	90
7	11	+4	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		194	—	Running	—	88
8	9	+1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		194	—	Running	—	86
9	6	-3	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		192	—	Running	—	84
10	26	+16	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		192	—	Running	—	82
11	8	-3	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		192	—	Running	—	80
12	30	+18	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	191	—	Running	—	78
13	19	+6	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		191	—	Running	—	76
14	27	+13	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		190	—	Running	—	74
15	18	+3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		189	—	Running	—	72
16	25	+9	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	187	—	Running	—	70
17	22	+5	David Sisco	McGee Racing		187	—	Running	—	68
18	28	+10	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	186	—	Running	—	66
19	21	+2	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		186	—	Running	—	64
20	13	-7	Vic Parsons			185	—	Running	—	62
21	36	+15	Johnny Benson Sr.	Buster Davis (Owner)	Dodge	185	—	Running	—	60
22	15	-7	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	183	—	Running	—	58
23	37	+14	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	183	—	Running	—	56
24	33	+9	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	181	—	Running	—	54
25	35	+10	Tommy Gale	Smokey Yunick Racing		181	—	Running	—	52
26	39	+13	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		181	—	Running	—	50
27	40	+13	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		177	—	Running	—	48
28	34	+6	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		172	—	Running	—	46
29	20	-9	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	167	—	DNF	—	44
30	17	-13	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	163	—	Running	—	42
31	31	—	Eddie Bond	Bond Racing	Dodge	154	—	Running	—	40
32	29	-3	Tony Bettenhausen	Gordon Van Liew (Owner)		140	—	DNF - Engine	—	38
33	12	-21	Earl Ross	Allan Brooke (Owner)		134	—	DNF	—	36
34	38	+4	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	115	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	7	-28	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	101	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	16	-20	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	96	—	DNF	—	30
37	14	-23	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		95	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	32	-6	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	60	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	24	-15	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		39	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	23	-17	Richard D. Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)		3	—	DNF - Engine	—	22