American 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1973

David Pearson

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

David Pearson won the 1973 American 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1973. Buddy Baker finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Rockingham 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	492	—	Running	—	125
2	16	+14	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	491	—	Running	—	98
3	18	+15	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		491	—	Running	—	96
4	4	—	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		488	—	Running	—	94
5	9	+4	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South		484	—	Running	—	92
6	3	-3	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		484	—	Running	—	90
7	10	+3	Dick Brooks	Team SABCO	Dodge	483	—	Running	—	88
8	13	+5	Charlie Glotzbach	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	483	—	Running	—	86
9	7	-2	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		481	—	Running	—	84
10	8	-2	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		479	—	Running	—	82
11	19	+8	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		476	—	Running	—	80
12	27	+15	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		471	—	Running	—	78
13	22	+9	Johnny Rutherford	B & B Racing		471	—	Running	—	0
14	14	—	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		466	—	Running	—	74
15	28	+13	David Sisco	McGee Racing		465	—	Running	—	72
16	35	+19	Tony Bettenhausen	Gordon Van Liew (Owner)		463	—	Running	—	70
17	30	+13	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	460	—	Running	—	68
18	36	+18	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	458	—	Running	—	66
19	21	+2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		457	—	Running	—	64
20	39	+19	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		455	—	Running	—	62
21	43	+22	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	452	—	Running	—	60
22	12	-10	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	451	—	Running	—	58
23	25	+2	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	441	—	Running	—	56
24	41	+17	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	428	—	Running	—	54
25	17	-8	Gordon Johncock	Ellington Racing		413	—	DNF	—	0
26	29	+3	Pee Wee Wentz			379	—	DNF	—	50
27	6	-21	Darrell Waltrip	Bud Moore Engineering		342	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	5	-23	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		308	—	DNF	—	46
29	37	+8	Eddie Bond	Bond Racing	Dodge	302	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	26	-4	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	302	—	Running	—	42
31	31	—	Jody Ridley	George Elliott Racing		294	—	DNF	—	40
32	33	+1	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	219	—	DNF - Engine	—	38
33	32	-1	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	207	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	34	—	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		178	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	1	-34	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	133	—	DNF	—	32
36	20	-16	Richie Panch	Donlavey Racing		125	—	DNF	—	30
37	15	-22	Paul Tyler	Warren Racing	Dodge	105	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	23	-15	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	91	—	DNF	—	26
39	38	-1	Richard D. Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)		78	—	DNF	—	24
40	24	-16	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	52	—	DNF - Engine	—	22
41	11	-30	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	12	—	DNF - Crash	—	20
42	40	-2	Johnny Barnes	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Mercury	11	—	DNF - Crash	—	18
43	42	-1	Frank Warren	Jasper Motorsports		11	—	DNF - Crash	—	16