Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1973

Dick Brooks

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dick Brooks won the 1973 Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1973, leading 19 of 188 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 15 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1973

Winner

Dick Brooks

Leaders

15 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	24	+23	Dick Brooks	J.H. Crawford (Owner)	Plymouth	188	—	Running	19	125
2	21	+19	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	188	—	Running	34	98
3	2	-1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	188	—	Running	40	96
4	25	+21	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	186	—	Running	1	94
5	13	+8	David Sisco	McGee Racing		186	—	Running	4	92
6	7	+1	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		185	—	Running	6	90
7	27	+20	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	184	—	Running	—	88
8	9	+1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		184	—	Running	—	86
9	17	+8	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	184	—	Running	5	84
10	26	+16	L.D. Ottinger	James Bryant (Owner)		183	—	Running	—	82
11	23	+12	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		183	—	Running	5	80
12	33	+21	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	183	—	Running	—	78
13	4	-9	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering		182	—	Running	1	76
14	3	-11	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	181	—	Running	—	74
15	12	-3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	181	—	Running	—	72
16	37	+21	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	180	—	Running	—	70
17	46	+29	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	180	—	Running	—	68
18	18	—	Bill Ward	Mike Bennett (Owner)		179	—	Running	—	66
19	34	+15	Alton Jones	Butch Hawkersmith (Owner)		178	—	Running	—	64
20	38	+18	Randy Tissot	Randy Tissot (Owner)		176	—	Running	—	62
21	30	+9	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		175	—	Running	—	60
22	40	+18	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	175	—	Running	—	58
23	44	+21	Eddie Bond	Bond Racing	Dodge	171	—	Running	—	56
24	45	+21	Bobby Mausgrover	Buxton Racing		167	—	Running	—	54
25	42	+17	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	166	—	Running	—	52
26	5	-21	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		157	—	DNF - Engine	39	50
27	20	-7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	156	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	47	+19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	156	—	Running	—	46
29	1	-28	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		155	—	DNF - Crash	22	44
30	31	+1	Johnny Barnes	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Mercury	115	—	DNF	—	42
31	14	-17	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		111	—	DNF	1	40
32	19	-13	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries (Owner)		106	—	DNF - Engine	—	38
33	11	-22	Ed Sczech	B & B Racing		94	—	DNF	—	36
34	41	+7	Bob Davis	Buster Davis (Owner)	Dodge	93	—	DNF	—	34
35	39	+4	Jim Vandiver	Sears Racing	Dodge	88	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	10	-26	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	80	—	DNF	1	30
37	28	-9	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	77	—	DNF	—	28
38	6	-32	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		74	—	DNF	—	26
39	48	+9	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		65	—	DNF	—	24
40	22	-18	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		58	—	DNF - Engine	9	22
41	43	+2	Phil Finney	Finney Racing		55	—	DNF - Engine	—	20
42	49	+7	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		52	—	DNF - Engine	—	18
43	15	-28	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	51	—	DNF - Engine	—	16
44	36	-8	Mel Larson	Robertson Racing	Dodge	51	—	DNF - Engine	—	14
45	8	-37	Ramo Stott	Ellington Racing		46	—	DNF	1	12
46	50	+4	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		33	—	DNF - Engine	—	10
47	32	-15	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		32	—	DNF - Engine	—	8
48	29	-19	Tommy Gale	Smokey Yunick Racing	Mercury	18	—	DNF	—	6
49	35	-14	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Mercury	13	—	DNF - Crash	—	4
50	16	-34	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	10	—	DNF	—	2