Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1973

David Pearson

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

David Pearson won the 1973 Atlanta 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1973. Bobby Isaac finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1973

Winner

David Pearson

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	9	+8	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	328	—	Running	—	125
2	2	—	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering		326	—	Running	—	98
3	5	+2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		323	—	Running	—	96
4	8	+4	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	322	—	Running	—	94
5	4	-1	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		321	—	Running	—	92
6	15	+9	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		319	—	Running	—	90
7	35	+28	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	319	—	Running	—	88
8	11	+3	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		317	—	Running	—	86
9	25	+16	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing		317	—	Running	—	84
10	3	-7	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	317	—	Running	—	82
11	1	-10	Gordon Johncock	Ellington Racing		315	—	Running	—	0
12	13	+1	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	313	—	Running	—	78
13	33	+20	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		311	—	Running	—	76
14	27	+13	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	310	—	Running	—	74
15	37	+22	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	309	—	Running	—	72
16	34	+18	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	309	—	Running	—	70
17	19	+2	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		303	—	Running	—	68
18	40	+22	Charles Barrett	George Elliott Racing		302	—	Running	—	0
19	32	+13	Johnny Barnes	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Mercury	299	—	Running	—	0
20	20	—	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Mercury	299	—	Running	—	62
21	14	-7	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	288	—	Running	—	60
22	28	+6	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	282	—	Running	—	58
23	23	—	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	274	—	DNF	—	56
24	38	+14	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Mercury	274	—	Running	—	54
25	21	-4	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		272	—	Running	—	52
26	30	+4	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		259	—	Running	—	50
27	17	-10	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		225	—	DNF	—	0
28	7	-21	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	222	—	DNF	—	46
29	26	-3	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	209	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	12	-18	Mark Donohue	Penske Racing South	-	202	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
31	31	—	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	192	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	39	+7	Roy Mayne	Robertson Racing	Dodge	179	—	DNF	—	38
33	18	-15	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	160	—	DNF	—	0
34	16	-18	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	140	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	6	-29	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		103	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	36	—	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	80	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	22	-15	Bobby Mausgrover	Gil Cramer (Owner)		58	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	29	-9	Tiny Lund	Carl Price (Owner)		40	—	DNF	—	26
39	10	-29	Pete Hamilton		Plymouth	38	—	DNF	—	24
40	24	-16	Tony Bettenhausen	Buster Davis (Owner)	Dodge	9	—	DNF - Engine	—	22