National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1973

Cale Yarborough

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

Cale Yarborough won the 1973 National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1973. Richard Petty finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1973

Winner

Cale Yarborough

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		334	—	Running	—	125
2	4	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	334	—	Running	—	98
3	3	—	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		331	—	Running	—	96
4	7	+3	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		330	—	Running	—	94
5	8	+3	Dick Trickle	Howard & Egerton Racing		327	—	Running	—	92
6	12	+6	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		325	—	Running	—	90
7	13	+6	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	319	—	Running	—	88
8	39	+31	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		318	—	Running	—	86
9	11	+2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		315	—	Running	—	84
10	32	+22	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	308	—	Running	—	82
11	17	+6	Harry Gant	Donlavey Racing		307	—	Running	—	80
12	38	+26	Wendell Scott	Faustina Racing	Dodge	305	—	Running	—	78
13	10	-3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		302	—	Running	—	76
14	25	+11	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		296	—	Running	—	74
15	30	+15	Johnny Barnes	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Mercury	294	—	Running	—	72
16	35	+19	Jimmy Crawford		Plymouth	294	—	Running	—	70
17	14	-3	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	291	—	Running	—	68
18	24	+6	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		284	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
19	22	+3	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		282	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
20	36	+16	Eddie Bond	Bond Racing	Dodge	281	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
21	31	+10	David Sisco	McGee Racing		268	—	DNF	—	60
22	27	+5	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	264	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
23	20	-3	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	230	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
24	18	-6	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	223	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	41	+16	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	203	—	Running	—	52
26	33	+7	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	198	—	DNF	—	50
27	23	-4	Ed Negre	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)		183	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	15	-13	L.D. Ottinger	James Bryant (Owner)		137	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	37	+8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		113	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	40	+10	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	90	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
31	26	-5	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	64	—	DNF	—	40
32	9	-23	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		61	—	DNF	—	38
33	21	-12	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		58	—	DNF	—	36
34	29	-5	Dick Brooks	Team SABCO	Dodge	49	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	16	-19	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	47	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	1	-35	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	46	—	DNF - Crash	—	30
37	34	-3	Charlie Glotzbach	Ellington Racing		46	—	DNF - Crash	—	28
38	6	-32	Darrell Waltrip	Bud Moore Engineering		46	—	DNF - Crash	—	26
39	19	-20	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	13	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	28	-12	Wayne Andrews	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	5	—	DNF - Engine	—	22
41	5	-36	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	0	—	DQ	—	0