Rebel 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1973

David Pearson

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

David Pearson won the 1973 Rebel 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1973. Benny Parsons finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1973

Winner

David Pearson

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	367	—	Running	—	125
2	6	+4	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		354	—	Running	—	98
3	3	—	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		349	—	DNF	—	96
4	21	+17	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		346	—	Running	—	94
5	26	+21	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		344	—	Running	—	92
6	10	+4	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	341	—	Running	—	90
7	8	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	340	—	DNF - Crash	—	88
8	5	-3	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	332	—	Running	—	86
9	19	+10	Roy Mayne	Robertson Racing	Dodge	331	—	Running	—	0
10	33	+23	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		330	—	Running	—	82
11	25	+14	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		328	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
12	22	+10	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	326	—	Running	—	78
13	16	+3	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	324	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
14	39	+25	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		319	—	Running	—	74
15	28	+13	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	317	—	DNF - Crash	—	72
16	30	+14	Jabe Thomas	Gray Racing	Mercury	315	—	Running	—	70
17	17	—	Richie Panch	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	309	—	Running	—	68
18	38	+20	Johnny Barnes	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Mercury	291	—	Running	—	66
19	2	-17	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		275	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
20	31	+11	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	256	—	DNF	—	62
21	7	-14	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		251	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
22	35	+13	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	250	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
23	11	-12	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	250	—	Running	—	56
24	13	-11	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	199	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
25	27	+2	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	178	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	34	+8	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		170	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	20	-7	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	159	—	DNF	—	0
28	23	-5	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing		150	—	DNF	—	46
29	29	—	David Ray Boggs	Warren Racing	Dodge	116	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	18	-12	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing		95	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
31	9	-22	Charlie Glotzbach	Ellington Racing		86	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	40	+8	Frank Warren	Buster Davis (Owner)	Dodge	78	—	DNF	—	38
33	4	-29	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering		77	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	12	-22	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	67	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	32	-3	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		54	—	DNF	—	32
36	14	-22	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		39	—	DNF - Crash	—	30
37	24	-13	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Mercury	23	—	DNF	—	28
38	36	-2	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		20	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	37	-2	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	18	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	15	-25	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	2	—	DNF - Crash	—	22