Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1973

Richard Petty

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

Richard Petty won the 1973 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1973. Bobby Isaac finished second; Dick Brooks rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1973

Winner

Richard Petty

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	—	Running	—	125
2	10	+8	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering		198	—	Running	—	98
3	9	+6	Dick Brooks	Owens Racing	Dodge	197	—	Running	—	96
4	8	+4	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		196	—	Running	—	0
5	6	+1	Hershel McGriff	Smokey Yunick Racing	Plymouth	195	—	Running	—	92
6	1	-5	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	194	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
7	12	+5	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	194	—	Running	—	88
8	16	+8	Ramo Stott	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	193	—	Running	—	86
9	36	+27	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	192	—	Running	—	84
10	27	+17	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing	Mercury	190	—	Running	—	82
11	24	+13	David Sisco	McGee Racing		190	—	Running	—	80
12	11	-1	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	188	—	Running	—	78
13	14	+1	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	188	—	Running	—	76
14	17	+3	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Mercury	187	—	Running	—	74
15	32	+17	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	187	—	Running	—	72
16	34	+18	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	182	—	Running	—	70
17	28	+11	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Mercury	182	—	Running	—	68
18	15	-3	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	180	—	DNF	—	66
19	26	+7	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		174	—	DNF	—	64
20	39	+19	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	168	—	Running	—	62
21	31	+10	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		155	—	Running	—	60
22	3	-19	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		154	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
23	21	-2	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers		150	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
24	25	+1	John Utsman	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	145	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	29	+4	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		141	—	DNF	—	52
26	22	-4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		129	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	33	+6	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South	-	125	—	DNF	—	48
28	18	-10	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	123	—	DNF	—	46
29	4	-25	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		118	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	13	-17	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		101	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
31	40	+9	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	65	—	DNF	—	40
32	23	-9	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries (Owner)		65	—	DNF	—	38
33	20	-13	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	63	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	37	+3	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	63	—	DNF - Crash	—	34
35	35	—	Bill Dennis	H.J. Brooking (Owner)		62	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	19	-17	Tiny Lund	Carl Price (Owner)		54	—	DNF	—	30
37	38	+1	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	38	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	5	-33	Gordon Johncock	Ellington Racing		35	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
39	30	-9	Earl Ross	Allan Brooke (Owner)		34	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	2	-38	Pete Hamilton	Housby Racing	Plymouth	33	—	DNF - Engine	—	22