Delaware 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1973

David Pearson

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

David Pearson won the 1973 Delaware 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1973. Bobby Allison finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1973

Winner

David Pearson

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	500	—	Running	—	125
2	3	+1	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		500	—	Running	—	98
3	7	+4	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	500	—	Running	—	96
4	2	-2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		493	—	Running	—	94
5	13	+8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		484	—	Running	—	92
6	11	+5	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		481	—	Running	—	90
7	4	-3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	480	—	Running	—	88
8	17	+9	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		479	—	Running	—	86
9	12	+3	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		479	—	Running	—	84
10	14	+4	Eddie Pettyjohn	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	479	—	Running	—	82
11	23	+12	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	471	—	Running	—	80
12	5	-7	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		468	—	DNF	—	0
13	27	+14	Mel Larson	Robertson Racing	Dodge	465	—	Running	—	76
14	38	+24	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	462	—	Running	—	74
15	36	+21	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		461	—	Running	—	72
16	28	+12	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		458	—	Running	—	70
17	16	-1	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	446	—	DNF - Engine	—	68
18	40	+22	Bobby Mausgrover	Buxton Racing		444	—	Running	—	66
19	9	-10	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		443	—	DNF	—	64
20	8	-12	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports		424	—	Running	—	0
21	22	+1	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	424	—	Running	—	60
22	21	-1	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		415	—	Running	—	58
23	24	+1	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		400	—	DNF	—	56
24	33	+9	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	362	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	6	-19	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		347	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
26	37	+11	Jimmy Crawford		Plymouth	316	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	10	-17	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		299	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	18	-10	Johnny Barnes	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Mercury	272	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	31	+2	David Sisco	McGee Racing		252	—	DNF	—	44
30	19	-11	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	205	—	DNF	—	42
31	30	-1	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	170	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	26	-6	Ron Keselowski	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	167	—	DNF	—	38
33	35	+2	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		152	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	25	-9	Dean Dalton	Hollar Racing	Mercury	138	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	34	-1	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		112	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	39	+3	Vic Parsons	Strong Racing		108	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	32	-5	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	80	—	DNF	—	28
38	29	-9	Toby Tobias	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	50	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	15	-24	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	35	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	20	-20	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	33	—	DNF - Engine	—	22